2025-03-13T20:56:38-05:00 2024-12-31 475153865 ROSEN SAPPERSTEIN & FRIEDLANDER LLC 405 YORK ROAD TOWSON MD 21204 990EZ 2024-01-01 521686012 CHRISTIAN VOCATION PROJECT INC CHRI 4103661851 1407 BOLTON STREET BALTIMORE MD 21217 JOSEPH P GILL PRESIDENT 4103661851 2025-03-13 1 0 MARK R BURTON P00042180 4105810800 2025-03-13 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WWW.LISTENINGHEARTS.ORG X X 112254 X 94881 2200 12373 2800 112254 52588 1000 17691 13089 18380 102748 9506 362574 0 372080 X 367141 356788 3047 24370 370188 381158 7614 9078 362574 372080 X THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO TEACH PEOPLE THE PRACTICE OF SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT THROUGH PRAYERFUL LISTENING IN SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITIES. CONDUCTED ONE OVERNIGHT WEEKEND IN-PERSON PROGRAM CONVENING OVER TWO DAYS AT A CONFERENCE CENTER IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND HELD TWO ONE-DAY IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS AT CHURCHES IN MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA.THESE PROGRAMS INTRODUCED LISTENING DISCERNMENT TO PARTICIPANTS IN MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, AND VIRGINIA, AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO "LISTEN" FOR GOD'S CALL IN EVERYDAY LIFE, OR TO ENVISION THEIR DIRECTION IN THE FUTURE. LISTENING HEARTS ALSO SENT TRUSTEE SECRETARY BARBARA CATES TO TWO EPISCOPAL CONVENTIONS IN 2024. 0 0 IN 2024, SUZANNE FARNHAM AND JOSEPH GILL LED THE OVERNIGHT WEEKEND STRATEGIC VISIONING PROGRAM FOR WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT THE WELCOMING PLACE IN AKRON, PA, BASED ON THE LISTENING HEARTS BOOK: GROUNDED IN GOD: LISTENING HEARTS DISCERNMENT FOR GROUP DELIBERATIONS. IN OCTOBER, SUZANNE FARNHAM LED A SATURDAY MORNING WORKSHOP AT CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER FOR CONTEMPLATIVE OUTREACH OF MARYLAND AND WASHINGTON (COMW) IN BALTIMORE, MD ENTITLED "A JOURNEY INTO CONTEMPLATION." TRUSTEES FRANCES SULLINGER AND MIKE CROGHAN, AND THEIR FRIEND AND CHURCH MEMBER NORMA WILLIAMSON, LED SEVERAL SESSIONS IN LISTENING DISCERNMENT FROM OCT.-DEC. 2024 AT THEIR CHURCH, CHURCH OF THE HOLY COMFORTER, IN VIENNA, VA. BARBARA CATES AND HER FRIEND, RETIRED EPISCOPAL PRIEST REV. SUSAN SMITH, STAFFED A LISTENING HEARTS BOOTH AT EPISCOPAL GENERAL CONVENTION IN JUNE 2024. TRUSTEES BARBARA CATES AND PATRICIA MCLEAN STAFFED A LISTENING HEARTS BOOTH AT THE ANNUAL 2-DAY MARYLAND EPISCOPAL CONVENTION IN NOVEMBER. WE CONTINUED TO SEND OUT SOME COMPLIMENTARY COPIES OF OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY FLAGSHIP BOOK EDITION THAT WAS RELEASED BY CHURCH PUBLISHING IN 2021: LISTENING HEARTS: DISCERNING CALL IN COMMUNITY. THERE WAS CONTINUED PRODUCTION OF RELATED PUBLICATIONS TO FACILITATE "DISCERNMENT" IN GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL SETTINGS, AND OUR PUBLISHER CONTINUED SELLING COPIES OF OUR ENGLISH 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION LISTENING HEARTS BOOK, GROUNDED IN GOD, AND RETREAT DESIGNS. KEEPING IN TUNE WITH GOD AND THE MANUAL FOR DISCUSSION LEADERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FREE .PDF DOWNLOAD FROM THE LISTENING HEARTS WEBSITE. AS OF 2024, THE ELECTRONIC VERSION IN SPANISH OF OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY LISTENING HEARTS BOOK IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD FROM OUR WEBSITE. THE ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY LISTENING HEARTS BOOK IS STILL OFFERED FOR SALE AT CHURCH PUBLISHING. WE COMPLETED THE UPDATE OF THE DO-IT-YOURSELF DISCERNMENT TOPICS AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD FROM OUR WEBSITE IN 2024, AND ALSO UPDATED OUR PRIMER ON SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT BOOKLET TOPICS FOR THE WEBSITE IN SUMMER 2024. 0 0 PRIMARY CLIENTS: CHURCHES, DIOCESE, CLERGY, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF FAITH. THE FOCUS IS ON TRAINING OTHERS TO ACT AS FACILITATORS FOR DISCERNMENT. SINCE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE OFFER ONLINE, HYBRID, AND IN-PERSON PROGRAM OPTIONS. WE MET IN PERSON WITH APPROXIMATELY 35 NEW PEOPLE, OUR NEWSLETTER MAILING TO INTERESTED PARTIES IS 1,395, AND NUMEROUS INDIVIDUALS HAVE BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH US VIA OURINTERNET PRESENCE. 0 0 OUR SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE OF LABOR IS MANY VOLUNTEER HOURS. WE RECEIVED IN-KIND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES & MATERIALS PLUS GENERAL VOLUNTEER SERVICES IN 2024 IN EXCESS OF $90,758.96. 0 0 0 PATRICIA BROWN TREASURER 1.25 0 0 0 BARBARA CATES SECRETARY 4.75 0 0 0 MICHAEL CROGHAN TRUSTEE 2.50 0 0 0 SUZANNE FARHAM FOUNDER 22.00 0 0 0 JOSEPH P GILL PRESIDENT 2.25 0 0 0 TIMOTHY GRAYSON TRUSTEE 1.00 0 0 0 PATRICIA MCLEAN TRUSTEE 0.50 0 0 0 FRANCES SULLINGER TRUSTEE 2.25 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MD LAURA MCCONNELL 30000 CHESTNUT AVE STE 100B BALTIMORE MD 21211 4103661851 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 87167 115353 101027 103782 94913 502242 87167 115353 101027 103782 94913 502242 272632 229610 3084 2240 2631 10462 12373 30790 534 534 533566 0.43030 0.43350 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 4 - OTHER INVESTMENT INCOME DESCRIPTION: INVESTMENT INCOME. AMOUNT: 12,373. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 8 - OTHER REVENUE DESCRIPTION: ROYALTY INCOME. AMOUNT: 2,625. DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME. AMOUNT: 175. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 8: 2,800. FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: OFFICE EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 14,030. DESCRIPTION: TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY. AMOUNT: 1,918. DESCRIPTION: PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 1,234. DESCRIPTION: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE. AMOUNT: 1,198. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 18,380. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 - OTHER ASSETS DESCRIPTION: OTHER CURRENT ASSETS. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 3,047. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 24,370. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES DESCRIPTION: OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 7,289. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 8,703. DESCRIPTION: PAYROLL LIABILITIES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 325. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 375. THE ORGANIZATION DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, RECEIVE ANY FUNDS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, TO PAY PREMIUMS ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.THE ORGANIZATION, DID NOT, DURING THE YEAR, PAY ANY PREMIUMS, DIRECTLY,OR INDIRECTLY, ON A PERSONAL BENEFIT CONTRACT.