Marin Interfaith Council Newsletter

January 2, 2019

Welcome to the semi-monthly bulletin of news and events from the Marin Interfaith Council.

For more information visit our website at www.marinifc.org. Thank you for your interest in MIC.

MIC News

Thank you to all who have donated thus far to our year-end appeal!

Please see donor letter attached here.

If you have not yet donated and you would like to, please see link here or call MIC at 415-456-6957.

MIC Events

MIC Monthly Meditation

Elizabeth Gosselin

Meditation for Greater Peace & Clarity

Wednesday, January 9th, 2019

5:30 - 6:30pm

First Presbyterian Church

1510 Fifth Ave.

San Rafael, CA 94901

Cost: Love Offering at the door

(suggested donation $10-$20)

Every second Wednesday of the month, a leader from a different spiritual community will offer a meditation or spiritual practice and explain how it flows from the basic tenets of his/her faith tradition. Each gathering will include time for questions and insights that emerge from our shared time of intentional spiritual practice.

This month our leader is:

Elizabeth Gosselin

Elizabeth Gosselin has been a meditator for over 30 years, practicing Insight Meditation for fifteen. She has taught meditation and Buddhist philosophy to aid people in training and calming the mind. Elizabeth is a graduate of the Dedicated Practitioner Program and the Advanced Practitioner Program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Marin County. She is a certified mindfulness teacher in accordance with the International Mindfulness Teacher's Association and completed the Yoga and Buddhist Studies Program at the University of California-Irvine. She spends several weeks a year on retreat in silent meditation.

Elizabeth has been practicing yoga for over 25 years. She is a yoga teacher and the founder of Yoga of Compassion. She is a graduate of Yoga Works Teacher Training in the Tradition of T Krishnamacharya and T.D.V. Desikarchar. She is a member of the National Organization for Yoga Professionals.

Elizabeth is also a writer and author of The Wisdom Deck ~ A Buddhist Guide to Playing the Cards You're Dealt Without Getting Lost in the Shuffle.

Save the Date!

Winter Retreat

Inhabiting the Heart of the Divine

within You

Leaders:

Rev. Scott Quinn & Kathleen Denison

click here for bios

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Santa Sabina Retreat Ctr

25 Magnolia Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901

We take up residence in our unconscious patterns. These patterns become the agendas that run our lives. This retreat invites us identify and release those patterns so we can take up residence in the divine essence within us.

More information & registration coming soon.

Co-Sponsored Events

Marin City Annual

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

"Healing from Apathy to Agape"

Monday, January 21, 2019

Marin City Manzanita Center

10:00 am - 2:30 pm

630 Drake Ave.

Marin City, CA 94965

Join us this year in our celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.!

Featuring performances from:

Lighthouse Gospel Singers with Rev. Ulis Redic, Jr.

Recording Artist, Pashia Green

Special Awards: "Those Who Inspire" Ricardo's Health and Art Band

Speakers on Healing:

Racial Equality, Affordable Housing, Education, Empowerment of Youth

Student Performances from:

SMCSD, Sausalito and Tam Union Schools, Willow Creek Women Helping All People Academy

For more information call Florence

at 415-332-7385

To see the flyer click HERE

The Green Corner

Welcome to the Green Corner

Biomimicry: Nature Inspired Solutions to Environmental Protection

Keynote speaker: Beth Rattner

Biomimicry Institute

Biomimicry is an approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions to human challenges by emulating nature's time-tested designs and strategies.

Tuesday, January 15, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Marin County Health and Wellness Center RM 109-110
3240 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael

$10* members/$15 non members in advance
$15 members/ $20 non members - day of the event

More info: https://marinefm.org/

Community Events

Community Events are always displayed on our MIC website here . Feel free to submit your own event at any time using the online form here . The deadline for submissions is the 10th and 25th of every month.

January 2019

Faith Based Organizations- Disaster Preparedness & Response, Saturday, January 12, 10:00 am - Noon, First Presbyterian Church, San Rafael.
ECHO Chamber Orchestra with MANA Saxophone Quartet, Sunday, January 20, 7:30 pm, First Presbyterian Church San Anselmo.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Annual Celebration, Monday, January 21, 2019, Manzanita Ctr, Marin City.

February

Haiti on the Rise, A Night Towards Hope, Saturday, February 2, 5:00 pm, St. Mary's Cathedral Event Ctr, San Francisco.
Workshop on Music Sight-reading offered by Marin Baroque, Saturday, February 9, 10:00 am, San Rafael

If you have an event that has a deadline, please let me know when submitting event. Thanks!

For more community events click here

Community Announcements

TRADESPEOPLE FROM PARADISE DESPERATELY NEED TOOLS

As many people are still recovering from the Paradise fire, self-employed skilled workers who lost not only their homes are in need of the tools they need to ply their trades. These are contractors, mechanics, painters, handymen, landscapers, flooring contractors, carpenters, framers, sheet rockers, jewelry makers, and more. I'm looking for donations of jig saws, miter saws, skill saws, sawzalls, keyhole saws, all kinds of saws; floor scrapers, grinders, air compressors; and so much more. We will be hand-delivering supplies within the next week to those in need. Please reply to me if you have any tools you could spare. You can call me, Esther Wanning at 415-717-9053. I'll be happy to pick them up at your place -- if reasonably close -- or you could deliver them to mine, 35 St. Francis Lane, San Rafael. For a longer description of needs click HERE.

Subject: Emotional/Spiritual Care Need

To Spiritual Care Providers: There is a need for emotional and spiritual care providers in Paradise, California. Be aware that there is no housing available in the area for volunteers. This may mean significant travel to and from the deployment site each day. All volunteers MUST coordinate with Dennis Day (520-370-0368) BEFORE deploying. Make sure you have a full tank of gas and bring your own food and water. Resources are very limited in the Paradise area. At this time, only residents are being allowed entry into the fire-affected areas.

Also, linked are some helpful guidelines for providing spiritual care after a disaster.

Yoga & Meditation with Live Music Monday eves at St. John's Church, Ross

Yoga & Meditation with Live Music every Monday from 6:15 - 7:30 pm at St. John's Church, 14 Lagunitas Rd. in Ross led by Christopher Love & various musicians. www.yogastjohns.org. Donation based, All are welcome, Mats & Props provided.