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From our board What follows Changes New board member Something for you? Community Purpose Spirituality Dis-coverings Thanks 1 1 2 3 2 3 3 3 4 4
Eenheid
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Newsletter
Changes
Through the intentheir establishment in sive and personal Zandberg (in the proway we deepened vince of Drenthe, The our Faith and the Netherlands). way we looked at what (Who) moves The crystallization of the us, there arose space different visions also has to deepen the differminor consequences to ent visions. With a Ruah Chaim. Gerard and new leap of faith the Marianne Martens offered foundation Logo Johannesheerd to withdraw themselves Johannesheerd from the board, so that started past fall. both visions could be deOnly recently Johannesheerd noveloped further. Stichting Johantified their followers of a new stap: nesheerd gives a detailed description (at her internet site www.joahnnesheerd.nl) of her vision and of the groups theyre aiming for. The vision of Ruah Chaim is still under construction. A little further in this newsletter it is more fully explained. Our foundations Ruah Chaim remains connected through/in Gods Love with Johannesheerd. We wish them Gods richest blessings and pray for the success of their vision!
a great sparring-partner
On this road, she knows that she is being encouraged through the per-
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Community
As you already might have understood or heard, we are in the preparing phase of starting a community. We had a first meeting with a group of approx. 9 or 10 people at the parishioners house of one of the priests that belongs to the group. Unfortunately the group was not complete, because some didn't have time that day and because most of the children stayed at home by themselves or where taken care of somewhere else. Uptil now more people registered concrete desires living within the themselves as interested. The community and the other one whole group exist of people from wants to remain connected closely the Roman Catholic Church and through prayer, through helping other Christian hands, and/or Churchcommunities. through financial The people vary in support. We really age between 7 and are amazed about hat 55 years. They all and about the way feel attracted to the God calls and brings idea of community / us together. house of prayer / Community retreat centre. One
Purposes unchanged
The initial purposes of Ruah Chaim (in the box a simplified description) remains unchanged. We try to achieve them by starting and maintain a 24/7 house of prayer out of a Catholic lifestyle, by organizing retreats, conferences, praise evenings etc, and (if possible) by offering space at our own location to groups with comparable purposes. Besides that we will sell religious and other items like books, DVDs, CDs, statues, crosses and jewellery. To be able to realise all these purposes, we shall work together with various persons and organizations, both from Catholic circles as well as other Christian or Jewish communities.
Purposes: Creating circumstances where one can dis-cover the Love of the Father; Form oases where one can come to an intimate relationship with Father God; Forming and equipping people so that one can grow in Christian life and one can pass it on.
Spirituality sharpened
The spirituality for the community has been sharpened. One can outline it in ability to receive and distribution. The provisional, formal, definition is:
As baptized people we are carriers of the Gospel of Gods Love for every man and woman (comp. Luk.1,26 -38) Once we received this message and keep on re-
ceiving it, we cannot act otherwise than carry it out in word and in deed. (comp. 1Cor.9,16). As a school of prayer we want to open our hearts more to the love for God and likewise letting our hearts to open for the love for our brothers and sisters, so that we are able to form history accord-
ing to Gods original plan. (comp. Novo Millennio Ineunte.33- blessed JohnPaul II).
school of prayer
Dis-coverings
In order to prevent that we are dragged in some kind of idealism, we require for our core members that they are in contact with a spiritual guide (man or woman) outside of the community. (The core members are those that live in or close beside the community-house). Ruah Chaim also must always have a spiritual guide. The spiritual guide of the community helps us deepen the spirituality and helps us keep the purity of the spirituality and living according to that. Within a short time we hope to experience a second gathering with the whole group of people who are interested in community living, house of prayer and/or retreat centre. For every one of the interested this is a very exiting periode, because being interested is one thing, but recognising the possibilities to choose between and making concrete choices and live according to that is another thing. The vision as described earlier in this letter is each other we have the opportunity to build somewhere a small peace of Gods Kingdom. Currently we are specifically looking for a place where we can shape the vision. We have contact with owners of several locations. One of these seems to us like a glove: there is enough room for a community and for receiving guests. Moreover, without realy complicated renovations we can withdraw the house. The complex seems well maintained. The agent ensured us that our plans correspond exactly to the inted purpose of the owner.. For shaping the community and for the location we desperately need your prayers. We also need to tap funds and we pray for sufficient financial means for the purchase and for the start-up period.
Helping hands
an important way to help every body to discern whether this community is the right one to live within. Under the guidance of and with help from Gods Spirit and with
Colophon
Stichting Ruah Chaim p/a Meester Strikstraat 19 5708 GA Helmond KvKnr. 17239249 te Eindhoven Triodos Bank 78.68.62.971 BIC: TRIONL2U IBAN: NL97 TRIO 0786 8629 71 tel.: 0492 - 77 12 03 e-mail: lieke@ruah-chaim.nl
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