I’ve caught lots of grief from friends, both in Prague and in the States, about my twitter (Don’t know what Twitter is? Where have you been living? Sorry for the sarcasm, here’s an explanation.) habit over the last year or so. It’s actually been pretty entertaining at times. I’ve been “defrieneded” [...]
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Posted By zharrod on November 25th, 2005
One of the great things about working for a great organization like Campus Crusade is that they have a ton of resources to help their staff members. Today I was doing some work on the Ministry Partner Development (a.k.a. support raising) website and a great quote fell into my lap!
Fund raising is proclaiming what you believe in and proclaiming it in such a way that you offer the other person an opportunity to participate in your vision. So it is precisely the opposite of begging. It’s not saying, “Please we have a problem could you help us out because lately it’s been hard.” It is saying, “We have a vision that is so exciting that we are giving you the opportunity to participate in that vision with the resources that God has given you.†[emphasis added by me]
-Henri Nouwen
This is so true! This thought has kept me going throughout this fall as I am on the support road. I’m not just fund raising! I’m giving people an opportunity to be part of something BIG that God is doing. I pray that God will continue to cross my path with people out there that are captured by the vision that God has given me!
Okay I need to get back to writing some thank you cards. Be a revolution, even when you are writing thank you cards!
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