Community Outreach and Justice Initiatives
Spiritual Directions continues to explore ways that we can live our faith in the community.
Doing What We Can to Alleviate World Poverty and Hunger
Spiritual Directions will donate 1% of our 2006 course revenues to RESULTS Canada. RESULTS is an acronym meaning Responsibility for Ending Starvation Using Legislation, Trim-tabbing and Support. RESULTS is a non-profit, non-partisan and non-denominational organization that makes a difference through persistent lobbying of governments to increase development assistance spending, and to concentrate it in the areas of basic human needs for the poorest people. RESULTS has proven that ordinary people can make huge changes in the world if they apply pressure strategically.

"RESULTS is an organization that challenges civic despair and offers a new model of citizen empowerment and leadership.
As an organization, it is committed to healing the break between people and government and to helping people take back their democracy."
Sam Daley-Harris, RESULTS founder
RESULTS was founded over 20 years ago by a teacher named Sam Daley-Harris in response to a realization that it was political will rather than resources that stood in the way of ending global hunger and poverty. He was inspired by a report from the National Academy of Sciences which stated that we possess all of the resources, structures and technology to end hunger in a single generation, but the political will to make it a priority is missing.

RESULTS is a lean organization working primarily with volunteers. Their track record with financial stewardship is exemplary. Each dollar received in 2004 was leveraged into $1500 in global health programs for the poorest peoples in the world. Read more about their humanitarian achievements at www.results-resultats.ca

"The work that RESULTS chapters around the world have done to champion the cause of microcredit for the poor will go down in the history books as one of the major contributing factors to the elimination of poverty."
Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank
"Each of the great social achievements of recent decades has come about not because of government proclamations, but because people organized, made demands and made it good politics to respond. It is the political will of the people that makes and sustains the political will of governments."
James Grant, former executive director, UNECEF

Strawberry Tree Art Studio
The studio provides regularly ongoing art groups for seniors and the disabled. Straja has also provided resource leadership for Hospice Calgary, Inn From the Cold and various women's groups.

Healing Touch
We support Healing Touch by providing space for workshops and encouraging people to find out more about training in Healing Touch. Healing Touch sessions are available on Fridays at Spiritual Directions.
Phone 210-2802 to book an appointment.
Clergy Support
We periodically offer programs for Christian Clergy. Grounding is a regularly offered 8 week exploration into one's call to ministry. John Griffith is now co-teaching a 2 year course called Training for the Ministry of Spiritual Direction
Spiritual Mentoring
Spiritual Mentoring/Spiritual Direction is offered by John Griffith, Norline Johnson and Betsy Young. It provides an opportunity to consult with a mentor on an occasional or regular basis in order to assess, learn, practice and grow in personal awareness and communication and intimacy with the Holy. See Mentoring page for more information about mentoring.

Counselling and Psychotherapy
Sylvia Polay Griffith, Chartered Psychologist, offers counselling, psychotherapy, and energy work for individual, couple and family concerns. See Counselling page for more information.

Straja Linder King, Art Therapist Certified, offers art therapy groups and individual sessions. See Art Therapy page for more information.

Both Sylvia and Straja are available by appointment. Call 210-2802. We may be able to provide some financial assistance for courses and/or counselling if needed.
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