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January 2004 Events
All Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open & informal
Note: Many changes in times and
topics begin this month.
MORNING PRACTICE AT THE
HERMITAGE. (6:05am-6: 45am)
Silent Sitting - 40 minutes, daily. Then follows (6:45am-7:00am) Chanting/Mindfulness
Walking. Whatever your tradition or practice come sit
together. Simply enter, sit, & leave in silence.
Note: Cabin
is always open and available for silence, meditation, or prayer.
SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE
AT THE HERMITAGE –
Weekly Lectio Divina: Sat, 6:45am-8:00am;
Monthly Mindfulness Retreat:
3rd Saturday, 17Jan. 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-630pm
Maybe Zen, Maybe Not. A Practice/Study focusing on Buddhist Meditative
Tradition. Beginning Not Always So, by Shunryu Suzuki
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 Son of
Man: The Mystical Path to Christ, by Andrew Harvey.
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. Beginning The Heart of Islam,
Enduring values for Humanity, by Seyyed Hossein
Nasr.
SATURDAY MORNING & AFTERNOON
CONVERSATIONS AT BOOKSHOP
9:30am-10:30am: The Many Faces of Death. We are finishing
the book, The Grace in Dying – How We
Are Transformed Spiritually As We Die, by Kathleen
Dowling Singh. 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 9:30am to 7:00pm
Saturday 9:30am
to 5:30pm
Sunday 10:30am-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