January 5
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Paramahansa Yogananda’s Birthday
service
January 9
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Special All-Day Birthday Meditation
for Paramahansa Yogananda
March 7
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Paramahansa Yogananda’s
Mahasamadhi service
March 9
7:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Sri Yukteswar’s
Mahasamadhi service
April 4
Regular services
EASTER Sunday
Monthly Pot Luck Socials:
January 17, February 21, March 21, April 18
On the 3rd
Sunday of each month we have a vegetarian
potluck lunch immediately following the
11:00 a.m.
service. Everyone is welcome, and there
is always plenty of food! If you can,
please bring a vegetarian dish to share (entrée, side dish, or dessert) and plan
to stay after the Sunday service for this informal time of fellowship.
Commemorative Services
These Self-Realization Fellowship Services are held to commemorate the birthdays
and
mahasamadhis of our great Gurus.
All are welcome to attend who are well
enough acquainted with the SRF teachings to understand the Guru-disciple relationship
and to participate in the ceremony with sincerity and reverence. Please bring a flower to be offered as a symbol of your devotion to God and
Gurus and a donation in an envelope as a symbol of your loyalty and faithfulness
to the work of SRF.
Please note: Since your flower donation is a gift to God, it is customary to refrain from
smelling the flower, thus “taking” for yourself a part of the gift meant for God.
It is also customary, whenever possible,
not to place flowers and donations on the floor during the service.
News for 2010
A Gift from Divine Mother
An Anonymous Donor has given us new meditation chairs for the chapel. We were notified
of this intention several months ago and set up a committee to select the best seats
for our use. The Chair Committee selected the same sanctuary seating that is in
use at the Front Royal retreat in
Virginia
. The new chairs will be arriving sometime this winter.
Since we are all different sizes and shapes, some people will still need to bring
pillows to accommodate long legs or back support. But we feel these chairs will
be a welcome relief to most individuals.
Words cannot describe the deep gratitude we feel. However this kind, humble donor
says it best:
“Divine Mother truly
is the provider of all, so all gratitude is due to Her.”