Meetingbrook Events

September 2002 Events

All Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open & informal
Note: Consult “Today at Meetingbrook” for any changes in schedule.

New Event: SATURDAY MORNING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP: The Many Faces of Death - Beginning 21Sept at bookshop, a circle conversation about death, dying, & our experience. 9:00am-10:00am, each Saturday. Beginning with book, The Grace in Dying – How We Are Transformed Spiritually As We Die, by Kathleen Dowling Singh, c.1998. Drop in.

MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE. (6:05am-6:35am) Silent Sitting - 30 minutes, daily; then, (6:40am-7:00am) Chanting & Mindfulness Walking (MWF Christian; TTh Buddhist). Whatever your tradition or practice come sit together in silence. Simply enter, sit, and leave in silence.

SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE –
Weekly Lectio Divina: Sat, 6:45am-8:00am; Monthly Retreat 7 hrs, 21Sept; 6am-1pm, (Buddhist focus this month)

SUNDAY EVENING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE Each Sunday evening, 6:00-8:00pm. Practice Silent Sitting, Walking, Listening, Eating, Conversing, Chanting. (1, 15, 29 Sept Christian focus; 8, 22 Buddhist focus) All welcomes.

Note: All CONVERSATIONS AT MEETINGBROOK follow a format of 1) circle reading from a work, or opening words from a presenter; 2) brief time of silence; 3) open conversation flowing from the words.
Come any week; each hour conversation stands alone.

A Place of Conversation, Collation, and Recollection at Camden Harbor

TUESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP 5:30pm-6:30pm

Maybe Zen, Maybe Not, A Practice/Study focusing on Buddhist Meditative Tradition. Currently reading For a Future To Be Possible, by Thich Nhat Hanh.

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP 5:30pm. -6:30pm

	Wed. 4Sept02 Topic: “Rosh Hashanah, “On this day we can create ourselves anew.” (--from book Being Jewish)
	Wed. 11Sept02 Topic: Hard Ground & Competing Voices One Year Later, A reflection & conversation about intuition & instinct.
	Wed. 18 Sept02Topic: “The Pillars of Islam in America,” Reading from book, A New Religious America, by Diana L. Eck
	Wed. 25Sept02 Topic: “The Coptic Sayings of Saint Macarius of Egypt,” (Vol. 35.4, 2000, from Cistercian Studies.)

THURSDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP 5:30pm-6:30pm.
Stepping into the Mirror, A Practice/Study focusing on Christian Contemplative Tradition. Currently reading The Hidden Gospel: Decoding the Spiritual Message of the Aramaic by Neil Douglas-Klotz.

FRIDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP
4:30pm - 5:30pm Poetry. Open gathering invites anyone to bring poetry to read, whether own or others’. “Poetry” for us is Poems, Letters, & Pieces of Journals. In addition, we read from David Whyte’s Crossing the Unknown Sea, Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity.
6:00-7:30pm Lovingkindness Practice/study: (Reading, Conversing, Sitting.) An hour and half of practice & study. Currently reading Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, by Sharon Salzberg. (Facilitated by Susan Smith-Hudson.)

SATURDAY MORNING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP: The Many Faces of Death 9:00am-10:00am We begin with the book, The Grace in Dying – How We Are Transformed Spiritually As We Die, by Kathleen Dowling Singh. Come any week.

MUSIC REHEARSAL AT THE BOOKSHOP 1:00pm-3:00pm (approx) Every Wednesday and Sunday Afternoon. A group playing effort. Join in. Also, any other days for individuals. An opportunity to rehearse individually with ease in a public place, anytime, call or just show up.

Closed Mondays, Open 6 days by 10:30am to 7:00pm (Sunday to 5:00pm).

Let us order your books and music! Thanks!

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