April 2004 Events at Meetingbrook

All Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open & informal

MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE.
 Note: Cabin is always open and available for silence, meditation, or prayer. Our morning practice became idiorhythmic this winter. Our Silent Sitting – (40 minutes daily) happens whenever we can get there. Still, whatever your tradition or practice come sit alone or with others in the cabin at any time. Simply enter, sit, & leave in silence. 

SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE –
Weekly Lectio Divina: Sat, 6:45am-8:00am;
Monthly Mindfulness Retreat: 3^rd Saturday, 20March. 6:00am-2:30pm  (Six sittings in 3 periods {40-10-40} of sitting-walking-sitting; work period, reading, eating, final circle reflection.)

SUNDAY EVENING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE -- 6:00pm-8:00pm
Each Sunday evening, drop-in. Practice includes:  Sitting (40min), Walking, (10min), Heart Sutra Chanting, Table reading (10min), Silent Eating (10min), Conversing (20min), Compline Chanting.

A Place of Conversation, Collation, and Recollection at Camden Harbor
Consult “Today at Meetingbrook” For any changes in schedule.

TUESDAY EVENING BUDDHIST CONVERSATION AT BOOKSHOP   5:30pm-6:30pm
Maybe Zen, Maybe Not.  A Practice/Study focusing on Buddhist Meditative Tradition. Beginning not always so, practicing the true spirit of Zen, by Shunryu Suzuki, (c.2002)

WEDNESDAY EVENING LAURA CONVERSATION AT BOOKSHOP  5:30pm. -6:30pm
Laura Soul-Friend Conversations. Wednesday Evening Conversations focus on Personal Practice & Laura Soul Friend topics. (“Laura,” = various paths.) What, who, & how of one’s spirituality. Topics will reflect an individual’s personal, spiritual, psychological, intellectual practice, interest, or concern.  Each Wednesday some person, or some aspect of practice, will begin the conversation.

THURSDAY EVENING CHRISTIAN CONVERSATION AT BOOKSHOP  5:30pm-6:30pm. 
Stepping into the Mirror, A Practice/Study focusing on Christian Contemplative Tradition. Currently reading Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition, by Richard Smoley.

FRIDAY EVENING INTERRELIGIOUS CONVERSATION AT BOOKSHOP 5:30pm - 6:30pm
 Interreligious Dialogue: Unveiling and Practicing Peace Between Ways. Readings from Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, and Native Traditions. Currently The Heart of Islam, Enduring Values for Humanity, by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

SATURDAY MORNING & AFTERNOON CONVERSATIONS AT BOOKSHOP
 9:30am-10:30am: Reading Facing Death and Finding Hope, A Guide to the Emotional and Spiritual Care of the Dying, by Christine Longaker, (c.1997) Come by any week. 
 4:30pm-5:30pm: Tea, Poetry, and Literature.  For one hour we’ll read and converse about poems, a prose piece, essay, or short story.  Bring with you “What you are reading.”

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 with ease in a public place, anytime.

Closed Mondays
Open Tuesday-Friday 10:30am to 7:00pm,
Saturday & Sunday 10:30am to 4:30pm

Let us order your books and music!      Thanks!     

Bookshop/Bakery, 50 Bayview Street, Camden, ME
Dogen & Francis Hermitage 64 Barnestown Rd, Camden, ME mono@meetingbrook.org (207) 236-6808