Volunteer Application

1. Contact Information: Required Question

First Name

Last Name

Title

Company Name

Street Address

Apt/Suite/Office

City

State

Postal Code

Country

Email Address

Phone Number

Fax Number

Mobile Phone

URL

2. Our biggest need currently (to get you started right away) are people who are willing to follow up with visitors to our web site. When people find an article on google and post a comment on it and then leave, we'd like to make sure we acknowledge that they visited. Below are areas of where we MOST NEED IMMEDIATE assistance. Please check those that you would be interested in helping out with.

	Follow up w/ people who have posted comments at http://www.restministries.com (our main web site with many articles, etc.)
	Follow up w/ people who have joined http://www.restministriessunroom.com
	Follow up w/ people have have recently posted something at http://www.restministriessunroom.com
	Follow up w/ people who have posted questions / sometimes comments at http://www.chronicillnessdevotionals.com
	Helping our founder (Lisa) answer emails like where to find information on the web site, technical questions, how to start a HopeKeepers group, etc. (You can let me know your area of interest later)
	Helping Lisa follow up with people who blogged or participated in Invisible Illness Week, say thanks, let them know about next year, etc. Help Rest Ministries build relationships with them. (Some sites are secular)

3. Briefly explain why you would like to be a volunteer for Rest Ministries, Inc.

4. What do you believe that you could contribute to this ministry? 2-3 sentences are fine. Required Question

5. How will volunteering help you develop skills or meet your interests? Required Question

6. My areas of interest within this ministry are: (Check all that apply, but be selective. Oftentimes when we go back and ask people for help we don't ever hear from them again or they don't remember checking the box. You may want to print this out before hitting "send" so you remember what you answered.) Required Question

7. I...

	have an illness or disability
	work with others who have an illness or disability

8. What is the profession and professional title with which you most identify yourself? None is needed, but if you think it would benefit to know past positions/skills, etc. please list it.

9. Education &/or professional associations (include any leadership experience) that would apply to Rest Ministries area of service.

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10. What experience, expertise or special skills do you possess that will make you an effective volunteer? (Please list anything you feel is applicable.)

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11. Date Available to Begin

12. Amount of hours you feel that you can comfortably commit to (You can answer weekly or monthly. This just helps us with special project assignments.) Required Question

Weekly
Monthly

13. How did you become interested in volunteering for Rest Ministries, Inc.?

14. THE FOLLOWING IS VERY IMPORTANT.... Please read carefully.

Please read our statement of faith here:
http://www.restministries.org/admin-aboutus.htm

Do you agree with Rest Ministries statement of faith? Required Question

	Yes, I agree with Rest Ministries statement of faith.
	No, I do not with Rest Ministries statement of faith

15. Please read our Viewpoint on Healing here:
http://www.restministries.org/admin-aboutus.htm

Do you agree with Rest Ministries Viewpoint on Healing?

Required Question

	Yes, I agree with Rest Ministries Viewpoint on Healing.
	No, I do not with Rest Ministries Viewpoint on Healing.

16. By hitting submit below I am acknowledging that I understand that at no time while volunteering for Rest Ministries will I be giving any professional advice or medical advice.

By hitting submit below I am acknowledging that I understand that Rest Ministries has advised me to NOT distribute my home telephone number or home mailing address to anyone I am in contact with on behalf of Rest Ministries. For my own privacy and safety, I will always refer people to Rest Ministries' office. (888-751-7378; PO Box 502928, San Diego, CA 92150).
Required Question

	Yes, I understand that I will not be giving professional or medical advice.
	No, I do not understand that I will not be giving professional or medical advice.

17. Are there any other comments/suggestions that you would like to make?

18. Would you like to join our newsletter, HopeNotes, to keep up on our news, updates, and tips? If so, CLICK HERE for a fast sign up! You'll know what is going on at Rest Ministries, what Lisa is up to (or how she is feeling), volunteer information, illness/pain/hopeful news and more.

If you are already signed up, it won't send you a duplicate. So if you aren't sure... you can sign up again and still get just 1 (per email).

If you prefer NOT to receive our newsletter, can you tell us why? We'd like to know how we can serve you better.

	(People Oriented) - Being a Part of the Encourager Club and receiving prayer requests from people that email Rest Ministries. Responding/praying.
	(People Oriented/Leadeship) -- Helping out in a leadership role somewhere like the Sunroom, leading a group, overseeing a group/moderating
	(People Oriented) -- Areas of men's ministries
	(People Oriented) -- Caregiver/spousal areas
	(People Oriented) -- Parenting with a chronic illness areas
	(Leadership) -- Working with the Invisible Illness Week Team for 2009 (we need blog updates, research, etc.)
	(Administrative) -- Data entry
	(Administrative) -- Proofing/editing
	(Administrative) -- Helping out Lisa (founder) with random projects she needs help with
	(Writing) -- Writing daily devotionals
	(Writing) -- Writing for the newsletter
	(Writing) -- Research / collecting information online
	(Writing) -- Helping out with social networks, making updates to RM's web sites at places like MySpace, Squidoo, ShoutLife, etc.
	(Writing) -- Helping out with posts for blogs, finding good blogs, etc.
	(Writing) -- Helping Lisa post articles online that she has written and maybe writing my own too.
	(Other)

	Website
	National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week
	Newsletter/HopeKeepers Magazine
	Newspaper
	Through another ministry
	Friend/Relative
	Referral from...
	Other