1 Holi Celebration – Saturday, March 19, 2011
Let us all come together as one big CMH family to celebrate the colorful and fun festival of Holi. Details are as under:
When: Saturday, March 19, 2011 starting at 11:00 AM
Where: In the back parking lot at CMH
Parking: Adjacent mosque parking lot & walk through the connecting gate
Color: Gulal and colors will be provided to you (outside color not allowed)
Food: Sumptuous food sold by multiple vendors
Fire: Symbolic
Tickets: Already sold, limited quantities available at the door
Please note that this is a ticketed event for members only.
2. Satsanga Schedule – Sunday Mar. 20, 2011
| 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM | Gita Chanting Class for children | ||||
| 8:50 AM – 10:30 AM | Satsanga I for adults, Bala Vihar grades PreK-12 | ||||
| 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM | Language, Bhajana classes for children Chanting, Spanish classes for adults | ||||
| 11:20 AM – 01:00 PM | Satsanga II for adults, Yuva Kendra and Bala Vihar grades PreK-11 | ||||
| 01:30 PM – 02:15 PM | Gita Chanting Class for children |
3. Lock-in for grades 9-12 Friday April 8, 2011
CHYKs are proud to announce that there will be a High School Lock-in for Grades 9th through 12th next month.
Date and Time: April 8th at 7:00pm to April 9th 8:00am.
Highlight: The CHYKs and other business professionals are planning a seminar about what future graduates can expect in college and in their profession.
Price for participants: $12 each
Please sign up at the table next to the bookstore.
4. Gita Chanting Competition – Saturday, May 7, 2011
Gita chanting competition for Bala Vihar children will be held on the occasion of Gurudeva Chinmayanadaji’s birthday celebration. Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 is selected for this year’s competition. The competition will be held in 4 groups: Group 1 : Grades KG – 2 Group 2 : Grades 3 – 5 To register fill out the registration form (one per participant) and bring to the Gita chanting competition registration desk by April 3, 2011 along with registration fee – $ 5 for each participant. The following is a table showing the selection of verses for each group:
Group 3 : Grades 6 – 8 Group 4 : Grades 9 – 12
Group Grades Verses to memorize Verses to learn meaning / explanation 1 Kg – 2 1 –10 None (Word list) 2 3 – 5 1 – 20 4,10,11,13,14,17,18 (Meaning) 3 6 – 8 1 – 34 4,14,17,18,22,26,27,31,34 (Short explanation) 4 9 – 12 4,14,17,18,22,26,27,30,31,34 4,14,17,18,22,26,27,31,34 (explanation)
The Gita chanting classes will be held every Sunday at Chinmaya Prabha from March 6 to May 1 as follows:
Class I: 8:00 – 8:45 AM
Class II: 1:30 – 2:15 PM
Please visit the 2011 Gita chanting competition page for complete details.
5. Book Store – Book for March/April
“Journey called Life” a Mananam publication has been chosen as the second book in the series. Mananam is a publication by Chinmaya Mission West which helps devotees and students of Vedanta with a very fine collection of articles by various masters. The book will be available in the book store.
6. Sri Saumyakasi Sivalaya
Temple timing:
| Monday to Friday | 8:30 AM – 12:00 Noon | ||
| 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM | |||
| Saturday and Sunday | 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM | ||
| 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM |
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 |