Portland Center
of Self-Realization Fellowship
ANNOUNCEMENTS
November 2024​
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Portland Center’s E-newsletter (ENL) has been released. The ENL, along with the Calendar of Services, contains important information about the Center and events in the coming months. Please check your in-box for inspiration, information and details about the items that follow.
Portland Center has an opening for one Member-at-Large position on our Managing Council for 2025. Those serving on the Council are required to be Kriyabans, voting members, and maintain regular attendance at the Center. Nominations may be placed in the drop box in the Information Room or emailed to pcsrfnominations@gmail.com. The nomination period is November 1 – 30. Names will be submitted to our Center liaison at Mother Center in December and the results provided in late January.
A General Membership meeting will immediately follow the 11/10 Reading Service. The Security and Safety Committee is following up on last month’s Personal Safety Training with the Safe Blocks program. They will review potential scenarios that we may experience at the Center and discuss how to handle them. All are welcome to attend.
The parking lot is normally locked at 12:30 p.m. on Sundays. Today it will be locked immediately following the safety and security meeting.
November 17 is our monthly Friendship Tea. It provides an opportunity to talk informally with others on this spiritual path or who are interested in learning more. The Hospitality Committee will provide light refreshments.
November 24th is our annual Thanksgiving vegetarian potluck. Please bring a vegetarian dish for 8 – 10 people to share. Pre-heated items, that need to be served warm, should be brought in a slow cooker, as we do not have kitchen facilities to cook or warm food.
2025 wall calendars are available in the book room. Come pick up your copy while they last.
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Some of our Portland Center members are forming a Young Adults Group for devotees ages 18 to 40. If you are interested in cultivating Divine Fellowship on your journey back to God, uplifting each other in our spiritual practices focused on Paramahansa Yogananda’s teachings, please send an email to portlandcentersrf@gmail.com.
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Online classes for youth ages 9-17 will be offered twice per month by SRF Youth Services, starting September 14th. Registraion is ongoing. Please see the SRF website for details.
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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.
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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.​
With Covid infections rapidly increasing in Oregon, if you are feeling ill please be considerate of your fellow devotees by wearing a mask or staying at home and participating through the online meditation center.
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.
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​Our book room is open after services every Sunday. We just received a new shipment of some beautiful pictures of Master and copies of the wonderful Spiritual Diary. This beautiful daily companion is a joyful and reverent way to start each day. A reminder as we move away from cash transactions, that debit, credit cards and checks are preferred and much appreciated.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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