Welcome to the November Edition of Discover. Inspired by one of our members, we are trying out a new streamlined style for SDI's monthly newsletter. Please let us know what you think. Thanks!
Members Save $200 on SDI Conference
Now is the best time to register for Seeking Connections - Across Generations. For starters, members save $100 off registration. And if you sign up now, you will save another $100 with the early-bird discount. That's a total of $200 in savings. It's a great deal for an extraordinary experience. Global. Contemplative. Inter-generational. Join us: March 14-17, 2019 in Bellevue, Washington, USA.
Register with 6 or more people and you can claim an additional 10 percent off the members' early-bird price. Email us at office@sdiworld.org or call at 425-455-1565 with questions or to register. If you wish to register, please forward to us (via email) the names, addresses and emails of those who will attend the conference. We can arrange payment by credit card over the phone or via check through the mail. Please note: the 10 percent discount only applies to the main conference registration, not to the 1-day seminars, the spiritual journey or the retreat.
~ Does your organization serve a spiritual audience? Be an exhibitor at the conference. Great tables still left.Reserve one now.
~Are you new to SDI? Never been to our conference? Visit this webpage to see photos and watch video from the 2018 St. Louis conference so you can get a sense of what it's like.
WATCH: SDI Conference speaker Mona Haydar talks about being a Muslim chaplain and a rapper of popular music and how spiritual companions can help others. She radiates a beautiful energy.
LATEST NEWS -
NEW STAFF AT SDI
Jade Goldschmidt is our new Membership Services Coordinator. She’s brilliant at bookkeeping, wonderful with tech and very interested in the idea of a welcoming spirituality where everyone is included no matter what tradition or inclination they have. (Good fit for SDI!) Though she has considerable analytical talents, she also has a big heart and loves customer service. Please congratulate her on the new job next time you call SDI.
SDI Australia/Asia/Pacific Coordinator - Kristen Hobby is former chair of SDI's Coordinating Council. She is a spiritual director, retreat leader and mindfulness teacher based in Singapore. She has just completed her PhD thesis on the topic of young children’s spirituality. And to top it off, she's already hard at work organizing a regional conference in Australia for August 2019.( More details on that soon!)
$2,500 Matching Gift Opportunity Please give now to help someone deserving (but economically disadvantaged) become a spiritual companion. SDI is delighted to announce a new matching gift: Every donation to the Diversity Scholarship Fund will be matched dollar for dollar up to $2,500. The scholarship will be awarded to a student who will add to the diversity of our spiritual direction community - someone who needs financial aid. A donation of any amount helps. Please click here to give.
New SDI Journey: Ghost Ranch - Journey Toward Wholeness - November 10-15, 2019 with Valerie Brown and Carol Kortsch. Sojourn in the stunning beauty of the high desert of northern New Mexico for a time of rest, renewal, and reflection. This journey sold out when we held it last spring. So don't delay. Click here to learn more.
COORDINATING COUNCIL NOMINATIONS - Deadline for applications: Dec.10, 2018. Are you called to help lead Spiritual Directors International? Do you know someone who might be a good fit? Please click here to learn more.
SEMINARS
Inviting the Stranger - How do we learn not only to tolerate, but to embrace the Other in our midst, and in ourselves? This DVD includes two hours of compelling reflections and stories by the distinguished and dynamic speakers that took part in the SDI "Inviting The Stranger" event. It also includes a Study Guide with questions that you can use on your own, with a small group, or with your church or spiritual community.Learn more and purchase here.
