December 9, 2010

 Dear Friend of Living Water Spiritual Center,

In the name of the Sisters of St. Joseph and the staff of Living Water Spiritual Center, heartfelt thanks for your support of the ministry of the Center.  Thank you for participating in our programs, for your prayers, volunteer help, and contributions made to the Center or to our Scholarship Fund.   Without you we couldn’t continue to offer nourishment of spirit and body to the many who seek to grow in their relationship with God, self and others.  During this season of giving we invite you to consider a financial contribution. 

With each new person or group that comes through our doors, we are reminded of how important this ministry is.  One of my delights as the new Director is meeting each of you.  We continue to listen to you and seek to offer programming that is varied as well as nurturing in so many ways.  If you look through our Program Guide or browse through our website, you will observe this “variety.”  We desire to increase our offerings.  Some new ideas include a Bereavement series, Social Justice programming, and additional guided and directed retreats.  We also hope to reach out to more faith communities and desire to partner with additional non-profit organizations. 

We continue to work at improving our meeting spaces, bedrooms and updating our kitchen supplies and small appliances.  For example, recently through the thoughtful donation of a hosted group we purchased a new 4-slice toaster.  We also invested in a 100-cup coffee urn in order to provide better service for larger groups.   See our current wish list to the right.  As you know costs are increasing for everything from food to heat.  Through this challenging economic time we have not increased our fees since it is important for every person to be able to afford a renewal day or program that will enrich their lives.  Your continued generous financial support assists with all of the above and enables us to offer hospitality, encouragement, and hope in all seasons to all people.  Please consider supporting the ministry of Living Water Spiritual Center.

If you are unable to assist financially at this time we have many volunteer opportunities for you to consider, from assisting with hospitality on opening evenings, to helping with luggage, dishwashing, mailings, gardening, etc.    If that is not possible, please keep us in your prayer, for that is equally important!

We pray God to bless you in beautiful, loving ways throughout this season as well as in the coming year.

                                                                                                        Most gratefully,

 Sr. Line Rioux, CSJ
 Director