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A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries
Niceness Rather Than Truth
COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 10, Number 7 July 2010 Greetings! In the May Compass Online I told you that we had received a record number of inquiries about our Leadership Counseling Intensive program and many have scheduled to come to participate in a LCI at our Retreat Center. I ask for your prayers for these colleagues as well as the counselors and host couples that will be serving them. Thank you for your prayers. They have been evident. We continue to serve many so please continue to hold...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 11, Number 2 January 2011 Greetings! As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. Psalms 42:1 (NIV) As I photographed the deer enjoying the shade in the front yard of the QuietWaters Retreat this summer, I was reminded of this passage in Psalms. See the deer in the lower right corner of the picture above. Many come to QuietWaters with their souls in need of God. And He is always ready to meet their needs. ...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 10, Number 12 December 2010 Greetings! All of us at QuietWaters Ministries want to wish you a very Merry and Blessed Christmas and may the Lord richly bless you in the coming New Year. from, Jim, Stacie, Ro, our counselors, Dave, Vicki, Tom, Christine, Werner, our board Ray, Keith, Joe, Vince, Glenn, Bhaskar, Sid, Earl, and Meindert. Do you believe in UFOs? by Jim Schlottman News flash: Unidentified Flying Objects from outer space...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 10, Number 11 November 2010 Greetings! You may have noticed that I’ve changed the photo for this issue to a picture of our Retreat Center. This year a record number of pastors and missionaries have enjoyed the new Retreat Center. With 8000 sq. ft. of living space on three acres, it provides a very pleasant place to say, but the only way you can stay at our Retreat Center is to participate in one of the Leadership Counseling Intensives. So please contact me if you would like to schedule a...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 10, Number 9 October 2010 Greetings! How often do you preach about stewardship? Is it once a year or quarterly? Most pastors are hesitant to bring up the subject. The main reason is that the people in the pews don’t want to hear about giving and money. I’m told that money is one of the most often written about topics in the Bible. Evidently, God knew that we would have a problem with money. I’m also hesitant to talk about stewardship in my writings. In fact I...
Read MoreA Congregation of Golden Retrievers
COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 10, Number 8 August 2010 Greetings! Recently I received the following comments from guests staying at our QuietWaters Retreat Center. “Vi and Duane (a host couple) were at the front door waiting for us. We couldn’t believe how beautiful everything was and how kind and helpful Duane and Vi were.” “The host couple were loving, gracious people who by the end of our stay became our “‘friends’.” “We thoroughly enjoyed the house and our stay there. ...
Read MoreDouble Honor – Highest Regard
COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 10, Number 5 May 2010 Greetings! This month we have received a record number of inquiries about our Leadership Counseling Intensive program and many have scheduled to come to participate in a LCI at our Retreat Center. That has prompted me to ask for your prayers for these colleagues as well as the counselors and host couples that will be serving them. Prayer is vital to the ministry of QuietWaters. Double Honor...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 10, Number 4 April 2010 Greetings! Tonight we will hold our second Shepherd’s Blessing Dinner. We are holding two dinners this year because we outgrew our location last year. The first dinner was last Friday and the final dinner is tonight. The speaker is Dr. Tom Varney, a counselor with QuietWaters Ministries. Please pray that everyone will be blessed and that we will be a blessing our shepherds by following the instructions from 1 Thessalonians 5. “Now we ask...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 10, Number 3 March 2010 Greetings! Thank you for your prayer support and interest in QuietWaters Ministries. This year started out very busy with the opening of our new QuietWaters Retreat. We are so encouraged to see couples and individuals coming to enjoy the new Retreat. In our next issue of the Compass magazine we will have articles describing in detail our programs and the Retreat. If you do not currently receive the Compass magazine, please go to our website www.qwaters.org and...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 10, Number 2 February 2010 Greetings! Did you happen to notice that I did not send you a January Compass Online? I hope you did. I chose not to create a January issue because of all that has been going on with the preparations to open our new Retreat and Ministry Center. Read below about the Retreat opening. . Blessings, Jim Tiger Woods by Jim Schlottman Some of you may have listened, as I did, to Tiger Woods give a public...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 9, Number 12 December 2009 Greetings! In this issue of the Compass Online, I’m pleased to share with you the full announcement with details of our new QuietWaters Retreat and Ministry Center. There is a lot of activity going on at the new Center as we make it ready for use beginning in February 2010. . Blessings, Jim A Place by Jim Schlottman In 1999, a small group of men and women caught a vision “to ensure...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 9, Number 11 November 2009 Greetings! I’ve shared with you in this publication that we had made an offer on a “place” for a new retreat. The offer was accepted and we will close on November 24. Please pray that everything will go well. I’ll be sending you a full announcement with details in a forthcoming issue. . Blessings, Jim What does it mean to rest? by Jim Schlottman An article in the New York Times read,...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 9, Number 10 October 2009 Greetings! As a pastor you know we are approaching one of your busiest times of the year, the holiday seasons of Thanksgiving and Christmas. My suggestion is that before it all hits, take a little time to refresh yourself both physically and spiritually. With renewed spiritual strength you will have the strength and courage to go through this busy time with joy and thanksgiving. . Blessings, Jim ...
Read MoreHow Do You Measure Up?
COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 9, Number 9 September 2009 Greetings! October has been declared Clergy Appreciation Month. And as you will see if you receive our Compass magazine, I’m declaring 2010 as The Year of The Clergy. When perform a wedding ceremony, you may end by saying. . . by the authority vested in me by the State of (name of State). While no authority has vested in me the right to declare any year the year of anything that’s not stopping me. Pass this issue along to your church...
Read MoreDon’t Compare Fingers
COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 9, Number 8 August 2009 Greetings! We are making good progress toward securing a new retreat home. We have seen God’s finger prints on everything that has happened so far in this endeavor. God’s finger prints are on this project because of your prayers. Thank you for those prayers, and please continue to pray. Blessings, Jim Don’t Compare Fingers by Jim Schlottman All...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 9, Number 7 July 2009 Greetings! Did you notice that this is the July Compass Online arriving in your inbox the first week in August? I knew you would understand that working on a new Retreat Home “place” and working with the 77% increase in participants in our Leadership Counseling Intensive program has kept me a little busy. Are you willing to be a little late with one of your projects? I have a little saying that I repeat to myself when I’m faced with being late. ...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 9, Number 5 May 2009 Greetings! The vision of Quiet Waters Ministries is to “To ensure that every Christian leader and their families have a place to seek and find restoration and renewal.” I’ve been thinking a lot about our vision because after nine years of using a private home as our Retreat Home for our Leadership Counseling intensive, we are seeking a permanent “place.” You will see that I put a great deal of importance in “place” as you read the following article. Please...
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COMPASS ONLINE A Digital Help Toward Renewal from QuietWaters Ministries Volume 9, Number 4 April 2009 Greetings! When I receive a call enquiring about our counseling program from a pastor, a pastoral spouse, or a missionary, I’m often talking to someone who is tired and burned out. Burn out does come from over work, but not over work alone. Burn out occurs when over work is accompanied by discouraging words from those around you. Are you feeling defeated by negative words spoken by a congregation member? Then read on and learn a lesson from a...
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