Support Raising Training, March 3-4, 2006

I want to make some support raising training available on March 3 and 4, 2006 for people who can use it. In addition to working locally with international students from China, I am also the Training Director for China Outreach Ministries. Since this past spring, I and another staff have been developing several days of support raising training for new COM staff, and we recently finished it and presented it for the first time. We have three local volunteers who are going into full-time ministry, and so I offered to teach it to them too in a somewhat abbreviated form. Since I am going to do it for them, I realized I can open it up to others here in full-time ministry too. Here is a brief Q & A about this time so you can see if this is for you and some people you work with.

Who is this for?
This is for local people who are in Christian ministry and raise funds to support themselves, and who have not already had extensive training in this area. Participants may have had some training in support raising before, but not a lot. Participants can be in local student ministry or can be going overseas as missionaries. It is not for people who will just do short-term mission trips.

What will you cover?
The main topics we will address are:
-Biblical Basis and Helpful Attitudes
-Phoning for Appointments
-Face-to-Face Appeals
-Group and Church Appeals
-Valuable Tools
-Ways to Keep Track of Contacts and Supporters
-Support Raising Letters and Newsletters
-Ministering to Supporters
-Your Support Raising Strategy
-Accountability

When and where will you have it?
We will meet from 8:30 AM to 5 PM on Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4. We will have a 90 minute break to get lunch each day. The location is to be determined, but it will probably be near the U of MN east bank campus.

What are the costs?
I am making this training available for free as a service to my fellow ministers. As a way of saving money, I will issue the training notebook on CD and not provide a hardcopy (but you can print it out your own and put it in a three ring binder if you like).

Apart from this, there are the costs of buying Morton’s book. Plus you will need to take the time to read the book, do the assignments in advance, participate in ALL the meetings, and follow through afterwards. Hopefully you will look at these not as expenses but as an investment—one that will prayerfully have a significant return!

How can I participate?
To participate, register by Feb. 17th at the latest. I believe I can accommodate around 15 people for this. Blessings!

Glenn Kenadjian
China Outreach Ministries
612-722-3657
kenad003@umn.edu