ELIZABETH S HOPE PREGNANCY RESOURCES

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1 ELIZABETH S HOPE PREGNANCY RESOURCES Dear Applicant: We are excited that you have expressed an interest in volunteering. Elizabeth s Hope has several opportunities available and we believe every person called has special gifts and is a tremendous asset to this ministry. Enclosed is your application. Please complete it fully and return to us so that we may set up a time to meet with you in person. Prayerfully consider your part in this exciting ministry that has a part in changing lives here and for eternity. Looking forward to seeing you soon! On behalf of the unborn, Brenda Brenda Beard Executive Director 1

2 ELIZABETH S HOPE PREGNANCY RESOURCES Pickaway Center Pike Center Ross Center Jackson Center 157 W. High St. 215 A N. High St. 282 N. High St. 151 W. Main St. Circleville, Ohio Waverly, OH Chillicothe, Ohio Jackson, OH Fax: Fax: Fax: Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources has a variety ministry opportunities available. As God has equipped you with certain talents and gifts, it is our hope that you will find a place here to exercise them to His Glory. Please prayerfully consider these opportunities, and may His blessings abound as you seek to serve Him Name Address City Zip Phone Church Home I am interested in serving in the following ways: Prayer Peer Counselor (Center training needed) Church Contact Person Immediate Needs: *Peer Counselors Fund Raising Committees Walk For Life Fall Banquet Organize maternity clothes, baby clothes Facility Maintenance Interior Decorating Grounds: Pickaway mowing, gardening & snow removal Ross gardening Skilled maintenance electrician, plumbing, etc. Diaper Club (provide packages of diapers) Purchase items for Moms program (cribs, car seats, bassinettes, strollers, swings, diaper bags, etc.) Post Abortion Ministry Abstinence Programs (Speaker, support group leader, school contact) Professional Services (Please Circle) Doctor Nurse Social Worker Counselor Other Board of Directors Host Baby Shower Diaper Changing Station: Pickaway The Pumpkin Show Men-Helping/Mentoring Dads & Post Abortive Men Financial Contribution o o One time gift $ o o Pledge monthly quarterly yearly $ o o Will mail a gift of $ Please return paperwork/make checks payable to Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources P.O. Box 262, Chillicothe, OH

3 Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources VOLUNTEER APPLICATION Name Last First Middle Initial Number & street City State Zip code Phone # Social Security # address: Are you over 18 years old? Yes No Date of Birth Have you ever been convicted of a crime? Yes No If yes, explain: Education: 1. High School: Number of years completed (circle one) Diploma: Yes No G.E.D.: Yes No School name 2. College and/or Vocational School: Number of years completed (circle one) School(s) Degrees earned Dates Describe other training or degrees Previous Volunteer Experience: List most recent volunteer experience first. Organization Date of volunteer service: From To Address Telephone Supervisor name Organization Date of volunteer service: From To Telephone Supervisor name 3

4 Employment History: List most recent employment first. Employer Date of employment: From To Telephone Supervisor name Employer Date of employment: From To Telephone Supervisor name Additional Information: 1. What is your reason for seeking to volunteer here? 2. Do you consider yourself a Christian? Yes No If yes, how long have you been a Christian? 3. As a Christian, what is the basis of your salvation? 4. Please provide the following information concerning your local church. Church name Denomination Address Pastor's name Phone Positions in which you have served How long have you attended? How often do you attend church? 4

5 5. This organization is a Christian pro-life ministry. We believe that our faith in Jesus Christ empowers us, enables us, and motivates us to provide pregnancy services in this community. Please write a brief statement about how your faith would affect your volunteer work at this center. 6. What special skills, talents, gifts, or personality traits would you bring to this ministry? 7. Have you ever counseled a woman who was considering an abortion? Yes No 8. Have you had any traumatic experiences relating to abortion? Yes No 9. Have you ever known a single pregnant woman? Yes No 10. Under what circumstances would you consider abortion as an alternative for a woman with an unplanned pregnancy? Never an option In cases of rape or incest In cases where the mother's life was in extreme peril In cases of extreme psychological distress Other (specify) 11. Please list any books, films, or other material that you have read or viewed that relate to abortion, pregnancy, or alternatives to abortion. 5

6 12. How would you rate yourself in the following areas? a. Knowledge of abortion methods excellent good fair poor b. Knowledge of current laws concerning abortion excellent good fair poor c. Knowledge of what the Bible teaches about abortion excellent good fair poor 13. Are you currently or have you ever been involved in seeking to adopt a child? Yes No 14. What do you consider to be your possible areas of weakness? 15. Are there any particular personality types with whom you have difficulty working? References: Please list persons who are not related to you and who have known you for at least two years, including your pastor. Name Address Phone # Years acquainted Relationship APPLICANT'S CERTIFICATION AND AGREEMENT I certify that the facts set forth in this volunteer application are true and complete to the best of my knowledge, and I authorize the pregnancy center to verify their accuracy and to obtain reference information concerning my character and capabilities. I release the pregnancy center and any person or entity providing such reference information from any and all liability relating to the provision of such information or relating to any decisions made based upon such information. I give permission to the center to conduct a criminal background check to the extent that my volunteer duties may involve direct interaction with minors. If I become a volunteer at the pregnancy center, I agree to fully adhere to its policies and rules, including those rules relating to maintaining client confidentiality. I recognize that, as a volunteer, I will serve in a different role than the employees of the pregnancy center, and I am not seeking, nor expecting to receive, any compensation or other benefits in return for any volunteer services which I may provide for this ministry. I further certify that I have read and that I am in full agreement with the pregnancy center's Statement of Faith and Statement of Principle. Signature of applicant Date 6

7 AMENDED BYLAWS OF THE Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources (An Ohio Corporation Not For Profit) ARTICLE 1: ELIZABETH S HOPE PREGNANCY RESOURCES STATEMENTS Section 1: Mission Statement Honor God, Offer hope, Promote life, Enable mothers. Section 2: Statement of Faith We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential, and that the salvation is received through faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and not as a result of good works. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life and to perform good works. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. Section 3: Statement of Principle Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources is an outreach ministry of Jesus Christ through His church. Therefore, Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources, embodied in its volunteers, is committed to presenting the gospel of our Lord to women with crisis pregnancies in both word and in deed. Commensurate with this purpose, those who labor as pregnancy center board members, staff and volunteers are expected to know Christ as their Savior and Lord. Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources is committed to providing clients with accurate and complete information about both prenatal development and abortion. Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources is committed to integrity in dealing with clients, earning their trust and providing promised information and services. Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources denounces any form of deception in its corporate advertising or individual conversation with clients. Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources is committed to assisting women to carry to term by providing emotional support and practical assistance. Through the provision of God s people and the community at large, women may face the future with hope, and plan constructively for themselves and their babies. Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources does not discriminate in providing services because of race, creed, color, national origin, age or marital status of its clients. Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources does not recommend, provide, or refer for abortion or abortifacients. Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources offers assistance free of charge at all times. Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources is committed to creating awareness within the local community of the needs of pregnant women, and of the fact that abortion only compounds human need rather than resolving it. Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources does not recommend, provide, or refer single women for contraceptives. (Married women seeking contraceptive information should be urged to seek counsel, along with their husbands, from their pastor or physician.) Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources recognizes the validity of adoption as one alternative to abortion, but is not biased toward adoption when compared to other life-saving alternatives. Centers are independent of adoption agencies, relating to them in the same manner as to other helpful referral sources Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources receives no payment of any kind from these agencies, do not enter into contractual relationships with them, and do not share combined office space. Adoption agencies are not established under the auspices of centers. Elizabeth s Hope Pregnancy Resources neither initiate nor facilitate independent adoptions, though they may refer for independent adoptions in states where it is legal. 7