1. Mahasivaratri Celebrations – Feb 15 & 17, 2015

Mark your calendars and plan to participate in all events planned for Mahasivaratri celebrations. The event details are as follows:

Sun. Feb. 15, 2015

Maha Mrtyunjaya Homa for good health and wellbeing will be performed in the Smrti Hall at 8:35 AM and 11:20 AM

Homa sponsorship: $21 per family

Tue. Feb. 17, 2015

9:00 AM to   9:45 PM             
Ksirabhiseka to Utsava Murti of Lord Siva
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM Mahanyasa Purvaka Rudrabhiseka
7:30 PM to 10:00 PM Laghunyasa purvaka Ekadasa Rudrabhiseka
10:00 PM to 10:30 PM Arati & Prasada
10:30 PM to 11:45 PM Meditation followed by midnight Arati


Rudrabhiska puja sponsorship with Ksirabhiseka Seva $21 per family

All celebrations are open to public.

Please plan to participate with your family and also inform your non-CMH friends and family so they can take

advantage of this once a year special puja.

For complete program details on both days please see the flier

For more infomation about the program and sponsorship please call Jay Deshmukh 832 541 0059.

Mahasivaratri 2015

2. Gita Chanting Competition for CMH – Sat. May 2, 2015

As part of Pujya Gurudeva’s birth centenary celebrations, Chinmaya Mission Worldwide has organised an International Gita Chanting Competition.

The first round of competition (Competition for CMH) will be held on May 2.

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15 has been selected for this year’s competition.

The competition will be held in various groups based on children’s age.

Please visit the Gita Chanting Competition information page for complete details and online registration, both of which will be available from this Sunday.

The Gita chanting classes will be held every Sunday at Chinmaya Prabha from February 08 to April 26 as under:

      
Class Times:      
Session 1
   
Session 2


7:45 AM – 8:30 AM

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM

Bala Vihar children are required to attend classes for their respective sessions.

Please bring printed copy of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 15. The files can be accessed from GCC page on our website.

Groups are divided by the age of the child as of Jan 1st 2015.


Session 1:  7:45 AM – 8:30 AM
   
Group 
Age on Jan 1, 2015 
Classroom  
Room Number 

A
  4 to  6 years KG-A N105

B
  7 to  9 Years KG-B N104

C
10 to 12 years 2nd Grade N103

D
13 to 15 years 2nd Grade N103

E
16 to 18 years 2nd Grade N103

Session 2:  10:30 AM – 8:30 AM
   
Group 
Age on Jan 1, 2015 
Classroom  
Room Number 

A 4 to  6 years 4th Grade S112

B 7 to  9 Years 1st Grade S110

C 10 to 12 years 11th Grade N203

D 13 to 15 years 11th Grade N203

E 16 to 18 years 11th Grade N203

3. Chinmaya Sadguru Arati – Prarthana Piyusa Page 140

Please bring your Prarthana Piyusa every Sunday for the chanting of this Arati on Page 140.

4. Jnana Yajna with Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda – July 6-13, 2015

Please mark your calendars for a week long Jnana Yajna of evening pravacanas with Pujya Guruji on Bhagavad Gita – Chapter 18.

More details will be available soon.

5. CHYK Camp and Junior CHYK Camp – June 22-26, 2015

CHYK Camp with Acarya Sri Gaurangbhai and Acarya Vivekji

Place: Chinmaya Prabha

Junior CHYK Camp with Acarya Vivekji

Place: Chinmaya Prabha

Please mark your calendars for these two very special camps. More details will be provided in the next few weeks.

6. 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, and Apple.

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.

7. Satsanga Timings – Sunday Feb. 1, 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 & Adult Chanting Class
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

8. 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 AmazonSmileCMH 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.

Amazon

9. 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