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).

Unselfie-Oasis

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

Forward this message to a friend

Click to view this email in a browser

If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe

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

Read the VerticalResponse marketing policy.

Non-Profits Email Free with VerticalResponse!

Click to view this email in a browser


		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!