b'Proactive Media TrainingSome likely ministry scenarios to considerTo help train your inhouse spokesperson(s), thinkMens shelter scenario through potential crises you could face in your Although the ministry will not allow intoxicated ministry, and write them up as scenarios. Choosepersons to spend the night in the shelters regular a tough interviewer (perhaps the former newsbunk rooms, they may sleep on a mat in the minreporter youve engaged to help you), and haveistrys cold weather shelter in the basement if the him/her do mock interviews on each one, askingoutside temperature falls below 40 degrees. On the most difficult questions he or she can imagine.Monday, January 4th, when the temperature was in With practice, youll find your answers getting bet the low 20s, Joe Smith, one of the regular guests, ter, and youll be much more prepared for the realcame back to the mission at 9:00 p.m. intoxicated. thing. Scenarios weve used at MHM, while fictional,The intern on duty told him he couldnt go back to could easily come true. Use these scenarios (or adapthis regular bed, but that he could stay in the cold them to reflect your ministrys specific programs).weather shelter that evening. The client became Thrift operations scenarioangry and decided hed just leave and stay with his Yesterday one of the ministry box trucks caused ansister instead. He left the shelter highly agitated, accident at a red light on a major thoroughfare. Thewearing only a light jacket. His frozen body was driver was text messaging his best friend at the time.found under a bridge a mile away on Tuesday mornThe ministry truck hit a Ford Focus from the rear,ing. Another man sleeping under the same bridge sending all three occupants to the hospital. It isthat night survived and told the media the mission uncertain as to whether one of the occupants,evicted Mr. Smith on Monday night.a teenage girl, will live. A TV news crew beat the ambulance to the scene of the accident, and last nights evening news reported that the driver was text messaging at the time of the accident. Womens shelter scenario A verbal and physical dispute erupted between two families staying at the womens shelter and grew to include individual guests. There were no injuries, but the staff asked all parties involved, five Caucasians and four African Americans, to leave the facility. The African Americans, including a mother with two children ages three and five, have made posters alleging racism and are marching up and down the sidewalk in front of the building.36 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2022'