ANNOUNCEMENTS

May-June

The Kirtan group will play Sunday May 31st. Energization Exercises begin at 8:00 am. You may also enter and leave the chapel during periods of chanting at 9:00 and 10:00 am.

Thank you for your donations of non-perishable food for Vestal School this past school year. We will continue to collect food through the summer for our members experiencing food shortages and for the school when it opens in September.

Registration will open on June 14th for the All-Day Silent Retreat at Alton Collins Retreat Center. The retreat will take place on September 19th. Flyers are now available in the Information Room, and registration forms will be available on June 14th. Mark your calendars for this wonderful and inspiring event.

Portland Center’s June/July e-newsletter (the ENL) will be in your in-box soon. It includes updates as well as photos from the recent monastic visit. If you haven’t already been receiving the ENL, you may sign up through our website or fill out a form at the Newcomers Desk.

If you know of people in need of healing prayers, you may submit their name in the prayer box in the Information Room. These names are submitted confidentially to the Mother Center, where they are prayed for by the monastics every day for three months. You may also request prayers on SRF’s website at www.yogananda.org.

Our Lending Library in the Information Room has several new publications available. Please remember when using the library to record in the notebook when you check out and when you return items.

You are invited to enjoy the flowers blooming in our back meditation garden. Please enter and exit through Sunday School/Social Room door.

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Flyers for the fall retreat at Alton Collins are available in the Information Room. Registration begins June 14th.

Mark your calendar for Portland Center’s annual picnic on Saturday, July 18th.

Our chapel is available every Tuesday evening from 6:30-9:30 pm for silent open meditation, meaning you may come and go as your time allows. The silence and vibration of the chapel is conducive to deeper meditation and prayer.

You are invited to enjoy the Spring flowers blooming in our back meditation garden. Please enter and exit through the Sunday School/Social Room door.

Hunger doesn’t stop after the holidays. We are continuing to collect non-perishable food items for our neighboring school, which you may leave in the white box in the Information Room. The table in the Family Room has items available for members in need.

Those who wish to stay in the chapel a little longer to enjoy the meditative atmosphere are welcome to do so. We ask those who want to converse with one another after the service to kindly meet in the foyer or Information Room to preserve the silence of the chapel. Thank you for your consideration.

As a courtesy to those members who are allergic to fragrances, please refrain from wearing perfumes, colognes, or scented hair products when attending services at Portland Center.

Thank you for supporting Portland Center with your skills and financial donations. If you would like to contribute online, you can send funds through Zelle to portlandcenterdonations@gmail.com or you may write a check. Checks payable to "Portland Center" will be deposited locally and support our Center's activities and expenses. Checks payable to "Self-Realization Fellowship" are sent to SRF headquarters in Los Angeles, to support SRF's worldwide activities. Checks may be mailed to our address at 356 NE 80th Avenue, Portland 97213.

Volunteering at Portland Center is a wonderful addition to one's sadhana, or spiritual practice. The Flower Committee is seeking creative and dependable volunteers to help with the flower arrangements that are an integral part of Portland Center Inspirational and Commemorative services. Would you like to learn a new skill or expand your current flower skills? You may fill out a Volunteer Application on our website.

We encourage everyone to read Portland Center’s current e-newsletter, which contains important and inspiring information. You may sign up on our website or fill out a form at the Newcomers Desk, if you aren’t already receiving it.

Portland Center's website now includes a new section about the history of the Portland Center of SRF, originally compiled by the late Kent Hathaway. Follow the Home page tab to the “Our Center” page.

Our Kirtan Group leads the Sunday morning services on the last Sunday of each month, beginning at 8:00 with the SRF Energization Exercises. You may also enter or leave during periods of chanting at 9:00 and 10:00.