THE YEAR OF 2010

 

DECEMBER 22 & DECEMBER 29 - NO MEDITATION TILL NEXT YEAR. HAPPY NEW YEAR

 

DECEMBER 15 -Coffee @ Joan's 

 

DECEMBER 8 - We met at the Bristol Public Library to complete our Christmas project for Faith Mission. Eighteen sox boxes were taken this afternoon to the mission.

 

DECEMBER 1 - 9:00 - MASS was held with Fr. Ed Ruetz and then a visit and discussion with Sister Emmanuel of the Handmaids of the Most Holy Trinity in South Bend. Only two of us were able to attend. It was a magical morning.

 

NOVEMBER 24 - NO MEDITATION because of Thanksgiving-  In lieu of a meditation, some of us met at kathy Mow's home to hear her daughter, Carly, speak of the work going at the Breast Cancer Foundation, of which is is a part

 

NOVEMBER 17 -

 

NOVEMBER 10 - We met at the home of Jo Ulrich who led us in a meditation. She also had a lovely lunch of us in the very peaceful surroundings of the farm.

 

NOVEMBER 3 - Susie Holzshuh led us in a Charka Yoga Meditation at Nancy Boren's home. She gave the best discription of the Charkras that we had ever heard.

 

OCTOBER 27 - We met with Sister Judith Ann and Sister Mary Ellen in their home in South Bend. They led us in a meditation and talk to us about their work.

 

 

OCTOBER  13 - We met at Joan Girton's home in Bristol. Dian Booth from Australia was our guest. She talked about the Rainbow Serpent Journey that she leads each year in Australia, and shared some of her thoughts and music on healing.

 

OCTOBER 6 - We met at the BPL.  Fr. Ed Ruetz, a retired priest living in South Bend,  discussed his new book, "The Love Story of Creation". This book may be purchased on Amazon.com or at any other bookstore. 

 

SEPTEMBER 29 - NO MEDITATION - UNITED CANCER SERVICES OF ELKHART COUNTY FASHION SHOW FUND RAISER

 

SEPTEMBER 22 - Susan Nelson, from Ten Thousand Villages, spoke about the rug makers and several other things. The stories of the people in the third world countries making their way in the world are amazing. 

 

SEPTEMBER 15 - NO MEDITATION - Tri Kappa Mental Health Coffee at the Midwest Museum of Art

 

SEPTEMBER 8 - NO MEDITATION - Many of MMM took a trip to Chicago to see Billy Elliott.   

 

SEPTEMBER 1 - We met at the Bristol Public Library for our monthly planning meeting followed by a meditation. 

 

AUGUST 25 - We had wonderful medtation Kathy Mow's home in the country. We "turned off" our left brain so that we could get into the creative side, the right brain, and the results were amazing.

 

AUGUST 18 - We had a yoga meditation with Kara Schmidt of Spacious Heart Yoga located in the Wellness Center in Goshen

 

AUGUST 11 - We met at Mary Holtz's home for a meditation.

 

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JULY 28 - We met at the Bristol Public Library to travel to Pathways Retreat, 309 Hackett Rd. in Goshen. We met with Julie Stegelmann for a walking meditation and then a meditation with her.

 

JULY 21 - We went to Gilcrest for our meditation and a vegetarian lunch was serverd. 

 

JULY 14 - We met with Dwight Judy at Joan's home for a meditation followed by a carry-in luncheon.

 

JULY 7- We went to the Bristol Public Library for a planning meeting and a meditation.

 

JUNE 30 - We went to Neil Gilbert's office in South Bend for our meditation. 

 

JUNE 23 - Our program with Jenny Bartlett was canceled. We will reschedule at a later date.

 

JUNE 16 - We went to The Hermitage in Three Rivers. After a meditation with Naomi, we had a vegetarian lunch.

 

JUNE 9 - We met with Dr. Tom Petersen at his home in South Bend for our meditation. 

 

JUNE 2 - We will met at the Bristol Public Library for a meditation and a planning meeting. The other program planned for this day was postponed until later.

 

MAY 26 - We had to cancel this event due to lack of significant number of members able to attend.

 

MAY 19 -  We took a tour of the Center for the Homeless in South Bend with Katherine Dick followed by a meditation at the Center.

 

MAY 12 - We had to make a change. We were going to Unity Church in SB to be with Rev. Sandy but we will reschedule that trip. We went to the Bristol Public Library for a meditation

 

MAY 5 - We had Rosa Stone as our guest for our time together at Kathy Mow's home in the country.

 

APRIL 28 - We went to Wellfield Gardens for a walking meditation.

 

APRIL 21 -  We met at the BPL for our meditation

 

APRIL 14 - We met at the BPL for our medition with the surprise ending....

 

APRIL 7 - We met at the BPL for a "restful" meditation.

 

MARCH 31- We walked the Labyrinth at St Mary's.

 

MARCH 24 - We met at the Bristol Public Library for out meditation.

 

MARCH 3, 10 & 17 - We met at the "Daily Grind" for coffee. We did not have a formal meditation as many of our members had other commitments or out of town.

 

FEB 24 -We met at the Bristol Public Library. Everyone brought something to share… a favorite poem, prayer, thought or thing. We showed a 10 minute DVE on blessings followed by a meditation.

 

FEB  17 - We met at Mary Holtz's home. Our guest was Alice Brewer who is a facilitator for the spirit world. She has the ability to connect with our guides and angels.

 

FEB 10 - We had to cancel our gathering due to the snow storm. We follow the schedule of the Elkhart Community Schools and school was canceled.

 

FEB 3 - We met at Rose Benjamin's house for our meditation. We did a couple of different meditations. Joan had a 12 minute Qigong video and another meditation she shared with all of us.

 

JAN 27 - Mable Brunk was our guest. We heard her talk about her many trips to the Middle East. She also did a prayer meditation for us.

 

JAN 20 - Dwight Judy was with us for a special meditation, the "Stages of Faith Perspective: Making our Faith Our Own". We started with an open meditation for centering then had an interactive discussion on the different ways we have developed our theological understandings. We will met at Nancy Boren's home

 

JAN 6 - We met at the Bristol Public Library for a meditation using a CD that Joan brought to share with us.

 

JAN 13 - We met at Heidi's home for a meditation using the CD that we had from a meditation by Gennelle Crump.