Sathya Sai Baba Centers of North Central Region (Region 5) USA

  Dear Sai Family,

Sairam!
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By our dear Swami’s grace, the bhajans went off well last Thursday .     We will have bhajans from 7.00pm this week.   Please do inform  Sister Shilpa of your  bhajan this week.  Please practice all bhajans before it is rendered to Swami.  We will have bhajan practice from 6.30pm to 7pm.   Please do try to attend the bhajan practice sessions.   We will have a study circle from 8pm to 9pm.  Please do try to participate in the study circle this week.  Your participation will greatly enhance the discussion in the study circle.

We will have special bhajans for Ganesh Chaturthi on September 11, 2010 in the residence of Sister Shankari and Brother Siva at 7pm.

Their address is 3204 Dunwoodie Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 and

Telephone number is H:734-997-0183 and C:734-223-2612

• Please note that SSE classes start this saturday 9/11/10 at Gretchen's House at 2pm.

• The theme for our SSE classes this year is “LEADING  WITH VALUES------ SERVANT LEADERSHIP".  This theme is derived upon taking input's from all the SSE teachers who suggested, and this  has been finalized .

 Please find below the announcements made after bhajans:

-The website for the Labor Day retreat is ready for members to register. Those who are attending have registered. The number of members who have registered are relatively less this year.  Please do register if you are planning to attend the retreat.  www.sathyasaicenters.org.

- We will not have the Hope Nursing home project this Saturday.  We will have the soup kitchen on September 25th as we are having SSE teacher's training on the third Saturday of September.

-We will hosting the SSE Teacher's training on September 18th and 19th. The venue is Turner Senior Resource center.  The website for the training is ready.  Please do register for the event if you are interested in obtaining the training.We have sign up in the center for  help with hosting and food preparation.  The number of participants will be approximately 50-55 people. The website for the registeration is  ready on www.sathyasaicenters.org.

- We will be hosting the womens health workshop on September 12th in EMU Student center from 2.30pm to 7pm.  Please find enclosed a flyer with the details of the event.  There will be free breast cancer screenings and information sessions on Breast health care, physical health and well being, healthy nutrition, emotional well being and stress management.  There will be tables for consultation- dental, medical, physical, safehouse and skincare consultation. Everything is free of cost for everyone. Please pass the word to everyone you know. We have sign up sheet for volunteers who would like to assist with registration, food serving, helping individuals who are attending the event on that day.

- We had a general members meeting in which we addressed the above items and also spoke about the events for this month and next month.  Please see attached minutes.

• Thanks for your donations for the food baskets this thursday after bhajans. The  food baskets were be donated to individuals with  developmentally disabled on Saturday.    If you are interested to donate, please bring non perishable food items Recommended  Food Items:  Pasta, pasta sauce, canned fruits and vegetables, cereals, cranberry sauce, soups, cookies and other non perishable food items.  
• We will continue to register members in the bone marrow registry. Please contact any of the officers if you know of anyone who is interested in being on the Bone Marrow registry.   For more information on the Bone marrow registry drive please check out the following links:  http://www.marrow. org/  

Schedule for this week:

Thursday 9/6/10:

• 6.30pm to 7pm: Bhajan Practice 
• 7pm to 8pm:   Bhajans
• 8pm to 8.30pm: Study Circle

Saturday 9 /4/10:

• 2pm to 2.30pm: Veda Chanting
• 2.30 to 4pm: SSE classes
• 4:15pm to 4:45pm: bhajans. 

 Brother Prasad sent out a divine discourse on "Seeking God within"the this topic as study circle material.  The article will help with discussions in study circle and help us reach Him within our hearts.  

Please contact / e-mail Sister Shilpa or me if would like to sing a bhajan this Thursday. Please remember to come for bhajan practice if you have signed up for a bhajan.  Please contact me if you have cannot make it to the practice or the bhajan.  Kindly inform me if you cannot make it to the bhajan so that I can have somebody else sing in your place or remove the bhajan from the list. 

 Please continue to chant the Gayathri mantra 21 times in the morning and evening as a spiritual sadhana.

 Please leave bhajan hall silently after the bhajans to maintain the bliss of bhajans.