Chair, Department of Economics, Santa Clara University
Social Outreach/Justice invites you to hear about one of the groups your pledge dollars are helping in a big way. Prof. Michael Kevane, Professor of Economics at Santa Clara University, speaks about the program he and his wife started in the small African country of Burkina Faso. Friends of African Village Libraries (FAVL) is dedicated to increasing access to reading material and other information in rural villages in sub-Saharan Africa. FAVL-supported libraries serve all members of the village community. One core public is the local community of readers: schoolchildren, adult learners, and other persons committed to reading.
FAVL does amazing work in support of the Millennium Development Goals on a very limited budget. Prof. Kevane`s presentation will inspire you.
September 28,
2008
Spirituality in Organizations
Professor Andre Delbecq
Santa Clara University
Prof. Andre Delbecq, Director of the Institute for Spirituality of Organizational Leadership at Santa Clara University, discusses research he completed during the summer of 2008. Where the discussion of workplace spirituality frequently focuses on the inner life of the organizational leader, Prof. Delbecq`s latest work looks at how executives in one contemporary organization describe public behaviors congrueent wiht their corporate spiritual culture, with the intent of understanding the actions, organizational resources and organizational difficulties associated with enacting the espoused corporate spiritual culture.
Prof. Delbecq will also include the results from a focus group composed of scholars asked to identify behaviors they look for within the culture of a spiritually based organization.
Prof. Delbecq is a well-known teacher, scholar and author focusing on executive decision-making processes, organization design, managing innovation in rapid-change environments, and leadership spirituality.
On May 16-17, eight people from St. Jude`s attended a diocesan conference entitled, The Magnetic Church, along with 250 others, and they are eager to share what they learned with the rest of the Parish. Come to hear about things we are doing `right` at St. Jude`s, how we can become a more magnetic church and how you can help. [Presented:
August
3,
2008]
Come see our vision for a transformed spiritual oasis on our 3-acre campus! Our architect will deliver our proposed site master plan in early June and we will show the plan, describe our vision for implementation, update you on our process, and answer questions. This plan was submitted to the Vestry for approval at their June 17 meeting. We will post the plan in the Narthex and the Parish Hall ahead of this important Forum so that you can see how we are hoping to move forward. Site Plan Presentation [Presented:
June
15,
2008]
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Sunday Morning Adult Education Forum
Adult Forums are held in the Parish Hall Sunday mornings from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m, with child care available in Room 5 during the Adult Forum. Topics range from spirituality to Church history to the application of Christian principles in our daily lives. Many of our speakers come from beyond the St. Jude's community and are experts in their fields.
Spiritual Formation
These courses are 3-7 sessions. Audio is available for most courses, although the audio is online only for the more recent offerings. Check the links below for details. Recent series include:
Each Wednesday, a group of people from St. Jude’s, gathers together to pray. On the first Wednesday of the month, a healing liturgy is offered while Holy Eucharist is offered on the remaining Wednesdays. The service is 30 minutes long. Currently, a bible study class follows the noon service in the Fireside Room. It focuses on the Gospel of Luke. The class starts at 12:45pm. We study one chapter per week. Read the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 11.
of many past Forums are available upon request. Even better, you can listen online or with your portable music player (iPod or MP3 player). You can even subscribe to the Podcast and never miss a forum. To subscribe, click on the 1-click buttons at the top right of this page. If you need a CD, we'll make you one. There is no cost for the CD, and one does not need to be a St. Jude's congregant. Click 
