1. CMH Navaratri Celebration –  Friday, Oct. 16, 2015

Date: Friday, October 16 in the evening Place: New Stafford Centre at Cash Road, in Stafford, TX Time: 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM Let us all come dressed in our festive best and bring our gorgeous smiles to mingle and celebrate this festival with our CMH family. Please note that this is a ticketed & sold out event, and there are no more tickets available. Click on the image to see full details.

2. Satsanga Timings – Sunday Oct. 18, 2015

	8:35 AM – 10:15 AM	Satsanga I for adults & Bala Vihar grades PreK-12
	10:15 AM – 11:00 AM	Language & Bhajana classes for children in Session I
	11:20 AM –   1:00 PM	Satsanga II for adults, CHYKs, Bala Vihar grades PreK-11
	1:30 PM –   2:15 PM	Language classes for children in Session II

Please note Bhajana classes alternate with the Slokathon/Orchestra classes every other Sunday.

3. New Member Orientation –  Sun, Oct 18, 2015

On Sunday October 18 we will be having an orientation for new members or those who have never attended a CMH orientation so far. We encourage all new members to avail this opportunity to learn a little bit more about our facility and its program.

Time: 10:20 AM

Place: In the class across the library on the second floor.

4. Yakshagana – Panchavati at CMH – Sun, Oct 25, 2015

(Hindi Dialogues with English subtitles) Yakshagana is a rare and unique traditional theatre of Karnataka State. ‘Yaksha Manjusha’, a team of professional artists and singers from India will be presenting ‘Panchavati’, an episode from Ramayana exclusively for our Bala Vihar kids who learn about Ramayana as well as theatre forms of India. Venue: Smrti Hall at CMH Date: Sun. Oct. 25 Time: 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM Troupe: Yaksha Manjusha (visitng artists from India) For a detailed flyer please click on the image. Please mark your calendar and witness this vibrant, colorful dance drama with live music and dialogues.

5. Dipavali Food Drive by CHYKs Sundays, Nov. 1 & 8, 2015

During the auspicious festival of Dipavali, we offer “Chappan Bhog” to God. This year let us make that offering to Bhagawan through our Food Drive for the needy and contribute to the Houston Food Bank, which feeds more than half a million needy people each year.

Let us all open our hearts and pantries to donate as many pounds of foods as we can!

Our CHYK volunteers will be collecting all food items in the Dining Area after both sessions on Sundays Nov. 01 & Nov. 08, 2015

Items to bring for Donation

• Canned fruits (in water or light syrup)
• Whole grain pasta
• Canned tomatoes (reduced sodium or no salt)
• Canned green vegetables (reduced sodium or no salt)
• Rice
• Peanut Butter
• Beans

Items not to bring for Donation

• Non-vegetarian items
• Homemade food items
• Perishable foods
• Items with “expired” dates
• Baby food

6. CMH Annual Dipavali Puja and Gurudaksina – Sun. Nov. 8, 2015

Please mark your calendars for CMH annual Dipavali puja and Gurudaksina which will be celebrated on Sunday Nov. 8 in the morning in the Smrti Hall. More details will be provided in the coming weeks.

7. CMH Student Council seeking new Members

CMH Student Council is seeking new members. We invite CMH Bala Vihar High School students to apply for Student Council membership. We will be selecting up to 20 new members. Following is the selection process:

• CMH Bala Vihar High School Students to submit a one page essay on “Why I like Chinmaya Houston? Activities I am involved in at CMH”. Please specify the number of years you have been attending the Mission.
  
• Please send the essay by email to “CMHSTUDENTCOUNCIL@GMAIL.COM”.
• Deadline for submitting the essay is October 25, 2015
• Selection will be confirmed by email on October 28, 2015.

8. Parking at CMH

1. No cell phone use within Mission campus to avoid accident to pedestrians
2. Speed limit within campus 8 MPH
3. Follow parking volunteers’ instruction and park as directed by the volunteers
4. Please keep the littlest members on your sight while crossing the parking lot
5. No drop off unless directed by the volunteers
6. Park head on only, no reverse parking please
7. We are in need of additional parking volunteers, please sign up at welcome desk

 

9. CMH Accepted for Corporate Matching Gift Programs

Chinmaya Mission Houston has been accepted into the matching gift programs at Chevron, JP Morgan Chase, Shell, Microsoft, Citgo, Apple and Phillips 66 (recent addition).

These employers match employee contributions made to a company approved non-profit organization. If you are an employee of one of these companies, please avail of this facility by contacting the appropriate department within your organization. Some

employers like Chevron even match employee volunteer hours by making a financial contribution that they compute based on the number of volunteer hours an employee has put in.

10. Remember to use AMAZONSMILE – CMH receives .5% of member purchases, as donation

As announced, please note, that CMH has now been registered with the AmazonSmile program. This means that every time a CMH member buys through AmazonSmile,  CMH receives .5% of our member purchases as donation from Amazon. For your convenience this link has now been provided on our CMH website. We encourage all members to save the above link in their “Favorites” and use this link for future purchases. This change does not cost members anything extra, but will most certainly help with CMH finances.

11. Sri Saumyakasi Sivalaya

Temple timing:

		Monday to Friday	9:00 AM – 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	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