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June 3, 2023 by Rev. Debbie Clark

 Sukha, Refuah, Salaam: Renewing our Connection

Next Gathering: Sunday, June 11, 5:00-6:30 pm

​      The Multi-Faith Collaborative of Open Spirit invites you to reconnect through a series of shared meals and conversations and acknowledge the isolation, dis-ease, and trauma of the last few years. In our diverse spiritual traditions, Buddhists cultivate and wish each other sukha, meaning well-being; Jews pray for refuah, healing of the body, mind and spirit; Muslims greet one another seeking salaam, peace that includes a sense of well-being for the entire community. Other traditions use different words to point to our yearning for well-being.

      The next gathering in our series, on Sunday, June 11, from 5-6:30, will focus on Renewal through Repair and Restoration. Watch for more details!

Open Spirit Multi-Faith, Multi-Cultural Book Club


Wednesday, June 28 at 1 pm

      Open Spirit’s new book club, led by Rabbi Allison Poirier from Temple Beth Sholom, will be reading Ten Steps to Nanette, by Hannah Gadsby.

Art in the Garden: An Open Spirit Celebration

Saturday, June 24, 1:00-4:00 p.m., on our campus

      Join Open Spirit for a celebration of the beauty of gardens, art, music, and community. The gathering will feature a community art show, music by local musicians, tea and refreshments, a chance to create mindfulness packets for local kids

 

Community Meditation in a new time and space!

Saturday, June 24, 10:00-11:30 am

      This month, Joti Royster’s monthly community meditation will be held on Saturday, June 24 from 10:00-11:30 a.m., a gentle prelude to our Art in the Garden Celebration, which begins at 1:00 pm. The group will gather in the Sue Dickerman Hall. It is an opportunity to sit in person, with practitioners and friends.  There will be guided meditation interspersed with silence for the first forty minutes followed by reflections, questions and insights, sharing, readings, friendship. Joti invites participants to join her afterwards for lunch and come back for Art in the Garden.

​      Joti Royster, formerly from Sacred Spaces in Southborough, is currently at Temple Forest Monastery in Temple, New Hampshire. She can be reached at jotimetta@gmail.com.

​      This event is a sharing of truth, freely offered. Donations to support for Open Spirit programming are welcomed.

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