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Weekly Events at Gaia House: Calendar of Events SUNDAY: 10:00 AM Quaker Meeting 1:00 PM Art & Spiritual Inquiry Group, Second & Fourth Sundays 2:00 PM Eckankar, Third Sunday 4:00 PM Yoga MONDAY: 6:00 PM Open Drum Circle 6:00 PM Women BEing, Second Monday 7:30 PM SIWADE, African Drumming 10:30 PM Gaia Cafe TUESDAY: 5:00 PM Theology on Tap at Underground Pub & Grill 5:45 PM T'ai Chi 7:00 PM Shawnee Dharma Meditation 9:00 PM Gaia Cafe WEDNESDAY: 7:30 AM Sunyata Buddhist Center Meditation 6:00-8:00 PM SIUC International Socialists 7:00 PM CCAN and TMSG 7:00 PM Shamanic Drum Circle, Second Wednesday 6:30 PM Peace Coalition, Third Wednesday 9:00 PM Gaia Cafe THURSDAY: 10:00 AM Collage For The Soul, First Thursday 12:00 PM Book Discussion Signs and Wonders and If Grace Is True: Why God Will Save Every Person by Philip Gulley & James Mulholland 4:30 PM Non-Violent Communication Session 6:00 PM InterVeg, Vegetarian Potluck Dinner 7:30 PM InterVeg Forum 9:00 PM Gaia Cafe FRIDAY: 5:00 PM International Student Forum, Last Friday 6:00 PM Rice and Spice, International Slow Food Dinner SATURDAY: 2:00 PM Soil Chorus, Last Saturdays Weekly Events in Carbondale International Coffee Hour, Fridays 3-5 PM at the NW Annex Building B. Mix with SIU students from all over the world. Sponsored by the International Friends Club. Vigil For Peace, Saturdays, Noon to 1 PM, corner of Main and Illinois, Carbondale. Sponsored by the Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois Voices "It was surprising to see Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker movement, described on the Glenn Beck show as a Marxist. Beck himself acknowledged that he had no idea who "the Marxist Dorothy Day" is, though he supposed she must be known to other Marxists. "Day, who died in 1980 at the age of 83, was accustomed to being called names. Though no Marxist, she was an unapologetic radical -- which meant, for her, a determination to get to the root of social problems -- both in human selfishness and greed, and in the social structures build on selfishness and greed. Although she spent her life living among the destitute, practicing the Works of Mercy -- feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless in her House of Hospitality -- she believed that personal charity was not enough. She believed that charity must be combined with social justice (Beck's fearsome "code word"). By that, she meant that it was not enough just to feed the poor and hungry; it was important to protest and challenge the structures and systems that keep so many people poor and hungry." ~Robert Ellsberg "It is not a new president that we need but a new kind of movement. We need a movement that has a spiritual dimension and affirms and builds on what the 2008 election revealed: the deep yearning of Americans (and really all people on the planet) for a world in which love, kindness, generosity, ethical and ecological sanity, awe and wonder at the grandeur of the universe, and commitment to a higher meaning for our lives are valued over the pursuit of money, power, sexual conquest, and fame, which have been extolled as central values by corporate media and enshrined in the workings of the global capitalist system. At the Seder table, we invite you to ask how you can help get this kind of spiritual consciousness introduced into the discourse of secular liberal and progressive social change movements, NGOs, and liberal political parties. We invite you to make this discussion a central part of your Passover Seder this year." ~From Tikkun Magazine's Passover Supplement for 2010 Wish List Gaia House-Interfaith Center is need of some items around the House. If you have any of them, please consider donation before just throwing them away. Share |
In this Issue:
TUESDAY, MARCH 30 @ 5:00 PM UNDERGROUND PUB & GRILL Engage questions you can hardly ask in church or school about life, love, and why care anyway. Each week we present a new discussion topic and work to understand its connection to religious theology. This week we are asking, "What is Heaven?" IN HIGHER EDUCATION BROWN BAG LUNCH DISCUSSION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 @ 12:00 PM STUDENT CENTER - TROY ROOM This week's topic is, "The Culture of Fear in Higher Education Today: Reflections on Parker Palmer's The Courage to Teach." The discussion will be lead by John Hochheimer, Professor, Dept. of Radio-Television, and R. Michael Fisher, Director, Center for Spiritual Inquiry and Integral Education. Keep your schedule open for the next discussion on Thursday, April 22, "Why Nobody Wants to Talk About the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex," with Robbie Lieberman and Sarah Lewison. The Brown Bag Lunch Discussions are sponsored by the Center for Spiritual Inquiry and Integral Education and Gaia House-Interfaith Center. THURSDAY, APRIL 1 @ 7:30 PM This week Kris Schachel of Southern Sustainability will be showing us Planting the Future: Transforming Agriculture, a film by former Farm Verified Organic Predient Fred Kirschermann. InterVeg Forum immediately follows our InterVeg Vegetarian Potluck. Not a vegetarian? Not a problem! All are welcome to attend the dinner and forum. On a more somber note, this will be Sammy's Last Interveg before he starts his two years of service with the Peace Corps in Panama. Come wish him well, hug him goodbye, burst into tears, or find your own unique expression of encouragement/sadness. Sammy was also responsible for the Gaia House RSO's successful Green Fee applications which will bring $500 for InterVeg, as well as fully fund our upcoming rain barrel project. Thank you! FRIDAY, APRIL 2 @ 6:00 PM This week we are making Thai food with Mameaw! Spicy good noodles and rice and more, sponsored by Thai Taste of Carbondale and Thai D of Marion. All are welcome to attend, bring your own ingredients, and help us cook and eat! Thanks so much to Jewel of India for sponsoring last week's dinner. It was a great turn-out and you helped make it possible. Thank you!
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Maundy Thursday Service April 1 @ 7:00 PM -- First Christian Church. Candlelight communion service with choir and orchestra Ecumenical Good Friday April 2 @ 12:00 PM -- First Christian Church. Taize-style service of readings and music recalling the Passion of Christ Easter Sunrise Service April 4 @ 6:30 AM -- Labyrinth at Gaia House-Interfaith Center. Led by new Co-Director Rev. Kim Magwire. Pancake Breakfast and Egg Hunt to follow. Donations for breakfast appreciated. FRIDAY, APRIL 2 @ 2:30 PM TAMMS CORRECTIONAL CENTER Please join us for a prayer Vigil on Good Friday at the Tamms Correctional Center. Since Tamms holds the execution chambers for the State of Illinois, we will be remembering the 15 in Il. who sit on Death Row. Their victims will also be remembered. We will also remember the 250 who sit in total isolation at the Supermax Prison many of whom have long ago made their peace with God. We will pray too, for their victims, and we will be asking God's Mercy on all of us on that most holy day. Some car-pooling from the Newman Center and Gaia House-Interfaith Center at 1:15. Call 559-5765 for further information. FRIDAY, APRIL 2 @ 7:00 PM LONGBRANCH Food, Inc. reveals surprising, and often shocking truths, about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here. After the movie, Chuck Paprocki will speak about food and food security. We'll also have information available about Sufi Park, our organic garden. Admission is free. All ages are welcome. Please let your friends know! FRIDAY, APRIL 2 @ 8:00 PM COUSIN ANDY'S This upcoming Friday is Good Friday, so Cousin Andy's series will be meeting this week only at the Yellow Moon Cafe in Cobden. Come hear Andrew Calhoun return to our region to perform his inimitable, thought-provoking songs! "He is a creative force in the songwriting movement: a dynamic guitarist and a traditional song interpreter of great skill . . . his songs run the gamut of human experience and emotion." --Phil Cooper. APRIL 5-6 SIUC Since the late nineteenth century, Palestine and Israel have been the focal point of conflict between Jews and Arabs. This conference will step back from the fray. It will explore ways in which ethics and mutual understanding might offer a higher road to peace than the clash of propaganda and force of arms. SIUC would like to invite all who are interested in peace in the Middle East to participate in an interdisciplinary symposium at Southern Illinois University Carbondale on April 5 and 6, 2010. Speakers: Mohammed Abu Nimer (American University), Tomis Kapitan (Northern Illinois University), Brian Klug (Oxford University; formerly chair of the Department of Philosophy at Saint Xavier University, Chicago, where he is now a Fellow of the College of Arts & Sciences), Hilla Medalia (Film Artist), John Pawlikowski (Catholic Theological Union, part of the ecumenical cluster of theological schools at the University of Chicago) Visit the website to register or for more information. APRIL 7-10 NEWMAN CENTER Church Women United has reminded us that the secret to the success of their annual World Hunger Sale is the donors, volunteers and shoppers who support it. Plan now to take your donations -- any good, usable items -- to the Newman Center on Wednesday and Thursday, April 7-8. Baked goods, plants and auction items are especially welcome. If you like working for a good cause and can spare some time April 7-10, please call Margie Parker at 549-7193. Pickup trucks and drivers are particularly needed. Please remember that the proceeds will help feed the hungry through nine local and six worldwide agencies: Good Samaritan Ministries, Bethel AME's "Feed My Sheep" soup kitchen, the Women's Center, Senior Citizens Meals-on-Wheels, Attucks and I Can Read Tutorial Programs, New Zion Baptist Church's Summer Lunch Program, Family Advocacy Services and the Guadalupe Fund (for farmworkers), CROP, UNICEF, ECHO, Heifer Project, Marion Medical Mission, and For Kids' Sake (orphanages in Bangladesh). |
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Gaia House-Interfaith Center is a welcoming community committed to a spiritual awareness that integrates peace, justice, and ecological sustainability. Gaia House-Interfaith Center's multipurpose areas, kitchen, and library are available for your meetings and social events. Free wireless internet access. Visit our free lending library and our Labyrinth Peace Garden, 913 S. Illinois Ave. (corner of Grand), Carbondale, IL 62901. Website: www.ourgaiahouse.com. Gaia House is now present on FaceBook and Twitter for daily updates and reminders. We are supported by the Illinois South Conference of the United Church of Christ, and locally by the Church of the Good Shepherd UCC, the Carbondale and Cobden First Presbyterian Churches, the Carbondale First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship, and many generous individuals and families. Thank you. Happenings in Faith, Peace, and Justice is available for your announcements. Please let your interested friends know about it. We will be happy to include them. Contact Jon-Paul Diefenbach, Operations Manager, at 618-549-7387, or by email. Subscribe/Unsubscribe |
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