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eNewsletter 5 February 2002 |
The Chi Rho Press eNewsletter Contents: -------------------------------------------------- Welcome once again to the Chi Rho Connection, the electronic newsletter of Chi Rho Press. Thank you for passing this Chi Rho Connection on to others. To join our list, send an e-mail message to
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Vol. III, No. 3
5 February 2002
2. Featured Book: 'Come Home!'
3. We are Seeking Guardian Angels
4. FYI: Capitalizing Your Press
5. Adam's Last Word:
Please visit our Web site at http://www.chirhopress.com to see our entire lines of books, handouts, tchochkas, and stained glass.
Now, with Dotti's encouragement, we have secured our own merchant accounts and can accept VISA, MasterCharge, American Express, and Discover/Novus cards. Having our own merchant account also enables us to accept credit cards over the phone, by fax, by e-mail, and in person we have a cool new 'knuckle buster' credit card swiper!
With this change we have taken back the ability to make changes and adjustments to our Web site. We have a new volunteer Web minister and she has been doing a great job! There are only small changes on the Web site now. A new directory that lists products alphabetically as well as by category, a new contributions and sponsors page, and a more streamlined look are the first changes. Future changes and additions will be made on a weekly basis.
The biggest change is purely internal as credit card sales come directly to us, not through D3 Marketing first. This will get us income from sales more quickly, and hopefully will allow us to improve our service to our customers.
Visit our Web site frequently to see new changes and additions, and to buy some books!
'Come Home!' is perhaps Chris Glaser's best book. It is divided into five sections, each with five chapters. The five sections are entitled, 'Welcoming God's Acceptance,' 'Receiving Our Inheritance,' 'Discerning Our Call,' 'Making Our Witness,' and 'Declaring Our Vision.'
Bishop John Shelby Spong called 'Come Home!' 'powerful, sensitive, and provocative. . . . Glaser stands inside his own humanity as a gay male and hears the word of God through the Bible. Christians, gay and straight, need this book if we are to be the body of Christ.'
This is a brilliant and important book by perhaps the best-known Gay Christian writer in the U.S. today.
The Rev. Carter Heyward called 'Come Home!' 'an
enthusiastic compelling testimony to the power of faith
in the lives of many gay and lesbian Christians.'
Virginia Ramey Mollenkott said, 'If courage, honesty, and insight are beautiful, then this is one beautiful book. . . . I rejoice that in this book all the gay men and lesbian women who have been robbed of their spirituality are issued an urgent invitation: Come home!'
'Come Home!' by Chris Glaser offers a vision of faith, hope, and affirmation inviting gay men and lesbians to come home to their spirituality through Christian faith and community. Order your copy today!
'Come Home!' is available for $19.95 each, $14.95 each
for six or more copies, plus shipping and handling. The book may be ordered from Chi Rho Press through mail order or on-line at our web site.
To order by mail, please send your credit card information, check, or money order for $17.45 to Chi Rho Press, P.O. Box 7864, Gaithersburg, MD 20898.
Our Guardian Angel Individual Sponsors program starts
with a minimum gift of $150 a year and our Guardian
Angels receive discounts on Press publications, free
gifts during the year, and special other perks.
You may contribute on line, paying with your credit card at http://www.chirhopress.com/sponsor.html or send your check or money order to Chi Rho Press, P.O. Box 7864, Gaithersburg, MD 20898.
Thanks for your support!
As a way to reduce more expensive debt the Board of Directors has offered Promissory Notes in $1,000 increments to help pay for the printing of specific books, to reduce more expensive debt, and to provide capitalization for this ministry.
The Board of Directors of Chi Rho Press has authorized issuing new Promissory Notes at 6% simple interest. The Promissory Notes are a way for Chi Rho Press to seek capitalization for our ministry. The investments will be used to pay down existing, more expensive debt, increase staff effectiveness, and fund the printing of new publications. We urge you to invest in this ministry with $1,000 or more in Promissory Notes.
Promissory Notes in $1,000 increments are available from Chi Rho Press, at 6% simple interest, repaid in eight quarterly payments over a two year period.
Write Adam@ChiRhoPress.com for the text of the Promissory Note, and send your check or credit card information for $1,000 (or $2,000, $3,000, or even $5,000!). We will send a signed Note upon the receipt of your check or credit card payment.
Just For Your Information!
Except that it is always a good season to read! Please visit our new Web site and navigate around. I would appreciate it if you would let me know about any problems you encounter. Any links that don?t work? Any typos? Anything that you would like to see changed? Just let me know!
And of course, while you are there, please buy a book or two! We have had a terrible slump over the past four months and really need your support now more than ever. And you can even make contributions much easier on our Web page now!
Thanks for being a part of this ministry and thanks for
your support!
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