We are often asked how successful friendsfirst is?
If you judge success by the number of marriages we've had then we are very successful. And if you add in the numbers of people making new friends (which is what some people join for) then it's even better
For more details of couples stories
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Members Newsletter August 2008
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friendsfirst's 3rd Members Newsletter
Keeping in touch August, 2008 - Issue 3
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| Dear Katharine, |
Hi, Welcome to our 3rd Newsletter dedicated to friendsfirst Members. Whether you are a current member or have been with us in the past I hope you find this newsletter interesting, helpful and thought provoking. Your feedback is always welcome and if you want to talk to us in person, we are only a phone call away.
With best wishes,
Patricia
Patricia Gilliam - friendsfirst Membership Manager, and the team at friendsfirst |
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| friendsfirst's News |
Kay is back!
Having settled into life as a mother of gorgeous baby Jessica Poppy, our previous membership manager Kay Lane is coming back to work for us again part time.
It's all Wayne's fault.
Many of you will remember Wayne Exton our membership manager who worked with us for a couple of years when we were based in Birmingham. We've recently received two wonderful stories from two members (Ruth and Clive) who are getting married in September. Their stories demonstrate how important never giving up is, and the benefits of perseverance. Oh and of course, if it hadn't been for Wayne........ Click here to read their story.
Members getting together
In the last month, four other members have rung us with their good news - one couple who are getting married soon and the other who have just got together. The first of these couples involve a woman aged 47 and a man aged 58. Both are single and have never been married. The lady wasn't attracted to the man's profile or picture but thought she ought to be sociable and meet him despite the fact they lived 110 miles from each other! She told me that for her it was love at first sight and given the option, she'd have married him the next day! As it is they are getting married in November. Theirs is a wonderful story and we hope to have it on our website soon. It just shows how judging someone on paper can be full of pitfalls.
The other couple to come off our books are in their mid 30s and also both single. What is amazing about their story is that the lady had only just joined us in April, but the man had rejoined us six years after his initial membership with us. It took them 2 months to find each other! If you are reading this as someone who's been with us before, take heart - your soul mate could be on our books now, so do consider seriously rejoining.
Search your church's notice board
In early September 1000s of churches across the country will receive a letter from us enclosing our new colourfull flyers. If you don't see one in your church, please ask your vicar if they got the letter. If they say 'no' or you can't see our flyers anywhere, please let us have their address and we'll make sure they receive our material. Alternatively we could send you some flyers for you to put up. It's all part of making friendsfirst widely known about and it all makes a difference.
Name change
Our Social Lounge has been rebranded - now more easily recognised as Discussion Boards. They are getting busy and there are some very interesting discussions going on. Why not take part yourself? Click here to enter.
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Where are all the eligible men?
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Whatever your position in the church, I bet this is a question you've heard raised many times and commonly by single women in church. Recently I found a fascinating article on the internet and it gives an interesting perspective on the problem and certainly food for thought. Click here to read it.
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| Be proactive! |
Time and time again, we hear stories of members who've met and found new friends successfully through their membership. The common factor between all of them is that they were proactive in contacting people. The more you contact others, the higher your chances are of finding someone who you'll really connect with. In most cases, you can't make a correct judgement of another member through their profile alone. And yet 99% of our members say they don't contact half the people we send them because they've been put off by something in the profile.
If we haven't said this to you personally over the telephone, please take our advice here to heart. Don't judge people by their profiles. Contact them anyway and either confirm your initial reaction to their profile or be pleasantly surprised. Do something different from how you've operated in the past and you'll be amazed at the results. This isn't just our belief. All the members who've got married through us are testament to this fact.
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| What is NEW on our Discussion Boards? |
As a member of friendsfirst perhaps you've either written a letter to someone and not had a reply or had a letter sent to you and for some reason not replied to it. There's some interesting thoughts on this situation and how it happens and what it makes people feel on our Discussion Boards. Click here to see what people are saying.
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Go for it!
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Do you know this poem by the German poet Goethe? It's very inspiring for many different life situations. I hope you find it useful.
Until one is committed,
there is hesitancy,
the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative and creation,
there is one elementary truth
the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans.
That, the moment one definitely commits oneself,
then Providence moves too.
All sorts of things occur to help one
that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision,
raising in one's favour all manner
of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance,
which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you can do,
or dream you can,
Begin it.
Boldness has genius,
power and magic in it.
Begin it now.
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Wit and Wisdom
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And once again some quotes to make you think....
"Just remember, if she looks young to you / You sure look old to her." Paul Heaton
"The pleasure of the past is the pleasure of illusion." Simon Jenkins
"The way to love anything is to realise that it might be lost." G. K. Chesterton
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Summer Offer - 15% discount on everything.
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Although it hardly feels like we've had a summer, it is sadly drawing to an end. So we'd like to offer you some summer savings. There's 15% off everything we offer - valid until the 19th September. So if you're a member, consider upgrading your membership, putting in a photograph, enhancing your profile all for 15% less than normal costs.
If you're a previous member do consider rejoining - with a 15% discount you could save yourself up to £54 if you took our Platinum membership and who knows you could find your soul mate is waiting for you.
The offer applies to all our books too so if you haven't got one, take this chance to save yourself some money.
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That's all for this edition,
We look forward to speaking to you soon
With best wishes
Patricia
Patricia Gilliam friendsfirst Membership Manager |
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