Events at Meetingbrook

Winter 2012 Events at Meetingbrook

2012-01-09T06:09:00.000-08:00

Meetingbrook Hermitage, 64 Barnestown Rd. Camden ME, 04843. (236-4346).Just past Snow Bowl, 3rd driveway, sign at road.

A word about Meetingbrook Hermitage Events:

All are welcome; All events at meetingbrook are free, open, and informal; Each conversation, each night, each practice stands by itself. Each silent sitting is just that, nothing more. Each event and conversation begins with a space of silence.

1. Mondays: No events

2. Tuesdays: Evening Meditation Practice, 5:30-6:30pm. Buddhist focus: 30 mins sitting; 15 mins circle reading; 15 mins circle reflection.

3. Wednesdays: No events

4. Thursdays:

a) Morning Hospitality, 8:30 - 11AM (coffee, tea, toast, & eggs)

b) Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Christian focus. Currently, ongoing reading and reflection on, A Course in Miracles.

5. Fridays:

a) Conversations at Maine State Prison, (Only Bill, Saskia, & Rokpa currently going in.) Warren ME. (7:30am--11:00am).

b) Poetry at Quarry Hill (Retirement/Assisted Living Facility, Camden ME) 1st & 3rd Fridays, (3-4pm)

c) Evening Conversation at Hermitage, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Theme,Creativity and Peace: Mystics, Poets, & Thinkers. Reading, or video, from various traditions, conversation, Soul-friend sharing. Currently focusing on Creation Eco-spirituality: David Abram, Thomas Berry, John O'Donohue, Care and Creation (Franciscan Spirituality).

6. Saturdays:

a) Morning Meditation Practice, 7:30am--8:45am, Buddhist Focus: sitting, chant, reading, circle reflection, metta,

b) Unity community in the Camden area of Maine. Group is meeting at meetingbrook for study.; Monthly on the Second Saturdays at 12:30pm for lunch, then book study/service at 1 pm. Contact information to share with those interested in Unity of Camden: Rev.Airin kindredmates@gmail.com,

7. Sundays:

a) Morning Practice, 7:30AM- 8:30AM, Christian: Office of Readings, Lectio, Morning Prayer, circle reflection, .

b) Quaker Meeting, 9:00am-10am. Megunticook Worship Group, Oct-May, Merton Bookshed/Retreat.

c) Evening Meditation Practice, (Practicing Between Traditions), 6:00pm--8:00pm, silent sitting, mindful walking, Heart Sutra chanting; table reading, silent eating, open conversation.

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The Merton Retreat and the Chapel/Zendo are open for use at any time.

You can call (236-6808) and there will be a recording if an event needs to be cancelled. Or see website, Today at Meetingbrook,http://meetingbrook.blogspot.com/ for any change/elaboration of schedule for that day.

Epilogue: Meetingbrook Hermitage is a place of collation and recollection between Ragged and Bald Mountains where we practice with simplicity between traditions cultivating our promises of contemplation, conversation, & correspondence, in the spirit of deep listening and loving speech.

Autumn 2011, Events at Meetingbrook

2011-10-01T10:35:00.000-07:00

Note: Please note changes for Autumn to Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday schedules

Meetingbrook Hermitage, 64 Barnestown Rd. Camden ME, 04843. (236-4346).Just past Snow Bowl, 3rd driveway, sign at road.

A word about Meetingbrook Hermitage Events:

1. Mondays: No events

2. Tuesdays: Evening Meditation Practice, 5:30-6:30pm. Buddhist focus: 30 mins sitting; 15 mins circle reading; 15 m

ins circle reflection.

3. Wednesdays: No events

4. Thursdays:

a) Morning Hospitality, 8:30 - 11AM (coffee, tea, toast, & eggs)

b) Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Christian focus. Currently, ongoing reading and reflection on, A Course in Miracles.

5. Fridays:

a) Conversations at Maine State Prison, Warren ME. (7:30am--11:00am).

b) Poetry at Quarry Hill (Retirement/Assisted Living Facility, Camden ME) 1st & 3rd Fridays, (3-4pm)

c) Evening Conversation at Hermitage, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Theme,Creativity and Peace: Mystics, Poets, & Thinkers. Reading, or video, from various traditions, conversation, Soul-friend sharing.

6. Saturdays:

a) Morning Meditation Practice, 7:30am--8:45am, Buddhist Focus: sitting, chant, reading, circle reflection, metta,

7. Sundays:

a) Morning Practice, 7:30AM- 8:30AM, Christian: Office of Readings, Lectio, Morning Prayer, circle reflection, .

b) Quaker Meeting, 9:00am-10am. Megunticook Worship Group, Oct-May, Merton Bookshed/Retreat.

c) Evening Meditation Practice, (Practicing Between Traditions), 6:00pm--8:00pm, silent sitting, mindful walking, Heart Sutra chanting; table reading, silent eating, open conversation.

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The Merton Retreat and the Chapel/Zendo are open for use at any time.

You can call (236-6808) and there will be a recording if an event needs to be cancelled. Or see website, Today at Meetingbrook, http://meetingbrook.blogspot.com/ for any change/elaboration of schedule for that day.

Summer 2011 Events at Meetingbrook

2011-06-27T11:56:00.000-07:00

Meetingbrook Hermitage, 64 Barnestown Rd. Camden ME, 04843. (236-4346).

Just past Snow Bowl, 3rd driveway, sign at road.

A word about Meetingbrook Hermitage Events:

Mondays: No events

Tuesdays:

1. Tuesday Evening Conversation/Practice, 5:30-6:30pm. Theme: Maybe Zen, Maybe Not. Buddhist focus: 20mins sitting; 20 mins reading; 20 mins conversation. Currently using Hand Wash Cold, care instructions for an ordinary life, by Karen Maezen Miller; then, The Light Inside the Dark, (zen, soul, and the spiritual life), by John Tarant.

Wednesdays:

1. Wednesday Evening Conversation, 5:30-6:30pm. Theme: Laura Soul-Friend Conversation: ("Laura" is a Greek word meaning different trails or paths.) An hour of sharing the delights and difficulties of practice and thought as experienced. An opportunity to converse about spiritual or meditative practice in an open, deep listening & loving speech setting.

Thursdays:

1. Thursday Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Christian focus. Theme: Stepping into the Mirror. Currently, ongoing reading and reflection on, A Course in Miracles.

Fridays:

1. Conversations at Maine State Prison, Warren ME. (7:30am--11:00am).

2. Poetry, Tea, and Thee -- Poetry Conversation at Quarry Hill (Retirement/Assisted Living Facility, Camden ME) 1st and 3rd Fridays, (3--4:00pm)

3. Friday Evening Conversation at Hermitage, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Theme,Creativity and Peace: Mystics, Poets, & Thinkers. Reading, or video, from various traditions, conversation,.

Saturdays:

1. Morning Practice, 7:30am--8:45am, Buddhist Focus: sitting, chant, reading, circle reflection,metta,

2. Unity community in the Camden area of Maine. Group is meeting at meetingbrook for study in Camden: Monthly on the Second Saturdays at 12 for lunch, then book study at 1 pm. Contact information to share with those interested in Unity of Camden: Rev Airin, kindredmates@gmail.com, 207-210-4539.

Sundays:

1. Morning Practice, 7:30 AM- 8:30AM, Christian Focus, chant, reading (lectio), circle reflection, intercessory prayer.

2. Open Hospitality, AM after morning practice, and midday 12:30pm --3:30pm

4. Sunday Evening Practice, (Practicing Between Traditions), 6:00pm--8:00pm, sitting, walking, chanting; table reading, silent eating, open conversation.

Please note:

Silent Sittings have returned to the chapel/zendo. Quaker Meetings have returned for summer to the Vesper Hill Children’s Chapel in Rockport.
The Merton Retreat and the Chapel/Zendo are open for use at any time.
You can call (236-6808) and there will be a recording if an event needs to be cancelled. Or see website, Today at Meetingbrook, http://meetingbrook.blogspot.com/ for any change/elaboration of schedule for that day.

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Epilogue:

Meetingbrook Hermitage is a place of collation and recollection between Ragged and Bald Mountains where we practice with simplicity between traditions cultivating our promises of contemplation, conversation, & correspondence, in the spirit of deep listening and loving speech.

Come by and experience your own mind/heart in the presence of others

May 2011 Events at Meetingbrook

2011-05-04T03:58:00.000-07:00

May 'Pilot to Practice'* Friday Evenings:

Meetingbrook Dogen & Francis Hermitage will hold four Friday Evening Conversations (May 13, 20, 27, June 3) from 5:30pm-7:00pm on the Sandokai, a poem by the eighth-century Zen master Sekito Kisen (Ch. Shitou Xiqian). These sessions will read, share nuances of translation from Chinese and Japanese, and converse about the meditative implications of the poem. Led by Leigh Schneller Sligh and Tom Prescott at Meetingbrook Hermitage, 64 Barnestown Rd. Camden ME, 04843. (236-4346). Just past Snow Bowl, sign at road. All events are free, open, and informal.

A word about Meetingbrook Hermitage Events:

Mondays: No events

Tuesdays:

Wednesdays:

Thursdays:

1. Thursday Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Christian focus. Theme: Stepping into the Mirror. Currently using book, A Course in Miracles.

Fridays:

1. Conversations at Maine State Prison, Warren ME. (7:30am--11:00am).

2. Poetry, Tea, and Thee -- Poetry Conversation at Quarry Hill(Retirement/Assisted Living Facility, Camden ME) 1st and 3rd Fridays, (3--4:00pm)

3. Friday Evening Conversation at Hermitage, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Theme,Creativity and Peace: Mystics, Poets, & Thinkers. Reading, or video, from various traditions, conversation,. See note above for: Conversations on the Sandokai, May 13, 20, 27, June 3. Led by Leigh Schneller Sligh and Tom Prescott.

Saturdays:

1. Morning Practice, 7:30am--8:45am, Buddhist Focus: sitting, chant, reading, circle reflection,metta,

Sundays:

1. Morning Practice, 7:30 AM- 8:30AM, Christian Focus, chant, reading (lectio), circle reflection, intercessory prayer.

2. Quaker Meeting for Worship, 9:00AM--10:00AM weekly through May (It moves in June to Vesper Hill Children's Chapel in Rockport until Oct). The Megunticook Worship Group's Sunday morning Quaker meetings for worship

3. Open Hospitality, Resumes 17April, Palm Sunday: 12:30pm --3:30pm

4. Sunday Evening Practice, (Practicing Between Traditions), 6:00pm--8:00pm, sitting, walking, chanting; table reading, silent eating, open conversation.

Please note:

Silent Sittings have returned to the chapel/zendo. Quaker Meetings are in the Merton Retreat and in June return to the Vesper Hill Children’s Chapel in Rockport.
The Merton Retreat and the Chapel/Zendo are open for use at any time.
You can call (236-6808) and there will be a recording if an event needs to be cancelled. Or see website, Today at Meetingbrook, http://meetingbrook.blogspot.com/ for any change/elaboration of schedule for that day.

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Epilogue:

Come by and experience your own mind/heart in the presence of others

* Note: 'Pilot to Practice’ events are presented as a particular series with an eye to continuing in some form as a conversation/practice at meetingbrook .

2011-04-10T07:24:00.000-07:00

April 2011 Events at Meetingbrook

Note: Quaker Meeting.

We are pleased to announce we began in March Sunday mornings 9AM-10AM, October through May, Megunticook Worship Group's Sunday Morning Quaker Meetings for Worship. The Thomas Merton Bookshed/Retreat is the site. All are welcome.

A word about Meetingbrook Hermitage Events:

Mondays: No events

Note: Tuesday and Wednesday Evening Conversations return 13th of April.

Tuesdays:

Wednesdays:

Thursdays:

1. Thursday Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Christian focus. Theme: Stepping into the Mirror. Currently using book, A Course in Miracles.

Fridays:

1. Conversations at Maine State Prison, Warren ME. (7:30am--11:00am).

2. Poetry, Tea, and Thee -- Poetry Conversation at Quarry Hill(Retirement/Assisted Living Facility, Camden ME) 1st and 3rd Fridays, (3--4:00pm)

3. Friday Evening Conversation at Hermitage, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Theme,Creativity and Peace: Mystics, Poets, & Thinkers. Reading, or video, from various traditions, conversation,. We currently alternate various videos with reading Raimon Panikkar's Gifford Lectures, The Rhythm of Being.

Saturdays:

1. Morning Practice, 7:30am--8:45am, Buddhist Focus: sitting, chant, reading, circle reflection,metta,

Sundays:

1. Morning Practice, 7:30 AM- 8:30AM, Christian Focus, chant, reading (lectio), circle reflection, intercessory prayer.

2. Quaker Meeting for Worship, 9:00AM--10:00AM weekly, March, April, & May (It moves in June to Vesper Hill Children's Chapel in Rockport until Oct). The Megunticook Worship Group's Sunday morning Quaker meetings for worship

3. Open Hospitality, Resumes 17April, Palm Sunday: 12:30pm --3:30pm

4. Sunday Evening Practice, (Practicing Between Traditions), 6:00pm--8:00pm, sitting, walking, chanting; table reading, silent eating, open conversation.

Please note: 1. Winter Zendo: we are using 1st floor of Merton bookshed/retreat as our winter zendo. There are regular chairs, meditation chairs, zafus, and benches available for your use. It is open to anyone to visit at any time.

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Epilogue:

Come by and experience your own mind/heart in the presence of others

2011-02-26T03:52:00.000-08:00

March 2011 Events at Meetingbrook
(Please note March changes to Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday schedules)

Note: Quaker Meeting.

We are pleased to announce that, beginning in March, Meetingbrook will serve as site Sunday mornings 9AM-10AM, October through May, for Megunticook Worship Group's Sunday Morning Quaker Meetings for Worship. The Thomas Merton Bookshed/Retreat will be the site. We are delighted to extend this hospitality to a group we’ve sat with periodically over the years. All are welcome.

A word about Meetingbrook Hermitage Events:

Mondays: No events

Note: Until April, due to other commitments, there will be no Tuesday and Wednesday Evening Conversations

Thursdays:

1. Thursday Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Christian focus. Theme: Stepping into the Mirror. Currently using book, A Course in Miracles.

Fridays:

1. Conversations at Maine State Prison, Warren ME. (7:30am--11:00am).

2. Poetry, Tea, and Thee -- Poetry Conversation at Quarry Hill (Retirement/Assisted Living Facility, Camden ME) 1st and 3rd Fridays, (3--4:00pm)

3. Friday Evening Conversation at Hermitage, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Theme, Creativity and Peace: Mystics, Poets, & Thinkers. Reading, or video, from various traditions , conversation,. We are reading Raimon Panikkar's Gifford Lectures, The Rhythm of Being.

Saturdays:

1. Morning Practice, 7:30am--8:45am, Buddhist Focus: sitting, chant, reading, circle reflection,metta,

Sundays:

1. Morning Practice, 7:30 AM- 8:30AM, Christian Focus, chant, reading (lectio), circle reflection, intercessory prayer.

3. Open Hospitality, (Note time change for March) Coffee, tea, muffins, toast 10:15AM--11::45AM

4. Sunday Evening Practice, (Practicing Between Traditions), 6:00pm--8:00pm, sitting, walking, chanting; table reading, silent eating, open conversation.

You can call (236-6808) and there will be a recording if an event needs to be cancelled. Or see website, Today at Meetingbrook, http://meetingbrook.blogspot.com/ for any change/elaboration of schedule for that day.

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Epilogue:

Come by and experience your own mind/heart in the presence of others

2010-12-30T20:12:00.000-08:00

January 2011 Events at Meetingbrook Hermitage

A word about Meetingbrook Hermitage Events: All are welcome; All events at meetingbrook are free, open, and informal; Each conversation, each night, each practice stands by itself. Each silent sitting is just that, nothing more. Each event and conversation begins with a space of silence

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Mondays: No events

Tuesdays: 1. Tuesday Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Buddhist focus. Theme: Maybe Zen, Maybe Not: Reading, Conversation. Currently using book, hand wash cold, care instructions for an ordinary life, by Karen Maezen Miller

Wednesdays: 1. Open Hospitality, Breakfast, Conversation, 8:00am--10:30am.

2. Wednesday Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm, Theme: Laura Soul-Friend Conversation. An open and free-form time to speak about our lives, spirituality, & practice.

Thursdays: 1. Thursday Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Christian focus. Theme: Stepping into the Mirror. Currently using book, A Course in Miracles.

Fridays: 1. Conversations at Maine State Prison, Warren ME. (7:30am--11:00am).

2. Poetry, Tea, and Thee -- Poetry Conversation at Quarry Hill (Retirement/Assisted Living Facility, Camden ME) 1st and 3rd Fridays, (3:00pm--4:00pm)

3. Friday Evening Conversation at Hermitage, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Theme, Creativity and Peace: Mystics, Poets, & Thinkers. Reading, or video, from various traditions , conversation,. We will start with Raimon Panikkar.

Saturdays: 1. Morning Practice, 7:30am--8:45am, Buddhist Focus: sitting, chant, reading, circle reflection, metta,

Sundays: 1. Morning Practice, 7:30am--8:45am, Christian Focus: sitting, chant, reading (lectio), circle reflection, intercessory prayer.

2. Open Hospitality, Brunch, Conversation 12:30pm--3:30pm.

3. Sunday Evening Practice, (Practicing Between Traditions), 6:00pm--8:00pm, sitting, walking, chanting; table reading, silent eating, open conversation.

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You can call (236-6808) and there will be a recording if an event needs to be cancelled. Or see website, Today at Meetingbrook, http://meetingbrook.blogspot.com/ for any change/elaboration of schedule for that day.

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Epilogue:

Come by and experience your own mind/heart in the presence of others

November/December 2010 Events at Meetingbrook Hermitage

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Please note new times and new events.

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All are welcome.

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All events at meetingbrook are free, open, and informal.

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Mondays:

No events

Tuesdays:

1. Tuesday Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Buddhist focus. Theme: Maybe Zen, Maybe Not: Brief Sitting, Reading, Conversation.

Currently using book, hand wash cold, care instructions for an ordinary life, by Karen Maezen Miller

Wednesdays:

1. Open Hospitality, Breakfast, Conversation, 8:00am--10:30am.

2. Wednesday Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm, Theme: Laura Soul-Friend Conversation informal topics and conversation.

Thursdays:

1. Thursday Evening Conversation, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Christian focus. Theme: Stepping into the Mirror.

Currently using book, A Course in Miracles.

Fridays:

1. Meetingbrook Conversations at Maine State Prison, Warren ME. 7:30am--11:00am

2. Poetry, Tea, and Thee -- Poetry Conversation at Quarry Hill (Retirement/Assisted Living Facility, Camden ME) 1st and 3rd Fridays, 3:00pm--4:00pm

3. Friday Evening Conversation at Hermitage, 5:30pm--6:45pm. Theme: Creativity and Peace. For November, finishing Anam Cara, by John O’Donohue. Beginning December, Friday Evening Film/Video night 5:30pm--7:30pm

Saturdays:

1. Saturday Morning Practice, 7:30am--8:45am, Buddhist Focus: sitting, chant, reading, circle reflection, metta, (tea, coffee?)

Sundays:

1. Sunday Morning Practice, 7:30am--8:45am, Christian Focus: sitting, chant, reading (lectio), circle reflection, intercessory prayer.

2. Open Hospitality, Brunch, Conversation 12:30pm--3:30pm.

3. Sunday Evening Practice, (Practicing Between Traditions), 6:00pm--8:00pm, sitting, walking, chanting; table reading, silent eating, open conversation.

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Please note:

1. Winter Zendo: we have begun the use of 1st floor of Merton bookshed/retreat as our winter zendo. there are regular chairs, meditation chairs, zafus, and kneelers available for your use. It is open to anyone to visit at any time. Rokpa, our Border Collie, might bark you a greeting, but is sooo friendly and will either engage you in play, or, sit with you in silence. (He’s like that!)

2. You can call (236-6808) and there will be a recording if an event needs to be cancelled. Or see website, Today at Meetingbrook, http://meetingbrook.blogspot.com/ for any change/elaboration of schedule for that day.

October Events

2010-10-05T07:32:00.000-07:00

Tuesday Evening Conversation, "Maybe Zen, Maybe Not," Buddhist Meditative Studies

We'll be doing the following on Tuesdays of October/November: Silent Sitting for 10 minutes, Reading from Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life, by Karen Maezen Miller for 25minutes, the open conversation about the experience and words for 25 minutes. The hour will include coffee, tea, and baked goodies.

Come any week. Each week is complete unto itself.

September Pilot to Practice at Meetingbrook.

2010-09-09T07:03:00.000-07:00

Pachamama Alliance's: Awakening The Dreamer; Changing the Dream @ Meetingbrook

Facilitators: Linda Silvia & Bob O'Conner

Three Tuesdays at Meetingbrook:

Tues., Sept. 14, 5pm - 8pm (3hrs)

Tues., Sept. 21, 5pm - 7pm (2hrs)

Tues., Sept 28, 5pm - 7pm (2hrs)

We welcome you to join us for this three part presentation of Awakening The Dreamer; Changing the Dream, created by the Pachamama* Alliance in collaboration with the indigenous Achuar people of Ecuador's Rain Forest.

* "Pachamama" is a word in the Quechau language of the Andes that can be translated as "Mother Earth", but which more accurately includes the sacred presence of the earth, the sky, the universe, and all time.

We bring to you the message of a New Dream which is emerging! It's community, collaboration; it's life-enhancing and earth-honoring; it's together and for our grand-children, rather than "Supersize Me Now"! By briefly visiting our past, reviewing our present, and exploring the possibilities of our future we will embrace untapped potential. We, and you, are part of the largest social movement of all time, millions of people and organizations working for environmental sustainability, social justice and spiritual fulfillment, three facets of a new dream for humanity and planet Earth.

Come to connect with people who care about sustainability, spirituality and social justice, the biggest challenges and opportunities of our time.

Our mission is: Bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on Planet Earth.

Come and embrace with us, these exciting times of transition!

Some comments about Awakening the Dreamer:

“The Symposium has done much to ferment Blessed Unrest, it is a powerful contributor to the worldwide movement for social change." ~Paul Hawken

“I can see that after so many centuries, the prophecy of the Eagle and the Condor is now starting to come true.” ~Don Alberto Tatso, Andean Shaman

"The Symposium is designed to accelerate the Great Turning to a just and sustainable world. It awakens us and reconnects us with our place in the web of life . . . I'm very impressed with the approach and the quality of the program.” ~Joanna Macy

September 2010 Events at Meetingbrook

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Note:
The Pilot to Practice topic: The Wisdom Jesus, will be continuing at a new time slot.
Cheryl Martine will facilitate Cynthea Bourgeault's The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind--A New Perspective on Christ and His Message -- which we will read from and converse about for the next seven Tuesdays at Pilot to Practice.

Come by, 12:30PM - 2:00PM Tuesday Afternoons.
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A new topic will begin on Tuesday Evening, 14Sept: Awakening the Dreamer.
(See special announcement in Events tab)

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Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open, & informal

Meetingbrook is a Place of Collation and Recollection

at Ragged Mountain.

Our practice, at source, flows from the Zen, Contemplative, & Engaged Service traditions.

Our practice delights in the threefold expressions of meditation, conversation, & hospitality.

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CONVERSATIONS AT MEETINGBROOK

Note: All conversations are 1 hour in length. Anyone invited to drop in We practice loving speech, deep listening, and honest inquiry.

Format: This is not a 'book study'. It is a weekly conversation sparked by whatever the reading happens to be or where we are in the book. There's a circle reading; brief silence; conversing; final circle comments. You miss nothing -- each week is a distinct conversation -- stop by any week.

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TUESDAY AFTERNOON CONVERSATION, 12:30 PM - 2:00PM

The Wisdom Jesus (continuation of practice in conversation) will continue in a new time slot, Tuesdays from 12:30PM - 2:00PM. (Bring sandwich if you like). Cheryl Martine will facilitate.

TUESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:00pm

Beginning 14Sept2010, Bob O'Conner and Linda Silvia will lead 3 sessions of Awakening the Dreamer. (See special announcement in Events tab)

Theme - Pilot to Practice: Or, Maybe Zen Maybe Not (MZMN)

The hermitage began a new series of Tuesday Evening Conversations. They are short-termed pilots led by different individuals. Each will span from 3 to 6 weeks, and will present a way of spirituality for community or solitude. If you'd like to present, contact us. If you'd like to attend, just come by. Each "Pilot to Practice" series could be a one-time presentation, or, might become an ongoing practice using one of the spaces at the hermitage -- either the chapel/zendo, the bookshed, or the wohnkuche. Times for these will be worked out.

Whenever there is not scheduled a Pilot to Practice Series, we will on Tuesday Evening Conversation return to our regular MZMN practice. This consists of 30 minutes silent sitting, a reading from Zen literature, and a circle response from those attending. Come join us any Tuesday, 5:30-6:30pm. Each night is its own gathering.

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm. -6:30pm

Theme - Laura Soul-Friend Conversation. A conversation focusing on personal practice, experience, and belief. (A “Laura” is the Greek word for “trails” or “ various paths.”) Primary focus is the invitation to reflect and speak aloud where our practice is, what delights and/or difficulties we experience. Each Wednesday the circle, some person, or some aspect of practice, will begin the conversation.

THURSDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm-6:30pm.

Theme - Stepping into the Mirror, A Practice/Study focusing on Christianity and contemplative tradition -- whether traditional, radical, alternative, or contemporary. Brief silent sitting, followed by reading & conversation. Currently: A Course in Miracles.

FRIDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm-6:30pm

Theme -- Creativity & Peace: the ways of art, spirituality, consciousness, music, peace-making, poetry, and nature. Currently reading from Anam Cara by John O'Donohue. Interspersed some weeks by watching short videos about spirituality and practice.

OTHER EVENTS

SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE 7:00am - 8:30am Involves: silent sitting; reading from different scripture or sacred text Lectio style; speaking to what is heard; collation at table.

SUNDAY EVENING PRACTICE: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Involves: silent sitting; walking meditation; chanting; table reading; mindful eating in silence soup, bread, and dessert; conversation.

WEDNESDAY MORNING OPEN HOSPITALITY: 7:30am-11:30am. Come by for breakfast.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON OPEN HOSPITALITY:12:30pm to 3:30pm. Come by for brunch or just coffee and tea. Catch up with neighbors, friends, or strangers.

FRIDAY MORNING PRISON CONVERSATIONS -- 7:15am --11:00am.

Weekly Meetingbrook Conversations held at Maine State Prison, Warren ME, groups and individual, open to all inmates and staff.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON CONVERSATIONS AT QUARRY HILL (a care facility for the elderly in Camden ME) -- "Poetry, Tea, and Thee," -- 1st & 3rd Fridays, 3:00pm-4:00pm. A gathering where poetry, one's own or others', is read in a circle setting.

RESOURCES

Along with two mountains, a lovely pond, and a dedication to engaged silence and service, there are additional places to visit and rest at meetingbrook:

WOHNKUCHE WOODSTOVE CIRCLE --

Conversations, coffee, tea, and baked goods are common fare and always welcomed in our Wohnkuche (kitchen-living space). There's been as many as 15 sitting around the old Waterford woodstove for formal and informal words. It's a nice space!

HERMITAGE CHAPEL/ZENDO MEDITATION CABIN -- Open Daily for use

The Chapel/Zendo Meditation Cabin is always open and available for silence, meditation, or prayer. Whatever your tradition, let us remember one another whenever we practice.

THOMAS MERTON BOOKSHED RETREAT --

Bookshed is complete. It was dedicated on Pentecost. Some shingling remains. Light and airy, books and stuff downstairs, library and guest room up. It is open for visiting, browsing, as a showroom and hospitality resource for all to use. We're excited! We invite all donations of books you might wish to keep in an open resource center. Any of our books are available for borrowing. We wish to be a place hosting GDG, that is, generosity donation gratefulness.

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Directions: Hermitage is 4 miles from Camden or Rockport town centers. Follow signs to Snow Bowl. We’re 3rd driveway on left past Snow Bowl. You’ll see Meetingbrook sign, barn gate (open it), oar, & “M” on post.

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Let us order your books and music! Consider us a showroom/internet resource. All purchases receive a complimentary bakery cookie Thanks!

Meetingbrook Dogen & Francis Hermitage 64 Barnestown Rd, Camden, ME

mono@meetingbrook.org or meetingbrook@gmail.com (207) 236-6808

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Meetingbrook Hermitage

& Bookshop/Bakery

64 Barnestown Rd.,

Camden, Maine USA 04843

207-236-6808

e-mail: mono@meetingbrook.org

2010-07-19T11:19:00.000-07:00

NOTE: Beginning this Tuesday 3Aug2010, Tuesday Evening's Pilot to Practice topic: The Wisdom Jesus.

Cheryl will facilitate Cynthea Bourgeault's The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind--A New Perspective on Christ and His Message -- which we will read from and converse about the next several Tuesdays at Pilot to Practice.

Come by, 5:30PM - 7:00PM Tuesday Evenings.

2010-05-27T07:02:00.000-07:00

July/August 2010 Events at Meetingbrook

NOTE: Tuesday Evening's Pilot to Practice topic: The Wisdom Jesus

For the next several weeks (2Aug- through August)
NOTE: Beginning this Tuesday 2Aug2010, Tuesday Evening's Pilot to Practice topic: The Wisdom Jesus.
Cheryl will facilitate Cynthea Bourgeault's The Wisdom Jesus: Transforming Heart and Mind--A New Perspective on Christ and His Message -- which we will read from and converse about the next several Tuesdays at Pilot to Practice.
Come by, 5:30PM - 6:30PM Tuesday Evenings.

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Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open, & informal

Meetingbrook is a Place of Collation and Recollection

at Ragged Mountain.

Our practice, at source, flows from the Zen, Contemplative, & Engaged Service traditions.

Our practice delights in the threefold expressions of meditation, conversation, & hospitality.

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CONVERSATIONS AT MEETINGBROOK

Note: All conversations are 1 hour in length. Anyone invited to drop in We practice loving speech, deep listening, and honest inquiry.

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TUESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm-6:30 pm

Theme - Pilot to Practice: Or, Maybe Zen Maybe Not (MZMN)

2Aug - through August topic: The Wisdom Jesus

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm. -6:30pm

THURSDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm-6:30pm.

FRIDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm-6:30pm

OTHER EVENTS

SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE 7:00am - 8:30am Involves: silent sitting; reading from different scripture or sacred text Lectio style; speaking to what is heard; collation at table.

SUNDAY EVENING PRACTICE: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Involves: silent sitting; walking meditation; chanting; table reading; mindful eating in silence soup, bread, and dessert; conversation.

WEDNESDAY MORNING OPEN HOSPITALITY: 7:30am-11:30am. Come by for breakfast.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON OPEN HOSPITALITY:12:30pm to 3:30pm. Come by for brunch or just coffee and tea. Catch up with neighbors, friends, or strangers.

FRIDAY MORNING PRISON CONVERSATIONS -- 7:15am --11:00am.

Weekly Meetingbrook Conversations held at Maine State Prison, Warren ME, groups and individual, open to all inmates and staff.

RESOURCES

Along with two mountains, a lovely pond, and a dedication to engaged silence and service, there are additional places to visit and rest at meetingbrook:

WOHNKUCHE WOODSTOVE CIRCLE --

HERMITAGE CHAPEL/ZENDO MEDITATION CABIN -- Open Daily for use

The Chapel/Zendo Meditation Cabin is always open and available for silence, meditation, or prayer. Whatever your tradition, let us remember one another whenever we practice.

THOMAS MERTON BOOKSHED RETREAT --

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Let us order your books and music! Consider us a showroom/internet resource. All purchases receive a complimentary bakery cookie Thanks!

Meetingbrook Dogen & Francis Hermitage 64 Barnestown Rd, Camden, ME

mono@meetingbrook.org or meetingbrook@gmail.com (207) 236-6808

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Meetingbrook Hermitage

& Bookshop/Bakery

64 Barnestown Rd.,

Camden, Maine USA 04843

207-236-6808

e-mail: mono@meetingbrook.org

April 2010 Events at Meetingbrook

2010-04-18T11:44:00.000-07:00

April/May 2010 Events at Meetingbrook

A NEW CONVERSATION ADDITION

(See Tuesday Evening Conversation)

The hermitage is beginning a new series of Tuesday Evening Conversations. They will be short-termed pilots led by different individuals. Each will span from 3 to 6 weeks, and will present a way of spirituality for community or solitude. If you'd like to present, contact us. If you'd like to attend, just come by. Each "Pilot to Practice" series could be a one-time presentation, or, might become an ongoing practice using one of the spaces at the hermitage -- either the chapel/zendo, the bookshed, or the wohnkuche. Times for these will be worked out.

Events at MEETINGBROOK are free, open, & informal

Meetingbrook is a Place of Collation and Recollection

at Ragged Mountain.

Our practice, at source, flows from the Zen, Contemplative, & Engaged Service traditions.

Our practice delights in the threefold expressions of meditation, conversation, & hospitality.

CONVERSATIONS AT MEETINGBROOK

Note: All conversations are 1 hour in length. Anyone invited to drop in We practice loving speech, deep listening, and honest inquiry.

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TUESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:00pm-7:00ish pm

Theme - Pilot to Practice:. Beginning Tuesday 20Apr2010 Susan Smith Hudson inaugurates these short-termed pilot programs. For 6 weeks Susan will lead a Benedictine Way Group featuring study, community, meditation/prayer with a focus on gratefulness. We will be using John McQuiston's book Always We Begin Again, The Benedictine Way of Living, a contemporary interpretation of the Benedictine Rule. The flow involves: a) study (5-6pm); b) community meal (6-6:45pm, bring a sandwich or whatever, we will take turns with the drinks); c) prayer (maybe vespers, maybe music, maybe meditation).

Come join us any Tuesday. Each night is its own gathering.

WEDNESDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm. -6:30pm

THURSDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm-6:30pm.

FRIDAY EVENING CONVERSATION AT HERMITAGE 5:30pm-6:30pm

OTHER EVENTS

SATURDAY MORNING PRACTICE 7:00am - 8:30am Involves: silent sitting; reading from different scripture or sacred text Lectio style; speaking to what is heard; collation at table.

SUNDAY EVENING PRACTICE: 6:00pm - 8:00pm Involves: silent sitting; walking meditation; chanting; table reading; mindful eating in silence soup, bread, and dessert; conversation.

WEDNESDAY MORNING OPEN HOSPITALITY: 8:00am-10:30am. Come by for breakfast.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON OPEN HOSPITALITY:12:30pm to 3:30pm. Come by for brunch or just coffee and tea. Catch up with neighbors, friends, or strangers.

FRIDAY MORNING PRISON CONVERSATIONS -- 7:15am --11:00am.

Weekly Meetingbrook Conversations held at Maine State Prison, Warren ME, groups and individual, open to all inmates and staff.

RESOURCES

Along with two mountains, a lovely pond, and a dedication to engaged silence and service, there are additional places to visit and rest at meetingbrook:

WOHNKUCHE WOODSTOVE CIRCLE --

HERMITAGE CHAPEL/ZENDO MEDITATION CABIN -- Open Daily for use

The Chapel/Zendo Meditation Cabin is always open and available for silence, meditation, or prayer. Whatever your tradition, let us remember one another whenever we practice.

Thomas Merton BOOKSHED RETREAT --

A first try at naming our new addition. Bookshed is 95% complete. Some shingling and wall painting to go. Gas fire-box installed. Light and airy, books and stuff downstairs, library and guest room up. It will be open in a few weeks (mid-March) for visiting, browsing, as a showroom and hospitality resource for all to use. We're excited!

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Let us order your books and music! Consider us a showroom/internet resource. All purchases receive a complimentary bakery cookie Thanks!

Meetingbrook Dogen & Francis Hermitage 64 Barnestown Rd, Camden, ME

mono@meetingbrook.org or meetingbrook@gmail.com (207) 236-6808

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Meetingbrook Hermitage

& Bookshop/Bakery

64 Barnestown Rd.,

Camden, Maine USA 04843

207-236-6808

e-mail: mono@meetingbrook.org

Past Events at Meetingbrook posted on temporary website during transition

2010-04-18T11:38:00.000-07:00

http://sites.google.com/site/meetingbrookhermitage/Home/events-at-meetingbrook