"It's nice to stop when you're doing well,'' Elliot said before the sale. "It's been crazy,'' Elliot said Saturday afternoon before cutting a call short to tend to his customers inside the space lit by sun and a riot of colors on canvas. Buyers streamed in all weekend, fueling Elliot's perpetual motion to higher speeds.
The 30 percent discount was being offered "because it's the right thing to do.''īy 3 p.m., at least 20 works had been sold before that evening's private event convened from 5 to 8 p.m. "We've been mobbed all morning,'' the delighted owner said. 27, the first day of the sale, the line to get into the gallery was six-deep when Elliot arrived at his door.
Every piece would be offered at a 30 percent discount. The 18th Century, stone, three-story storefront at 101 Bethlehem Pike had been sold, and the 2,000 artworks – paintings, posters, prints and clay sculptures – would have to go. The announcement went out via email to Elliot Schwartz's 4,000 customers: The eponymous Chestnut Hill art gallery, founded by Carol Schwartz in 1979, was closing. International Bulletin of Mission Research, 44(1), 8–19.Carol Schwartz Gallery owner Elliot Schwartz (right) gets a visit and a gift from friend Jerry Segal. World Christianity and Mission 2020: Ongoing shift to the global south. Boundless faith: The global outreach of American Churches. The mission of God’s people: A biblical theology of the Church’s mission. Seventh Assembly of the World Council of Churches. The unity of the Church: Gift and calling – The Canberra statement. Bread and circuses: Historical sociology and political pluralism. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Stewardship: A disciple’s response: A pastoral letter on stewardship. Good and faithful servant: Stewardship in the orthodox Church. A longitudinal study of giving to houses of worship. Rooney, P., King, D., Wang, X., & Austin, T. Index of global philanthropy and remittances 2016-By Carol Adelman Bryan Schwartz Elias Riskin. Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project. Projected changes in the global Christian population. In The Pew forum on religion & public life. “Nones” on the rise: One-in-five adults have no religious affiliation. Understanding philanthropy: Its meaning and mission. The ancient synagogue: The first thousand years. Cross-cultural partnerships: Navigating the complexities of money and mission. The national study of congregations’ economic practices. Christian social innovation: Renewing Wesleyan witness. The next Christendom: The coming of global Christianity. The first and finest: Orthodox Christian stewardship as sacred offering. The benevolent tradition: The charity of women. The political use of private benevolence: The statute of charitable uses. Oxford: Oxford University Press.įishman, J. Almsgiving in the later Roman empire: Christian promotion and practice 313–450. New York: Robert Appleton Company.įinn, R. The new global mission: The gospel from everywhere to everyone. Assembling early Christianity: Trade, networks, and the letters of Dionysios of Corinth. Catholic University of America Press.Ĭoncannon, C. Sister churches: American congregations and their partners abroad. Giving USA special report: Giving to religion. Charity: The place of the poor in the biblical tradition. Wealth, health, and hope in African Christian religion: The search for abundant life. M., Barkowski, M., Clark, P., Enegho, F., Fayose, C.
0 kommentar(er)
