I wanted you to know about some recent changes in my work life that have taken me the better part of a lifetime to arrive at. I now spend my days helping people discover what they are passionate about and then help them engage in service to others. This involvement fulfills them and benefits those who have needs.
I carry out this responsibility through several platforms.
My primary focus is as Executive Director of Grace Works Unlimited, Inc. Grace Works exists to encourage communities in the care of their own. You may be aware of its most visible project called “Be a Santa to a Senior” where last Christmas over 5000 of our disadvantaged seniors received needed gifts (blankets, socks and the like). Also, through the coordination of Grace Works, “Senior Wishmakers” recently painted a home of a senior that was still in disrepair several years after it was damaged by Hurricane Charlie.
Our vision for Grace Works is to encourage service to all sectors of our community and to develop a model that can be duplicated in other regions. In doing so, neighbors will be encouraged and given direction to identify needs and motivated to help their fellow neighbors.
The secondary platforms are both similar in that I lead and facilitate groups of people in discovering their passions and engaging in focused service. The first curriculum, GPS helps people discover how they are uniquely designed and identify what kind of meaningful service they should engage in.
The second curriculum, “Roundtable” helps individuals, that have achieved high levels of success, learn how they can now involve themselves in work that is truly significant. Both curricula are taught in discussion and study group formats of 8 to 10 participants each. In both cases participants discover their distinctive purpose for the next stage of their life and receive coaching for carrying out their passion.
I invite you to join me as a volunteer for Grace Works or as a participant in a GPS or Roundtable group. Whichever you choose, you will experience a new sense of significance in your life. Like me, you can be fulfilled living a meaningful life; doing what you do best, for those who are waiting for your help.
