Calendar

Calendar

PREPARATION

February

Get acquainted with Message. Review past issues of the magazine and choose which features to promote. Check that you have all your campaign supplies.

__ Brochures/bulletin inserts
__ New sponsor/subscriber forms
__ Poster
__ Problem-solving form
__ Printout of sponsors (Available from your conference.)
IIf you need more supplies, let us know by e-mailing This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Talk to your pastor. Decide jointly how to promote the magazine. List important dates and plan the campaign activities you and others will be responsible for on those dates.

Put up the poster. Organize the telephone committee.
Choose several trusted volunteers who can telephone members who are slow to respond and give them added encouragement to sponsor names for Message.

Place bulletin announcement 1. As the campaign progresses, use the bulletin to note your goal, the current status, and the balance needed to reach your goal.


LAUNCH

March

Announce that the Message campaign will begin one week before your kickoff Sabbath.

Kickoff Sabbath

Place bulletin announcement 2.

– Kick off Message campaign with an inspirational program featuring the importance of sponsoring Message magazine. A testimony from someone in your congregation would add power to your presentation. You can also use the enclosed DVD which features the testimonies of several church leaders whose lives were touched by Message.
– Spend time in prayer, asking the Holy Spirit to inspire your church’s membership to do more for the lost and
the dying!
– Emphasize your deadline for receiving the materials.
– Distribute the brochures and explain that last year’s sponsors should use the renewal forms sent by mail to their homes. They should follow the instructions on the form and bring it back next Sabbath, along with their money. (If they did not receive the renewal form in the mail or if they misplaced it, give them a copy of their names from your master list.)
– Other members should use the subscription form on the small brochure to begin sending Message.
– Emphasize the special
campaign price of only US$10.50. (Save $7.45 off of retail.)
New for this year: This year the brochures give church members a new opportunity–they can donate to support Message Evangelism meetings.
Donations to Message, evangelism should be forwarded to: Message,
P.O. Box 1119, Hagerstown, MD 21741.

EVERY WEEK

April-May

Begin collecting names and money. Transfer names to the new sponsor/subscriber forms, one form for each sponsor. Compare the list of names and amounts pledged with the treasurer’s report of funds received to date. Forward the forms, with the money, to the conference office each week.
Make another appeal to share Message for the benefit of those who may have missed the launch Sabbath
Place bulletin announcement 3.
Activate the telephone committee to call and encourage members who have not yet turned in their subscriptions. Express appreciation to those who have already participated.

FINISH

June
Personally remind members who have pledged, but not paid, to hand in their money.

Place bulletin announcement 4. (See panel to right.)

Announce the end of the campaign. Thank members. Praise them for reaching their goal.

NOTE: Forms and money are due at the conference office on May 27 (before camp meeting). You may accept late forms and money, but send them on to the conference office immediately.