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1.  General Announcements
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A) SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
     i)  Sept. Pillow making service – Saturday Sept.14th at 2pm 
Our monthly pillow making and drain bag making service is scheduled for Saturday Sept 14th at 2pm. Please note the change in location. Address for the service is 4916 Enlightenment Rd, Raleigh NC 27616 (5401 North community) hosted by Subbu and Shoba Devarajan. Please use the signup sheet below to participate in this service. 
Signup for Sept pillow making service
 
  ii) In-person Breakfast service – Saturday Sept 21st at 4:30am 
Our monthly in-person breakfast service to support Raleigh men’s shelter is scheduled on Sept 21st at 4:30am to prepare and serve breakfast. You can also signup for ingredients and drop off by Friday, Sept 20th by 7pm at 719 McRae Rd, Cary, NC. If you are coming for the service, you can bring ingredients along with you. Please use the signup sheet below to participate in this service 
Signup for In-person Breakfast service 
 
iii)  In-person Dinner service – Saturday Sept 21st at 2:30pm 
Our monthly in-person dinner service to support Raleigh Men’s shelter is scheduled on Saturday Sept 21st at 2:30 pm to prepare and serve dinner at the shelter. There is an option to signup for both cooking and serving. You can also signup for ingredients and drop off at drop off by Friday, Sept 20th by 7pm at 719 McRae Rd, Cary, NC . Please use the signup sheet below to participate in the in-person dinner service 
Signup for In-person Dinner service
 
B) Parthi Pilgrimage – 2025
Dear Sai Family Members, With the grace and blessings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, it gives us great pleasure to invite you to join us for the Parthi Pilgrimage from July 10th -13th 2025 and Seva Activities start from July 5th – 9th 2025.    During the pilgrimage, there will be cultural programs including offering by SSSE students, musical programs by Adults & YA’s and various Seva opportunities including, medical camps, school service and Grama Seva. We kindly request you to confirm your interest of participation by filling out the form below by Oct 1st 2024. This will help us in organizing and planning ahead, as we come together at the Lotus Feet of Bhagawan. With love and gratitude, National Team SSSGC-USA:
RSVP link:    https://forms.gle/F1e2BnJEXfYNev356
 
C) Sunday, Sep 15th at HSNC
Sai Center Activities on Sunday Sep 15th @ HSNC Rooms 3,4,5,6:
  • 3:15PM – Setup
  • 4:00 – 5:00 PM Study Circle ‘How to be Happy’ by Bro. Arjun
  • 5:10 PM to 6:15 PM – Sai Darshan Bhajans, Arati and Closing Prayers
**Important Update**  For Study circle from 4PM to 5PM in Rooms 5, 6 entry will be through Room 6 (Behind Swami’s Altar) as the overflow rooms 3, 4 will be used as SSSE classrooms.  Thank you for understanding! Sairam!
 
D) Regional Updates – Please visit regional section at https://raleighsaicenter.org/newsletter/#regional for various Prasanthi Nilayam updates, zonal, national and regional announcements. Current updates includes happenings in Prasanthi Nilayam, Likhita Japam initiatives, new regional officers for media and medical director, sadhana hour links, Prasanthi updates from Zone 1, ladies wing initiatives etc.,
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2.  Thought for the Week
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What are the pitfalls in our spiritual practice we must be wary of?

Bhagawan lovingly explains to us today.

Life is a campaign against foes, a battle with obstacles, temptations, hardships, and hesitations. These foes are within man and so the battle must be incessant and perpetual. Like the virus that thrives in the bloodstream, vices of lust, greed, hate, malice, pride and envy sap the energy and faith of man and reduce him to untimely fall. Ravana had scholarship, strength, wealth, power, authority, and grace of God. But the virus of lust and pride which lodged in his mind brought about his destruction despite all his attainments! He could not dwell in peace and joy for a moment after the virus started work. Virtue is strength, vice is weakness. Man differs from man in this struggle against inner foes. Each gets the result that his Sadhana deserves, that his acts in this and previous births deserve! Life is not a mathematical formula, where 2 + 2 always equals 4. To some, it may be 3, to some, 5. It depends on how each values the 2. Moreover, in the spiritual path, each one must move forward from where one already is according to one’s own pace, and the light of the lamp which each one holds in one’s hand. – Divine Discourse, Mar 16, 1966. –BABA

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4.  Regional Updates
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SSSGC Birthday Medical Camp from November 18-25, 2024.

Aum Sri Sai Ram! With Bhagavan’s Grace the registration is now open for both Medical Professionals and Non-Medical Volunteers for the SSSGC Birthday Medical Camp from November 18-25, 2024.

Medical Professional Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfL3oycLIYLy3qEhKKdIa_wFNNVfi7AAF_q3eS_V9eeg6NraQ/viewform

Non-Medical Volunteer Registration:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTkH–2NgqkKsaTmygSL_-winbjUHUxF–5GTIXTQEWJUroA/viewform

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Sairam Dear All,

Please see the weekly update for the week of September 2 – September 8, 2024 from Prasanthi Connection Zone 1 Committee. Following up with the zone chairs email, for your convenience Prasanthi Connection Zone 1 team is including the information and links below:

– Email – Week updates of September 2 – September 8, 2024
Email link: https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/941190/emails/130778462077060615

– Center Announcements – requesting all center presidents to kindly download one page powerpoint slide or image and add to your existing center powerpoint slides. Please spend few minutes to share these updates live with your center members.
Download Slide link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1DCCnacgkUZrFJutlE1QGlfMe57ffSbEx

– “Your Prasanthi Connection’s” – Centennial Birthday Video Offering
Krishna Ramoutar Video Url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11sykZNfLyg

– Need Help with your visit to Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi, India?
Call us at: +1 (909) 736-0119 or Email us at: zone1@prasanthiconnection.org or Web: coming soon

Sai Ram,
Prasanthi Connection Team

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5.  YA’s Corner
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YA Satsang with Brother Sai Giridhar – June 28 2024

Sairam. Young adults of Raleigh Sai Center had a wonderful satsang with Brother Sai Giridhar on 28th June. Brother Sai Giridhar shared his divine experiences with Swami and shared insights about the guidance swami gave him in his student life and professional life. Brother Sai Giridhar elaborated the importance of staying in the present and enjoying the journey without worrying about the end result. To re-iterate the power of staying in the present, he conducted a brief mindfulness activity during the satsang. The activity helped YAs understand the transitory nature of thoughts which are likely to be about the past or the future despite our physical body being in the present – that is here and now.

Next Young Adult satsang will be organized in the end of July or early August.

GAYATHRI BEADS BRACELET SERVICE

SERVICE TO MAN IS SERVICE TO GOD

Sairam,

We will chant and energize beads using the power of Gayathri Mantra, make them into bracelets and offer it to people in need like hospital patients and people in senior care homes.

Steps to follow:

TAKE ONE BEAD IN YOUR HAND
CHANT GAYATHRI MANTHRA 108 TIMES WHILE HOLDING THE BEAD
AFTER CHANTING 108 TIMES, PRAY THIS BEAD HELP SOMEONE
KEEP THIS ENERGIZED BEAD SAFELY IN A SEPARATE BAG FROM THE OTHER BEADS
PRAY AND ENERGIZE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE
ONCE READY, EMAIL  ya@raleighsaicenter.org  TO DELIVER AND RECEIVE MORE BEADS
BEADS WILL BE CONVERTED TO BRACELETS AND GIVEN TO HOSPITAL PATIENTS OR SENIOR CARE HOMES

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6.  RSC Service Activities
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NEW  ANNOUNCEMENT(S)! :
* Sept. Pillow making service – Saturday Sept.14th at 2pm 
Our monthly pillow making and drain bag making service is scheduled for Saturday Sept 14th at 2pm. Please note the change in location. Address for the service is 4916 Enlightenment Rd, Raleigh NC 27616 (5401 North community) hosted by Subbu and Shoba Devarajan. Please use the signup sheet below to participate in this service.
* In-person Breakfast service – Saturday Sept 21st at 4:30am 
Our monthly in-person breakfast service to support Raleigh men’s shelter is scheduled on Sept 21st at 4:30am to prepare and serve breakfast. You can also signup for ingredients and drop off by Friday, Sept 20th by 7pm at 719 McRae Rd, Cary, NC. If you are coming for the service, you can bring ingredients along with you. Please use the signup sheet below to participate in this service
*  In-person Dinner service – Saturday Sept 21st at 2:30pm
Our monthly in-person dinner service to support Raleigh Men’s shelter is scheduled on Saturday Sept 21st at 2:30 pm to prepare and serve dinner at the shelter. There is an option to signup for both cooking and serving. You can also signup for ingredients and drop off at drop off by Friday, Sept 20th by 7pm at 719 McRae Rd, Cary, NC . Please use the signup sheet below to participate in the in-person dinner service
To participate in active service projects, please see list below.
Service name and Date/time Service Activity Details Locations & Sign up
Sunday Food Service: Men’s shelter – Raleigh (Every alternate Sunday)   Preparing food at Volunteer homes and drop at common place. Volunteer will deliver at Raleigh Men’s shelter by 2pm 1420 S Wilmington St, Raleigh, NC 27601Please click here to sign up for Sunday service.
SAI Tutoring Program Volunteers provide weekly one to one tutoring via Zoom to an underserved elementary school student from the Durham Public School district. The focus is on ELA and math enrichment and also providing mentorship. NOTE: Please contact service@raleighsaicenter.org if you are interested in getting involved.
Growing Sai’s Love – Garden project RSC’s pilot program Growing Sai’s Love to help our Sai Community members get more self-reliant by learning to grow their own fresh, healthy vegetables, fruits, flowers, in their backyard. Members can also use these for service and center activities. NOTE: Please contact service coordinator service@raleighsaicenter.org if you would like to participate in this service.
Raleigh Men’s shelter Breakfast service Monthly Breakfast service on 3rd Saturday to support Raleigh Men’s Shelter. Please drop off items at 719 McRae Rd, Cary on 3rd Friday of the month by 7pm so volunteers can take supplies to the shelter on Saturday morning to cook and serve breakfast.
Recycling project Recycling project that involves used batteries, medication(s), small electronics and bulbs.  NOTE: Please contact service coordinator service@raleighsaicenter.org if you would like to participate in this service.
Pediatric Clinic Food Distribution Project This bi-weekly project involves distributing grocery bags to Lincoln Community Health Center Pediatric Clinic’s families in need. Any identified family visiting the pediatric clinic who is facing food insecurity will be given a grocery bag filled with dry/canned goods as well as a list of local food resources in the Durham area. Signup sheet has instructions and Grocery list
 Food drive for Inter-faith Food Shuttle, Durham by Group 3 SSSE Students every month  Group 3 SSSE students form leads in their communities and conduct food drive. Please contact Group 3 teachers for more information. Collected food will be delivered during first week of every month atInter-faith Food Shuttle

2436 S. Miami Blvd, Suite 200-9

Durham, NC
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