Dear Sisters and Brothers,

This Sunday after latihan is our monthly group meeting and potluck. Please bring something to share and bring your stories of Subud experiences you’ve been having in the last month.

The agenda for this month’s meeting is as follows:

1. Quiet period before we start (local helpers)
2. Minutes of last meeting reviewed (Jim)
3. Men and Women’s Helper Report.
4. Brief Financial Report. (Sarah)
5. SGS is sponsoring Anishah Educational Center and SICS USA.  How are donations going?
6. Housing Committee update on the progress we’ve made since last month (minutes on reverse). Possible Mission Statement: What type of facility will the group be able to manage in 5 years.(Jim)
7. Update on consolidation of Subud PNW websites through working with Andrew Morgan a Subud member.
8. Subud Experiences. All Members.

Some of you mentioned the need for take-away containers so you could take home some of the leftovers. I’ve brought some. Others could bring more.

Thanks, Oswald Norton, Chair
Jim O’Halloran Vice Chair
Sarah Stralberg, Treasurer
Lisa Allen, Secretary

Message from PNW Elderberry Project Reps

Halimah Bellows and myself are the new Elderberry Reps for the SUBUD PNW Region. We plan to call members in the coming weeks to let them know that Elderberry’s mission is to ensure the spiritual needs of members 75 years and older are met and that they remain connected to the Subud Community.

With love,
Margarite Charney

We can also be reached by email.
margaritecharneyATyahoo.com
bellrocheATearthlink.net

https://www.elderberryproject.org/

Photo by Rachman Cantrell of Pilgrim Firs lake

There will be a group meeting with potluck this Sunday, April 26th after latihan.  Please bring something to share.

Agenda for meeting of Subud Greater Seattle

1. Quiet period before we start (local helpers)
2. Minutes of last meeting (Sarah and Oswald)
3. Helper Report (Men and Women Helpers)
4. Brief Financial Report. (Sarah)
5. Team report on the SD-USA project that they recommend we sponsor. Group decision on the amount that members were willing to give extra each month toward this effort. (Jim O’Halloran)
6. Housing Committee update on the progress we’ve made since last month. Possible Mission Statement: What type of facility will the group be able to manage in 5 years.(Oswald)
7. Update on bathroom leak and repairs. (Oswald)
8. Subud Experiences. All Members.
9. Quiet period to adjourn

L-R Oswald Norton, Lucinda O’Halloran, Jim O’Halloran, Rayma Norton, Marston Gregory

On Tuesday, after latihan, a small group of dedicated volunteers spruced up the grounds around Spring Street Center.

Trimming, weeding, mowing and mulching were done.

A titmouse nest in the rose bush was left undisturbed.

Many thanks to Marston Gregory for planning the event.

Subud Greater Seattle welcomes our newly opened member, Joyce Cornell. Joyce was opened
on Sunday, April 12, after latihan.

On Tuesday, April 14, after latihan at the Seattle Subud house, about 14 people gathered to
honor Insiah Caspers for her long years of service as a Helper. Insiah is now an Honorary
Helper.

Insiah received a certificate of thanks and acknowledgement for her work for Subud.
We celebrated and talked over coffee and cakes afterwards. Making it even more meaningful,
Insiah’s daughter Mariamah Mount, visiting from her home in England, was there with her
mom for latihan and this special event. Next Sunday, Insiah is going to be leaving for England
for several months to live and travel with Mariamah and family.

The gathering was also notable because Danella Mauguin will soon be leaving the Greater
Seattle group, moving to Oregon for a time. We took the opportunity to say farewell to Danella
and send her off with love as she takes her next steps into the future.

Elisha Gullixson’s memorial service will be held, Saturday April 18th at 1 p.m. at Manifested Glory Ministries 1128 4th Ave. N, Kent, WA 98032.

For those unable to attend in person, here is the zoom link (please note the passcode is required):

Church Services Zoom Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7873644503?pwd=eG5QV2FUTExzVlpDTHhXNTdRK2Z6UT09

Meeting ID: 787 364 4503

Passcode: Faith

+1 253 215 8782 US (Seattle-Tacoma)

Or you can use: One tap mobile. +12532158782,,7873644503#,,,,*425622# US (Seattle-Tacoma)

This is a link to Rachman’s photos of Elisha over the years. https://photos.app.goo.gl/hW1HKZ4n91ofYF3F9

Thanks, Oswald

Earth Day Event: Tuesday, April 21st, 11 A.M Greater Subud Seattle Center

After 10 AM Latihan please stay and join in on an Earth Day clean up party
for the gardens. Bring gloves.

If you wish to stay after the cleanup party, bring a sack lunch and we can eat together.

Yes, official Earth Day is April 22.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Whether you fasted for the month of Ramadan, or not, please join us this Sunday for a potluck celebration of the end of the month of Ramadan.  Please bring something to share.

The committee will also update you on activities at our center since our last meeting In January. The agenda will include the following:

1. Quiet period before we start (local helpers)
2. Minutes of last meeting (Sarah and Oswald)
3. Brief Financial Report. (Sarah)
4. Is the group willing to adopt a SD-USA project and donate monthly to that project? Amount? In years past we have $1000 at the end of they year, but last year we didn’t feel it was possible.  Will people be willing to give more on a monthly basis to support this. (Jim and Oswald)
5. Housing Committee started (just an announcement.) (Oswald)
6. Update on bathroom leak and repairs. (Oswald)
7. Subud Experiences during Ramadan, or if not fasting, Subud Experiences. All Members.

14 For that reason, always do your latihan, so that soon you may encounter the various powers that have gathered in your feelings and be able to tell one from another.

17 So, it is best to do your training patiently, even though you make progress only little by little. The main thing for you is to experience its reality, so that you may develop in the best way.

From SUSILA BUDHI DHARMA
A poem received and written down in High Javanese
and Kawi, and later rendered into Indonesian by
MUHAMMAD-SUBUH SUMOHADIWIDJOJO
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