December 2018
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You’re invited to:
Ruth Bury’s 100th Birthday Celebration!
Sunday, January 20th at Lime Rock Baptist Church
immediately following the service (11:00am).
Please join us in this monumental celebration for Ruth, a beloved friend of LRBC!
Thank you to all who came to the Harvest Supper.
It was a great night with delicious food and wonderful fellowship!
Please keep the Perry family in your thoughts and prayers.
Long time LRBC Member, Oliver H.J. Perry, II passed away a day shy of his 96thbirthday. Oliver was a dedicated parishioner and will be sorely missed.
Click the link below to view Mr. Perry’s obituary and leave condolences for the family.
Christian Zen At Lime Rock Baptist Church
A Spiritual Journey
At the October meeting of the Lime Rock Meditation Group we adopted a Zen format for the session. This gives us a regular structure for the meetings and allows us to invite “Guiding Teachers” from the Zen tradition. We are fortunate to have an affiliation with the Day Star Zendo, a Christian Zen group at the Trappist Abbey of Mount St. Mary’s in Wrentham, Massachusetts. We are blessed with the bounty of spiritual traditions from the East and the West.
The Zen meeting is structured in three parts after a brief beginning ceremony. There is a sitting meditation, a walking meditation and a teaching moment. Participants are invited to choose the style of sitting that they find comfortable. You may sit Asian style, on a pillow and a cushion, or you may choose to sit European Style, on chair or pew.
We encourage people who may be interested in meditation and may never have done this to join us. We have “Zen for Beginners” orientation sessions on the first session of each month. Skilled or otherwise, we appreciate the blessing of your presence. See schedule below:
Meditation Schedule for December 2018
Sessions held Tuesdays at 7:00pm
December 18
Zen
Meditation Schedule for 2019
Sessions held Tuesdays at 7:00pm
January 15
Zen for Beginners
January 29
Zen
February 12
Zen for Beginners
February 26
Zen
March 12
Zen
March 26
Zen
April 9
Zen
April 23
Zen
May 7
Zen
May 21
Zen
June 4
Zen
June 18
Zen
“The quieter you become the more you are able to hear.”
–Rumi
The Christmas Eve Service will be at 10:00pm
An evening of readings and carols, with candle light service.
Hanging of the Greens
This took place on November 25th, following Sunday Service. Many hands made light work.
Thank you to the many volunteers who hung the Christmas decorations in record timing.
