August 2002 Events

All Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open & informal

Note: Consult “Today at Meetingbrook” for any changes in schedule.

SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE –
Weekly Lectio Divina: Sat,6:45am-8:00am
Monthly Retreat 17Aug;  6am-1pm, (Christian this month)

SUNDAY EVENING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE Each Sunday evening, 6:00-8:00pm. Practice Silent Sitting, Walking, Listening, Eating, Conversing, Chanting. (4, 18Aug. Christian focus; 11,25Aug Buddhist focus)  All welcome. Bring willingness to practice with others.

 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.

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.

TUESDAY EVENING CONVERSTATIONS AT THE BOOKSHOP

Maybe Zen, Maybe Not, 5:30pm-6:30pm A Practice/Study. Reading For a Future To Be Possible, by Thich Nhat Hahn (facilitated by Susan Smith-Hudson.)

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

	Wed. 7Aug02 Reading from Practicing the Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle
	Wed. 14Aug02 Reading from The Ultimate Understanding, by Ramesh Balsekar
	Wed. 21Aug02  Reading from Purity of Heart and Contemplation, by Bruno Barnhart
	Wed. 28Aug02 Reading selected poems by Billy Collins and Jane Hirshfield

THURSDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT THE BOOKSHOP:

5:30pm-6:30pm. We read aloud for 25 minutes, and then converse. Reading (beginning) The Hidden Gospel: Decoding the Spiritual Message of the Aramaic by Neil Douglas-Klotz. We pick up wherever we left off. No need to read outside the hour.

FRIDAY EVENING CONVERSTATIONS AT THE BOOKSHOP

	4:30pm - 5:30pm Poetry Open reading gathering invites anyone to bring poetry to read, whether your own or others’. Invited under “poetry” are 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: (Sitting, Reading, Conversing, Sitting.) An hour and half of practice & study. Currently reading Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, by Sharon Salzberg. (Susan Smith-Hudson.)

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.

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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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