Living, Running, and Fundraising

Discover how to more effectively live, run, and fundraise from that deep and powerful place of the heart. Since 2021, we used the writings of Henri Nouwen in "A Spirituality of Fundraising" for Living, Running, and Fundraising from the Heart sessions. It was the hope of these sessions to take you beyond those pages to an even deeper place of thought and reflection that just might change your training, your fundraising, and your day-to-day living.

Find the 2021-2023 recording archives here.

Receiving Living Water to Give Living Water (Version 1.0)

 Live Sessions at 5:30 pm PT/7:30 pm CT/8:30 pm ET

January 9: Fundraising and Relational Love | ACCESS RECORDING HERE (use passcode: obh9Q7!4)

February 6: Fundraising as a Ministry that Overcomes Fear | ACCESS RECORDING HERE (use passcode: TF1pNu.6)

March 5: Fundraising With Vision in the Midst of Community | ACCESS RECORDING HERE (use passcode: qaT6+3pQ)

L.A. Marathon ONLY - March 12: God's Love for the Ordinary and Unexpected REGISTER HERE

April 23: God's Love for the Ordinary and Unexpected | REGISTER HERE

ABOUT OUR GUIDE TIM HOEKSTRA

Rev. Tim Hoekstra works part time for World Vision and has travelled extensively to many countries in Africa. He ran 15 straight Chicago Marathons, raising $250,000 for clean water. He is the author of a book of devotions entitled, "Miles to Run Before We Sleep," a book of 26 meditations on developing a lifestyle of justice written after he had run 50 miles on the day of the 2009 Chicago Marathon in honor of his 50th birthday. Starting at 2 AM, he ran 23.8 miles to the start of the Chicago marathon and then ran the Chicago marathon to complete the 50 miles. Through that run, he raised over $50,000 for clean water.

Tim has been an ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church of North America for more than 35 years. He continues to serve as the pastor of Sub-Urban Life Community Church in the west suburbs of Chicago, a church he founded and has served for more than 32 years. He and the church are deeply involved in racial justice issues in the Austin Neighborhood of Chicago. He also serves as a Chicago urban leadership coach for his denomination and mentors college students every spring as they intern in Chicago through a program called Chicago Semester.

Tim has been married to Laura for 40+ years and has three children and 9 grandchildren. He loves to read, to go camping, and loves running about 4-8 miles (and then he begins to hate running when he has to go any further).