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		July/August 2011 
		Newsbrief → Announcements 
						Text To Join Mailing List There is now a wonderfully easy 
						way to join the Mission
						mailing list, 
						even if you are not near a computer, using your phone: 
						Simply text the word "Mission" to 42828.  You will 
						receive a text response asking you to reply with your 
						email address, and once you have done so, you are signed 
						up! This can be really useful for 
						face-to-face outreach in everyday life.  If you 
						meet someone who is interested in the Mission, 
						not only can you give them a card or write down the 
						website for them, but you can also offer that they can 
						simply pull out their phone and sign up for the mailing 
						list right there.  Business cards or notes can be 
						lost or misplaced, or forgotten about by the time that 
						person is next at a computer; however, signing up for 
						the mailing list will create an immediate connection 
						between them and the Mission, and they 
						will then receive emails that will remind them to visit 
						the website and study further.  Thanks God for this 
						great new tool to help us spread His Mission!
 Note: Remember 
						that our mailing list is spam-free and managed by 
						Constant Contact, a very reputable and widely-used list 
						management service, and that those who sign up can 
						always easily unsubscribe using links from any email we 
						send them.  Therefore, if you do encourage someone 
						to sign up for the mailing list and they seem hesitant 
						or worried, you can feel confident in reassuring them 
						that it is perfectly safe, legitimate, spam-free, and 
						trustworthy.   Also, please never add 
						someone's email address to the mailing list without 
						their express permission.  It is an 
						unsavory thing to do, and is actually against the law in 
						the US.  Furthermore, as we have said before, we are only looking for those who 
						are already interested and open to the Mission 
						and Maitreya's teachings.  We do 
						not need to push this on anyone.  If they are not 
						interested, leave them to God and move on!
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