<h2 fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center; box-sizing: inherit;">Hello Friends of The Contemplative Center of Silicon Valley,</h2><div fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> Please join us in our Second Annual Fall Fundraiser. We reached out to you last year during a challenging time in the life of the Center and you responded in a profound way. Thank you! With your support, we were able to cover our operating expenses with a lower draw from savings. More stability means that we can continue to offer our community a safe place to explore spirituality and contemplation.&nbsp;We are grateful for your participation and want to tell you what has happened in the last 12 months. Since last fall we... &nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;Graduated our first cohort from the Spiritual Companioning Lab (a development group for new and returning directors)&nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;Offered 6 continuing education events for directors (the SD Forum)&nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;Pivoted to hybrid offerings so that we are accessible to directors in other locations&nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;Offered group supervision&nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;Hosted an Online Directory for folks to find our member community, who practice a high standard of care&nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;Continued to support directors and directees by offering inviting spaces for meeting in person Historically, we have been funded by grants (savings) and membership donations. As we grow into a sustainable non-profit, we have made changes to our financial structure and membership levels. We are investing in how we are known through our newsletter and partnering with other contemplative organizations. Our hope going forward is to rely less on drawing from savings and more from our active participating community.Every dollar you contribute during this fundraiser goes directly to the center and its mission to support the work of spiritual direction in our neighborhood, our community and the world. With your support, we provide spiritual directors and contemplatives with opportunities for connection and education. We also reach out to new directors to help them reach their goals to become seasoned practitioners with thriving ministries. We want spiritual direction to be accessible to all who want it and a sustainable practice for spiritual directors. Will you join us in keeping spiritual direction accessible by helping us to reach our goal of $8,000? You can help by:&nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;Donating an amount that you can afford today.&nbsp;&nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;Donating $25 on a monthly basis.&nbsp;&nbsp; &middot; &nbsp;Offering a one time or yearly donation. <p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Our purpose: We are a community of ecumenical Christian spiritual directors who seek to live contemplatively, follow established ethical practices of spiritual direction as we offer space for all people to slow down, listen to the wisdom within, and find soul-rest and renewal for work in the world.&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">We hold physical space for a professional community that is an essential resource&nbsp;to spiritual directors. As spiritual directors we are always growing and learning&mdash; we never arrive. This&nbsp;<a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.ccofsv.org/offerings" fr-original-style="" href="https://www.ccofsv.org/offerings" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">community offers</a>&nbsp;space to do this through connection, consultation, supervision, continued education and not to mention a place to gather.&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Many of us spiritual directors frequently have a sense after sessions that &ldquo;this is what I&rsquo;ve been put here to do.&rdquo; We offer out of call and love. We have given much to this calling and this is a community in which we live it out. We&rsquo;re learning that being professional and a ministry puts us in a tricky place when it comes to financially sustaining ourselves as a center. Over 15 years ago we started with 7 eager directors gathering to pray and we&rsquo;ve grown into a respected contemplative center with currently&nbsp;<a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.ccofsv.org/find-a-director" fr-original-style="" href="https://www.ccofsv.org/find-a-director" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">12 spiritual directors</a>&nbsp;who serve several hundreds of pastors and laypeople in our community and around the globe.&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"> <p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" id="isPasted" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">With Gratitude,<p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.ccofsv.org/about-us" fr-original-style="" href="https://www.ccofsv.org/about-us" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">The Discernment Board of The Contemplative Center of Silicon Valley</a><p fr-original-style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">Brooke Maffia Wang, Rev. Erik Swanson, Kenton Smith, Eleanor Mendoza Whitney and Tjitske Postma</div>

<p style="font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;text-align:center;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Hello Friends of The Contemplative Center of Silicon Valley,<div> Please join us in our Second Annual Fall Fundraiser. We reached out to you last year during a challenging time in the life of the Center and you responded in a profound way. Thank you! With your support, we were able to cover our operating expenses with a lower draw from savings. More stability means that we can continue to offer our community a safe place to explore spirituality and contemplation. We are grateful for your participation and want to tell you what has happened in the last 12 months. Since last fall we...   ·  Graduated our first cohort from the Spiritual Companioning Lab (a development group for new and returning directors)  ·  Offered 6 continuing education events for directors (the SD Forum)  ·  Pivoted to hybrid offerings so that we are accessible to directors in other locations  ·  Offered group supervision  ·  Hosted an Online Directory for folks to find our member community, who practice a high standard of care  ·  Continued to support directors and directees by offering inviting spaces for meeting in person Historically, we have been funded by grants (savings) and membership donations. As we grow into a sustainable non-profit, we have made changes to our financial structure and membership levels. We are investing in how we are known through our newsletter and partnering with other contemplative organizations. Our hope going forward is to rely less on drawing from savings and more from our active participating community.Every dollar you contribute during this fundraiser goes directly to the center and its mission to support the work of spiritual direction in our neighborhood, our community and the world. With your support, we provide spiritual directors and contemplatives with opportunities for connection and education. We also reach out to new directors to help them reach their goals to become seasoned practitioners with thriving ministries. We want spiritual direction to be accessible to all who want it and a sustainable practice for spiritual directors. Will you join us in keeping spiritual direction accessible by helping us to reach our goal of $8,000? You can help by:  ·  Donating an amount that you can afford today.   ·  Donating $25 on a monthly basis.   ·  Offering a one time or yearly donation. <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Our purpose: We are a community of ecumenical Christian spiritual directors who seek to live contemplatively, follow established ethical practices of spiritual direction as we offer space for all people to slow down, listen to the wisdom within, and find soul-rest and renewal for work in the world. <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">We hold physical space for a professional community that is an essential resource to spiritual directors. As spiritual directors we are always growing and learning— we never arrive. This <a href="https://www.ccofsv.org/offerings" target="_blank">community offers</a> space to do this through connection, consultation, supervision, continued education and not to mention a place to gather. <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Many of us spiritual directors frequently have a sense after sessions that “this is what I’ve been put here to do.” We offer out of call and love. We have given much to this calling and this is a community in which we live it out. We’re learning that being professional and a ministry puts us in a tricky place when it comes to financially sustaining ourselves as a center. Over 15 years ago we started with 7 eager directors gathering to pray and we’ve grown into a respected contemplative center with currently <a href="https://www.ccofsv.org/find-a-director" target="_blank">12 spiritual directors</a> who serve several hundreds of pastors and laypeople in our community and around the globe. <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"> <p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">With Gratitude,<p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%"><a href="https://www.ccofsv.org/about-us" target="_blank">The Discernment Board of The Contemplative Center of Silicon Valley</a><p style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%">Brooke Maffia Wang, Rev. Erik Swanson, Kenton Smith, Eleanor Mendoza Whitney and Tjitske Postma</div>

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