1. Satsanga timings: Sun. Feb. 23, 2020
8:35 AM – 10:15 AM Satsanga I for adults & Bala Vihar grades Pre-KG-12 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM Language classes for children in Session I, Bhajana, Orchestra/Slokathon, and adult chanting 11:20 AM – 1:00 PM Satsanga II for adults & Bala Vihar grades Pre-KG-10 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Hindi classes for children in Session II2. Mahasivaratri Celebrations at Sri Saumyakasi Sivalaya – Feb. 21, 2020
Please plan to participate with your family and friends on this auspicious occasion and receive Lord Siva’s blessings. For complete program details please click here or call Jay Deshmukh @ 832-541-0059.
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3. Lock-In for Bala Vihar Grades KG to 4th Grade on Friday March 6, 2020
The Student Council is holding its annual Lock-In for Bala Vihar children in KG to 4th Grade. This is a social evening filled with games and entertainment for our children, and is a much awaited event.
Registration: Please sign-up at the desk in Dining Area on February 23rd and March 1st (In Between the sessions)
From: Friday, March 6th 7:00 PM
To: Saturday, March 7th 8:00 AM
Registration: $10 for children & $5 for volunteers
A lock-in with so many children needs a lot of supervision. We are therefore requesting interested adults to sign up at the registration desk.
Spots are limited to the first 120 children and 30 volunteers. Registration desk is in the Dining Area. If you have any questions please contact the CMH Student Council at cmhstudentcouncil@gmail.com
4. Holi Celebration at CMH Sun. Mar. 15, 2020
We are going to celebrate the much popular, fun festival of Holi on Sunday March 15th, from 1:00 PM onwards in the CMH courtyard.
Please note this is a ‘members only’ event.
Ticket price is $6 for all Bala-Vihar children and $10 for all adult members.
Ticket sale starts on Sunday 23rd and will continue for next two Sundays in the dining area.
For further details please click here
5. No Slokathon classes from Feb 9 to May 3rd 2020
To prepare children for the Gita Chanting Competition (GCC), we will have Gita classes instead of Slokathon, from Feb 9 to May 3rd. Slokathon children will attend GCC classes as under: Group 1 – Grades KG – 2 Group 2 – Grades 3 – 5 Group 3 – Grades 6 – 8 Group 4 – Gareds 9 – 126. Gita Chanting Competition and classes
Annual Gita Chanting competition will be held on Saturday, May 9 2020 for Bala Vihar children on Chapter 18 of the Bhagavadgita. Gita Chanting Classes are offered for Bala Vihara children every Sunday at Chinmaya Prabha from February 9th to May 3rd. Please bring a printed copy of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 to the class. Class schedule is given below. Children are required to attend classes for their respective session.| Group 1 & Pre K |
Group 2 |
Group 3 & 4 |
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Morning Session (7:45 AM to 8:30 AM) |
N 105 (KG classroom) |
N 104 (Grade 2B Classroom) |
N 103 (Grade 2A Classroom) |
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Afternoon Session (10:30 AM to 11:15 AM) |
S 201 (Grade 8 Classroom) |
S 202 (Grade 6 Classroom) |
N 205A (Room behind library) |
7. Gita 365 App download
We understand that after watching a clip of the Gita 365 App of Pujya Gurudeva’s teachings of the Holy Gita, last Sunday, more members are wanting to download this app on their phones. Just a reminder that you can download the Gita 365 App from Apple Store or Google Play and enjoy these multimedia segments, where Pujya Gurudeva uplifts, enlightens, and guides our thoughts, transforming our life, one day at a time, 365 days a year. Please share the app with your family and friends thru your Face Book, Instagram, Twitter accounts.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 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.9. 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 |
| 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 |