PDC-4: The Empowered Compassionate Common man

PDC-4: The Empowered Compassionate Common man

 

What is the role of a common man in the charity landscape? If we thought the financial support for the charitable organizations was the only role that a common man had, we have totally underestimated the unimaginable potential of a common man. The common man is an empowered compassionate human being that has the potential to help guide the charity to meet its goals and to be the ideal charity.

 

Our church has many charitable initiatives. While appreciating the wonderful charitable work done by our church and its organizations, our belief is that there are untapped potentials for our charitable initiatives of our church to reach out. In this forum, our ultimate goal is to realize the dream of making the charitable initiatives of our church as the most the ideal charities in the space.

 

The empowered compassionate common man cares for the needy and helps these organizations to unleash the potentials.

 

One can ask: If a charitable organization doesn't do what it is supposed to do, why even bother, we don't have to cooperate with it and it will die its slow natural death. It might sound fair enough at the first look, but for a second, think about the real looser: the needy.

 

The compassionate common man keeps in mind the betterment of the needy. He doesn't give up because the channel is not performing well. The compassionate common man realizes his potential to make a difference in some one else's life and tries to help the organization to do what it is supposed to do. He also supports it continuously. In order to enhance the system, he stays with the system and uses his influence to guide it. He uses his influence in forcing the good things to happen for the organization. He never forgets his responsibility to be the ambassador for the needy. His influence brings more people together in the fight against the hard realities faced by the poor and the suffering.

 

One of the aims of this exercise is to understand the aspirations of the common man when it comes to getting involved in charity. If you ever wanted to do more for charity, and backed off due to a challenge, we definitely want to hear from you. Please join us in the discussion so that your voice is heard loud and clear. Please help us with your suggestions, experiences in dealing with various charitable organizations and your ideas to improve the missionary zeal of our church. Your feedback is much appreciated.

 

We call on every compassionate common man to dive in this discussion to make this a truly the people driven feedback. We are sure we can help our church and its organizations to reach newer heights in its goal to be the source of the hope for millions

 

To be continued...

 

The next two topics:
PDC-5: The PDC Series: The Bird’s Eye View - 1
PDC-6: The PDC Series: The Bird’s Eye View – 2

 

Thanks,
Rajesh Vargheese
St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Austin, TX