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| Part II Activities and Operational Information (continued) 11.b. Describe the organization’s present and proposed efforts to attract members and attach a copy of any descriptive literature or promotional material used for this purpose. Although Black Rose Spiritual Center considers itself an outreach ministry, we do not believe in hard-core recruiting. We believe that one should participate in religious worship out of a desire to commune with the Divine rather than a need to placate an overzealous clergy or individual. However, that does not mean we do not hope to acquire new members to our church. Hence, Black Rose Spiritual Center plans to embark on the following plan, essentially a marketing plan for the Church, as soon as feasibly possible: 1. Word of Mouth. This is our primary form of getting our message out to the general public. In order to do that the clergy of Black Rose Spiritual Center will advertise by: a. Yellow page advertisement under churches and spiritual centers in the yellow pages. b. Putting up flyers at local spiritual gathering places such as the Sleeping Child Center and the Common Ground Center, both in Hamilton. c. Posting Announcements to the local newspapers including the Missoulian, Bitterroot Star, and Ravalli Republic. d. Visit local churches and talk with the pastors thereof. e. Visit with local counseling professionals such as licensed clinical professional counselors, psychologists, and psychiatrist so that we may have professional help for those of our clients who require professional and/or clinical counseling care rather than pastoral counseling. f. Outreach Booth. Through our outreach booth we are continually out in the community talking to people about who we are and what we do and getting our message across to the public at large. The outreach booth has a prominent banner sign announcing who we are. g. We plan on joining local non-profit business organizations to help promote the Black Rose Spiritual Center such as the Chamber of Commerce and volunteering at the Daly Mansion, a local architectural and historical treasure. After we join the Chamber of Commerce we have the option of leaving informational literature and business cards at the Chamber office for display/availability to the public. h. As discussed above, in the future we plan on having a presence on the World Wide Web. I. In a two-fold effort to serve the community and let the community know who we are and what we are about, along with continuing our efforts of serving our fellow man, members of the Black Rose spiritual Center are encouraged to volunteer in the name of the Center at appropriate venues such as local hospitals, churches, nursing homes, funeral homes, hospice, the police department and volunteer fire and rescue services to volunteer clergical or pastoral services for individuals in need and times of crisis as volunteer ministers. j. When finances allow we plan to purchase advertising in appropriate newsletters such as the common Ground Newsletter and the Sleeping Child Newsletter, along with newspapers and local ad sheets such as Tid Bits and NickleSaver. Please see attached informational brochure. |
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