1. CMH Summer Schedule – June 15 thru August 24, 2014
Currently our summer schedule of only one session of classes is in progress. The timing for Sunday satsangas is:
| 10:50 AM – 12:30 PM |
Adult Satsanga, and Bala Vihar classes for grades PreK through 11 CHYKs to attend the Adult Satsanga |
Bhajana, Slokathon, Orchestra and Language classes are not being conducted during the Summer Session.
Lunch program continues as usual, after the satsanga at 12:30 PM
September 7, 2014 will be the first day of our Bala Vihar New Year as well as our regular Sunday Schedule with two sessions.
2. Ganesa Caturthi – Friday August 29, 2014
Sri Saumyakasi Sivalaya welcome’s one and all to come and receive the blessings of Lord Ganesa on the auspicious occasion of Ganesa Caturthi on Friday August 29, 2014. The program is as follows:
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7:30 PM – 8:30 PM |
Varasiddhi Vinayaka Puja |
| 8:30 PM – 8:45 PM | Darsana and Prasada |
Sri Ganesa Astottara-sata-nama Arcana will be performed all day long on request.
Sunday 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM : Puja and Visarjana
Puja Sponsorship: $21
3. Samskrit Camp by Swami Ramakrishnanandaji –
Fri. Aug 29 – Mon. Sept 1, 2014 by
We are blessed with a rare opportunity to improve our knowledge of the Samskrit language, so we can enjoy our scriptural studies even more. We encourage all our members to avail this opportunity to further our understanding of our scriptures.
The schedule for the classes for the camp is as follows:
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Friday Aug 29 |
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM | Introduction to Samskrit | ||||||
| Saturday Aug 30 |
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM |
Class 1 | |||||||
| 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Break | ||||||||
| 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Class 2 | ||||||||
| Sunday Aug 31 |
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| Monday Sep 1 |
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Interested members can still sign up at the Welcome Desk this Sunday. Those who have signed up but for some reason cannot attend, are requested to notify the same to the Welcome Desk.
Those of us who cannot attend the entire camp, but would like to attend the first session “Introduction to Samskrit” on Friday Aug 29, are most welcome to attend the same.
4. CMH Navaratri Celebration – Friday, Sep. 26, 2014
This year, we will be celebrating everyone’s favorite festival, the Navaratri Garba, as one big CMH family.
Date: Friday, September 26 in the evening
Place: Stafford Centre in Stafford, TX
Please mark your calendar for now, more details to follow in the next few weeks.
5. Bhiksa opportunity – Swami Ramakrishnanandaji’s visit Samskrit Camp – Thu. Aug. 28 – Tue. Sep. 02, 2014
Swami Ramakrishnananda will be in Houston for Samskrit camp from Thursday August 28 – Tuesday September 2.
We still have a lot of Bhiksa spots open, and urge members to seek this opportunity to invite Swamiji for Bhiksa during his stay as follows:
Aug. 28 Dinner
Aug. 29 to Sep. 1 Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Sep. 2 Breakfast
People interested in offering Bhiksa to Swamiji are requested to contact Bharatiben Sutaria at bbsutaria@gmail.com
6. CMH receives .5% of member purchases from Amazonsmile, as donation
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We are pleased to announce that CMH is now registered with the Amazonsmile program. This means that every time a CMH member buys through AmazonSmile, which is the same as Amazon, CMH will receive .5% of our member purchases towards donations. This is a great opportunity to increase contributions to CMH, without spending anything extra. Please note that members cannot claim tax deductions for this 0.5%, as this is Amazon.com’s contribution, and not the member’s contribution. For your convenience this link has now been provided on our CMH website. |
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We encourage all members to save the above link in their “Favorites” and use this link for future purchases. This change does not cost us members anything extra, but will most certainly help with CMH finances – let us remember that every drop counts, and our membership is so large that before we know we will have a bucket full.
7. Sri Saumyakasi Sivalaya
Temple timing:
| Monday to Friday | 9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon | ||
| 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM | |||
| Saturday and Sunday |
8:30 AM – 2:00 PM | ||
| 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
Annual Sponsorship of Pujas at Saumyakasi Sivalaya
To seek the Lord’s grace through out the year and/or on special occasions like Birthdays and Anniversaries, and to have the priest perform Arcana and Arati on your behalf in the temple, please fill out the annual sponsorship form.
Puja Schedule:
| Everyday Arati | 12:00 Noon & 7:30 PM | ||
| Every Monday Rudrabhisekam | 7:00 PM | ||
| Every Pradosa day Rudrabhisekam | 7:00 PM | ||
| Every Saturday Sri Sivasahasranama Puja | 9:00 AM | ||
| Every Caturthi day Ganesa Puja | 6:30 PM | ||
| Every Purnima day Sri Satyanarayana Puja | 6:30 PM |