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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 Underground Theology at Underground Pub & Grille 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, Second and Fourth 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 "In an evolutionary context, the goal of the spiritual life is not peace; it's perpetual development. It's about the ecstasy that compels us to create the future. And it's not a future that's going to unfold by itself, it's a future that we must create through direct, conscious, intentional engagement with the life-process itself." ~Andrew Cohen "We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims." ~R. Buckminster Fuller 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, APRIL 13 @ 5:00 PM UNDERGROUND PUB & GRILLE Engage questions you can hardly ask in church or school about life, love, and why care anyway. This week we are discussing "Bucky's Second Hand God? NOT!" Buckminster Fuller's No More Second Hand God describes how we each have revelatory capacities, creative ingenuities and inner musings, that if well tended and cultivated, would provide answers to solve even the most intractable problems of civilization. But this requires us to pay attention, to slow down enough to retrain our minds and our hearts. VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING TUESDAY, APRIL 13 @ 6:30 PM The Fuller Dome Transformation Initiative is having an organizational meeting for volunteers. Please check out our 5-Day Schedule to see what events / tasks you may want to volunteer for. Please RSVP to RBFdome@yahoo.com. If you cannot make the meeting but want to help, please don't be discouraged... call Brent Ritzel at 618.203.4844 and he will readily find a way for you to help too! SPECIAL GUEST & FORUM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 @ 7:00 PM Longtime socialist and journalist Eric Ruder will join the SIU Socialists for their forum this Wednesday on "The Case for Socialism." Join us for this important discussion! Eric Ruder is a longstanding antiwar activist, a reporter for Socialist Worker and a member of the editorial board of the International Socialist Review. As a journalist, he has covered a wide range of topics, including the GI resistance to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Palestinian movement for national liberation, and the injustices of the U.S. criminal justice system. He traveled to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to report on the failures of the U.S. relief effort and covered immigrant rights issues during a trip along the U.S.-Mexico border from Tijuana/San Diego to Ciudad Juarez/El Paso. THURSDAY, APRIL 15 @ 7:30 PM This week Janet Donoghue asks, "Can we do it in the kitchen?" Thoughts on Gender Politics & Food: Recipe for Righteous Rebellion. InterVeg Forum immediately follows our InterVeg Vegetarian Potluck. Not a vegetarian? Not a problem! All are welcome to attend the dinner and forum. FRIDAY, APRIL 16 @ 6:00 PM This week we are cooking German cuisine with our local Rotaract! All are welcome to attend, bring your own ingredients, and help us cook and eat! WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 @ 8:00 PM
HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE WEEK APRIL 12-16 This is an incredibly important event to learn about and remember this horrific time in history. Each day provides an educational, reflective and inspiring experience. Tuesday, April 13 Ilse Altman, a Holocaust survivor, will tell her compelling story of survival during Nazi occupation. Agriculture Building Auditorium 102 @ 5:30 Wednesday, April 14 Steven Spielberg's "The Last Days" will be shown. This is a film documenting 4 lives throughout their experiences during the Holocaust. Student Center Auditorium @ 5:30 Thursday, April 15 Continuous name reading of people lost during the Holocaust. All are invited to help with this event. Please visit to sign up for a time slot to have the honor of reading people who perished in the Holocaust or if you would like a name read. This will take place in the Fanner Breezeway from 8am until 5pm. Friday, April 16 An educational Yizkor, or Memorial, candlelight ceremony will be lead by SIUC Hillel students in remembrance of all people lost during the Holocaust and other genocides around the world. This will be an educational based service to provide insight on the culture and religion of remembering dead. SIUC Chancellor Sam Goldman will speak during this Memorial Service. Agriculture Auditorium rm 102 @ 5:30 FRIDAY, APRIL 16 @ 7:00 PM COUSIN ANDY'S 3 Penny Acre is a genuine original Arkansas-based, Ozark bluegrass band, making their debut at Cousin Andy's! Bernice Hembree on upright bass, Bayard Blain on guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, and Bryan Hembree on guitar and brush bucket make up this dynamic, lively trio with its unusual melodies, expressive lyrics, and tight harmonies. APRIL 16 & 17 @ 7:00 PM LIBERTY THEATER IN MURPHYSBORO "The Scientist", an independent film that explores the question of "What do you think happens when you die?", opens nationwide in independent theaters beginning April 16. It is a "provocation film" written and directed by Carbondale native, Zach LeBeau. It is intended to spark thought and discussion about life after death, science and religion, higher levels of consciousness and alternative/infinite energy. LeBeau and his company Gypsyhouse Entertainment are dedicated to helping revitalize and re-brand The Liberty as an enclave of art-house and independent cinema. DAVID CORTRIGHT LECTURE FRIDAY, APRIL 16 @ 5:30 PM SIUC STUDENT CENTER FOURTH FLOOR VIDEO LOUNGE Dr. Cortright is Director of Policy Studies at Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He has written extensively on nonviolent social change, nuclear disarmament, and the use of multilateral sanctions and incentives as tolls of international peacemaking. APRIL 16-18 Join farm workers and their allies from around the state and country as they call on Publix to end the human rights crisis in the fields! For information the caravan departing from Carbondale email Erica. SOCIAL ACTIVISM PANEL MONDAY, APRIL 19 @ 7:00 PM SIUC STUDENT CENTER AUDITORIUM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 @ 5:00 PM CARBONDALE CIVIC CENTER ROOMS 116 & 118 Bank On Carbondale has partnered with nonprofits in the Carbondale area to provide free financial education classes to the community and everyone who opens a Bank On Carbondale account. This workshop is free and open to anyone in the community, but space is limited. Please call 618-457-3286 or email for more information or to register for the workshop. FRIDAY, APRIL 23 @ 4:30 PM NEWMAN CENTER Join in a 24-hour fast in support of our brothers and sisters who go without. Listen to speakers, participate in a service project, and hang out with other socially conscious students as we fast together. For more info contact Michael |
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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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