ANNOUNCEMENTS

April

The parking lot at the corner of 81st and Flanders is once again available for our use during our services, as well as for five Saturday meditations annually. Thank you for your patience during these past months, and we are especially grateful to all those whose efforts, perseverance and prayers have helped to resolve this issue.

Please join us for Portland Center’s annual Easter potluck, following the Sunday April 20th service. All are welcome.

The Portland Center’s Young Adults Group, for those between the ages of 18 and 40, will meet at their own table in the Information Room during the potluck. To learn more about the group, please email portlandcenterSRF@gmail.com.

The 2025 SRF World Convocation will be held from June 22-28, 2025. SRF is looking for volunteers to remotely support three online fellowship gatherings June 22nd, June 25th, and June 28th. Full training will be provided. Those interested may apply at the SRF member portal or contact SRF at onlinefellowship@voluntaryleague.org.

Thank you for supporting Portland Center with your prayers, skills and financial donations. There is a new donation box in the foyer. Also, additional contributions to offset transportation costs for our SRF monastics are appreciated.

Kirtan meditation will be held next Sunday April 27th, beginning with Energization Exercises at 8:00 a.m., followed by periods of meditation accompanied by our kirtan group. You may also enter during chanting at 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. The parking lot will be open beginning at 8:00 a.m. for those attending kirtan.

Sunday May 4th will be the last Sunday School before the summer break.

The Book Room and garden are open after the service today.

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If you would like to help out with the Center, there is a wonderful variety of ways to be involved. The volunteer coordinator can help you identify an area that fits your interests, skills, and time availability. Please fill out a volunteer form at the table in the foyer or talk to anyone serving.

To see the new features on the SRF/YSS app make sure to update your app. For more information about the improved SRF/YSS app visit: Yogananda.org/App.

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.

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.

A reminder that our chapel is open every Tuesday evening from 6:30 to 9:30 for silent individual meditation. As this is not a conducted meditation, one my come and go at any time.

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.

Also, those who wish to stay in the chapel a little longer to enjoy the meditative atmosphere generated during the morning 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 the Information Room, to preserve the silence of the chapel. Thank you for your consideration.

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.

Fragrances can be a problem for people who are allergic to them. Please be mindful of others, and we request that you refrain from wearing fragrances when attending services and events at the Portland Center. Thank you for your understanding.