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During this coming Christmas season, open a new portal of sublime devotion so that the Christ Omnipresence will be able to come anew within your consciousness. Every day, every hour, every golden second, Christ has been knocking at your dark gates of ignorance. Now, in this august sacred dawn, Christ is especially coming in answer to your inner call, to awaken his Christ Consciousness Omnipresence within you.
Paramahansa Yogananda
The Second Coming of Christ
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Dear Jackie,
It is such a blessed time of the year with an unexpected monastic visit. Brother Sarvananda and Brother Sakhyanada will be visiting our Center from December 12 to December 15. They will lead our in-person Christmas long meditation on December 14. Please note the change in date for the long meditation. It will start at 10 am; instructions for attending the long meditation can be found below. Also, the Brothers will lead the Thursday evening service on December 12 and the morning services on December 15. All are welcome to attend. Jai Guru.
Gauri Prakash-Canjels
Coordinator
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All-Day Christmas Meditation Led by SRF Monks
Paramahansa Yoganandaji began the tradition of celebrating a spiritual Christmas with an all-day meditation. The meditation service on December 14, led by SRF monks, will include inspirational readings, meditation, listening to recordings by our Guru and his advanced disciples, and singing Christmas songs and hymns. There is a half-hour break about mid-way through. If you can only attend one part of the meditation, then please join the first part. Please also bring a devotional offering of fruit and a donation in an envelope. Complete instructions can be found here.
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Additional Christmas Meditations
The SRF Greenfield Retreat in Front Royal, Virginia, will hold its all-day Christmas meditation on December 14. For more information, please go to their website.
SRF will also conduct online Christmas meditations in multiple languages on December 14.
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Christmas Potluck Social
All are warmly invited to join us for our Christmas potluck social on December 22 immediately after the morning Reading service. There will be caroling, a performance by the Sunday School children, and a visit from Santa. Please bring a vegetarian entree, fruit juice, or dessert if you plan to attend.
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Holiday Food Drive
As a service to God and Guru, through caring for others, the DC Center will continue our holiday food drive to benefit food banks and charities in the DC/MD/VA area. Please place all donated non-perishable food items in the marked containers in the Center's lobby.
The most needed items are: Low-sodium canned soups, beans, and tomatoes; low-sugar canned fruit; peanut butter in plastic jars; and low-sugar cereal. No glass containers, please.
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New Year's Eve Meditation
Our annual New Year's Eve meditation will take place on December 31, 11:30 pm - 12:15 am. Paramahansa Yoganandaji recommended meditation as a particularly effective method for bringing in the new year, setting new goals, and aligning oneself with Spirit. This service of meditation and devotional chanting follows that recommendation.
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Service Readings This Month
December 1: Vol.1 #48: The Universality of Religion
December 8: Vol.1 #49: Finding the Joy in Life
December 15: Vol.1 #50: The Nature of a Master
December 22: Vol. #51: Celebrating Christmas in the Silence of the Soul
December 29: Vol. #52: Controlling Your New Year's Destiny
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Weekly Services
Thursdays
Inspirational Service: 7:30-9:00 pm
Sundays
Bhagavad Gita Study: 8:30 - 9:30 am
Meditation Service: 10:00 - 10:50 am
Reading Service: 11:00 - 12:00
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Special Events This Month
Monks Lead Thursday Evening Service
December 12, 7:30 p.m.
All-Day Christmas Meditation Led by SRF Monks
December 14, 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Greenfield and SRF Online All-Day Christmas Meditations
December 14
Monks Lead Sunday Morning Services
December 15
Christmas Potluck Social
December 22
New Year's Eve Meditation
December 31, 11:30 p.m.
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Staying Connected
We encourage all to stay remotely connected to the worldwide SRF family:
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Caring Friends Team
The Caring Friends Team provides support and outreach to members who are experiencing illness, hardships, and personal crisis. For more information please contact Stacey Hawkins at 301-395-9541, callingcardevents@comcast.net.
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Online Donations Available
You can make online donations to the Washington DC Center of SRF by clicking on the yellow Donate button below. You will have the option of designating whether the donation is for the General Fund or the Building Fund. Please note that donations made using this button are not tax-deductible.
You can also make donations to the Center by check, mailed to: Washington DC Center, 4911 Niagara Road, College Park, MD 20740. If you wish your donation to go toward the Building Fund, please note this in the memo field.
Tax-deductible Building Fund donations may be made online here, or by making the check payable to Self-Realization Fellowship, noting Washington DC Building Fund in the memo field, and mailing it to the Center. Full details concerning donations are explained on the Center's website Donate page.
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Donations made using the above yellow Donate button are not tax deductible. For other donation options use the Donate Website button below, including tax deductible building fund donations. | |
Washington DC Center of Self-Realization Fellowship
4911 Niagara Road College Park MD 20740
washington.dc.srf@gmail.com
DCcentersrf.org
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