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BERNIE ON THE ROAD
Sep 24-26, 2010 Zen Peacemakers founder Bernie Glassman will lead the workshop Bearing Witness to the Wholeness of Life at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health.
Nov 9-19, 2010Becoming a Mensch: Service as Spiritual Practice at the Heidelberg University.
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Report on June 2010 Auschwitz Bearing Witness Retreat
Images from Winter and Summer Retreats
155 people from all over Europe and the United States, joined by a few participants from Israel, took part in the 15th annual retreat at Auschwitz Birkenau in June 7 through June 11. Temperatures nearing 90 degrees Fahrenheit did nothing to disturb the practice of bearing witness--to the death camps, to ourselves, and to the Other. We listened to many voices, including a few from the Middle East who voiced strong support for the coming November 2010 retreat which, in addition to the adults participants, will this time also include contingents of young people from Israel (Jews and Arabs), the West Bank, Germany, Poland, the United States, and other European countries ...read Fleet Maull's report on the June Retreat ....listen to Beate Stolte and Natalie Goldberg share insights from the retreat ....read about upcoming Nov. 2010 retreat.
Montague Farm Cafe: Fine Food, Music, Games and Puppetry
A program of the Montague Farm Zen House, our community meals happen every Saturday, 12-3pm. In addition to great food and free transportation, we have puppetry, outdoor activities, and music for adults and kids. Read an article about it by Civil Eats! On June 29th, our Cafe was front page news in our regional newspaper.
On July 3rd, we launched the Montague Farm Cafe Marching Band -a festive music project open to all ages and all levels, with guidance from local marching band players. The Montague Farm Marching Band will be an ongoing feature of our Cafe the first Saturday of every month. Each Cafe also features a rotation of free health and wellness offerings including mindfulness-based stress reduction coaching in Spanish and English, pastoral counseling, acupuncture, nutrition counseling, chair massage, dental care education, and access to a physician. We now have an AA meeting every week during the Cafe, from 1:10-2:10pm.
At each Café, we put out a “stone soup” pot where everyone can contribute to the Café, whether offering money, poems, drawings, or special found objects –all of which we display at the following gathering. Imagine our delight when we pulled out this note:
“Thank you for not making us feel needy. Sometimes help is very welcomed, but sometimes when you make a person feel needy it isn’t welcomed. Thank you.”
Plus this week, we received kind words from a regular: "It is good 2 have a Saturday meal. So good food, nice place 2 -B- at. Love the staff." -Bob Johnson, Greenfield.
Appalachia Zen House
The Appalachian Zen "House" is an integrated group of projects that addresses rural poverty and environmental challenges in central Pennsylvania.
In the mountains and countryside of central Pennsylvania, the Appalachian Zen House comprises four main projects—
* The first,“Green Appalachia,” is based at
Ahimsa Village and consists of No Harm Farm, Bald Eagle Biofuels,
Transition Town Bald Eagle Valley, and the Earth Education Program, including the Ahimsa Summer Camp
and the Summer Lunch Program at the
Miles Trailer Park (Port Matilda,
PA).
* The second, “Floating Lotus
Meditation Group,” offers Zen
training through Zen meditation and
council circle.
* The third, “Speak Your Peace,” provides workshops on:– getting all needs met in situations of conflict using Non-Violent Communication; speaking and listening from the heart in Council Circle; questioning stressful patterns of thought as influenced by Byron Katie’s “The Work”;
and workshops based on
the work of Joanna Macy
* The fourth, “Many Paths, One Heart,” focuses on multi-faith initiatives. We are a member congregation and have board representation on State College Area Interfaith Mission which is comprised of 24 Christian and two Jewish congregations in addition to Appalachian Zen House.....read more