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This is truly a transitional time for Clare Oasis. The Executive Team and the Board of Directors are committed to the initial Dream of Clare Oasis.
The reality, for Clare Oasis Leadership, was the opportunity to experience the desert and hence, to come to know the deeper
value of The Oasis. The Clare Oasis Open Door and Open Heart Residency no longer existed. The beauty of the desert, is that in its simplicity it is multifaceted . For a period of time, we decided to just be...with the loss...with our contracted retreat and workshop commitments...with the questions...with the vision.
One would say that a desert is not an easy place to survive...but the Clare Oasis Leadership, by prayer and the grace of God,
learned to play in the sand. This time was a time of revelation...a time of potential...a time of creativity...a time of new beginnings.
The desert experience was an invitation to discovery and to gain wisdom: knowledge born of experience!
The Clare Oasis Board of Directors established and annually reviewed the following operating objectives in service to our clients,
former residents, community and the world for the years 2006 until 2010:
Objective 1: To be an oasis
Action Step 1.1: Provide a place and space where all are welcome
Action Step 1.2: Create an environment where one rests the body,
mind, spirit and soul
Action Step 1.3: Respect and honor each individual’s story as sacred
Action Step 1.4: Design personalized workshops, presentations,
teachings and retreat experiences taking into
consideration unique needs, desires and time
availability
Objective 2: To model stewardship as a way of life
Action Step 2.1: Recognize all: people, creation, things, thoughts and
opportunities as gift
Action Step 2.2: Make wise decisions about how to most effectively
use our opportunities considering all aspects of life:
Time, Abilities, Knowledge, Money and Relationships
Action Step 2.3: Cultivate and promote a community-based model of
mutual support and service
Action Step 2.4: Demonstrate care for the world by preserving and
protecting the environment and its resources.
Objective 3: To equip and empower
Action Step 3.1: Listen and respond with love, compassion, sensitivity
and acceptance to the hurting, questioning, hungry
and individuals seeking a second chance
Action Step 3.2: Serve and enable individuals to discover and
celebrate their full-potential and purpose
Action Step 3.3: Provide life-skill, spirituality and wellness
opportunities that will make a positive difference in
peoples lives
Action Step 3.4: Stock up on caring, healing, training and guiding resources
Objective 4: To re-visit the Clare Oasis Dream
Action Step 4.1: Review the Clare Oasis Mission Statement, services
and programs for relevancy for the times we live in
Action Step 4.2: Interview potential clients, tenants and partners to test
relevancy of mission and potential future services and
programs
Action Step 4.3: Renew the Clare Oasis passion...Recognize the
changes...Revise Mission Statement, services and
programs
Action Step 4.4: Develop Business Plan and Strategic Plan which will
define the journey in response to the Clare Oasis
Mission Statement
