CANCELED: 2017 Martin Luther King Inter-Faith Service Jan. 16

Canceled due to the weather. Please click here to read about: The Friendship of  Thich Nhat Hanh and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Monday, January 16, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at Union Congregational United Church of Christ
Speaker:  Karen Konrad, C.C.C., Chaplain, Brown County Jail
Offering will benefit the  Brown County Jail Ministry costs including bibles, religious study materials, ministry and office supplies.

Choir singers are needed! You are welcome to arrive at 6:30 to practice with the choir.

Pies and desserts will be available for the social after the service. If you bring dessert, please omit lard in consideration of our Jewish friends.

NEW YEAR ANCESTOR CEREMONY – JAN. 4, 2017

You are welcome to join us on Wednesday, January 4th, 2017 at the Mauthe Center from 6:00 – 7:30 PM for the New Year Ceremony. Each year at the New Year we share the New Year’s Ceremony to pay respect to our teachers and our ancestors. The ceremony is from Chanting from the Heart: Buddhist Ceremonies and Daily Practices and includes sitting meditation, touching the earth, sutra reading, and discussion time to share about our ancestors. Everyone is invited to bring items and/or pictures of familial or spiritual ancestors to place on the ancestral altar. This ceremony will take the place of our regular practice session. At the end of the ceremony some may wish to participate in hugging meditation  as a form of “beginning anew” in order to close the ceremony and enter into the new year with open hearts and harmony between each other.

Homeless Peace Walk on Weds Dec. 21

Homeless Peace Walk on Weds Dec 21 at 7:00 p.m. at St John the Evangelist Church in Green Bay as part of the 8th Annual Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service . Open Heart Mindfulness Community assisting with a 6:30 p.m. Peace Walk as well as carrying in candles as part of the Opening Song.

More information to be provided.

Thanksgiving Interfaith Service 11/22/16 at 7:00 p.m.

On Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. there will be a Thanksgiving Interfaith Service at St. Norbert Abbey (1016 N Broadway, De Pere, WI 54115). Our Sangha will be present together with our friends of other faiths, and as part of our contribution we will read a slightly shortened version of the Five Earth Touchings. Please consider joining us for this special service, where we will have the opportunity to deeply touch our nature of interbeing with others in our community and share our faith and practice together.

For those wishing to sing in the choir, please plan to arrive at 6:00 p.m. for practice and you are welcome to join them.

Pie will be served after service. In consideration of our Jewish friends, please do not use lard in any pie you wish to contribute.

“When you learn about the teaching and the practice of another tradition, you always have a chance to understand your own teaching and practice.” -Thich Nhat Hanh

Updated 6/28/16: Special Visit from Dharma Teacher Trish Thompson Weds. July 6th

Greetings from the Open Heart Mindfulness Community in Green Bay! You are invited to a special half day of mindfulness in July.

Dharma Teacher Trish Thompson, in Thich Nhat Hanh’s lineage, will be joining us on Wednesday, July 6, from 3:30 – 7:30 pm at the Mauthe Center on the UW Green Bay campus.

Trish lives in Vietnam, and leads annual trips throughout that country in the footsteps of Thich Nhat Hanh (Thay) and other Buddhists. (David Zeman has been on that tour.) Last year she began offering a trip that combines touring with actual work; Margaret Alexander has been on that trip twice now.

At Thich Nhat Hanh’s request, Trish’s work includes reaching out to American veterans of the war with Vietnam. Several veterans have been on her tours, and she’s also in touch with other veterans working in Vietnam on projects such as the improvement of children’s health and the eradication of Agent Orange.

Please R.S.V.P. by Wednesday, June 29, to let us know if you will need a chair or will be on the floor (a limited supply of Zafus and Zabutans will be available, but please bring your own if you have them). Please R.S.V.P.  via our contact page. You can contact us through this email address if you have any questions, as well.

If you didn’t RSVP by the June 29th and would still like to come, please do! We will make room for you.

SCHEDULE

3:30-3:45 welcome/intros
3:45-4:05 sit
4:05-4:15 walk
4:15-4:30 guided sit by Trish
4:30-4:50 Trish shares about Loving Work Foundation
4:50-5:00 break
5:00-5:45 vegetarian potluck
5:45-6:30 dharma talk
6:30-7:00 Q &A and discussion
7:00-7:20 Sit
7:20-7:30 closing and goodbyes

We will have a Dana box in which you can place contributions (for our donation to the Mauthe Center, and for Trish’s traveling expenses).

 

 

Mindfulness Day- April 30

Saturday, April 30th from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Hosted by Open Heart Mindfulness Community at the Mauthe Center, UWGB Campus
2418 Leon Bond Dr, Green Bay, WI

Please join us for a day of mindfulness that includes:
–  Sitting Meditation
–  Indoor and Outdoor Walking Meditation
–  Relaxation
–  Mindful eating, smiling, and breathing together
–  Dharma Talk “Pancakes and the Seven Factors of Awakening” by Paul Norton, founder of the    Milwaukee Mindfulness Community and member of  Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing
–  Guided Meditation

We will have time set aside for discussion but will observe noble silence throughout most of the day in order to facilitate deep listening with all of our senses and benefit from the energy of the Sangha.Lunch will be vegetarian potluck. Please bring a dish if you are able. Those of us with dietary restrictions will greatly appreciate a note with ingredients listed.Beginners are welcome to join us, and everyone is welcome to attend either the full day or a partial day as your schedule allows.

Please RSVP to OpenHeartMC@gmail.com and say you are RSVPing for the Mindfulness Day. RSVP is appreciated but not necessary to attend. No fee is charged for the day, but please consider giving a donation to support the teaching. Chairs are available, along with a limited number of cushions. You may wish to bring your own cushion for meditation, and a blanket for relaxation.

Mindfulness Day Flyer can be found here

Day of Mindfulness Frequently Asked Questions can be found here

 

New Year Ancestor Ceremony – Jan. 13

You are welcome to join us on Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 at the Mauthe Center from 6:00 – 7:30 PM for the New Year Ceremony. Each year at the New Year we share the New Year’s Ceremony to pay respect to our teachers and our ancestors. The ceremony is from Chanting from the Heart: Buddhist Ceremonies and Daily Practices and includes sitting meditation, touching the earth, sutra reading, and discussion time to share about our ancestors. Everyone is invited to bring items and/or pictures of familial or spiritual ancestors to place on the ancestral altar. This ceremony will take the place of our regular practice session. At the end of the ceremony some may wish to participate in hugging meditation  as a form of “beginning anew” in order to close the ceremony and enter into the new year with open hearts and harmony between each other.

Peace Walk Candlelight Vigil – Dec. 21

We are honored to once again be invited to share a peace walk vigil at the annual longest night homelessness prayer service Monday, December 21st at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Green Bay. The Homeless Memorial Service is at 7:00 PM, and we will plan to walk outside before the service and carry candles into the church. The walk will begin about 6:40 PM and go until 6:55 PM. Jim will be lighting the large candle at 6:30 before the walk. You are invited to place a candle on altar steps after the walk, and also help to carry shoes and place them on the steps. We walk for peace, understanding and compassion. We walk for those who no longer can walk, and we walk to strengthen our connection to each other and with the earth.

This is the announcement from the Parish:
7th Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Those Who Have Died Homeless December 21, 7 pm. This local event, the 7th annual interfaith prayer service sponsored by the Shelter’s Ministry Team, is held on the longest night of the year, the first day of winter, to remember, to reflect, and to bring awareness of people dying on the streets while homeless in the richest country in the world. The service is hosted by St. John the Evangelist Parish. Please join us to add your prayers, your voices, and your support towards increasing awareness of the lack of safe and affordable housing in our country, in our own community, here in Northeast Wisconsin. A Circle Walk will be held outdoors prior to the service, 6:40 to 6:55 p.m. led by members of the Open Heart Mindfulness Buddhist Sanga Community — all are welcome to join the circle walk. A light social, sponsored by C.I.V.A. (Community Voices In Action) will follow the service in the downstairs gathering space. Please note the 7:00 p.m. prayer service will be interpreted for the Deaf Community, their families, and friends.

 

Global Climate March – Nov. 29