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DFW Group eNewsletter June 2017 |
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Paramahansa Yogananda
"It is not the technique of meditation alone that will bring you freedom; your character must be strong and pure. Your whole life and behavior must be in harmony with the laws of truth."
From Self-Realization Magazine Self-Realization--Knowing your Infinite Nature Fall 2003 |
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Reader's Meeting Sunday, June 11th
There will be a meeting for all readers on June 11th. This is an annual meeting for all readers to come together and refresh the points in becoming a perfect reader of SRF teachings.
Don't miss this important meeting. A light lunch will be served. |
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Meditation/Kirtan and Potluck Social Saturday, June 17
Our second kirtan of the year has been scheduled for Saturday, June 17th. We will merge it with our Saturday Meditation and a Potluck Social.
The day's events are scheduled as:
9:00 - 10:30 am Meditation Service with Prayer Service
10:30 - 10:45 am break for kirtan setup
10:45 - 12:00 pm Kirtan
12:00 pm Potluck Social
Please come at your convenience for these events. Come for any or all of them. Our usual entry guidelines apply for meditation portions. Please enter or exit during the chants.
We hope you will consider coming to this event and enjoy great fellowship with us. This event was very well received and liked in February.
Please coordinate your potluck offerings with Sharu. |
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Lake Texoma Retreat Saturday, May 20th
On Saturday, May 20th members of the DFW group and several visiting SRF members attended a wonderful one day retreat at the beautiful home of Ms. Lynn Meyer on scenic Lake Texoma.
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Chapel 2020 Update
Our current Building Fund has reached $224,000 as of April 31st!
We would like to thank everyone for their support and donations to our future home in North Texas. We have a goal of $450,000 to begin seriously thinking of purchasing or building.
Visioning
Our managing council has come up with an idea to give a definite blueprint of what we want our new home for SRF Dallas Fort Worth to be. This is an extension of the work done in 2009 by the LTPC, and we hope to build on the momentum and energy that was felt after the presentation of the history of our group at the Spring Celebration Social, on March 26, 2017. More attention is being paid to this now because our current lease will end in December of 2020, but this is not a limiting factor.
We propose to place the detailed “vision” documents we are asking you for into a Time Capsule to be placed in the new altar for the Masters to work on for us.
We encourage all of our members to think about what you would like our new facility to be like, with details and size specifics. The greater attention and detail we put into this, the closer our vision is to actually materializing. Other groups have had this work for them. Our committees have already been given this idea to work on. You may drop them off at the book room desk when finished. We would like to have these in by the middle of July, 2017.
Consider including the following:
1. Size of the chapel for services, # of people and layout.
2. Number of parking spaces.
3. Sunday School rooms and storage.
4. Flower workshop and refrigeration.
5. Cleaning and storage space.
6. What do the grounds look like?
7. Room suitable for our socials.
8. Audio-visual equipment.
9. Counting room and safe for collections.
10. Book room and storage.
11. Lending library and reading room.
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Dallas Fort Worth Meditation Group Services
Please join us for our services at any of these times:Wednesday evening Meditation Service at 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Saturday morning 3 hour Meditation Service starting at 9:00 -12:00 pm
Sunday morning Meditation Service at 10:00 am -10:45 am
Sunday morning Reading Service at 11:00 am -12:00 pm
Sunday School for children 5 to 13 from 11:00am-12:00pm on Sundays.
*Please note that our group chapel is only open during the above times.
More information about our services is on the DFW Meditation Group Website. As the official branch of SRF in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, our meditation group has been meeting continuously since 1972. Our History. |
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For those who are new to Self-Realization FellowshipSelf-Realization Fellowship (SRF) has more than 500 temples, retreats, ashrams and meditation centers around the world offering all interested seekers the opportunity to come together to experience the power of group meditations. Additional information about meditation with videos and the world wide work of SRF can be found on the international web site; Self-Realization Fellowship |
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