Fundraising AS Ministry - "Imagining Abundance"
Kerry Robinson
There is still time to register for the third webinar in our 3-part series titled Fundraising AS Ministry. In this very special edition, host Henry Freeman speaks with Kerry Robinson, Executive Director of the National Roundtable for Church Leadership and author of Imagining Abundance: Fundraising, Philanthropy, and a Spiritual Call to Service.
Outcomes from this informative session include learning to identify core obstacles to your organization's fundraising efforts, advice for changing institutional and individuals attitudes toward fundraising, and practical ways to empower leadership to operate from a place of optimism and abundance rather than from an attitude of fear and despair.
These are essential and practical tools for every faith-based organization that depends on donor support.
If you can't make the live broadcast, don't worry. Your registration will allow you and your team to view the archived webinar as many times as you'd like for a full year. The archived version will be available a few days after the initial broadcast.
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The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada DAILY MEDITATION with Father Henri J. M. Nouwen "The Intimacy of the Table" for Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Photo courtesy of SDGimagery.comThe table is one of the most intimate places in our lives. It is there that we give ourselves to one another. When we say, "Take some more, let me serve you another plate, let me pour you another glass, don't be shy, enjoy it," we say a lot more than our words express. We invite our friends to become part of our lives. We want them to be nurtured by the same food and drink that nurture us. We desire communion. That is why a refusal to eat and drink what a host offers is so offensive. It feels like a rejection of an invitation to intimacy.
Strange as it may sound, the table is the place where we want to become food for one another. Every breakfast, lunch, or dinner can become a time of growing communion with one another.
For further reflection...
When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table. And he said to them, I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God." After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this, and divide it among you." And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them...[Luke 22: 14-17, 19]
Your response...
What opportunities to give or receive hospitality do you see today?
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Purchase your copy of Henri Nouwen's book "Reaching Out".
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Join us for the Lent 2016 discussion of Henri Nouwen's book "In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership".
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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.---------------------
The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada DAILY MEDITATION with Father Henri J. M. Nouwen "The Meal That Makes Us Family and Friends" for Monday, 15 February 2016
Photo courtesy of SDGimagery.comWe all need to eat and drink to stay alive. But having a meal is more than eating and drinking. It is celebrating the gifts of life we share. A meal together is one of the most intimate and sacred human events. Around the table we become vulnerable, filling one another's plates and cups and encouraging one another to eat and drink. Much more happens at a meal than satisfying hunger and quenching thirst. Around the table we become family, friends, community, yes, a body.
That is why it is so important to "set" the table. Flowers, candles, colorful napkins all help us to say to one another, "This is a very special time for us, let's enjoy it!"
For further reflection...
The king asked, "Is there no one still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show God's kindness?" Ziba answered the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in both feet." When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, "Mephibosheth! Don't be afraid, for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table." Then Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do whatever my lord the king demands his servant to do." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table, like one of the king's sons. And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king's table, and he was crippled in both feet.[2 Samuel 9: 3, 6, 7, 11, 13]
Your response...
"Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul."[Teresa of Ávila, Complete Works of St Teresa of Jesus: Volume 3]
Continue the Inspiration
Purchase your copy of Henri Nouwen's book "The Road to Daybreak".
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United States
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Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.---------------------
The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada DAILY MEDITATION with Father Henri J. M. Nouwen "The Meal That Makes Us Family and Friends" for Monday, 15 February 2016
Photo courtesy of SDGimagery.comWe all need to eat and drink to stay alive. But having a meal is more than eating and drinking. It is celebrating the gifts of life we share. A meal together is one of the most intimate and sacred human events. Around the table we become vulnerable, filling one another's plates and cups and encouraging one another to eat and drink. Much more happens at a meal than satisfying hunger and quenching thirst. Around the table we become family, friends, community, yes, a body.
That is why it is so important to "set" the table. Flowers, candles, colorful napkins all help us to say to one another, "This is a very special time for us, let's enjoy it!"
For further reflection...
The king asked, "Is there no one still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show God's kindness?" Ziba answered the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in both feet." When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David, he bowed down to pay him honor. David said, "Mephibosheth! Don't be afraid, for I will surely show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table." Then Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do whatever my lord the king demands his servant to do." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table, like one of the king's sons. And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king's table, and he was crippled in both feet.[2 Samuel 9: 3, 6, 7, 11, 13]
Your response...
"Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul."[Teresa of Ávila, Complete Works of St Teresa of Jesus: Volume 3]
Continue the Inspiration
Purchase your copy of Henri Nouwen's book "The Road to Daybreak".
Visit our Bookstore:
United States
United Kingdom
Join us for the Lent 2016 discussion of Henri Nouwen's book "In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership".
Visit our new website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community.
LEARN MORE
Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.
Join us for the Lent 2016 discussion of Henri Nouwen's book "In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership".
Visit our new website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community.
LEARN MORE
Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Scripture chosen by L. Yeskoo.
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The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent, 14 February 2016 with Father Henri J. M. Nouwen
O my God, in you I trust.[Psalm 25:2]
"Living Lent Attentively and Gently"
Lent is the most important time of the year to nurture our inner life. It is the time during which we not only prepare ourselves to celebrate the mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus, but also the death and resurrection that constantly takes place within us. Life is a continuing process of the death of the old and the familiar, and being reborn again into a new hope, a new trust, and a new love. The death and resurrection of Jesus therefore is not just an historical event that took place a long time ago, but an inner event that takes place in our heart when we are willing to be attentive to it.
Lent offers a beautiful opportunity to discover the mystery of Christ within us. It is a gentle but also demanding time. It is a time of solitude but also community, it is a time of listening to the voice within, but also a time of paying attention to other people's needs. It is a time to continuously make the passage to new inner life as well as to life with those around us.
When we live Lent attentively and gently, then Easter can truly be a celebration during which the full proclamation of the risen Christ will reverberate into the deepest place of our being.
Lent Online Book Discussion
The Lent Book Discussion is now underway. This year's featured book is In the Name of Jesus. Facilitated by Ray Glennon, you are welcome to participate in any way that is spiritually nourishing for you!
Read * Reflect * Share
For more information, click here.
Excerpt from the introduction to Called to Life, Called to Love: Lenten Reflections from the Works of Henri J.M. Nouwen, © Henri J.M. Nouwen. Published by Creative Communications for the Parish. The introduction was written by Henri Nouwen just weeks before his death on September 21, 1996.
Photo Credit: Henri Nouwen by Frank Hamilton, used with kind permission.
The Henri Nouwen Society of Toronto, Ontario, Canada Reflection for the First Sunday of Lent, 14 February 2016 with Father Henri J. M. Nouwen
O my God, in you I trust.[Psalm 25:2]
"Living Lent Attentively and Gently"
Lent is the most important time of the year to nurture our inner life. It is the time during which we not only prepare ourselves to celebrate the mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus, but also the death and resurrection that constantly takes place within us. Life is a continuing process of the death of the old and the familiar, and being reborn again into a new hope, a new trust, and a new love. The death and resurrection of Jesus therefore is not just an historical event that took place a long time ago, but an inner event that takes place in our heart when we are willing to be attentive to it.
Lent offers a beautiful opportunity to discover the mystery of Christ within us. It is a gentle but also demanding time. It is a time of solitude but also community, it is a time of listening to the voice within, but also a time of paying attention to other people's needs. It is a time to continuously make the passage to new inner life as well as to life with those around us.
When we live Lent attentively and gently, then Easter can truly be a celebration during which the full proclamation of the risen Christ will reverberate into the deepest place of our being.
Lent Online Book Discussion
The Lent Book Discussion is now underway. This year's featured book is In the Name of Jesus. Facilitated by Ray Glennon, you are welcome to participate in any way that is spiritually nourishing for you!
Read * Reflect * Share
For more information, click here.
Excerpt from the introduction to Called to Life, Called to Love: Lenten Reflections from the Works of Henri J.M. Nouwen, © Henri J.M. Nouwen. Published by Creative Communications for the Parish. The introduction was written by Henri Nouwen just weeks before his death on September 21, 1996.
Photo Credit: Henri Nouwen by Frank Hamilton, used with kind permission.
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