Portland Center
of Self-Realization Fellowship
ANNOUNCEMENTS
July
July 26th, the Kirtan group will lead Energization Exercises at 8:00 a.m. and periods of meditation interspersed with chanting at 8:15, 9:00 and 10:00.
Also on July 26th, a Mahavatar Babaji Commemoration Service will be held instead of the regular 11:00 a.m. service. It is customary to bring a flower and a monetary donation in an envelope, as symbols of our devotion and gratitude toward the master being honored. Rose petals will be available in place of a flower.
If you attended the Family Picnic, please take a moment to fill out an evaluation form in the Information Room and place it in the white box. This helps improve future events.
The time is fast approaching for our Silent Retreat on September 19th. The deadline for registration is August 16th, and registration forms are available in the Information Room. Please complete the form and submit your donation in the white box if you plan to attend this special event.
Registration is open for Self-Realization Fellowship’s World Convocation August 2nd through August 8th, held in Los Angeles and also online. All events offered free of charge but donations to support SRF and the Convocation are welcome. The Convocation schedule can be accessed through SRF's website, yogananda.org.
Our Portland Center Audio Visual volunteers are working on creating a live link from the Chapel to the Infant/Family Room so that parents can hear the Sunday Inspirational Service. An older camcorder with HDMI output capacity may make this possible. If you have an older camcorder that you’re not using, please speak with Ashu or Ed.
Our Guru encourages us to have long meditations and also group meditations. Starting August 2nd the Sunday morning meditation will begin at 9:20, preceded by the Energization Exercises at 9:00 a.m. This allows for an extra 40 minutes of meditation. Individuals may also enter the chapel during the chanting at 10:00 a.m. for a shorter meditation ending at 10:45.
Sunday School resumes September 6th. Members can help by contributing your favorite pictures of God, Christ and the SRF Gurus from magazines and other printed materials, for the children to select from as they create artistic display boards. See Darden or any of the Sunday School teachers for more information. Sunday School resumes September 6th. Members can help by contributing your favorite pictures of from magazines and other printed materials, for the children to select from as they create artistic display boards. See Darden or any of the Sunday School teachers for more information.
Portland Center relies on the support of volunteers for all of its operations. Please consider ways that you may be able to support the Center, whether through financial donations, as a volunteer or both. If you are interested in volunteering or perhaps adding a few hours more per month to your service, our Volunteer Coordinator Paulette Fritsch is available to speak with you or you may fill out the Volunteer Application form in the foyer on the Portland Center website.
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Portland Center is updating its membership as we're required to do. If your address, phone number, or email address have changed, or if you have become an SRF Kriyaban since you initially registered, let us know so we can update our records. You may fill out the Voter Registration form in the Information Room or on our website.
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 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.
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.