The Sustainist

Holy Financial Literacy

Join the Rev. Dr. Eric H. F. Law for a 2-part workshop to learn and explore how to maximize the flow of money currencies for your ministries.

June 13 and 15, 2023 (Tuesday and Thursday)

3:30 pm to 5:30 noon Pacific Time (6:30-8:30 pm eastern) on Zoom

A HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR THE MINISTRY OF MONEY THAT FLOWS FROM HOLY CURRENCIES’ CYCLE OF BLESSINGS.

In this time we will:

• Explore stewardship of money through the flow of the other Holy Currencies especially of Relationships and Truth. 

• Introduce faithful and entrepreneurial ways of increasing financial exchanges through revisioning and creating new as well as current ministries.

• Reclaim the original calling of money as a way to enhance faithful human interaction.

• Demonstrate how to create a narrative budget that reflects the exchange of money to blessings.

• We will not obsess over the scarcity of money.  We will learn ways to live in the abundance of God’s gifts.

Register at: https://www.kscopeinstitute.org/holy-financial-literacy

Graceconomics - $25 to $150

As is the usual KI custom of Graceconomics, we offer a range of registration fees. Please contribute the amount that you are able, knowing that the closer you can pay to the upper range, the more we can use the resources to help others who may not be able to pay. 

3:30 pm to 5:30 noon Pacific Time (6:30-8:30 pm eastern) on Zoom

A HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR THE MINISTRY OF MONEY THAT FLOWS FROM HOLY CURRENCIES’ CYCLE OF BLESSINGS.

In this time we will:

• Explore stewardship of money through the flow of the other Holy Currencies especially of Relationships and Truth. 

• Introduce faithful and entrepreneurial ways of increasing financial exchanges through revisioning and creating new as well as current ministries.

• Reclaim the original calling of money as a way to enhance faithful human interaction.

• Demonstrate how to create a narrative budget that reflects the exchange of money to blessings.

• We will not obsess over the scarcity of money.  We will learn ways to live in the abundance of God’s gifts.

Register at: https://www.kscopeinstitute.org/holy-financial-literacy

Graceconomics - $25 to $150

As is the usual KI custom of Graceconomics, we offer a range of registration fees. Please contribute the amount that you are able, knowing that the closer you can pay to the upper range, the more we can use the resources to help others who may not be able to pay. 

Kaleidoscope Bible Sharing for Preachers

In a diverse multi-contextual world, preachers are challenged in how to connect the Word with a community of people with very different cultural experiences and backgrounds in the same sermon.  For example, what does a sermon sound like when you have people from different political affirmation, racial background and economic status listening? 

You are invited to join The Rev. Dr. Eric H. F. Law, the Founder and Innovator of the Kaleidoscope Institute, for a weekly Tuesday gathering of preachers in multi-contextual communities.  If you are not a preacher, please consider forwarding this invitation to any preachers you know. Come spend an hour each week with Eric to reflect on a lectionary text for the upcoming Sunday and to listen and share with other preachers - ideas, stories, techniques, and processes for sharing the Word in diverse communities.  We will use a combination of the multi-contextual preaching model Eric shared in his book, The Word at the Crossing and the Kaleidoscope Bible Sharing process. The gatherings will take place on Zoom at 9am Pacific/12 noon Eastern. 

Try it out for September - the dates are September 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2023

Register at: https://www.kscopeinstitute.org/kaleidoscope-bible-sharing-for-preachers

You only need to register once and you will be given the zoom link for all 4 sessions

Holy Financial Literacy

Join the Rev. Dr. Eric H. F. Law and Kaleidoscope Institute Associates to learn and explore how to maximize the flow of money currencies for your ministries.

Saturday, February 25, 2023

8:00 am to 12:00 noon Pacific Time on Zoom

A HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR THE MINISTRY OF MONEY THAT FLOWS FROM HOLY CURRENCIES’ CYCLE OF BLESSINGS.

In this time we will:

• Explore stewardship of money through the flow of the other Holy Currencies especially of Relationships and Truth. 

• Introduce faithful and entrepreneurial ways of increasing financial exchanges through revisioning and creating new as well as current ministries.

• Reclaim the original calling of money as a way to enhance faithful human interaction.

• Demonstrate how to create a narrative budget that reflects the exchange of money to blessings.

• We will not obsess over the scarcity of money.  We will learn ways to live in the abundance of God’s gifts.

Graceconomics - $25 to $150

Register at: https://www.kscopeinstitute.org/holy-financial-literacy

Kaleidoscope Bible Sharing for Preachers

In a diverse multi-contextual world, preachers are challenged in how to connect the Word with a community of people with very different cultural experiences and backgrounds in the same sermon.  For example, what does a sermon sound like when you have people from different political affirmation, racial background and economic status listening? 

You are invited to join The Rev. Dr. Eric H. F. Law, the Founder and Innovator of the Kaleidoscope Institute, for a weekly Tuesday gathering of preachers in multi-contextual communities.  If you are not a preacher, please consider forwarding this invitation to any preachers you know. Come spend an hour each week with Eric to reflect on a lectionary text for the upcoming Sunday and to listen and share with other preachers - ideas, stories, techniques, and processes for sharing the Word in diverse communities.  We will use a combination of the multi-contextual preaching model Eric shared in his book, The Word at the Crossing and the Kaleidoscope Bible Sharing process. The gatherings will take place on Zoom at 9am Pacific/12 noon Eastern. 

Try it out for February - the dates are 2/7, 2/14, 2/21, and 2/28. 

Register at: https://www.kscopeinstitute.org/kbs-for-preachers

Fear Not: Kaleidoscope Summer Online Institute

I am so excited about the conversations I will have, during our Summer Institute, with amazing people like Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, Fr. Greg Boyle, Rev. Becca Stevens, Dr. Alexia Salvatierra, Dean Kelly Brown Douglas, Rev. Rudy Rasmus and many more. Take a sabbath and join me, Aug 3-13. You can register for one day or for the whole event or anything in between. Learn about creating social business/ministries from the founder of Homeboy Industries and Thistle Farm. Learn how to create a truly multicultural community from Evergreen. Learn about faith-rooted community organization from Alexia Salvatierra.  If you are a student, you can do the whole thing for $40! The workshops throughout this time will cover many Gracious Leadership skills needed to live Grace and Truth in a Divided and Frightened World.

https://www.kscopeinstitute.org/summer-institute-2020?utm_source=Christian+Century+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ca918e3fde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_07_02_12_54&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b00cd618da-ca918e3fde-82371539

Summer Institute 2020 – FEAR NOT: Living Grace, Truth and Diversity in a Divided and Frightened World

In an increasingly polarized and fearful world, there are few places where people can have a reasonable and constructive dialogue about race relations and other important issues of our time. Summer Institute 2020 brings together spiritual leaders to provide insight and guidance and community leaders who want to see things differently to provide gracious time and place for truth-seeking dialogue that can achieve non-violent mutual understanding and learn tools to lead discussions that will lead to brave and gracious community.

August 3 – 13 (excluding Saturday and Sunday), Institute participants will meet online from across the nation each day.

Daily Schedule:

9 a.m.  – Music, prayer and meditation

9:15 a.m. – Conversation with Spiritual Leaders and Q & A

10 a.m. – Workshop teaching KI skills and tools for creating inclusive community

11:15 a.m. – Closing prayer, things to ponder for the next day

From Fear to Ministry in this Pandemic Time

This is part one of a 3-part book discussion on my book Fear Not: Living Grace and Truth in a Frightened World.

I had a great time connecting the first couple of chapters of the book to constructive ways of dealing with our fears during the Covid-19 Pandemic.  The series is sponsored by Clackamas United Church of Christ in Oregon.  The moderator is Pastor Adam Ericksen.

If you can't see the video here, go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkPti3Q_cm8