Welcome to GPCSL’s March BoT Spot!
“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” ―Charles Dickens
Welcome to the March BoT Spot! Have you found yourself between two places: warm, yet cold; peaceful, yet blustery; light, yet dark? The evidence of eternal life surrounds us this time of year in the season’s change: the earth ever so slightly shifting from grey to green, the soil still firm but warming up and loosening to prepare for its next great growing adventure, and the angle of the sun offering up a different perspective and experience.
Our beloved Greater Philadelphia Center for Spiritual Living is living out its own sort of emergence. As you will recall, we decided to end our lease in the Paoli Corporate Center and return to virtual delivery of Sunday Celebrations at the end of January. This decision was based on in-person Sunday Celebration attendance and the flexibility meeting virtually and livestreaming has given us. By ending our lease, our expenses are better aligned to our 2022 budget as projected by the Intentional Giving Program (IGP). Our Center, as are all Centers for Spiritual Living, is self-funded. It is sustained primarily by its member and friend contributions, for which we are so grateful.
Now, you may be wondering…if we have no physical location…where does the money I give to GPCSL go? Contributions to GPCSL pay for basic operating costs that allow us to continue our mission of Creating a World that Works for All and sharing Spirituality that Works with our communities, near and far. Operating expenses include staff (bookkeeper, office manager, minister, livestream production), building/storage, and necessary services (telephone, website support, etc.). Your Intentional Giving dollars, and/or donations otherwise, are currently helping us to cover these costs as well as make in-person events (stay tuned for more on those!), marketing, and a new GPCSL home for our community possible. So, a big thank you for all you do and give to the Center…you are making a difference.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me or anyone on the Board if you have questions, comments, or suggestions. You can leave a message on the office phone at 610-695-0375. We love to hear from you!
In gratitude,
Edie Janik
President, GPCSL Board of Trustees, sqemj@hotmail.com