Three initiatives took place at Christ Church Deer Park in 2012 that have led to growth. First, parishioners participated in an open process to enhance the church through working groups. Five groups emerged focusing on spiritual practices, lay ministry, the sacred space, children, and welcoming. Second, the Our Faith Our Hope fundraising campaign exceeded its goal, raising the third highest amount in the diocese and securing $406,000 over 5 years. Funds were allocated through a committee process. Third, the Management Team has undertaken several initiatives including upgrading the website and technology, developing a code of conduct, and beginning a long-term capital planning process.
Church capital campaigns are very effective faith-raising and fundraising initiatives. Church Building and Loan Fund Capital Campaign Services is the only capital campaign service authorized by the United Church of Christ. Our Capital Campaign Executives have helped UCC and other Christian churches raise millions of dollars for ministry.
Raising the funds to meet the mission and ministry needs of churches is becoming increasingly challenging. During this webinar we will look at some of the critical factors that make a church financially healthy and what tools you need to see where you are at and positive goals to aim for. We will discuss how to be good stewards of your church’s resources and explore some best practices for overseeing your finances. Through this Webinar you will learn how to:
* Principles of stewardship and how it impacts your church
* Implement a stewardship plan
* Demonstrate accountability for managing your funds
* Review financial reports to make strong financial choices
* Review and monitor giving trends within your congregation and membership
Church capital campaigns are very effective faith-raising and fundraising initiatives. Church Building and Loan Fund Capital Campaign Services is the only capital campaign service authorized by the United Church of Christ. Our Capital Campaign Executives have helped UCC and other Christian churches raise millions of dollars for ministry.
Raising the funds to meet the mission and ministry needs of churches is becoming increasingly challenging. During this webinar we will look at some of the critical factors that make a church financially healthy and what tools you need to see where you are at and positive goals to aim for. We will discuss how to be good stewards of your church’s resources and explore some best practices for overseeing your finances. Through this Webinar you will learn how to:
* Principles of stewardship and how it impacts your church
* Implement a stewardship plan
* Demonstrate accountability for managing your funds
* Review financial reports to make strong financial choices
* Review and monitor giving trends within your congregation and membership
Cooperative Program Meeting FEB09 Sustainable Funding OverviewBen Stroup
This presentation was created as an overview for all Southern Baptist Stewardship and Cooperative Program leaders. It was held at the Executive Committee in Nashville, TN.
UMC global impact | The Permanent Fund for The United Methodist ChurchRodney Bowen
Learn How to Outlive Your Life! The Permanent Fund provides a permanent source of funding for the ministries of The United Methodist Church. Your estate gift truly does change the world for generations. Consider naming The Permanent Fund as beneficiary within your estate plan. http://www.umcglobalimpact.org
Annual General Meeting 2014 Presentation of the Concordia University College of Alberta Graduate Student Association, by Toonna Obi-Okoye; GSA President April 2013 - April 2014
Economic development is intended to make a place better for the people and businesses that are there and more attractive to those that might come. It can represent a wide variety of activities ranging from targeted industrial recruitment to K-12 education reform. However, many of the old approaches to economic development leave the community without any real sense of control, agency, or power. This plan for Bertie county, N.C. is different. The plan’s long term vision, findings, goals, and recommendations are all designed by and created for community members and leaders.
Regional Cohort Gatherings Jan 11 & 12, 2012Jason Condon
Topic: "Seasons of Church Life & Ministry" From the "Big Picture" Regional Cohort Gatherings for church planters on the East Coast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Cooperative Program Meeting FEB09 Sustainable Funding OverviewBen Stroup
This presentation was created as an overview for all Southern Baptist Stewardship and Cooperative Program leaders. It was held at the Executive Committee in Nashville, TN.
UMC global impact | The Permanent Fund for The United Methodist ChurchRodney Bowen
Learn How to Outlive Your Life! The Permanent Fund provides a permanent source of funding for the ministries of The United Methodist Church. Your estate gift truly does change the world for generations. Consider naming The Permanent Fund as beneficiary within your estate plan. http://www.umcglobalimpact.org
Annual General Meeting 2014 Presentation of the Concordia University College of Alberta Graduate Student Association, by Toonna Obi-Okoye; GSA President April 2013 - April 2014
Economic development is intended to make a place better for the people and businesses that are there and more attractive to those that might come. It can represent a wide variety of activities ranging from targeted industrial recruitment to K-12 education reform. However, many of the old approaches to economic development leave the community without any real sense of control, agency, or power. This plan for Bertie county, N.C. is different. The plan’s long term vision, findings, goals, and recommendations are all designed by and created for community members and leaders.
Regional Cohort Gatherings Jan 11 & 12, 2012Jason Condon
Topic: "Seasons of Church Life & Ministry" From the "Big Picture" Regional Cohort Gatherings for church planters on the East Coast Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Tired of dragging your parish kicking and screaming from one level of joy and freedom to the next? Try motivating parishioners through a Strategic Initiatives Fund.
Tired of the endless cycle of fundraising events? Frustrated with the struggle to even modestly increase stewardship giving? Treasured dreams of parish development constantly postponed? A major gifts program may be a big part of your solution.
Objective
Raise awareness of Rebuilding Together Dutchess County’s mission in the Dutchess County.
• Strengthen and help to rebuild lives, homes and communities.
• Respect the integrity, worth and dignity of every person, especially the low-income, the elderly
and those with disabilities and are committed to helping them and the communities in which
they live.
Strategy
Host a charity golf tournament to raise awareness about RTDC and resources for ongoing community
projects.
Organization Name Nature Discovery CenterAddress 7112 Newcas.docxvannagoforth
Organization Name: Nature Discovery Center
Address: 7112 Newcastle, Bellaire, TX 77401
Website: https://naturediscoverycenter.org/
Mission: To ignite life-long curiosity, understanding, and respect for nature through education.Organization Overview
History
The Nature Discovery Center (NDC) consists of a four-acre nature park and the historic Henshaw House which serves as a nature center located in Russ Pitman Park. The NDC was first established in 1979 as what was then called Friends of Bellaire Park. In 1981, the four-acre Henshaw Estate in Bellaire was advertised for sale. Despite an astounding $1.4M sale price, a volunteer group led by Hana Ginzbarg undertook a fundraising campaign to buy the property in phases with the help of the Trust for Public Land. Through canvassing efforts, the park was purchased and turned over to the City of Bellaire. Russ Pitman made a generous contribution to complete the park purchase and became the namesake of the park. Renovations to the house and land were led by the local community volunteers.
All programs are hosted at Russ Pitman Park and the historic Henshaw House. The park is equipped with multiple learning environments including a Critter Classroom, Pecan Grove, Deciduous Woodland, Prairie Wetland, Shady Glade, Western Woods, Pocket Prairie, Thrush Hollow, and Cypress Pond. There are two Discovery Rooms inside the Henshaw House that allow children to take a hands-on approach to nature and science exploration.
The NDC is currently a leader in the Nature Play Movement in Houston, which focuses on allowing children to have free and unstructured play in nature. The goal is to expand children’s creativity, confidence, and social skills by giving them the ability to manipulate their play environment.
We Strive to:
· Spark interest in nature and science, nourish the inquiring mind, stimulate a desire to explore, discover, and learn; and keep a sense of wonder alive.
· Develop students’ critical thinking, problem solving, and reasoning skills needed in all walks of life, and give them the tools to explore, discover, and learn.
· Enrich and enhance educational opportunities for children, particularly those under-served, to improve their chances of success in school and in life.
· Improve the teaching of science in the elementary grades by example, teacher training, and publications.
· Advance general understanding of how nature affects our lives, and of the ecological systems that keep the earth in balance.
· Foster love and respect for nature that inspires people to become responsible caretakers of the earth.
Program Services
· The NDC offers a multitude of nature education programs for children, adults, families, and educators. Some of our most popular programs include Summer Science Camp, Family Nature Night, Outreach Presentations, and Senior Bird Trips.
· The NDC serves 40,000+ people each year. Our main market is currently children ages 3-12.
Key Fundraising Events
· Pumpkin Patch: A two-day fe ...
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GCF works exclusively with Christian ministries and projects in a dynamic cooperative relationship. Ministries and projects engage in outreach activities and provide on-site personnel while GCF provides essential administrative and accounting expertise to enable them to do their ministry. It is a team effort working towards a common goal: the advancement of the Christian faith, education, and the relief of poverty.
How to Engage Faith Communities in OutreachEnroll America
Are you interested in deepening or initiating relationships with faith communities but unsure how or where to start? This is the webinar for you!
Enroll America has built a multi-cultural, interfaith coalition of churches, organizations, and faith-based providers that are engaging their members in outreach and enrollment. Check out the recording and slides to learn about useful strategies to kick-start your outreach and help you move your engagement to the next level.
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
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SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
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A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
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We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
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Re-Imaginging Church/Our Faith Our Hope
Synopsis of Activities
Presented by Genevieve A. Chornenki, Rector’s Warden & Henry Zaluski, Deputy Warden
In 2012 two important initiatives took place at Christ Church Deer Park. Several seeds were sown.
Certain of them germinated and are now enjoying robust growth:
In The Works: In October, the Rector and churchwardens (now called “Management
Team”) welcomed everyone into a “bottom up”, participatory process. Parishioners were
invited to explore and initiate activities that would enhance the life and vitality of CCDP over
and above the good work that was already being done by dedicated volunteers. The
process was a bit of an experiment. It had no pre-determined outcomes and had never
been done before. But it was to be guided by 10 “vital signs” or ideals – hospitality,
discernment, healing, contemplation, testimony, diversity, justice, worship, reflection &
beauty.
What happened? Five active working groups emerged:
i.
Developing Spiritual Practices
ii. Discerning Our Gifts for Lay Ministry
iii. Opening Our Sacred Space & Grounds
iv. Raising Spiritual Kids; and
v. Welcoming
These groups convened, developed their mandates and took action. A number of
individuals also generated interesting and innovative ideas for outreach, education or other
activities. In short, there was much parish ingenuity, engagement and commitment in the
months since October 2012.
Our Faith Our Hope: This was a fundraising campaign initiated by the Diocese. Like the
above process, it too was intended to enhance health and vitality of the church, in this case
within the diocese as well as within our parish. Monies raised were intended for parish
growth such as through youth ministry or outreach, capital projects and re-imagining our
presence at Yonge & Heath. Our gratitude is extended to all who participated in this very
successful campaign. CCDP exceeded its initial fundraising goal and raised the third
highest amount in the parish. As a result, we stand to receive $406,000 over 5 years when
all pledges have been realized.
What happened? Management Team created an allocations process and appointed an
Allocations Committee. This was an advisory body mandated to receive applications from
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working groups and individuals and to make funding recommendation to Management
Team. To our knowledge, we are the only parish in the Diocese to do this.
By August 2013, CCDP had received $180.000 +/- form the Our Faith Our Hope campaign.
Management Team is responsible for this money. It is not to be used for operations but for
the general purposes for which it was raised.
In 2013, the In The Works process and the allocations process converged. Management
Team received and approved recommendations from the Allocations Committee for a
variety of individual and group activities. In this way, approximately $70,000 was allocated
to initiatives that speak to youth, diversity & growth as well as the advancement of
significant capital projects.
This particular Parish Forum was intended as a sampling of what is going on at Christ Church Deer
Park from the “bottom up” and the “top down”. In addition to the presentations that follow, there
are a number of ongoing Corporate/Management Team initiatives that parishioners should be
aware of:
Management Team Initiatives:
i.
EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS –
a. A new Webmaster has been hired and a re-vamp of the existing
website is currently underway. The new design is based on bestpractices research plus current analytics that reveal the most visited
pages and most sought after information on our existing site. The
new website aims to be user-friendly, consistent and clear. It will
highlight weekly worship services (including scriptural readings &
music), announcements and important events. I’m New Here will
take a visitor directly to pertinent information. For a peak at the
pending design click here. [Paul – please link this to Henry’s slide of
the home page. It’s slide #23.]
ii. INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
a. A Code of Behaviour was developed to guide parishioners and
visitors in the use of our space. Framed copies of this code will be
posted throughout the building. For a look at the text, click here. [Paul
– please link to Slide #33]
b. A hymn board has been re-purposed to display the photos and titles
of current parish leadership. This board will be displayed in the
atrium shortly.
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iii. TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES
a. Management Team is currently assessing and costing the hardware,
software and network needed to support our bookkeeping,
accounting, database management, publishing and other needs.
Once these short term items are addressed, we will consider
additional ways to communicate in a wireless world.
iv. LONG TERM CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS
a. Annual Vestries in 2012 and 2013 expressed a wish for a long-term
capital plan for the building. Practical steps are now being taken to
this end.
b. In January 2013 a Condition Report was received about the
condition of the building.
c. Recently, Management Team approved a proposal from the Property
Committee to fund capital planning services. These services are
intended to produce a report that identifies priorities, costs and
timing. From this data, an informed long-term property plan can be
developed and appropriate fundraising can be conducted.
v.
BUDGETING FOR 2014
a. As at October 2013, Management Team has begun the budgeting
process for 2014.
vi. STEWARDSHIP
a. A letter was sent to all parishioners in June 2013 thanking them for
contributions to date.
b. Annual stewardship activities are continue with a second letter
pending this month.