FALL BACK THIS SUNDAY
Daylight saving time ends on Sunday November 1, 2009. Remember to set your clocks back by one hour.
SUNDAY SATSANGA – Sunday, November 1, 2009
The schedule will be as follows:
8:50 AM – 10:30 AM Session I Satsanga for adults
Bala Vihar PreK-Grade 12
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM Language classes for children
(Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil)
Slokathon/Orchestra classes for children
Chanting I for Adults
Spanish class for Adults
11:20 AM – 1:00 PM Session II Satsanga for adults,
Bala Vihar PreK-Grade 11,
Satsanga for Alumni
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM New Chanting class for Adults
BALA VIHAR OPEN HOUSE – November 15, 2009
Mark your calendars and plan to attend Bala Vihar open house, which is planned for November 15, 2009. For last half an hour of the class for both the sessions, parents will have an opportunity to go to their children’s classroom, meet with the teachers, other students and their parents. This is an excellent opportunity to find about the curriculum for your child’s grade.
CLASSROOM CHANGES FOR BALA VIHAR
Please note that due to number of children in 3rd grade class, we have to make changes in classroom assignment. Grade 3 will be moved to 4th grade classroom which is larger in size. Grade 4 will use the classroom used by grade 3.
CMH BALA VIHAR RULES TO REMEMBER …
– One of the parents must attend adult satsanga when a child attends Bala Vihar in grades PreK through grade 11.
– All Bala Vihar children should attend the session that they are registered for.
– Children will not be allowed in class, if they are not registered for the session.
– Dress code for Bala Vihar is Indian dress or Chinmaya Mission T-shirt and long pants.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ….
We need your help in various Mission activities as listed below:
– General Maintenance of CMH Prabha premises
Nature of work: Replacing bulbs, batteries, Moving chairs/tables,
Overseeing general repair work performed by contractors,
Helping with general up keep of the place.
Time of work: In between the 2 sessions or after the second session
Number of volunteers needed: 5-6
Contact person: Ravi Shankar
E-mail address: r4shankar@gmail.com
– Gardening
Nature of work: planting, watering and general cleaning.
We have a service for mowing, edging, blowing, weeding, etc.
Time of work: Saturday mornings for 2-3 hours. The work involves
Contact person: Surendra Mital
E-mail address: skmital@gmail.com
– Sivalaya
Nature of work: Puja coordination during festivals – 8-10 volunteers
Puja coordination for Weekly pujas – 4-6 volunteers
Puja Material procurement – bi monthly – 5 volunteers
Temple up keep – 4 volunteers
Temple TV Display/Flier content management – 2 volunteers
Contact person: Sam Sabapathy rajisaba@hotmail.com
Vasu Aithala vasu.aithala@gmail.com
Please contact the person listed or sign-up at welcome desk.
GURUDAKSINA PLEDGE FORMS
If you have not been able to give your pledge forms, please do so this Sunday.
PUJYA GURUJI SWAMI TEJOMAYANANDAJI’S VISIT
Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayanandaji will visit CMH from Dec 18 to Dec 20, 2009 for Prabhavali Dharana Mahotsava at Sri Saumyakasi Sivalaya at Chinmaya Prabha.
The topic for his pravacanas during his visit will be ‘I am the brilliance of the Brilliant’.
Schedule for Guruji’s visit will be as follows:
Friday Dec 18 7:00 – 8:30 PM Satsanga for adults
Saturday Dec 19 8:30 – 10:00 AM Satsanga for Adults
11:00 – 12:30 PM Satsanga for Adults
Saturday Dec 19 7:00 – 8:30 PM Satsanga for Bala Vihar
Sunday Dec 20 9:00 – 12:00 noon Puja and Prabhavali installation ceremony
SRI SAUMYAKSI SIVALAYA ACTIVITIES
Below are the activities at the temple through November 30, 2009:
Siva Rudrabhisekam – Every Monday, 10/31, 11/14, 11/29 – 7:00 PM
Siva Sahasranama Puja – Every Saturday – 9:00 AM
Sri Satyanarayana Puja – On Purnima (11/2) – 6:30 PM
Sri Ganesa Puja – On Sankatahara Catur