Announcements for 4/23/2017
The annual Helping Hearts Farm to Food Bank Project is having it’s Bake Sale Fund Drive today after the service. Please join us for snacks, sweet treats and chai. The proceeds will be used to purchase a weekly share of fresh vegetables to be given to the HopeLink Shoreline Food Bank for 20 weeks this summer. Our goal is $1,300.00. Thank you in advance for your generosity to the people in our neighboring community. Financial contributions are welcome.
Our annual monastic-led Seabeck Retreat will be held this year June 9-11, led by Bro. Jitananda and Br. Wolfgang. You can find more information and register on our website, or by using the registration forms in the Social Room.
On Saturday May 6, we will hold a 6-hour Kirtan meditation from 3-9pm commemorating the birthday of our param-guru Swami Sri Yukteswar. There will be a 30-minute break at 5:30pm with group Energization Exercises at 5:40pm. On Wednesday May 10 we will have open meditation from 7-7:40pm followed by our Commemorative Service for Sri Yukteswar’s birthday at 8pm. Please bring a flower and a monetary offering.
We invite children and teens between the ages of 7 to 18 to the SRF Summer Day Program in Encinitas. This program ushers in a new era in training for youth in our Guru’s How-to-Live spiritual principles. With guidance from SRF monastics, teens and children will have an opportunity to deepen their relationship with God, learn SRF techniques of meditation, engage in fun activities and create friendships with spiritually-minded peers. The program for Girls will be between June 26-30 and for Boys between July 3-7. Please see the flyer describing the program, located on the Information table, or pick up a flyer from our Sunday School. You are welcome to register via the SRF website home page and click on “2017 Youth Events” under the “Events” section.
Today we will be showing Part I the DVD “The Love and Wisdom of Paramahansa Yogananda” by Sri Daya Mata.