Of
Self-Realization Fellowship
The ad above was created by Self-Realization Fellowship for the Kansas City Meditation Group
“The news of God-realization spreads by itself. That is why group meetings to practice the techniques of meditation are vitally important. Group meetings strengthen the individual Self-realization that one has acquired in private at home. Group meetings give a new awakening to members and impel them to seek the group instead of its having to seek them.” Paramahansa Yogananda, “Seeking God Together”
Winter 2007 - 2008
Issue 55
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SUNDAY MEDITATIONS 8:00 - 8:45 AM 9:00 - 9:45 AM MAIN SERVICE: SUNDAY READING SERVICE 10:00 - 11:00 AM CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 - 11:00 AM Tuesday Evening: SRF Lesson Study, Call for location. ENERGIZATION EXERCISES 7:00 - 7:15 PM Meditation SERVICE 7:15 - 9:00 PM |
Calendar for Winter 2007-08
December
2 Gaining the Wealth of Inner Happiness
9 Limited and Unlimited Methods of Healing
15 All-Day Christmas Meditation (Unity Village)
16 The Soul's Three Encasements
23 Receiving God's Answer to Your Prayers
30 Miracles of Raja Yoga
January
5* Paramahansa Yogananda Birthday Commemoration
6 Attunement with a True Guru
12 Paramahansa Yogananda All-Day Meditation (Unity Village)
13 The Purpose of Life is to Find God
20 Man--The Image of God
27 Meditation--the Transcendental Way to God
General Business Meeting - Annual Elections
February
2 India Night Dinner (Lenexa Senior Center)
Fundraising Kick-off for Children's Scholarship Fund
3 How to Rise Above Your Problems
10 Habits--Your Master or Your Slave
17 Lord, Possess Us with Thy Love
24 The Science of Affirmation
*Please bring a flower and a donation to be sent to SRF Mother Center.
“The science of yoga will take hold in this age more than anything else. The entire religious trend will be away from churches as we know them and into schools and quiet places where people will go to truly find God in meditation, and not just to hear a sermon.”
- Paramahansa Yogananda, “Seeking God Together”
Paramahansa Yogananda’s Birthday
A Commemoration
Service will be held at the Pilgrim Chapel on Saturday, January 5, from
7 to 9 pm. Master’s All-Day Meditation will be held on January
12, 2008 from 10 am to 4 pm at the Club House at Unity Village.
India Night Dinner
Our
annual India Night Dinner will be held on Saturday, February 2nd at the
Lenexa Community Senior Center. This event will serve as the kick-off
for our fundraising for the 2008 Summer Youth Camp Scholarship
Fund.
Spring Retreat
There will not be a spring day retreat held in 2008 as we will be busy with preparations for our Monastic Tour.
Volunteer Opportunities
There are many volunteer opportunities at the Kansas City Meditation Group, including; Service Readers, Harmonium Players, Ushers, Flower Committee, Retreat Committee, Social Committee, P.A. System setup, Sunday School Teachers and Assistants. If you are interested in serving, please speak to a member of the Managing Council.
New Web Site
We are pleased to announce that the Kansas City Meditation Group has a new Web site! This project consists of two parts--a public site and a member site. The public site is designed to make it easier for newcomers to quickly and easily learn a little more about us. The member site is password protected and allows you to access volunteer schedules, read announcements, view photo galleries from our various events, and have access to important information you will find useful as a member of the group. If Service is ever cancelled due to inclement weather we will post information on the site.
You can access the site at www.kcmeditation.com. You can access the member area by using the access code “mukunda.”
If you have feedback or suggestions on how we can continue to improve the site, please speak to Wendy MacDonald Savoy or Doug Couch.
Ad Campaign
Tying in to our new Web site project, the Managing Council is proposing an increased advertising campaign. The Council has been working closely with Mother Center to develop a campaign that catches attention with Master's words and appeals to people of different backgrounds. The program will include a series of ads which each contain a different headline and quote from Master and then standard information such as Master's photo, our Sunday Service time, address and Web address.
We currently advertise in Kansas City Wellness Magazine and Communiversity and hope to increase the frequency and size of the ads. (See the sample on the cover.)
Sunday School Teacher’s Workshop
The Sunday School teachers have been newly inspired with lots of creative ideas for Sunday School classes! Pat Evertz of SRF Youth Services at Mother Center in California visited our group the weekend of November 9th. The group enjoyed a wonderful vegetarian dinner and divine fellowship at Eden Alley on Friday evening and a visit to the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum on Sunday afternoon following Service.
Saturday afternoon it was down to business. Pat led us in a workshop where she shared many creative ideas for making our Sunday School classes more engaging and fun for our students. We tested some new craft ideas and shared stories and insights we all found helpful. On Sunday morning it was a joy for the Sunday School teachers to observe Pat leading our students in class. Each student made a prayer boat as Master described in the Autobiography which they then launched in a tub of water. It was truly magical as we turned off the lights and the only light was from the candles in each of the prayer boats. We softly chanted “Ever New Joy.”
Pat wrote to us following the weekend:
“I am still basking in the afterglow of the wonderful weekend I spent with your group. Everyone was so sweet and loving. You have an exceptional staff of teachers there. Their love for children and Master is so apparent, and there is such a spirit of harmony among all of your committee.
Truly, being with you all was a wonderful inspiration to me, and I feel deeply blessed to have been able to come.”
Important Upcoming Dates
December 15 – All-Day Christmas Meditation
January 5 – Paramahansa Yogananda Birthday Commemoration (7-9 pm)
January 12 – Paramahansa Yogananda All-Day Meditation
January 27 – General Business Meeting - Annual Elections
February 2 - India Night Dinner (Lenexa Senior Center)
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| We are affiliated with Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles, California. Our Guru is Paramahansa Yogananda. The purpose of Self-Realization Fellowship is to disseminate a knowledge of definite scientific techniques for attaining direct personal experience of God. The Fellowship is dedicated to promoting a greater understanding and harmony among the world's various religions by teaching the fundamental principle of religion: how to commune personally with God. |
| Paramahansa Yogananda has defined Self-realization as follows: "Self-realization is the knowing—in body, mind, and soul—that we are one with the omnipresence of God; that we do not have to pray that it come to us, that we are not merely near it at all times, but that God’s omnipresence is our omnipresence; that we are just as much a part of Him now as we ever will be. All we have to do is improve our knowing. |
Meditations and services are at Pilgrim
Chapel.
3801 Gillham Rd., Kansas City, Missouri
3801 Gillham Rd., Kansas City, Missouri
Email at coordinator@kcmeditation.com
KC Meditation Group (816) 512-6205
Mailing Address: PO Box 7053, Kansas City MO 64113
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