1. Bala Vihar open house & Satsanga timings –     Sun. Oct. 7, 2018

We will have Bala Vihar open house this Sunday, in addition to the regular Satsanga.

This is an opportunity for parents to know about the curriculum, to meet their teachers and to find out opportunities to help out the Bala Vihar class as a parent. Teachers can also come to know the parents of their students.

We encourage both parents, to attend the open house. If you have more than one child in Bala Vihar, each parent can split and attend one class. If only one parent is planning to attend, please choose to attend the lower grade. We will not allow parents to hop classes during the open house as it causes disturbance.

We will follow a special schedule as below, this Sunday:

	8:35 AM – 10:15 AM	Bala Vihar grades PreK-12 – children will go to their own class at 8:35 AM, instead of going to Smrti Hall/Sarasvati Nilayam. They should not bring any books.
	8:35 AM –  9:40 AM	Satsanga for Adults
	9:40 AM – 10:15 AM	Bala Vihar open house/Adult satsanga (continued)
	10:30 AM – 11:15 AM	Adult Chanting class only. NO extra classes this Sunday for children.
	11:20 AM –   1:00 PM	Bala Vihar grades PreK-10 – children will go to their own class at 11:20 instead of going to  Smrti Hall/Sarasvati Nilayam. They should not bring any books.
	11:20 AM – 12:25 PM	Satsanga II for adults
	12:25 PM –   1:00 PM	Bala Vihar open house/Adult satsanga (continued)
	1:30 PM –    2:15 PM	NO Hindi classes this Sunday

To view the map for the classrooms, please click here

2.  Balavihar Play Auditions huge response – further submissions closed

We had a huge response to our Bala Vihar Play Auditions conducted on Sunday, Sep 30th.  All participants are being notified separately via email of their audition results along with next steps.  Bala Vihar Play Auditions are now closed and we are no longer accepting submissions.

3. Upcoming CMH Events – Mark your calendars please

Please mark your calendars for the following upcoming exciting events:

• · Annual Dipavali Puja & Gurudaksina            Sun. Nov. 4, 2018
• · Family Night                                                   Sat. Dec. 08, 2018

Please look out for more details in future announcements.

4.  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, at this link < http://smile.amazon.com/ch/76-0287512, CMH receives .5% of our member purchases towards donations.

For your convenience this link has now been provided on our CMH website https://www.chinmayahouston.org/

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.

5. Sri Saumyakasi Sivalaya

Temple timing:

		Monday to Friday	9:00 AM – Noon 5:30 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 throughout 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