Here are some web links that you might find helpful. If you would like to suggest any web sites you have found to be helpful, please email me at either Bill@stewardshipcalling.com or sotpaetj@gmail.com. Right click to open the link in a new tab or page or left click to leave this website and go to the new website.
(But first, the required disclaimer from your friendly lawyer: Listing here is neither a statement of affiliation nor an endorsement of any particular opinions, products or services. Each person and Parish should make their own determination of appropriateness.)
Personal Calling
I am devoting (the rest of my life) and several Stewardship Calling 5th Sunday Series Programs on Ancient Faith Radio to the critical topic of personal calling and WHY are you here. You can check out the January 31, 2016 and May 31, 2015 Stewardship Calling programs already available (and the May 29, 2016 program coming up) at:
However, one more critical video I highly recommend (along with the book by the same name) is Simon Sinek’s powerful and inspirational TED talk called: “Start with WHY – How Great Leaders Inspire Action” that can be found at:
Orthodox Media and Church Resources
Orthodox Christian Network (OCN)- Come Receive The Light
Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) was established to create a national, sustainable and effective media witness for the Orthodox Christian Church in North America. OCN produces high-quality programs and media tools for local parishes that reach people for Christ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. OCN Programs include:
- Come Receive the Light: A weekly radio program.
- The Ark: A 24/7 Internet radio station with contemporary Orthodox music and teaching.
- The Anchor: A 24/7 internet radio talk show station .
- Podcasts: Including the Stewardship Calling Podcasts from this website.
- Sunday’s Divine Liturgy: Broadcast live from St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
- Parish Arks: 24/7 Internet radio stations for local parishes.
- MyOCN.net: a popular Web site that hosts the programs listed above and other material, including The OCN Blog and articles from a number of Orthodox scholars, priests and lay theologians.
Ancient Faith Radio
Ancient Faith Radio seeks to deepen and enrich the faith of Orthodox Christians around the world with streaming audio programming, live call-ins, and on-demand podcasts. We feature liturgical music from a variety of Orthodox traditions, as well as prayers, readings, lectures, and interviews. Ancient Faith Radio is a division of Ancient Faith Ministries, which also operates Ancient Faith Publishing under the auspices of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America. However, it is a pan-Orthodox ministry and thus serves and supports all jurisdictions.
Orthodox On Purpose
Orthodox on Purpose is a prayer that we will embrace the active and intentional practice of the Orthodox Christian faith moment by moment, day by day, and year by year, until we are “like Christ.” The Mission of Orthodox on Purpose is to be a catalyst for the appreciation and the adoption of an intentional practice of the Orthodox Christian faith.
Orthodox on Purpose is the prayerful ministry of Fr. Barnabas Powell. Fr. Barnabas, a convert to the Holy Orthodox Christian Church, entered the Orthodox Church in November of 2001. In the Orthodox Christian faith, Fr. Barnabas has found a dynamic and disciplined lifestyle of faith centered on the miracle of God becoming flesh so that man might become “like Christ.” This journey to theosis cannot be accomplished without a purposeful and intentional practice of the healing disciplines of the Orthodox faith. It is learning this lifestyle that overcomes the debilitating effects of a self-centered life, and becoming free to become by grace what Christ is by nature. This is the purpose for which every man, woman, boy, and girl was created.
With Purpose of Heart
This is Father Paul Lundberg’s web log (blog), the second priest at Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Marietta, Georgia (and my son by marriage). On this website, he shares content that will connect readers with life-giving ideas and resources that support our growth as persons and servant-leaders, including sermons he has offered and content related to youth ministry.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Department of Internet Ministries
The mission of the Department of Internet Ministries is to follow the commandment of our Lord Jesus Christ who said: “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation” (Mark 16.15). The Department of Internet Ministries is responsible for identifying, leveraging, and developing technologies appropriate for Orthodox Christian digital ministry.
Internet Ministries is dedicated to wielding technology for the proclamation of the Good News of the Gospel and for the advancement of Orthodox Christian ministry. In this capacity, the Department is charged with the development and expansion of the Archdiocese’s presence on the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Parish Development, Capital Campaigns and Consulting Services
Stewardship Advocates
Stewardship Advocates is the first consulting firm working exclusively within the Orthodox Church dedicated to parish and organizational development. We offer the best practices of the professional nonprofit development community adapted for use according to Orthodox ecclesiology and contextualized for application in an Orthodox parish or organization. Stewardship Advocates offers three services: 1) a comprehensive and easily accessible free library of materials; 2) a free regularly published e-newsletter; and 3) consulting services on all aspects of development.
Oinos Consulting
OINOS is dedicated to offering a variety of effective educational solutions to schools, churches, and other professional learning communities in the areas of organization, leadership, grant proposal, and faculty development. It also provides personalized academic coaching to youth, college, and adult learners based on established psychometric tools such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and Murphy-Meisgeier Type Indicator (MMTI).
OINOS is committed to being the recognized leader in providing Typs-Based Educational Solutions that enhance the art of teaching and the joy of learning. Our goal is to develop extraordinary schools, teachers and learners by transforming problems into educational opportunities. Our services offer clarity concerning educational leadership, and the teaching-learning style dynamic of psychological Type Theory. OINOS is dedicated to providing the necessary resources that will help school leaders, teachers and learners realize continual growth and improvement in every aspect of their personal and professional lives.
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Office of Parish Development
The Office of Parish Development (OPD) has provided expert fundraising assistance to Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America parishes across the country for a variety of purposes. At any point in time, many parishes are in need of fundraising assistance from an outside, objective, and experienced source. The benefits received from these services in terms of greater organization, better execution, and more dollars raised makes the costs worthwhile. In 2004, the Archdiocese created the OPD to provide such fundraising assistance specifically for Greek Orthodox parishes.
The services of the OPD are unique in several ways. The fundraising approach of the office is based on direct experience and personal involvement with Greek Orthodox parishes across the United States. The OPD aims to assist parishes using an effective strategy that is rooted in sound fundraising principles. Even more importantly, OPD staff members work to ensure that funds are raised in such a way as to glorify God and to enhance the spiritual life of all involved in the project.