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Re: Galactic

noreply@blogger.com (Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development) — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:31:00 +0000

Include program used for opening crawl in credits.

Have include cast names at end.

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021, 2:28 PM Cindy Garis <1woundupcontemplative@gmail.com> wrote:

Galactic

noreply@blogger.com (Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development) — Wed, 07 Apr 2021 18:28:00 +0000

"Holy Wow, Batman!" | #GivingTuesday

noreply@blogger.com (Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development) — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:35:00 +0000

Oasis Ministries Joins the Global #GivingTuesday Movement

Download the Press Release HERE

Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development pledges to (a) change the world for good through contemplation and compassion, (b) raise $1,000 in scholarships to support creating safe, sacred space in the world, and (c) share a FREE HolyWow! e-book (Holy Wow! = encounters with the divine and how contemplation changes my world toward compassion).

Dear Cindy,

This year, on Tuesday, December 1, 2015, Oasis Ministries is participating in #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving. It is our first year for doing so, and we have set a goal to raise $1,000 in scholarships.

Last year, more than 27,000 organizations in 68 countries came together to celebrate #GivingTuesday. Since its founding in 2012, #GivingTuesday has inspired giving around the world, resulting in greater donations, volunteer hours, and activities that bring about real change in communities. We invite you to become a #GivingTuesday Ambassador and to help get out and give this December 1:

Get your circles or faith communities to support us, asking participants to make Oasis a special "mission" and to give to our campaign.
Help spread the word about our #GivingTuesday campaign by sharing our Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and emails with your social networks.
Make your own gift to our #GivingTuesday campaign, according to your means and motivation to set an example for your network.

If you are willing to do participate, you can simply email me (cindygaris@oasismin.org) and I'll send you more information.

Thanks so much for your time and thoughtful consideration.

Very sincerely,

Cindy Garis
Executive Director

P.S. The theme for our 2015 Giving Tuesday campaign is "My Holy Wow!" Where have you encountered a holy wow, a sacred amazement? See #MyHolyWow! to read the stories others have shared…and share yours!

Learn more at www.oasismin.org/GivingTuesday.html

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[e-news] Practicing Gratitude | Praying in Color

noreply@blogger.com (Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development) — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 21:52:00 +0000

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		11.3.2015
	Practicing Gratitude \| Pilgrimage Update \| Praying In Color \| Shopping Online?

	Practicing Gratitude
	While we hope to be practicing gratitude year-round... Join us on our Facebook Page, where every day for the month of November we will be Practicing Gratitude. Like our page, share your own ways of encountering, sharing, expressing, and receiving gratitude... hear from other friends of Oasis. Please take a moment to share your gratitude now! We are so grateful for all of you who share the word about Oasis. Enrollments this year: Spiritual Direction Yr I: 32 Spiritual Direction Yr II: 22 Deepening Year: 14 Contemplative Leadership: 14 Journey Into Silence: 10 Holding you all in prayer...and those yet to come!

Pilgrimage Update
Two updates from our spiritual pilgrimages... 1) Photos from the 2015 Southwest Pilgrimage are now online (Thank you, Glenn Mitchell!) -- take a look at the stunning people and surroundings near Ghost Ranch. Click here for photo collection 2) We now have firm pricing for the Celtic Pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland (October 2016)... and if you register before January 15 you receive $100 discount... PLUS if you coordinate a group of 5 paying registrants, you receive a $500 discount!

Graduate Spotlight: Praying in Color

Oasis graduate, spiritual director and blogger, Kelly Chripczuk is hosting Praying In Color at her home in Boiling Springs, PA, on Friday, November 13 from about 7:30 to 8:30pm. Praying in Color (based on the book by Sybil Macbeth) is a form of "doodling prayer" which can be used for intercession, meditation and discernment.

Shopping On-Line?
Please don't forget that when you are shopping on-line you can support Oasis at the same time. The most common ways are through AmazonSmile, Amazon.com, and iGive.com. Check out all the ways by clicking the button below -- and don't forget to set Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development as your cause to support!

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Ready to Play?

noreply@blogger.com (Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development) — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 18:22:00 +0000

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September 15, 2015

Ready to Play?

As A Little Child Retreat Day

To be a human being is to be a child of God. – M. Bartolo-Abela

Setting a child in their midst, Jesus told his closest friends – If you want to really get what I'm all about, become like this. Is it possible Jesus meant what he said?

As A Little Child will invite us to consider Jesus' invitation. What is it about children that makes them so special? How can we actively re-embody the gifts of childhood? What is the cost of this invitation? What is to be gained? What are practical ways to nurture the child within?

Participants will find the day to be a spacious time of opening, pondering and practicing the art of playful curiosity. (Learn more)

Leaders:

Kelly Chripczuk is a 2014 graduate of Oasis' Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Guides program. She has a Master of Divinity degree and is a licensed pastor who is learning to take herself less seriously.

Laura Boggess is the author of Playdates With God: Having a Childlike Faith in a Grown-up World, the story of how an invitation to play opened her eyes to wonder.

Additional leader information on website

Date and Location:

Saturday, September 26, 2015 9:30am - 4:00pm
Carlisle Brethren in Christ Church 1155 Walnut Bottom Rd Carlisle, PA 17015

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Needing a break?

noreply@blogger.com (Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development) — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:17:00 +0000

Needing a Break?
This month or every month?

Mindful Day - August 21 l Breath and Prayer l Journey into Silence

Become More Mindful

So how crazy are you feeling right now? On a scale of 1 to 10, where is your stress level?
Jon Kabat-Zinn describes mindfulness as the "presence of heart." When was the last time you were present to this moment? What about bringing presence of heart? What would that look like to you? To explore mindfulness further and to gain some hands-on tools, you are invited to join Cindy Garis next Friday, August 21 (10am - 3pm), on a back porch in Mount Gretna, PA for a Summer De-Stress: A Mindful Approach to Stress-Reduction.
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(Note: If cost is what is keeping you away, give what you can and come. You need this. However, registration is required in advance. Open to all.)

REMINDER! The deadline for these two monthly contemplative programs is THIS WEEK! Fees increase after August 15th! They begin next month!

Breath and Prayer
meets monthly on Wednesdays in Bloomsburg, PA

Journey Into Silence
meets monthly on Saturdays in Elizabthetown, PA

Every moment of existence is suffused with the life and creative force of God. Every breath, every heartbeat is prayer. Created in the image of God, our purpose is to grow into awareness of this intimacy, this energy. Breath and Prayer invites us to explore this intimate knowing of Divine Presence. These experiential days provide support to help us to "move the 'stuck,' needy energies that keep us trapped in our egoic selves, at the mercy of our inner demons." (C. Bourgeault)

Led by Ruth Zeiders
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This series of quiet retreat days offers community and support for a contemplative journey down a sacred path. A typical day together will hold a gentle rhythm of prayer in common, sharing, brief input from leaders, and about three hours for silence and solitude. Participants in any stage of the spiritual journey are welcome, though it should be understood that this program is geared for those who are comfortable with prolonged silence and have an openness to the Christian Wisdom tradition, including centering prayer, chant, and lectio divina.

Led by Melissa and Roland Stock
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Interested? Got Questions?
Contact our office today!
Phone: 717-737-8222
oasismin@oasismin.org

Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development
(717) 737-8222
419 Deerfield Road
Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011
US

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Searching within & leading with Love

noreply@blogger.com (Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development) — Thu, 30 Jul 2015 19:08:00 +0000

Searching within & leading with Love

I recently had the opportunity to listen to the On Being episode where interviewer Krista Tippett had conversation with Mirabai Bush, the co-founder of the Center for Contemplative Mind in Society. Bush is the co-author of Compassion in Action: Setting Out on the Path of Service. She also helped create Google’s popular employee program, Search Inside Yourself.

I kept finding myself aware of a type of cultural shift. This was given words on the webpage describing this interview episode where they named a growing awareness of "the rediscovery of contemplative practices, in many forms and from many traditions, in the secular thick of modern culture." Yes!

Does this mean that contemplative practices are "in"? Hardly, but I think it does mean that there is being given more and more credit to their value. I am so glad that through your sustaining support, Oasis has been around for over 25 years to see this place and be in a position to help others and respond to the need for spiritual practices that move us to compassion and Love.

As I listened to the interview, I also found myself grateful for the new training we are offering in Contemplative Leadership. Certainly, it seems timely for the invitation to deepen in practice and grow in leadership.

I invite you to offer prayers for this program and all of our program participants and leaders. Enrollments are coming in for the fall and we are excited to have you be a part of them through prayer and presence. (Look for start dates in the calendar below)

Blessings,

Cindy

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New Program Year! 2015-2016 Program Guide

noreply@blogger.com (Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development) — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 19:33:00 +0000

I cannot believe that it is already July... where does the time go?!

But with the new month, Oasis begins a new year, and with a new year brings a whole host of offerings to renew your spirit.

If you are a part of our mailing list, your hard copy of the 2015-2016 Program Guide will be on its way soon, but before that even arrives, you can access all the great information right here.

This email lists our events and happenings that will be happening soon... and you will not want to miss. You can access the full list of programs by visiting our website.

Click here to visit our Programs page

You can also access our complete Program Guide on-line.

Click to see the Program Guide right now!

We are very excited about the response that we have been receiving to all of programs. The new Contemplative Leadership program and the changes that have been made to offer local group options to Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Guides and to our Deepening Year for Direction Ministries have been very well received. Is this the year for you?

You are held in our prayers as you discern.

Please continue to hold Oasis, its staff and participants, its reach and ministry, in your prayers.

Blessings on your day,

Cindy

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Announcing - 2016 Pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland

noreply@blogger.com (Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development) — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 07:30:00 +0000

Featuring:

• Time with the Iona Community in Glasgow
• 6-Nights on the Isle of Iona—including time for personal retreat,
group gathering and reϐlections, the community pilgrimage walk
around the island, as well as daily worship in the Iona Abbey
• Explorations on the road—castles, lochs and standing stones

C lick here to learn more

View 2012-2013 Oasis Program Guide

noreply@blogger.com (Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development) — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:51:00 +0000

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‎2012-2013 Program Guide is here for you to view! See all of the great ways we have for you to deepen your spirituality.
http://www.oasismin.org/ProgramGuide.html

Reminder! Deadline is today to save some money on our programs...

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Prayer in times of storm...

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For those in need of REST...

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Got Spiritual Direction?

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Save $100 on Pilgrimage to Iona

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Living Contemplatively -(re)Discovering the Prayerful LIfe

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Welcome to August!

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July 7: Oasis Reads - Breakfast with Buddha

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A Year of Authentic Connection for Men

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May the Force Be with You?

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Men! Nature teaches more about yourself, God and others...

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Oasis E-News Archives

Re: Galactic

Galactic

"Holy Wow, Batman!" | #GivingTuesday

Oasis Ministries Joins the Global #GivingTuesday Movement

[e-news] Practicing Gratitude | Praying in Color

Ready to Play?

As A Little Child Retreat Day

Needing a break?

REMINDER! The deadline for these two monthly contemplative programs is THIS WEEK! Fees increase after August 15th! They begin next month!

Interested? Got Questions? Contact our office today! Phone: 717-737-8222 oasismin@oasismin.org

Searching within & leading with Love

Searching within & leading with Love

Share and Post

New Program Year! 2015-2016 Program Guide

Announcing - 2016 Pilgrimage to Iona, Scotland

View 2012-2013 Oasis Program Guide

Oasis Ministries for Spiritual Development

‎2012-2013 Program Guide is here for you to view! See all of the great ways we have for you to deepen your spirituality.http://www.oasismin.org/ProgramGuide.html

Reminder! Deadline is today to save some money on our programs...

Prayer in times of storm...

For those in need of REST...

Share with Spiritual Directors, Clergy, Ministers Everywhere

Got Spiritual Direction?

Save $100 on Pilgrimage to Iona

Living Contemplatively -(re)Discovering the Prayerful LIfe

Welcome to August!

July 7: Oasis Reads - Breakfast with Buddha

A Year of Authentic Connection for Men

May the Force Be with You?

Men! Nature teaches more about yourself, God and others...

Interested? Got Questions?
Contact our office today!
Phone: 717-737-8222
oasismin@oasismin.org

‎2012-2013 Program Guide is here for you to view! See all of the great ways we have for you to deepen your spirituality.
http://www.oasismin.org/ProgramGuide.html