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 The strategies or programs that we engage in to support Harvest Time’s mission include small group gatherings using diverse circle models such as retreat, partnership, and the Board and Staff circle. We also offer personal spiritual companionship, various resources, and opportunities for sharing personal reflections. Retreat
Emerging Retreat Circles: We are calling a new retreat circle for those interested in exploring a transformative journey with money and faith. This circle will meet in the fall of 2009 for an introductory retreat. After this weekend, some of us may choose to continue to meet to explore authentically and safely, our financial realities and our spiritual lives. The purpose of the gathering is to invite persons of wealth to:
In addition to Opportunities in the San Francisco Bay Area: We are also creating diverse opportunities this year and next for people in the San Francisco Bay Area to come together for faith sharing and celebration of the Gospel texts involving money. If either of these sound inviting to you, please contact Rosemary Feerick by phone, 408-960-9139 or e-mail; rfeerick2002@yahoo.com Additional information regarding the locations and dates of these events will be posted to the News & Upcoming Events page very soon.
Partnership In circles of practice, we work in partnership with other organizations on specific projects that respond to needs and communities in our world. In the process, we attempt to heal dynamics that historically have separated us - such as dynamics around race, class, gender and power - so that we can build on foundations of trust and authenticity.
Mississippi Please visit our Friends & Partners page for more information about the groups involved with the Haiti and Mississippi partnerships.
Spiritual Companionship In between gatherings, we engage in one on one conversations with Harvest Time staff or friends in the Harvest Time network. During these conversations, we reflect on our experience of God's presence and the specific questions, issues, and challenges that emerge when we attempt to align our money with our faith. Reflection We share articles, stories, and visual reflections from our network that support the journey with money and faith. Please visit the Resources page for a complete listing of available offerings. We also invite you to visit Harvest Time Executive Director Rosemary Feerick's blog site. Other web sites of interest can be found on our Friends & Partners page. A Unique Board & Staff Experience The board of directors and staff work together in a circle to create an organization that embodies the wisdom of the Gospel, especially when it comes to stewarding the flow of money. Board meetings take place in a retreat context and include all of the practices of the other circles while key issues are discussed and decided upon.
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“The one who had gathered a large amount did not have too much, and the one who had gathered a small amount did not have too little. They so gathered that everyone had enough to eat.” Exodus 16:18 |
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We come together in small faith communities in contemplative settings to share the realities of our financial lives and our spiritual stories 
sharing our stories we will pray, rest and make time for creativity, celebration, and time in nature. 
Haiti Circle is a gathering of people who engage in life-changing partnerships with people who grew up in Cite Soleil, a large neighborhood in Port-au-Prince with intense economic poverty. We are responding to urgent needs in haiti by bringing our different gifts together. Recently, Harvest Time recognized that our long-term financial support of our partners' work in Haiti was not sustainable. We are currently transitioning the partnerships and financial commitments in a way that is rooted in relationship, mutual learning, and that supports the necessary long term sustainability for the partnership programs. 
Circle is a gathering of Harvest Time and non-profit representatives from Community Wholeness Venture, Be Present, Inc., The Young People's Project, Common Fire, and other individuals who are working together to transform the gift of a farm in Mississippi into a retreat center and organic farm dedicated to social justice and the healing of human beings and the earth. As we do so, we also creating the diverse community that will care for this retreat center.