Awakening Joy

Easing Awake

for 20 June 2023 Sangha

Our Teacher this Tuesday 
is 
James Baraz

      James Baraz is a founding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center. James started the Community Dharma Leader Program, the Kalyana Mitta Network, the Spirit Rock Family Program and helped create the Heavenly Messengers Training Program. James has been leading the online course Awakening Joy since 2003. He serves as a guiding teacher to One Earth Sangha, a Virtual EcoDharma Center devoted to Buddhist responses to Climate Change.
      His books include Awakening Joy with Shoshana Alexander and Awakening Joy for Kids with Michele Lilyanna.

For more information visit awakeningjoy.info

Please Join Us 
from the comfort of your own home

Our Sangha is Looking for a
New Bookkeeper!

     We very much need someone to step up! What an opportunity to serve the sangha.

     This is a paid position with very light duties. Most months it will only require an hour or two. 
  
 Bookkeeper duties - 

•  Comfortable with Quicken (if they know Quickbooks they can easily learn Quicken)
• Bank Reconciliation and Reports thru the Quicken Software
• Comfortable with Excel or Numbers for Spreadsheets
• Send out donation emails at the end of each year Postcard 990 to IRS
  
  Our current bookkeeper is perfectly willing to show the new one the ropes. If interested or if you can recommend someone please contact: jean@easingawake.org

June Wraps Up Most of
Our Programming Until September

We have a more laid back meditation experience during this off season.

20 June             James Baraz
27 June             Jens Tröger

     However; on 11 July we will have Paul Shippee to teach us. Due to technical difficulties his evening in May had to be rescheduled as we were unable to hold sangha that night.

The national flowers above remind us of the locations of much suffering in this world
where sending metta can help.
Sunflowers for Ukraine
Jasmine for Pakistan
Tulips for Turkey

Will Lister,
Easing Awake Member and 
Graduate of a meditation teacher's 
course, is inviting you to his
Thursday evening Zoom Sangha.
The time: 6:30-8:00.

         After opening with refuges there is a 45 minute meditation (lightly guided) followed by a talk. After the talk and discussion there is a brief check in, (what’s on your mind?). This offering is free.

Please email: mettaphoto@mac.com 
for the Zoom Link

Tuesday Evening Sangha meets at 6:30 pm
Pacific time 
on Zoom

Find the direct link here:
easingawake.org