June 2005 Events at Meetingbrook

All Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open & informal

 Please note changes to practice at hermitage: Saturday Morning Practice and Sunday Evening Practice now mirror each other. There are no formal weekday sittings nor a formal monthly retreat. Each is on his/her own. .

HERMITAGE CHAPEL/ZENDO MEDITATION CABIN  -- An Open Community resource
 Cabin is always open and available for silence, meditation, or prayer. Whatever your tradition, let us remember one another whenever we sit.

SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE AT THE HERMITAGE – 7:00am—9:00am
 Each Saturday morning, drop-in. Practice includes:  Sitting (40min), Walking, (10min), Chanting, Table reading (10min), Silent Eating (10min), Conversing (20min). Bell. Leave.

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

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

Note: Conversation format: on-site circle reading; brief silence; talk; final circle comments.

TUESDAY EVENING BUDDHIST CONVERSATION AT BOOKSHOP   5:30pm-6:30pm
 Theme - Maybe Zen, Maybe Not.  A Practice/Study focusing on Buddhist Meditative Tradition. Currently reading Zen and the Kingdom of Heaven, by Tom Chetwynd. .

 WEDNESDAY EVENING LAURA CONVERSATION AT BOOKSHOP  5:30pm. -6:30pm
 Theme - 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. 
 Theme - Stepping into the Mirror, A Practice/Study focusing on Christian Contemplative Tradition. Beginning, Truly Our Sister, A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints, by Elizabeth A. Johnson

FRIDAY EVENING INTERRELIGIOUS / INTERDEPENDENT CONVERSATION AT BOOKSHOP  5:30pm-6:30pm
Theme- Interreligious / Interdependent Dialogue: Unveiling and Practicing Peace Between Ways. Readings from Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, and Native Traditions. Currently reading Bhagavad Gita and Its Message, by Sri Aurobindo

SATURDAY AFTERNOON CONVERSATIONS AT BOOKSHOP  -- 4:30pm-5:30pm
 Theme - Tea, Poetry, and Literature.  For one hour we’ll read and converse about poems, a prose piece, essay, or short story.  Bring with you anything you wish to read.

MUSIC REHEARSAL AT THE BOOKSHOP   -- 1:00pm-3:00pm (approx)
 Every Wednesday and Sunday Afternoon. A group gathers. Join in. Also, any other days for individuals. Come rehearse with ease in a public place, anytime.

Closed Mondays.
Open Tuesday-Friday 10:30am to 7:00pm, Saturday 10:30am to 6:30pm & 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