Thanks for your support!

Dear Friends,

We are in the midst of our annual appeal.  Many of you read online and don't receive our postal mailings, so we want you to hear from us about what your support means to us.  I hope you will feel moved to donate and help us keep witnessing to the power of resurrection and renewal.

When we decided to found the Companions we had many issues we wanted to address, but we knew that the central need was to move in together and pray to know what God's dream was for us.  In the past almost six years we have learned that the network, the dispersed community of Companions living by the Covenant and sustaining one another, is the key.  While we are open to others entering into shared vowed life with Elizabeth and myself, we see that the Spirit is spreading the Charism of the Companions by a variety of means.  Our monthly online covenant group, our weekly online meetings and daily text conversation with Covenant Companions, our weekly "face to face" group at Coffee Table Communion, as well as the hundreds of you who read our newsletter and follow us on Blogger or Facebook, all share in the conversation about God's love and power.

Elizabeth and I are privileged and blessed to "tend the hearth" of this extended community.  We are able to do this because money has appeared when needed.  We each lead retreats and offer spiritual direction, but those don't pay our bills.   Some of our members can't afford to attend Companions retreats or continuing education opportunities, and we do our best to make it possible for everyone to attend.  We need your donations to enable us to do this work.

If you believe in what we do, please consider supporting us.  Your donation is a sign of commitment and a real contribution.  I won't name a number - you know what you can afford and what you think this ministry is worth.  I will ask you to review your first number, and consider stretching it a bit.  Everyone is pinched right now, and long-time supporters can't all give what they have.

This is an opportunity for you to move closer in to the life of the Companions.  We do pray daily for our donors, and we're always open to specific prayer requests.  We hope you agree that the Companions offer a unique model of community and a needed voice.  Thank you for sharing your life with us.

Donations may be made via PayPal or checks sent to P.O. Box 226, West Park NY. 12493.  Donations are tax-deductible.

Blessings,
Shane Phelan CMA