GREENSide Update
  • reflecting a bit
    • Easter 2019: Four ‘D’ Words of The Passion Week
    • Spring 2019: ‘Kingdom of God’ Reflections a Week After
    • Early Winter 2018: Taking a Closer Look at The Advents
    • Late summer 2018: Impressions from the Incapacitated
    • Summer 2018... Confronting Fears
    • Happy New Year 2018 Wishes
    • Christmas 2017 - Reconstructing the Christmas Story
    • Fall 2017... Returning, Rest, Quietness & Trust
    • Summer 2017... Reflecting Pools Matter
    • Spring 2017... The Singularity of God's Kingdom Purposes
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016... One Foot, Two Feet, Three
    • Fall 2016... Personal Confessions of Mistaken Political Thinking
    • Summer, 2016... Waiting and Listening
    • Resurrection Sunday, 2016
    • Winter 1st qtr, 2016... The Marrakesh Declaration
    • Christmas 2015 Greeting
    • End of Year, 2015... Are We To Care?
    • Spring 2015... What are you and I doing about it?
    • New Year's Day 2015... New Mercies Never End!
    • Christmas/New Year 2014/15... Holiday, Holiday, What have you done?
    • Fall 2014... On Kingdoms... Past, Present and Ethereal
    • Spring 2014... Didascalicon: Man, God and Greatness
    • Christmas 2013... Even in the Air and Space
    • Winter 2013/14... Callings
    • Christmas 2012... 'Jumping Beans' in old age
    • Spring 2012... New Beginnings
    • Fall 2011... People of Promise
  • a look behind
    • Spring 2019: ...Off the Starting Blocks
    • Early Winter 2018: Sabbatical Results and First Furlough Leg
    • Summer 2018... "Come and See"
    • Summer 2017... Making Full Circle
    • Spring 2017... Completing Pre-furlough Commitments
    • Fall 2016, JJ's New California Home!
    • Summer 2016... Accomplishing Significant Milestones
    • End of year, 2015: Building God's Kingdom Among the Middle East Unengaged Muslims
    • Summer 2015... Building Deeply in Small Ways
    • Christmas 2013 photos
    • Winter 2013/14... Up and Running!
    • Winter 2012... 'Global Impact 29', first steps
    • Fall 2011... A great school; A promising alliance
  • a look ahead
    • Spring 2019: Finishing Touches to a Special Furlough
    • Early Winter 2018: Expanding to New Beginnings
    • Summer 2018... Winding Around the Country
    • Summer 2017... Three Decades and Counting
    • Spring 2017... My Upcoming Two Greatest Decades
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016... Our Upcoming Furlough, Part Two
    • Summer 2016... Our Upcoming Furlough, Part One
    • Early Winter 2016
    • Summer 2015... Looking to Remember the Middle East
    • Winter 2013/14... The West heads East
    • Winter 2012... Coming out, going deeper
    • Fall 2011... Getting and Giving 'Perspectives'
  • prayer
    • Spring 2019
    • Early Winter 2018
    • Late summer 2018
    • Summer 2018
    • Fall 2017
    • Spring, 2017
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016
    • Fall, 2016
    • End of year, 2015
    • Summer 2015
    • Why pray?
    • Winter 2013/14
    • Winter 2012
    • Fall 2011
  • finances
    • Spring 2019
    • Early Winter 2018
    • Summer 2018
    • Winter 4th qtr. 2016... Year-end giving
    • Fall, 2016
    • End of year, 2015
    • Summer 2015
    • Winter 2013/14
    • Winter 2012
    • Fall 2011
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Spring 2019
WHY WE TALK ABOUT FINANCES
Our work in PLAN panta ta Ethne is faith-based and we, as well as our entire community depend entirely upon the generous gifts and contributions of people interested in sharing their resources with those building the Kingdom of God. Our mission is to do all we can to build His Kingdom wherever we find ourselves, always keeping an eye to the Unengaged Unreached People Groups of the world. The only net result we have ever been able to show those who have so generously given over the years are the lives of those who have been transformed by virtue of our work and life, both here and abroad. Our principal focus is to recruit, train and then do all we can to mobilize Latin American cross-cultural workers to become agents of transformation among Unengaged and Unreached peoples in far-and-distant lands. We have been a part of the lives of some already sent out and continue to be in relationship with many others that we've come to know. There are many reasons we do this work; stay connected to this website and you'll learn why.
We are now about five months into our 'partnership-development furlough' in this new ministry chapter [clic here to learn more] and in a word, "it ain't what it was a few decades ago!" First, we have less energy than we did for this strenuous activity than when we first went out in 1990. Second, we have encountered changed church leadership everywhere we've gone that in more than a few cases have expressed a 'new vision' that appears to us to be less concerned for strategic engagement of the Unengaged and Unreached Peoples of the world. And third, people in general seem to be clenching their resources more than we remember from years past. Of course, when we first did partnership-development about three decades ago there weren't costly smartphones needing upgraded every-other-year. The trend of greater challenge in support-raising is what we had been hearing and now know to be true. Nevertheless, we are seeing a slow-but-steady increase and are happy to report our $1,800.oo monthly deficit has been reduced to $1,500.oo. We are now using our two-decade ministry plan Target 6/18/54 [clic here to learn more] in prayer for our fund-raising strategy and this is how we pray:

• Six monthly commitments of $100.oo
• Eighteen monthly commitments of $50.oo, and
• Fifty-four monthly commitments of $5.oo


If this strategy were accomplished we would achieve more than the present deficit and begin to see our AOS account grow beyond our monthly salary. 

Some say, "Really, only $5.oo a month? That's not even a Starbucks coffee!" and we reply, "We know, but a cumulative $5.oo a month adds up quickly and even more importantly demonstrates a heart for God as it encourages us with solidarity for the cause!" We remember a little old lady Cecilia years back who faithfully gave $5.oo a month until she died. We believe this not only brought joy to our Lord (remember the widow's mite?), but also joy for her as she fell into His arms at her death.
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For those wishing to take a closer look at our ministry target with the purpose of praying for potential partnership you can see it here.
For those wishing to understand what the PLAN panta ta Ethne (PLAN all nations) community is all about clic here.
For those wishing to understand the financial relationship between PLAN panta ta Ethne and AOS clic here.
For those wishing to make a donation of any kind you can clic the “Partner With Us” button below to learn how.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.
For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap
and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith
​and pierced themselves with many griefs,
1 Timothy 6:6-10.

Clic the Partner With Us button below to make Personal and/or Project contributions.
AOS is our financial provider; rest assured if you see 
PLAN panta ta Ethne (All Nations) at the top of the page you are at the correct donation page for the Green's ministry.
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