Sangha Service Days

 

Brief Overview

Every month on a Saturday, we’ll take a deep-dive as a local community, alternating months between a daylong meditation retreat and a “Sangha Service Day.”  Below is the upcoming Service Day schedule:

 

Logistical Info for Next Service Day

Time: Sunday, February 15th, 2-4pm
Location: Bethany Library Annex, 4888 NW Bethany Blvd, Suite K-2 (Map)
Registration: Email Angie via “Angie.m.home AT outlook DOT com” — you can also comment on the Portland thread of the Discord channel.

Summary

We’ll be decorating placemats for the organized meals served by MOWP at various locations in Portland, along with creating birthday cards for the folks who receive meal delivery.

Feel free to bring craft supplies, but there will be plenty available. No paint, dye, glitter, or food is allowed in the space.  The location is one block from bus 67 (NW Bethany & Laidlaw).  Enter on the parking lot side of the building.

Meals on Wheels is a local Non-profit that delivers over 28k free meals per week to senior citizens in the Portland area.

 

Sangha Service Days Mission Statement

On the Sangha Service Days, we’ll do a community service project with a local non-profit organization / wholesome cause.  There are two main purposes to the Sangha Service Days:

  1. To put into action the Buddha’s teaching on “sīla,” aka virtuous action, and give back to the community with a spirit of generosity and loving-kindness.
  2. To have an opportunity to gather together more informally, develop natural connections, and touch into how when the Buddha was asked if Spiritual Friendship was half of the path, he replied that it was actually the entire path.

*As a note, in Buddhism, “sangha” is considered one of the three jewels or pillars of the entire tradition — it loosely translates as “spiritual community.”

 

Past Service Day Schedule