ANNOUNCEMENTS

September 2024​

Online classes for youth ages 9-17 will be offered twice per month by SRF Youth Services, starting September 14th. Please see the SRF website for details.

 

Next Sunday, September 15th, we will hold our monthly Sunday Friendship Tea after the service. This is an opportunity to meet other devotees and find out what has inspired them to come to Portland Center and follow the yoga teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda. Light refreshments are provided by our Hospitality Committee. 

 

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

 

Some of our Portland Center members are forming a Young Adults Group. As a spiritual community that uplifts each other in our spiritual practices and focuses on the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, we welcome Young Adults between the ages of 18 and 40.  If you are interested in cultivating Divine Fellowship on our journey back to God, please send an email to portlandcentersrf@gmail.com.

 

September 26th, Thursday, we will hold a combined Birthday and Mahasamadhi Commemorative Service in honor of Lahiri Mahasaya, The evening begins with an optional meditation from 7:00 – 7:45 pm and the Service from 8:00 – 9:00 pm. Anyone with a sincere interest in this path is welcome to attend.

 

We encourage everyone to read Portland Center’s current e-newsletter which was released on August 31st. It 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.

 

The Personal Safety Training through the Safe Blocks Program will begin promptly at 12:30 today (September 8) here in the chapel.  For those who signed up in advance, light refreshments will be served in the Social Room until 12:25pm.

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Portland Center welcomes volunteers. Many devotees find joy in serving our Guru’s work in this way, and have developed a stronger bond with other devotees while serving at the Center. If you are interested in learning about the variety of ways you can help, please fill out a volunteer form at the Newcomers Desk and place in in the box located there. Someone will contact you shortly.

 

Our monthly Friendship Tea will be held after the Sunday 11:00 service. We welcome you to join us!​

 

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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The dedicated volunteers who care for our beautiful landscape are in great need of more help during this active growing season! If you can help occasionally or regularly, please fill out a volunteer form in the foyer or contact Lisa, Kaya or anyone serving today. More information about the Landscape Committee can be found in the previous e-newsletter, on the Portland Center website.

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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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Please check your in-boxes to read the new e-newsletter for detailed information about the Center, upcoming SRF events, and photographs. If you haven’t perused it in a while, the e-newsletter provides an excellent overview of the Center. You may sign up for the e-newsletter at the Portland Center website at www.portlandcentersrf.org, or complete a short form available at the Newcomer’s table in the foyer.

 

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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