Hi Seattle Members,

Today we received a request from Marilyn Schirk for items for the “Portland Match” SD-Auction that will take place at the SUSA Gathering in Portland. This is planned to be their big auction event for the year. Please bring what you can in your cars as you drive down.

Thanks, Oswald

Dear Sisters and Brothers,

This Sunday, May 24th, 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.

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

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
Copyright © 2007 the World Subud Association. All rights reserved.

Hi All,

Next meeting March 22nd – With an Idul Fitri potluck
After talking over possible dates for our next general meeting date with the committee, we agreed that 3/22 would be the best date for it. Many members will have been fasting and we can use the date to mark the end with an Idul Fitri potluck.

Though we’ll have some updates on progress with business activities, the agenda will be light on these areas. We hope that members will come and share some of their Subud experiences since the last time we were together.

SD-USA Granting meeting last weekend
Our center just hosted the SD-USA annual granting session.  It was my last granting session as I complete my work on the board. More about SD-USA and it’s projects later.

For those of you who wanted to see the video SDI put together for the general public, titled “Moved From Within, here’s a link.

I had hoped to have more progress in this report, but have been ill with the flue and am just now recovering. Apologies for the slow start.

Love, Oswald