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February 2018 Announcements
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Cold & Flu Season
During this cold and flu season, it is recommended that devotees with cold or flu symptoms remain at home to meditate. Thank you for your consideration.
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Seva: Sunday, Sunday, February 4
Please join us after Sunday Service for monthly seva. We will do light housekeeping in the sanctuary. Snacks will be served. All are welcome.
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Center Tour Committee Leaders Meeting: Sunday, February 4, 12:15 to 1:15.
Center Tour Committee Leaders have received an email invitation to this meeting to discuss plans for the upcoming Center Tour. The meeting will be held in the house behind the sanctuary. Snacks will be served.
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Annual Financial Meeting & 2nd Center Tour Enthusiasm Event: Sunday, February 25, 12:15 to 1:30.
All are welcome to attend our annual financial meeting to review the Center's finances. After the business meeting we will hold our second of three enthusiasm events for the upcoming Center Tour. Refreshments will be served. More information about the Center Tour is below.
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Save The Date
Center Tour: April 20 - 22, 2018
We will hold inspirational programs, meditation classes, and a Kriya Yoga initiation. For information about how to register for Kriya Yoga, and for a schedule of events please see the official letter from the SRF Tours Department:
Contact Info: bmg.secretary@gmail.com, 617-776-9664
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Center Tour Enthusiasm Events
The purpose of the Boston Center Tour is to introduce family, friends, and the community at large to the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda.
During the Center Tour, newcomers will be able to hear a general lecture and, if they wish sign up for the SRF Lessons, they will be able to attend the meditation technique classes offered on the following day.
Mother Center has encouraged the "friends and family campaign" as it has been the most effective way to interest newcomers. Please join us on February 25 and March 25, at 12:15 pm after service when we will share their guidance on how to invite friends, family and others.
Refreshments will be served.
We need your help to spread the word and to make this Center Tour a memorable event for all.
A warm THANK YOU to all who attended last week's enthusiasm event!
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Volunteer Opportun
ities at Boston Center of
Self Realization Fellowship
"Work of any kind if done in the right spirit gives you victory over yourself... The attitude with which you work is what counts. Mental laziness and working unwillingly spoil one. People often ask me 'How do you do so many things?' It is because I do everything with the greatest pleasure and spirit of service. Inwardly I am all the time with God. And though I sleep very little I always feel fresh, because I perform my duties with the right attitude: that it is a privilege to serve." -- Paramahansa Yogananda, Where There is Light
Please Consider Volunteering At the Boston Center
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:
Seva - This is held the first Sunday of every month for about an hour. Volunteers perform light housekeeping in Sanctuary, Lobby, and Fellowship Hall that may include vacuuming rugs, dusting Guru's pictures, emptying waste baskets, restocking restrooms with paper towels, toilet paper, soap, etc. A specific special project(s) may be announced during our Sunday service as a special need arises. Snacks are generally provided and friendship abounds.
Ushers - serve for regular services on Thursday and Friday; also for special services and Saturday meditations throughout the year.
Greeters - serve after Sunday services to say hello especially to newcomers, answer questions about the Boston Center, SRF, extend an invitation to explore our bookroom and free literature table.
Flowers - assist to create the floral presence for regular and special services.
Bookroom - help devotees make purchases after Sunday service.
Facilities Maintenance - serve as part of a team effort to identify and resolve issues impacting the physical structure and inner workings of our center and house.
Grounds Maintenance - attend to the living outside of our center to create an orderly and beautiful presence in our neighborhood.
Kitchen - Help is generally needed for Social Events held 5 or 6 times per year. Filling dishwasher, washing a few dishes, emptying the dishwasher. In general, tidying things up.
Social Events - decorating, setting up and taking down tables, ensuring our socials run smoothly whether it's decorating pumpkins with children for Halloween, India Day or our Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon.
Please join us!
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Save The Date: March Events
On March 7 and March 9, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, we will celebrate the Mahasamadhi Commemoration services for our guru Paramahansa Yogananda (March 7) and his guru Swami Sri Yuketeswarji (March 9). Please join us, all are welcome.
On Sunday, March 18 we will hold our annual election meeting to elect new Service Readers and Sunday School teachers for the upcoming year. We will also share information about the appointment of the new Managing Council members.
On Sunday, March 25 we will hold our 3rd enthusiasm event for the Center Tour.
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Lessons Study: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 6:30 pm to 8:15pm.
We offer group Lesson Study every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month. Lesson study is held in the house behind the Boston Center. We read and study one lesson per study session.
This Lessons Study is available for those who have already taken or are currently taking the Self Realization Fellowship Lessons from the Mother Center in Los Angeles, CA. Please bring your lessons study card.
If you are not already a lessons student, you may apply for the lessons on the SRF website or pick up an application in the lobby.
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Bhagavad Gita Study Group: Every Friday, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
The Bhagavad Gita Study Group meets every Friday in the house behind the Boston Center. The meditation is from 7:00pm to 8:00pm, and reading from the Bhagavad Gita from 8:00pm to 9:00pm.
Each week we read from the Bhagavad Gita, God Talks with Arjuna: The Immortal Dialogue between Soul and Spirit, translation and commentary by Paramahansa Yogananda. You may bring your own copy or borrow one for use that evening.
All are welcome.
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"As I radiate sympathy and goodwill to others I open the channel for God's love to come to me. Divine love is the magnet that attracts all blessedness."
- Paramahansa Yogananda, Metaphysical Meditations
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