How do you attract new people to join your Church Friends Group?
Recruiting Friends and Membership
- Individuals of standing in the surrounding community
- Local residents living near the church or in the parish
- Visitors to the church and graveyard
- Relations of residents who have moved away, eg. adult children whose parents are part of the church family
- One-time members of the church family who have moved away
- Members of local societies with an interest in history
- Organisations linked to any person or interest connected with the church
- Local businesses.
What do members get out of joining a Friends’ Group?
- A warm feeling of actively contributing to a valuable part of their heritage and belonging to the local community
- Members should receive some type of gift, eg. bookmark, pamphlet about the church on joining
- Regular communication (events in church and what funds are being used for) by a regular newsletter and/or invitations to Friends events, eg. music event, Patronal Festival and dinner, tea on church meadow.
- Access to a website or a supplement a newsletter.
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