Samaritan Ministries

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III. Member Duties Please familiarize yourself with the following duties so we can minister to each other more efficiently and effectively. Your faithful participation directly ministers to other members. A. Each member should faithfully check the mail for the newsletter and promptly call the office to request the newsletter and your monthly share assignment if you have not received them by the tenth of the month. B. Each member household, whether a single person, couple, or family, pays an annual membership fee. The fee is currently $170, but it is subject to change as costs increase. The membership fee is paid when you first join, and then each year thereafter you will pay it on the anniversary of the month you joined. C. Each member sends a monthly share to another member who has medical financial need. The specific member you send to is listed on an assignment slip that is included with the monthly newsletter. A single member shares $120; a couple (husband and wife or one parent and one child) shares $240; a single-parent family (widowed, divorced) with children shares $172; and a family (two adults and one or more children) shares $285. The monthly share is also reduced $30 per month for each member of the household who is age 65 or older. These share amounts are current as of June 2008. D. New members will send their first month’s share along with the $170 annual membership fee to SMI. Shares for the second and third months will also be sent to SMI. Starting with the fourth month and continuing through the balance of membership, you will send your share to another member with a medical need. E. Along with your monthly share, send a note of encouragement to the member with the medical need. Also commit to praying for the member with the need. Use the Prayer Guide included with each newsletter to pray for additional specific prayer needs on each day of the month. F. Misuse of Trust—At all times act with integrity and avoid the appearance of evil. Members presenting a falsified need, using deceptive practices, or participating in another member’s misuse of trust will be dropped from membership. When members financially share with you to relieve the burden of a medical expense, you are committing that those medical expenses will be paid to the extent of the sharing. If for some reason you recieve more than the amount of your financial need, you will be asked to forward the excess funds to another member with a need or to assist with the cost of negotiating reductions in SMI members' medical bills.
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