Online Auction Open! Let the Bidding Begin!
An Auction Worth Visiting Often!
Take a look at Orbis Books' Pick-a-Book! It will run in four one-week auctions. The first week's high bidder will get to pick one book from the five offered. The second week high bidder will get to pick one from the remining four books. The third week high bidder will pick one from the three that remain. The week four high bidder will win the remaining two books! Have fun!
The IRL's First Annual Auction is now open. The auction will run from November 15, 2009 to January 15, 2010, with proceeds going to Itinerant Retreat Leaders. Auction items range from great spiritual books and retreats to weekends away, lovely original art and a fun variety of donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise. So, help IRL get off to a great start -- tell your friends, family, community. Let the bidding begin!
IRL is a dynamic organization and is working to make this a dynamic auction. New Items will be added throughout the auction. Many will only be open for a week or two. We are trying to keep the auction fun and inviting.
Itinerant Retreat Leaders is not just a new organization; it is a brand new concept. It is a virtual organization (that means we do not have a brick and mortar office). IRL is led by a national, ecumenical Board of Directors. To save travel costs, it meets by conference call.
IRL is using these new cost effective approaches to deliver a service that used to be considered to costly. We are going to network selected retreat leaders around the country to deliver retreats for some of the neediest people is our communities - primarily folks who have not had programs offered by retreat houses in the recent past.
We welcome you to this auction. Have fun. Bid High! Bid Often! And...Thank You!!!!!!!!
Top Referrers
Top 10 Items
- A Very Berry Collection of Trappist Preserves
- Trappist Preserves - Bestsellers 12-pack
- Antique 'Friendship Ring' Quilt c. 1935
- Bake Me A Wish - Gourmet Cake Certificate
- Beautiful New Red Quilt
- Dancing Deer Baking Company - Brownie, Cake & Cookie Tower
- Week 1: Orbis Press Pick-a-Book
- A Retreat Day For Your Church This Lent
- Gourmet Cake Delivery with FREE Shipping
- A Serene Sunset in Maine
Coming Soon to Our Auction...
New items will be placed on the auction every week. So please, come back to visit often!
Photos from Alaska!
A Mystery Multi-media Component from Global Presenter
Trappist Preserves from Monastery Greetings
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Judy KrogerWhy is IRL Worth Supporting?
The Case for Itinerant Retreat Leaders, Inc.
“If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them strays; will he not
leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go in search of the stray? And
if he finds it, truly I tell you, it gives him more joy than do the ninety-nine
that did not stray at all. Similarly, it is never the will of your Father
in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.” (Matthew 18: 10-14)
Who are the lost sheep of our community? Who suffers the isolation experienced by the sheep that strayed? Which ‘lost sheep’ could benefit the most from a weekend retreat? Can we, the People of God, develop programs that will bring healing and support and truly welcome them home to our communities?
These are the questions that Itinerant Retreat Leaders asked hundreds of pastors, retreat centers and community service providers across the United States in 2008 and 2009. In June 2009 the IRL Board of Directors identified four initial groups who would benefit from retreat programs not commonly available across the country.
· Combat Veterans and Their Families
· Individuals and Families Who are Struggling to Cope with Dramatic Life Changes
· Clergy Members and Caregivers Who are Struggling Against Isolation and Burn-out
· Men and Women Seeking a Simpler Lifestyle, a Spirituality of ‘Enough’
Itinerant Retreat Leaders is currently recruiting talented, experienced retreat leaders to offer effective programs for these four target audiences. Early in 2010, IRL will convene a four-day planning retreat for the retreat leaders and members of the IRL Board of Directors in order to design the retreat programs and marketing materials.
Starting in 2010 IRL will market these retreat leaders to retreat centers around the United States. In order to make these programs economical for retreat centers, IRL will pay the travel expenses of the leaders. The centers will only need to pay their standard speaker’s fee.
Having recruited a national, ecumenical Board of Directors, Itinerant Retreat Leaders is able to effectively network its retreat program to centers across the country that will enable it to serve a broad cross section of its target audiences year in and year out.
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