| Announcements for Sunday 26 December 2021 1. Thank you to everyone for the wonderful gift hampers you prepared and delivered to our elderly guests in the community. We have had many messages from our guests thanking us for thinking of them at this difficult times. 2. Hope you’ve all had a holy & joyous Christmas and our best wishes to everyone for a very peaceful New Year. 3. Something new to look forward to in the new year – Summer Showers Revisited. This is a National virtual course (on Zoom) which will delve into the key messages imparted by Bhagawan during the Summer Showers in Brindavan 1990 Divine discourses. It starts on Wednesday 19 January from 8:00 pm and then fortnightly every Wednesday until 27 April – 8 Satsangs in total. Please register on the national website by 31 December. 4. As we announced last week, we have reviewed the current situation regarding the very rapid spread of the Omicron variant and have decided to suspend bhajans at Soar Valley College for the safety of all our devotees. We will monitor the situation regularly and we will keep everyone updated on when we will return to Soar Valley College again. We will continue with online bhajans on our YouTube channel – Leicester Sai Centres channel. Please join us every Sunday from 8:45 am. 5. Thought for the Day by Akshara Thatavarth – Bal Vikas student. |
| Announcements for Sunday 19 December 2021 1. Due to technical issues with YouTube, unfortunately we have to stream online bhajans on Facebook. We hope to return to YouTube once we have fixed the problem. 2. Thank you to Pastor Graham Thomas for the wonderful Xmas message for us. (Please watch second part on Thursday next week on YouTube – Narborough Centre bhajans). 3. On Sunday 26 December (Boxing Day), Soar Valley College is closed, so on that day we will have online virtual bhajans on YouTube. Going forward, we have started reviewing the risk to us, of the new COVID variant. As you know, this variant is very infectious and the number of people getting infected has rocketed in recent days. The fear is that the case numbers are going to continue to rise. As a Centre we have to make a decision on whether we should continue with bhajans here at SVC, or go back to online bhajans. Clearly there is a risk to everyone attending here, and over the last 3 months, due to all of us following the strict guidelines we introduced, and with Swami’s grace, we have continued to keep everyone safe. Scientists & the medics have told us that this variant is different and that we have to be more careful. This means we may return to online bhajans until situation improves. We will inform you all as soon as we have made a decision. In the meantime, have a merry Christmas and best wishes for a peaceful New Year. Thought for the Day by Jiya Rajput – Bal Vikas student |
| Announcements for Sunday 12 December 2021 1. Our Christmas Programme will be next week on 19 December – Please come & join us for a special programme of bhajans, Christmas carols, & there is also a video message from Pastor Graham Thomas. 2. The National Christmas Programme will be on 18 December from 4:00 pm. The programme consists of Bal Vikas procession, Christmas Service with Carols and readings, Christmas Sermon & Bal Vikas Play. The programme will be online on YouTube. 3. On Sunday 26 December (Boxing Day), Soar Valley College is closed, so on that day we will have online virtual bhajans on YouTube. We will be back here on Sunday 2 January 2022. 4. Thought for the Day by Veda-Shruti – Bal Vikas student. |
| Announcements for Sunday 5 December 2021 1. This year again, we will be offering Christmas Gift boxes to elderly guests in the community. Please let Savitaben for more information and give your name if you are interested in preparing a gift box for one of our guests. The gifts will be given to our guests on Saturday 18 December. 2. Study Circle will be after aarti today. We will discuss the 2nd letter (2nd Gem ) from our Dear Swami. The 2nd letter is on the subject ” Spiritual Hunger “ 3. Face to Face Bal Vikas classes starting today, with a trial for 3 groups. Depending on how this goes, we will try out the next 3 groups in two weeks’ time. We hope to start face to face classes for all groups from Sunday 9 January, alternating with virtual classes every other week. 4. Summer Showers 1990 – Revisited A national virtual course which will delve into the key messages imparted by Bhagawan during the Summer Showers in Brindavan 1990 Divine discourses. They will start on Wednesday 19 January, then every alternate Wednesday until 27 April. These will be Zoom Satsangs starting at 8:00 pm. For further info, contact your Jaybhai or Vijayanbhai. 5. Our next Centre meeting will be held on Tuesday 7th December 2021 at 7:30pm via a zoom conference call. The log-in details will be shared via the centre WhatsApp groups. We look forward to you joining us for this meeting. 6. Thought for the Day by Kayaa Odedra – Bal Vikas student. |
| Announcements for Sunday 28 November 2021 1. Swami’s 96th Birthday – good programme on Tuesday to celebrate Swami’s 96 birthday. Hope you were able to join in, either here at Soar Valley College or online via our YouTube channel. Thank you to everyone for helping out with the set-up, the PA system, making cakes, singing bhajans & clearing up. 2. This was mentioned last week, about an opportunity to get involved on an environment project – help with planting trees. This will be in Coventry on Sunday 4 December – please see Savitaben or Jagdishbhai for more information. 3. This year again, we will be offering Christmas Gift boxes to elderly guests in the community. Please let Savitaben for more information and give your name if you are interested in preparing a gift box for one of our guests. 4. Please note that Virtual Yoga classes are still held twice a week – on Wednesday at 6:00 pm & Saturday at 8:00 pm, led by Ashokbhai Jethwa. 5. Finally we have a presentation by our media team on use of Copyright Material – publishing articles on websites & social media. This will be straight after bhajans so please join in if you are interested in finding our more about this. Thought for the Day |
| Announcements for Sunday 21 November 2021 1. Today we had special bhajans to celebrate the auspicious occasion of Guru Nanak Jayanti – one of the most important festivals in Sikhism. It marks the birth anniversary of the first of the ten Sikh gurus, Guru Nanak, and it was celebrated by Sikhs all over the world on Friday 19 November. 2. Swami’s 96th Birthday – We will celebrate Swami’s birthday on Tuesday 23 November. In the morning, we will have Paduka Puja starting at 6:30 am. This will be online on YouTube and all of us can join in at home. In the evening, we will have a special celebration programme here at Soar Valley College, starting at 7:30 pm. The programme will start with 108 names, followed by beautiful bhajans, Bal Vikas children offering & happy birthday song with cake, so please come & join us. Programme will finish at 9:00 pm. 3. Opportunity to get involved on environment project – help with planting trees. Coventry City are planning to plant thousands of trees in a number of local parks and on Saturday 4 December we have an opportunity to join in this project, at Longford Park. Please see Savitaben or Jagdishbhai for more information. 4. Please remain seated for until Sai Gayatri is played 3 times and then you can leave when the music starts? 5. Thought for the Day by Shivani Patel – Bal Vikas student. |
| Announcements for Sunday 14 November 2021 1. The shortened live Akhand Bhajans programme was yesterday at Ramgarhia Hall, and we hope you were able to enjoy the programme in person. 2. Our next significant event will be Swami’s 96th Birthday. The National team have organised an online Birthday programme on Saturday 20 November from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The programme will include special guests Ravi Kumar, Amey Deshpande & Siddhartha Raju from Prashanti Mandir Group. There will also be offerings from Young Adults & Bal Vikas. 3. At our Centre, we will celebrate Swami’s birthday on Tuesday 23 November in the evening, starting at 7:30 pm, here at Soar Valley College. The programme will start with 108 names, followed by beautiful bhajans, Bal Vikas children offering & happy birthday song with cake, so please come & join us. Programme will finish at 9:00 pm. We will start celebrating our Lord’s birthday on 23 November from 6:30 am, with Paduka Puja. This will be online on YouTube and all of us can join in at home. 4. Please remain seated for until Sai Gayatri finishes(?), music starts and then volunteers will guide you to leave??? Can someone please update this so the devotees are clear on what happens at the end of the announcements & Thought for the Day by Bal Vikas. 5. Thought for the Day by Vihaan Kika – Bal Vikas student. |
| Announcements for Sunday 7 November 2021 1. Hope you all enjoyed the Diwali program today – lovely bhajans and the talk by our special guest – Brother Bishu Prusty of Sai Media Centre. Today we have showed Part 1 of the talk, and next Sunday we will hear the second part. 2. This year Akhand Bhajans will be a shortened programme of 3 hours, at Ramgarhia Hall. We will start at 12:30 pm on Saturday 13 November, until to 3:30 pm. 3. National Birthday programme will be online, on Saturday 20 November from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The programme will include special guests Ravi Kumar, Amey Deshpande & Siddhartha Raju from Prashanti Mandir Group. There will also be offerings from Young Adults & Bal Vikas. 4. Swami’s birthday programme will be here at SVC, on Tuesday 23 November in the evening, starting at 7:30 pm. The programme will start with 108 names mala, followed by beautiful bhajans, Bal Vikas children offering & happy birthday song with cake, so please come & join us. Programme will finish at 9:00 pm. We will start celebrating our Lord’s birthday from 6:30 am, with Paduka Puja. This will be online on YouTube and all of us can join in at home. 5. Please remain seated for …………………….. until volunteers guide you. 6. Thought for the Day by Vaidika Chauhan – Bal Vikas student. |
| Announcements for Sunday 31 October 2021 1. We are starting Study Circles today – after the Aarti, so please stay behind to join in the discussions. Theme of study circle is ‘The 9 Gems as stated by our Dear Swami’. We will take one Gem at a time and take a ‘deep dive’ at each Study Circle session. First gem is “Within you is the Real Happiness” 2. This year Akhand Bhajans will be a shortened programme of 3 hours, at Ramgarhia Hall. We will start at 12:30 pm on Saturday 13 November, until to 3:30 pm. 3. Next Tuesday, 2 November, we will be holding our Centre meeting, from 7:30pm to 9:00pm. This will be on Zoom and everyone is welcome to join, to have a say in how our Centre events are organised. 4. We will have a special programme to celebrate Diwali next Sunday. There will be special bhajans for Diwali and a video talk by guest speaker – Brother Bishu Prushthi of Radio Sai. 5. Swami’s birthday programme will be here at SVC, on Tuesday 23 November, in the evening. We will provide more details of the programme next week. 6. Thought for the Day by Shyla Patel – SSE student. |
| Announcements for Sunday 24 October 2021 1. SSE name change Bal Vikas – message from UK Council With effect from 20 October, we have the pleasure of announcing that the National SSE Wing has been renamed the National Bal Vikas (SSE) Wing. This change of name does not alter what we do – everything continues as before – but, as with our close links to Prasanthi Nilayam via the Sri Sathya Sai Global Council, it signifies that we are going back to the source, using the “more correct name” that Bhagawan Himself used. At the same time, the term ‘SSE’ remains, to help avoid any confusion. SSE name change to Bal Vikas – YouTube – Short video announcing this change – Zainesh can we please include this as part of the announcement. Thank you. 2. We are starting Study Circles again and next one is planned for Next Sunday 31 October. This will be ‘live’ here, after the conclusion of our bhajan program. We shall be discussing the 9 Gems as stated by our Dear Swami. We will take one Gem at a time and take a ‘deep dive’ at each Study Circle session. First gem is “Let God work through you” 3. Swami’s Birthday offering – We have one week left to submit our offerings for Bhagawan’s birthday book of gratitude. Deadline if next Sunday for submissions. 4. Akhand Bhajans – as we announced last week, Akhand Bhajans will be a shortened programme of 3 hours at Ramgarhia Hall, starting on Saturday 13 November from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm, to coincide with the bhajans starting in Prashanti. We are requesting everyone to register online if you are going to attend – this will give us an indication of the numbers of devotees attending in the hall. If you haven’t got access to internet, then please leave your name at the registration desk in the canteen and we will register your details for you. Please do not worry if you haven’t registered because you can still attend, but if you do know that you will be attending then please register, as this will help us with the arrangements. 5. Thought for the Day by Krishna Gokani – SSE student. |
| Announcements for Sunday 17 October 2021 1. Akhand Bhajans – as we announced last week, this year’s Akhand Bhajans will be a shortened programme of 3 hours at Ramgarhia Hall, starting on Saturday 13 November from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm, to coincide with the bhajans starting in Prashanti. We are requesting everyone to register online if you are going to attend – this will give us an indication of the numbers we should make allowance for in the hall. If you haven’t got access to internet, then please leave your name at the registration desk in the canteen and we will register your details for you. Please do not worry if you haven’t registered because you can still attend, but if you do know that you will be attending then please register, as this will help us with the arrangements. 2. We are starting Study Circles again and next one is planned for Sunday 31 October (two weeks’ time). This will be live here at SVC, after the conclusion of our usual bhajan program. We shall be discussing the 9 Gems as stated by our Dear Swami. We will take one Gem at a time and take a ‘deep dive’ at each Study Circle session. We will provide more details next Sunday. 3. COVID Guidelines – we’ve been here at Soar Valley College for over a month now and this is a reminder that we should all continue to follow the guidelines to protect yourselves & everyone who attends bhajans here. So please, if you have been told to self –isolate, have received a positive test result in the last 10 days, or if you or anyone in your family have high temperature, loss of smell/taste, continuous cough THEN PLEASE DO NOT COME TO THE CENTRE. Thought for the Day by Aashika Anand – SSE student |
| Announcements for Sunday 10 October 2021 1. Navratri started on Thursday 7 October and we will have a short programme of garbas for anyone who would like to join in, after these announcements. 2. Avatar Declaration Day is on Wednesday 20 October and we will celebrate on Sunday 17 October. We will have our normal bhajans, followed by chanting of 108 names, a short presentation by SSE children and a video from Prashanti. 3. Tree planting or a similar woodland based activity at Bradgate Park on next Sunday. This is a wonderful service opportunity, to experience helping the environment & the community. Please give your name to Savitaben or Jagdishbhai. And SSE children are also welcome to attend with parental supervision and it’s half term holiday for them! 4. Akhand Bhajans – this year’s Akhand Bhajans will be a shortened programme of 3 hours, starting on Saturday 13 November from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm, to coincide with the bhajans starting in Prashanti. We have booked Ramgarhia Hall so we can accommodate more devotees to attend, and we will have the same guidelines in place there as we have here at Soar Valley College. 5. Newsletter – latest one has been circulated. Show example. 6. Thought for the Day by Iniyan Aijesh – SSE student. |
| Announcements for Sunday 3 October 2021 1. Our Centre meeting is on Tuesday 5 October, from 7:30 pm. It is online on Zoom and anyone can join in and participate in discussions on how our centre is run & how events are organised. 2. Navratri starts on Tuesday 7 October until 15 October. We will have a short celebration on Sunday 10 October (next Sunday), after bhajans, Aarti & the announcements. 3. Avatar Declaration Day is on Wednesday 20 October and we will celebrate on Sunday 17 October. We will have special bhajans and a video from Prashanti. 4. Tree planting or a similar woodland based activity at Bradgate Park on Sunday 17 October. This is a wonderful service opportunity, to experience helping the environment & the community. Later there will be a picnic!! Please give your name to Savitaben or Jagdishbhai. And SSE children are also welcome to attend with parental supervision. 5. Gentle reminder – please remain seated when we finish, until volunteers guide you. We will leave in a way to avoid any congestion in the corridors when we put our shoes back on. And finally, please let us have your comments on anything that you may found concerning about attending the ‘live’ bhajans. 6. Thought for the Day by Yajna Kumar – SSE student. |
| Announcements for Sunday 26 September 2021 1. The Story of Vaccination is the next session of Health & Well-being Webinar. This session will look at the growing problem of vaccine hesitancy, the origin and history of vaccination, its relevance today and the NHS vaccination schedule. I am sure this will be of interest to everyone. It is on Tuesday 5 October at 8:00pm and will be hosted by Dr Sharavanan Jayananthan. 2. Bridge – the charity for the homeless, that we have been supporting for many years, are looking for volunteers. Their changed process means you have register with them & have to go through the DBS check. If anyone is interested, please contact Sanjaybhai or Vinodbhai for more details. 3. SSE classes – we have term dates available for SSE classes now. Half term holiday is on Sunday 17 October. We are also discussing starting face-to-face classes here at Soar Valley, and we will provide more information soon. Please also note that we are taking on new students who wish to join the SSE classes and more information can be obtained from any of our Centre coordinators. 4. Gentle reminder – please remain seated when we finish, until volunteers guide you. We will leave in a way to avoid any congestion in the corridors when we put our shoes back on. And finally, please let us have your comments on anything that you may found concerning about attending the ‘live’ bhajans today. 5. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 19 September 2021 1. Let’s talk Careers – Just a reminder that this special event, organised by our Sai Youths, is for anyone who needs help with choosing what course to take at university or which career suits you best. You can talk to lawyers, doctors, accountants, & more. This is a Zoom meeting; today from 6:00 pm. Please pass on this message to anyone who may benefit from getting advice from some of our youths, including any family members’ children. 2. Narborough Centre are organising reading of Shirdi Sai Satcharitra (life story & teachings of Shirdi Baba) to mark Shirdi Sai Baba’s birthday. This year’s reading will be live from the centre and you will be able to tune into the livestream of the Palki procession on Friday 24 September from 8:00 pm, and the reading on Saturday 25 September from 5:30 am, via the Leicester Sai Centres YouTube channel. 3. When we finish bhajans & aarti, please remain seated until volunteers guide you. We will leave in a way to avoid any congestion in the corridors when we put our shoes back on. Also, please let us have your comments on anything that you may found concerning about attending. 4. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 12 September 2021 1. ‘Live bhajans’ – This is our second bhajans here since the lockdown last year. I hope you are all ok with the precautions we have placed on everyone attending. This is for the protection of everyone and we will continue with these precautions for a few weeks and ease them as appropriate, so please bear with us. Please let us have your comments on anything that you may found concerning about attending. 2. Ganesh Chaturthi – hope you enjoyed the online puja conducted by Brother Chirag on Friday and were able to participate. Below is an extract from Jaybhai’s message on the study group and I found it enlightening. Please include in the announcements if you feel it’s appropriate. As all of you celebrate and rejoice in the festival of Ganesh Chathurthi – please be reminded of the true inner significance of Ganesh Chathurthi. It is not Ganesha’s birth that you should be celebrating but rather you own ‘spiritual birth or awakening ‘! Ganapathi is the Lord of the intellect and the higher knowledge. The question may be asked: “Are the intellect and the higher knowledge present in the external world or are they to be found within man?” The answer is that He is present within each of us. There is no need to seek Ganapathi in the outside world because Ganapathi dwells in every human being in the form of intellect and wisdom. I wish you all a spiritual Ganesh Chathurthi. 3. For now, SSE classes are continuing on Zoom. We are reviewing this currently and a decision on the way forward will be made in the next few weeks. 4. Let’s talk Careers – This special event has been organised by our Sai Youths, for anyone who needs help with choosing what course to take at university or which career suits you best. You can talk to lawyers, doctors, accountants, & more. This is a Zoom meeting; on Sunday 19 September from 6:00 pm. 5. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 5 September 2021 1. Welcome to our first live bhajans here at SVC since last year! Jaybhai – please say a few words ‘It is good to see so many of you………hope you enjoyed the atmosphere, vibrations, seeing each other, …etc etc’ Please let us have your comments on anything that you may found concerning about attending today. 2. The SSE classes are continuing on Zoom for now. This is being reviewed by the gurus & the parents, and a decision on the way forward will be made in the next few weeks. 3. Our next Centre meeting is on next Tuesday – 7 September at 7:30 pm. This meeting will again be on Zoom and everyone is welcome to join in the meeting & have their say on how our events are planned & organised. 4. The next Health & Wellbeing Webinar is on Tuesday 7 September at 8:00 pm. Subject discussed in this seminar is Healthy Ageing: Adding Life to Years and Years to Life. Please join it at srisathyasai.org.uk/live website, or contact one of our Centre coordinators or visit our website if you would like further information about this seminar. 5. Ganesh Chaturthi will be celebrated next Friday – 10 September – and like last year, there will be an Online Puja conducted by Brother Chirag at 7:30 pm. 6. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 29 August 2021 1. Hope you all enjoyed our Krishna Janmastami celebration today. We also hope that you enjoyed the talk by Janki DeviDas’s talk. We would like to thank the Leicester ISKCON for this special talk on Krishna Janmastami. 2. Our next Health & Well-being Webinar is on Tuesday 7 September at 8:00 pm. Subject discussed in this seminar is Healthy Ageing: Adding Life to Years and Years to Life. Please join it at srisathyasai.org.uk/live website, or contact one of our Centre coordinators or visit our website if you would like further information about this seminar. 3. Starting Bhajans at Soar Valley College. Sanjaybhai – leave it to you to present this with the video & guidelines message Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 22 August 2021 1. Next week we will be celebrating Krishna Janmastami. We have a special programme with a selection of Krishna bhajans and a video message on Janmastami from a speaker from the Krishna temple in Leicester. 2. Starting Bhajans at Soar Valley College. As we announced last week, our discussions with SVC have progressed well and we have now got plans in place to minimise the risks to devotees who attend bhajans at Soar Valley College. Next week we will provide detailed plans on returning to live bhajans at Soar Valley College. 3. Our next Health & Well-being Webinar is on Tuesday 7 September at 8:00 pm. Subject discussed in this seminar is Healthy Ageing: Adding Life to Years and Years to Life. Please join it at srisathyasai.org.uk/live website, or contact one of our Centre coordinators or visit our website if you would like further information about this seminar. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 15 August 2021 1. Our next big festival will be Krishna Janmastami. The festival falls on Monday 30 August but we will have a special programme to celebrate it on Sunday 29 August. Jaybhai – can you please add some details of the significance of Janmastami & the programme here. Please mention that this will be on YouTube. Thank you. 2. Starting Bhajans at Soar Valley College. As we have announced previously, we are planning to return to ‘live’ bhajans at Soar Valley College in the next few weeks. We are in discussions with SVC on details of the risks associated with devotees attending and how we can either eliminate the risks or minimise the risks. In the meantime, if anyone has any questions or concerns, please raise them with our Centre coordinators. 3. Newsletter – hope you are receiving the monthly Centre Newsletter, and find the newsletters useful for information on our Centre events. Please contact us if there is anything else you would like us to include in the newsletter, or anything that you think we should amend in the newsletter. The newsletters are emailed to all who have subscribed to it – please let us know if you have subscribed to receive it & not receiving them. It is possible that they are being directed to your ‘Junk’ email folder, so please check there in the first instance. If you wish to subscribe to the newsletter, then you can subscribe to it from our website. The website also has all newsletters from previous months/years so please check it out. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 8 August 2021 1. Starting Bhajans at Soar Valley College. As we announced last week, ‘live’ bhajans at Sai Centres discussions are ongoing, and there are some very strict conditions which we have to being meet on safeguarding devotees who attend the live sessions. As you can imagine there are many risks and we have to have safeguards in place to mitigate those risks. We will keep everyone informed on our plans as soon as they are finalised so please bear with us a bit longer. In the meantime, if anyone has any questions or concerns, please raise them with our Centre coordinators. 2. Hope you managed to see the Health & Well-being Webinar is on Tuesday? The subject was DEPRESSION: Causes, Symptoms & Management. If you weren’t able to join in then you can still see a recording of the programme on YouTube – Sri Sathya Sai Organisation UK’s YouTube Channel. You will also find the previous webinars there. 3. It’s worth noting that our Sunday Bhajans are also recorded and you can watch them on our Leicester Sai Centres YouTube Channel. 4. Our next big festival will be Krishna Janmastami. The festival falls on Monday 30 August but we will have a special programme to celebrate it on Sunday 29 August. We will provide more details of the programme next week. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 1 August 2021 1. Starting Bhajans at Soar Valley College. As we announced last week, the government has lifted most of the COVID restrictions and our UK council have also now given the go ahead to commence ‘live’ bhajans at Sai Centres but this is subject to some strict conditions being met on safeguarding devotees who attend the live sessions. We have been reviewing the precautions we have to put in place when we return to live bhajans at SVC and this is now being discussed in detail. We hope to finalise our plans over the next two/three weeks and then we will be able to announce more details about return to bhajans at SVC. In the meantime, if anyone has any questions or concerns, please raise them with our Centre coordinators. 2. Centre meeting on Tuesday 3 August at 7:30 pm on Zoom – please join us if you would like to find out how our Centre events are planned and organised. You can get details of the meeting from any one of our Centre coordinators. 3. Our next Health & Well-being Webinar is on Tuesday 3 August at 8:00 pm. Subject discussed in this seminar is DEPRESSION: Causes, Symptoms & Management. Please join it at srisathyasai.org.uk/live website, or contact one of our Centre coordinators or visit our website if you would like further information about this seminar. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 25 July 2021 1. Hope you all enjoyed the Guru Poornima celebration and you were able to join in the reciting of 108 names of our beloved Swami at home. 2. Our next Health & Well-being Webinar is on Tuesday 3 August at 8:00 pm. Subject discussed in the seminar is DEPRESSION: Causes, Symptoms & Management. Please join it at srisathyasai.org.uk/live website, or contact one of our Centre coordinators if you would like further information about this seminar. 3. Bhajans at Soar Valley College. As we announced last week, the government has lifted most of the COVID restrictions from last Monday and our UK council have also now given the go ahead to commence ‘live’ bhajans at Sai Centres, subject to some strict conditions being met on safeguarding all our devotees who attend the live sessions. We have been reviewing all the precautions we have to put in place when we return to bhajans at SVC and this is now being discussed in detail. We hope to finalise our plans over the next two/three weeks and then we will be able to announce more details about return to bhajans at SVC. Our current plans are to return to bhajans from Sunday 22 August. In the meantime, if anyone has any questions or concerns, please raise them with our Centre coordinators. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 18 July 2021 1. Global Service Day – ‘Thank you’ to everyone who helped with gifts we offered to our guests for Global Service Day. We’ve received many very good comments from our guests on how much they appreciated that we are still thinking of them during this time. Thank you once again. 2. Hope you enjoyed our celebration of the Eid-Ul-Adha festival and the special message about the significance of this festival in the Islam calendar. 3. We will celebrate Guru Poornima on Sunday next week. The programme will include special bhajans & will include ‘live’ reciting of 108 names of our Swami, performed by up to 4 couples. We can all participate in this at home, by joining in the puja, using Swami’s photo, & offering flower petals or rice at the lotus feet of our Swami. 4. Bhajans at Soar Valley College. As you know, the government are lifting most of the COVID restrictions from Monday next week. Our UK council has also now given the go ahead to commence ‘live’ bhajans at Sai Centres, subject to some strict conditions being met on safeguarding our devotees. As we have mentioned a number of times over the last few weeks, we have been reviewing what we may have to put in place when we return to ‘live’ bhajans at SVC and this is now being discussed in detail. We hope to finalise our plans over the next two/three weeks and then we will be able to announce more details about return to live bhajans at SVC. Our plans are to return to ‘live’ bhajans from Sunday 22 August. In the meantime, if anyone has any questions or concerns, please raise them with our Centre coordinators. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 11 July 2021 1. Our monthly Centre Newsletter will be published soon and we will email it to everyone who’s requested it. The newsletter will also be available on our website. The newsletter gives details of all our centre activities, plus news of any Regional & National events. We have now also included a section entitled ‘A Trip Down Memory Lane – This Month…in year ’ and each month we will include photos from Centre events dating back a few years. We are always interested in receiving information of our Centre events from years ago, so please pass them on to Rohitbhai if you have any old photos or information. Thank you. If you would like copy of the newsletter sent to you, then please contact one of our Centre Coordinators. 2. Global Service Day – again this year we will not be able to arrange outing for our guests for the Global Service Day on Saturday 17 July. We will instead offer a small gift to our guests on the day, a gift to ‘say’ that we are thinking of them in these very difficult times. We are still requesting volunteers to come forward to prepare a gift for the guests and help with transport to personally take the gifts to our guests. If you would like to help, please contact Savitaben or Hansaben for more information. 3. On Sunday 18 July, we will have celebration of Eid-Ul-Adha festival. We have a special message from a member of the Islam community, to talk about the significance of this festival in the Islam calendar. Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Adha on the last day of the Hajj. The Hajj is pilgrimage to Makkah in Saudi Arabia. Eid ul-Adha (‘Festival of Sacrifice’) is one of the most important festivals in the Muslim calendar and remembers the prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to. 4. We will celebrate Guru Poornima on Sunday 25 July. The programme will include special bhajans & will include ‘live’ reciting 108 names of our Swami, performed by up to 4 couples. We can all participate in this at home, by joining in the puja, using Swami’s photo, & offering flower petals or rice. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 4 July 2021 1. Our monthly Centre Meeting is on Tuesday 6 July, from 7:30 pm. Everyone is welcome to join in and have a say on how our Centre is run and how we plan & organise our events at the Centre. The meetings are held using Zoom & anyone interested to attend can request the Zoom code from any of our Centre Coordinators. 2. Global Service Day – again this year we will not be able to arrange outing for our guests for the Global Service Day on Saturday 17 July. We will instead offer a small gift to our guests on the day, a gift to ‘say’ that we are still thinking of them in these very difficult times. The list of items to include in the gift pack has been issued – please contact Savitaben if you haven’t received it, or need more information. We are still requesting volunteers to come forward to prepare a gift for the guests and help with transport to personally take the gifts to our guests. If you would like to help, please contact Savitaben or Hansaben for more information. 3. On Sunday 18 July, we will have celebration of Eid-Ul-Adha festival. Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Adha on the last day of the Hajj. The Hajj is pilgrimage to Makkah in Saudi Arabia. Eid ul-Adha (‘Festival of Sacrifice’) is one of the most important festivals in the Muslim calendar and remembers the prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to. 4. We will celebrate Guru Poornima on Sunday 25 July. We will provide more details on the programme soon. 5. SSE – Miraben, please add on any information you have about SSE activities being organised during the summer break (if any) and term dates for the new year. Maybe also include some of the activities that SSE children have been involved in during the lockdown period, how we carried on our SSE classes via Zoom, and what we expect to happen when the lockdown restrictions are lifted later on this summer/before the new term. LEAVE THIS TO YOU. 6. Thought for the day by SSE. |
| Announcements for Sunday 27 June 2021 1. SSE classes will finish on Sunday 4 July and new term will restart at the end of August. Our SSE children & gurus have adapted very well in this challenging period, continuing with online classes every Sunday. We hope that when the new term begins, we will have some good news on starting with ‘live’ classes. Our thanks go to all children, parents & gurus, and everyone enjoy your well-deserved break. 2. Global Service Day – again this year we will not be able to arrange outing for our guests for the Global Service Day on Saturday 17 July. We will instead offer a small gift to our guests on the day, a gift to ‘say’ that we are still thinking of them in these very difficult times. The list of items to include in the gift pack has been issued – please contact Savitaben if you haven’t received it or need more information. If you would like to volunteer to prepare a gift for the guests and help with transport to deliver the gifts to our guests, please contact Savitaben or Hansaben for more information. 3. On Sunday 18 July, we will have celebration of Eid-Ul-Adha festival. Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Adha on the last day of the Hajj. The Hajj is pilgrimage to Makkah in Saudi Arabia. Eid ul-Adha (‘Festival of Sacrifice’) is one of the most important festivals in the Muslim calendar and remembers the prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to. 4. We will celebrate Guru Poornima on Sunday 25 July. We will provide more details on the programme soon. 5. Thought for the day by SSE. |
| Announcements for Sunday 20 June 2021 1. Happy Father’s day to all fathers & grandfathers!! Hope you all enjoyed the special Father’s Day bhajans and the discourse today. 2. Return to SVC – We have continued reviewing our return to ‘live’ bhajans at SVC following government’s announcement earlier on this week, and await further news on lifting of the restrictions. In the meantime, we are studying the risk assessment that SVC have provided to us and what actions we will need to take when we return to SVC. We currently think that there is a chance that we will return towards the end of August, subject of course to any significant outbreaks of coronavirus. 3. Global Service Day – again this year we will not be able to arrange outing for our guests for the Global Service Day on Saturday 17 July. We will instead offer a small gift to our guests on the day, a gift to ‘say’ that we are still thinking of them in these very difficult times. Please contact Savitaben or Hansaben f you would like to volunteer to prepare a gift for the guests. We will provide information next week. 4. Aarti recordings – we are reminding everyone again on video of our devotees offering aarti to Swami at home. If you would like to present your Aarti offering please contact me or any of the centre coordinators who will explain how this can done. This new idea is a lovely way for us to see each other and connect with each other from our own homes. So please do try to get involved! 5. Youth activities e.g. Health Webinars? Please add on anything that may be going or being planned. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 13 June 2021 1. Hope you all enjoyed the bhajans and the discourse(?) today. 2. Our next big programme will be Father’s Day bhajans on Sunday 20 June. We have arranged a special interactive programme for all fathers/grandfathers to join in with their SSE children. All devotees will also get opportunity to participate by preparing a short video on Father’s Day to show as part of the programme. Please contact any of our Centre coordinators for more information 3. Gentle reminder that the Virtual Ladies Retreat will be next on Saturday 19 June at 2:00. Theme is ‘Empowering the Divinity Within’ – Listen to Swami’s discourse, hear eminent guest Dr Suma Rao, join an inspirational workshop on our retreat theme – learn ‘Living with Dementia, and participate in bhajans and an interactive quiz. 4. Sai Breath project – update on funds – see separate letter attached. (Pick up a few sentences from the letter below.) Dear Sisters and Brothers, Jai Sai Ram Sai Breath –Expanding to Nepal My heartfelt thanks to the devotees of the UK for the very generous contributions to the Sai Breath project, funds have been transferred to India and a significant number of Oxygen concentrators have been purchased and distributed to different states in India as well as some Oxygen Generators by the Sai Sathya Sai Seva Organisation, India. Many devotees have enquired regarding helping Nepal and the core service team have been ascertaining their needs and how best to serve our brothers and sisters in Nepal during the difficult times they are faced with. We have been advised that with hospitals being full Sai Centres in Nepal have set up halfway houses for those waiting for hospital beds and they have a need for Oxygen concentrators and PPE equipment. To this end and with the Divine Blessings of our Beloved Bhagawan, we would like to extend the Sai Breath project to serve our brothers and sisters in Nepal and if the need arises to help other countries in the future. As always, projects in Bhagawan’s organisation are funded through voluntary offerings that are generated through the practice of ceiling on desires. To contribute to the Sai Breath Nepal, please refer to the details on the attached letter from the Sri Sathya Sai charitable Trust. 5. Newsletter – most of you will have received our monthly newsletter. Please let us have your feedback on the information on it and anything else you would like to see included. As you know, we have now included ‘A trip down memory lane’ article – please let us have any photos that you have about our centre activities. Please contact Jasuben, or any of our Centre coordinators, for more information. 6. Study Circle – last week (Please say a few words about the subject and what was discussed )– quote Priyaben’s feedback (clearly without the names), particularly re more to attend. Encourage them to attend & maybe say when the next is due/subject of the next one. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 6 June 2021 1. Please join us today for our Study Circle at 4:00 pm. Theme for this study circle is ‘Signs of Happiness’. Everyone is welcome to join. Please contact Jaybhai or Vijayanbhai, if you want more details. The reading material is available on our website. 2. Father’s Day programme will be on Sunday 20 June. We have arranged a special interactive programme for all fathers/grandfathers to join in with their SSE children. All devotees will also get opportunity to participate by preparing a short video on Father’s Day to show as part of the programme. Please contact any of our Centre coordinators for more information. 3. Virtual Ladies Retreat will on Saturday 19 June at 2:00. Theme is ‘Empowering the Divinity Within’ – Listen to Swami’s discourse, hear eminent guest Dr Suma Rao, join an inspirational workshop on our retreat theme – learn ‘Living with Dementia, and participate in bhajans and an interactive quiz. 4. Aarti – I’m sure you all enjoying the online Sunday morning bhajans, but have you thought of offering Aarti to Swami from home and sharing your Aarti with the other devotees who are online? If you would like to present your Aarti offering please contact any of the centre coordinators who will explain how this can done. This new idea is a lovely way for us to see each other and connect with each other from our own homes. So please do try to get involved! Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 23 May 2021 1. Our next Study Circle is on Sunday 6 June from 4:00 pm. Theme for this study circle is ‘Signs of Happiness’. Everyone is welcome to join. Please contact Jaybhai or Vijayanbhai, if you want more details. The reading material is available on our website. 2. Father’s Day programme will be on Sunday 20 June. We have arranged a special interactive programme for all fathers/grandfathers to join in. More details will be provided next week. 3. Our next Centre meeting is on Tuesday 1 June at 7:30 via Zoom conference call. Everyone is welcome to join the meeting and have a say on how our Centre is run & help us to plan our Centre events/activities. Login details will be shared via your WhatsApp groups. 4. Virtual Ladies Retreat will on Saturday 19 June at 2:00. Theme is ‘Empowering the Divinity Within’ – Listen to Swami’s discourse, hear eminent guest Dr Suma Rao, join an inspirational workshop on our retreat theme – learn ‘Living with Dementia, and participate in bhajans and an interactive quiz. We will now show a short video about the Ladies Retreat, followed by Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 23 May 2021 1. Hope you all enjoyed the Buddha Purnima programme today. Buddha’s Birthday is a Buddhist festival & commemorates the birth of Gautama Buddha, who was the founder of Buddhism and is celebrated in a lot of South Asian countries. 2. Chai with Sai – TODAY at 4:00 !!!! Sai Ram Dearest Brothers and Sisters, Come and join YAs across the UK for *”Chai With Sai” – It’s time for us to refocus and come together to experience Swami through satsang. – We will be talking about how we experience Swami in day to day life – Also the challenges we face and discuss these topics openly and in a safe space with our brothers and sisters. 3. Newsletter for May has just been issued. Please let us know if you would like to receive our newsletter every month. The newsletter gives details of our Centre activities and an email is sent out to everyone who subscribes to it. It is also available on our website – please contact any of the coordinators if you need help to access it. 4. Virtual Ladies Retreat on Saturday 19 June at 2:00. Theme is ‘Empowering the Divinity Within’ We would like to invite you to our virtual Ladies Retreat on Saturday 19 June at 2:00. Listen to Swami’s discourse, hear eminent guest Dr Suma Rao, join an inspirational workshop on our retreat theme – learn ‘Living with Dementia, and participate in bhajans and an interactive quiz. 5. Global Council? Jaybhai – please advise me on what we should do about announcing this? Below is the last letter we received from Ketan saying we were joining Global Council Sri Sathya Sai Council of United Kingdom joins the Sri Sathya Sai Global Council “ Dear Brothers and Sisters, Jai Sai Ram! With Swami’s Divine Blessings, we hope and pray that you and your families are safe and well. Further to my message of 6th May 2021, whereby the Sri Sathya Sai Council of United Kingdom confirmed to you of our united decision to join the Sri Sathya Sai Global Council (“SSSGC”), I am pleased to confirm that United Kingdom’s affiliation has been accepted by the Chairman of the Sri Sathya Sai Global Council. SSSGC will operate from Prasanthi Nilayam the Divine abode of our beloved Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba and will continue to remain the focal point for all of us. Please find attached confirmation of United Kingdom’s registration. We will reinstate the original Sarva Dharma logo as illustrated in this letter. Your Centre/Group will be provided with the new Sri Sathya Sai Organisation United Kingdom affiliation certificate shortly. Over the coming weeks, the Sri Sathya Sai Organisation United Kingdom will continue to provide clarity and information on our continued journey with Sai. ‘The main goal of the Sai Organisation is to enable members, workers and officers to lead ideal, perfect and happy lives. Therefore, we must live up to the high ideals of the Organisation and transform ourselves into ideal beings, thus helping others to follow our example’. Sri Sathya Sai Baba Yours in Sai Service Ketan Gokani National President – Sri Sathya Sai Organisation United Kingdom “ 6. Details of all programmes are on our website, or please contact any one of our Centre coordinators. 7. And now………….Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 16 May 2021 1. Hope you all enjoyed the Eid programme today, and enjoyed listening to the speaker on the significance of Eid celebration. This Eid marked the end of fasting – month long fasting of Ramadan by Muslims all over the world. 2. On next Sunday, 23 May, we will be celebrating Buddha Purnima. Buddha’s Birthday is a Buddhist festival & commemorates the birth of Gautama Buddha, who was the founder of Buddhism. There will be special bhajans and discourse from Prashanti to celebrate this festival. 3. We have another opportunity to serve our brothers & sisters in India. We will be collaborating with the charity organisation Go Dharmic to make visors for them to be shipped to India to be used in hospitals. ……….. Please add more details about this sewa, as I understand we are also going to make masks? Also, anything else from the YA Wing? Any webinars coming up? 4. We are still collecting food items for the foodbanks, Langar Sewa & for Bridge. This is all part of our ‘ceiling on desires’ sadhana, and if you wish to offer food items, for the many people who benefit from this, please contact Jagdishbhai or Hemantbhai. We will arrange collection from your home, or you can deliver to Jagdishbhai or Hemantbhai’s home. 5. Details of all programmes are on our website, or please contact any one of our Centre coordinators. 6. And now………….Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 9 May 2021 1. Hope you all enjoyed the Easwaramma Day programme today. Bhajans by SSE children were beautifully sung and the video SSE children’s procession from a previous year was lovely. 2. Project Sai Breath – From the recent media coverage, it is evident that there is a desperate need for help in India as they face shortages in medical items, particularly oxygen. As an organisation we were considering how best to serve our brothers and sisters in India during the difficult times they are faced with. They have several projects which include the installation of Oxygen generating plants to support Primary Health in various areas across the country where there is a need. This could be 20 – 40 bed hospitals with lack of both ICU and Oxygen facilities. Our organisation has also put together a Sri Sathya Sai Covid Seva Support Kit in rural and tribal villages. The plan is to distribute these kits which will contain immunity support tablets such as Zinc and Vitamin C. This will go with a picture of Swami with the quote, “Why Fear When I am Here” and Vibhuti Prasadam. Another area they are looking to support is to place portable Oxygen concentrators in each state for emergency purposes to save lives as we see Oxygen is the most precious commodity during these turbulent times of the pandemic. With Bhagawan’s Grace we have been given this opportunity to support the ‘Project Sai Breath’ initiative that will help our brothers and sisters affected by COVID in India. As always, projects in Bhagawan’s organisation are voluntary offerings that are generated through the practice of ceiling on desires. To find out more details on how contribute to the Sai Breath projects, please contact our Centre coordinators 3. On Sunday 16 May, we will have a special programme to celebrate Eid-al-Fitr – also called the “Festival of Breaking the Fast“, and is a religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of the month-long fasting of Ramadan. The programme will include a speaker from the Muslim faith to explain the significance of the festival of Eid. 4. Then on Sunday 23 May, we will be celebrating Buddha Purnima. Buddha’s Birthday is a Buddhist festival & commemorates the birth of Gautama Buddha, who was the founder of Buddhism There will be special bhajans and discourse from Prashanti to celebrate this festival. 5. Details of all programmes are on our website, or please contact any one of our Centre coordinators. 6. And now………….Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 2 May 2021 1. Hope you all enjoyed the excellent bhajans today. Our media team, led by Zainesh, do such wonderful work to give us all this opportunity to continue with our Sunday bhajans every week at home, until we can return to Soar Valley College at some stage. 2. The National Easwaramma Day celebrations are on Saturday 8th May. This will be an online, virtual programme, starting at 10 am to 1 pm. This is an opportunity for our children, parents, teachers, young adults and devotees to come together from across the United Kingdom to express their heartfelt gratitude to our Divine Mother Sai and to the glory of motherhood. As an offering and lead-in to National Easwaramma Day, parents, children and gurus from around the country have been participating in the ‘Love All Serve All’ activity, centred on performing acts of kindness in this tenth anniversary year of our beloved Swami’s Maha Samadhi. Although it’s online, the programme for the day will still include familiar elements such as the children’s pledge ceremony, prayers, group devotional singing and performances. 3. Following that National programme, on Sunday 9 May, we will have our Centre Easwaramma Day celebration. A very special programme has been planned by our SSE Gurus & SSE Children. Programme will include bhajans by SSE children, video of SSE children’s procession from a previous year, spiritual diaries, talks by our SSE children on Easwaramma Day & finally Easwaramma Day pledge! As you can see, we have a very full, fun filled programme, not to be missed!! Please join us next Sunday at 8:45. 4. Details of all programmes are on our website, or please contact any one of our Centre coordinators. 5. Our next Centre Meeting is on Tuesday 4 May at 7:30 pm. Please join us when we discuss the events coming up and draw up plans for our Centre activities. We would love your thoughts and ideas for our future events and activities. 6. And now………….Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 25 April 2021 1. Hope you all watched the Human Values Day in the morning & the Aradhana Mahotsavam programmes yesterday. Please let us have your feedback on the programmes via our website or to any of our Centre Coordinators. 2. We hope you all took opportunity to join the Paduka Puja at home today. 3. Later on today, at 4:00 pm , we are holding our next Study Circle …………… ( Please add details of the study circle & how everyone should prepare for it. How can they join? ) 4. Our next big programme will be the National Easwaramma Day celebrations on Saturday 8th May. This will be an online, virtual programme, starting at 10 am to 1 pm. This is an opportunity for our children, parents, teachers, young adults and devotees to come together from across the United Kingdom to express their heartfelt gratitude to our Divine Mother Sai and to the glory of motherhood. As an offering and lead-in to National Easwaramma Day, parents, children and gurus from around the country have been participating in the ‘Love All Serve All’ activity, centred on performing acts of kindness in this tenth anniversary year of our beloved Swami’s Maha Samadhi. Although online, the programme for the day will still include familiar elements such as the children’s pledge ceremony, prayers, group devotional singing and performances. 5. Following that National programme, on Sunday 9 May, we will have our Centre Easwaramma Day celebration. A very special programme has been planned by our SSE Gurus & SSE Children. P 6. Details of all programmes are on our website, or please contact any one of our Centre coordinators. 7. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 18 April 2021 1. Hope you all enjoyed the Ramnavami celebration today and the talk by Avantikaben & Navinbhai. 2. Next Thursday is Earth Day (22 April) – link it to Mother Sita?………………… 3. Mahasamadhi – 10th Anniversary – on Saturday 24/4 – National programme, two parts. Online, virtual programme. 10am – 12pm | Human Values Programme – History of Human Values – Music Performances Vade, Paprika, Gospel Arts Manna, Kasika, Arvind Kywalya – Human Values in communities in the UK – An exhibition of how people across the country have *demonstrated human values* in their local communities during the pandemic – National Faith leaders – Talks by esteemed faith leaders 5pm – 7.30pm | Aradhana Mahotsavam Programme The evening programme will consist of an international guest speaker talking about their experiences with our dearest Bhagawan, a musical offering, Vedam, Bhajans and a Divine discourse. 4. On Sunday 25 April, we will have a special 10th Anniversary programme of Mahasamadhi. The programme will include ‘live’ Paduka puja, performed by 4 couples. We can all participate in this at home, by joining in the puja, with Paduka if you have one, or using Swami’s photo, & offering flower petals or rice. 5. Study Circle on Sunday 25 April Our next study circle will be on Sunday 25 April. In this session we will be focusing on ” overcoming obstacles to happiness “ Relevant reading material and the questions will be sent to you – please contact Jaybhai or Vijayanbhai if you would like more information. Please take time to read the notes and watch the video contained therein before our meeting 6. Our next big programme will be the National Easwaramma Day celebrations on Saturday 8th May. This will be an online, virtual programme and we will provide the relevant links nearer the time 7. Following that National programme, on Sunday 9 May, we will have our Centre Easwaramma Day celebration. A very special programme has been planned by our SSE Gurus & SSE Children. P 8. Details of all programmes are on our website, or please contact any one of our Centre coordinators. 9. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 11 April 2021 1. Hope you all enjoyed the Vaisakhi celebration today and the talk by Charanjeet Singh Ji. 2. Ramnavami is on Wednesday 21/4 and we will celebrate it on next Sunday 18 April (as above, add a few words on Ram Navami) 3. Mahasamadhi – 10th Anniversary – on Saturday 24/4 – National programme, two parts. Online, virtual programme. Say a few words on this programme – briefly mention the items below, plus any new information we have on the programme e.g. speakers, musicians, etc. if you can find out please. 10am – 12pm | Human Values Programme 5pm – 7.30pm | Aradhana Mahotsavam Programme The Human Values programme will consist of: – Human Values Concert – Talks by esteemed faith leaders – An exhibition of how people across the country have *demonstrated human values* in their local communities during the pandemic. The evening programme will consist of an international guest speaker talking about their experiences with our dearest Bhagawan, a musical offering, Vedam, Bhajans and a Divine discourse. 4. On Sunday 25 April, we will have a special 10th Anniversary programme for Mahasamdhi. We will provide more details next week on how everyone can get involved & take part in your own homes in this programme. 5. Study Circle on Sunday 25 April Our next study circle will be on Sunday 25 April. More details next week – we will continue with the topic of ‘Happiness’. 6. Our next big programme will be the National Easwaramma Day celebrations on Saturday 8th May. This will be an online, virtual programme and we will provide the relevant links nearer the time 7. Following that National programme, on Sunday 9 May, we will have our Centre Easwaramma Day celebration. A very special programme has been planned by our SSE Gurus & SSE Children. P 8. Details of all programmes are on our website, or please contact any one of our Centre coordinators. 9. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 4 April 2021 1. Happy Easter to everyone. Hope you enjoyed today’s programme and Pastor Graham Thomas’s talks. 2. Vaisakhi is on Tuesday 13/4, and we will celebrate it next Sunday 11 April. (A few words on Vaisakhi festival) Our special guest speaker will be Charanjeet Singh Ji ( him and his party came to our Global Akhand bhajans in Nov 2019 and did beautiful Kirtans) 3. Ramnavami is on Wednesday 21/4 and we will celebrate it on Sunday 18 April (as above, add a few words on Ram Navami) 4. Mahasamadhi – 10th Anniversary – on Saturday 24/4 – National programme, two parts. Online, virtual programme. Say a few words on this programme (details below) – briefly mention the items below. 10am – 12pm | Human Values Programme 5pm – 7.30pm | Aradhana Mahotsavam Programme The Human Values programme will consist of: – Human Values Concert – Talks by esteemed faith leaders – An exhibition of how people across the country have *demonstrated human values* in their local communities during the pandemic. The evening programme will consist of an international guest speaker talking about their experiences with our dearest Bhagawan, a musical offering, Vedam, Bhajans and a Divine discourse. You can then say a few words on the following – hope everyone has stated their sadhana for 30 days as Jaybhai announced last Sunday. 5. Health & Well Being Webinar – Allergies in Children & Adults on Tuesday 6 April from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 6. International Young Adults Veda Programme on Saturday 10th April Join us for a Veda webinar with Dr. Shashank Shah.* Topic: Overview of Vedas and their Benefits for Humanity* Date: 10th April 2021* Time: 12.30pm “All the Vedas are intent on helping man to become aware of Divinity in him and all around him. Picture for yourselves the peace that seers gained by that awareness, and yearn to learn the lessons the Vedas treasure, for all mankind irrespective of caste, creed, race or nationality.” -Sri Sathya Sai Baba – Dasara Discourse, 20 October 1982 7. Study Circle on Sunday 25 April Our next study circle will be on Sunday 25 April. More details next week – we will continue with the topic of happiness. 8. SSE classes –. Start next Sunday, on 11 April. Our next big programme will be Easwaramma Day celebrations on Saturday 8th May – we will provide more details about the programme as soon as they become available to us. 9. Details of all programmes are on our website, or please contact any one of our Centre coordinators. 10. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 28 March 2021 1. Easter on Sunday 4 April There will be a special programme for Easter on Sunday 4 April. Pastor Graham Thomas will be giving a talk on significance of Easter festival. The talk will be in two parts – first one on Thursday 1 April as part of our Thursday bhajans, & second part on Sunday. (Please add whatever extra you feel is appropriate re Pastor Thomas) 2. Vaisakhi is on Tuesday 13/4, and we will celebrate as part of our Sunday bhajans on 11 April. (A few words on Vaisakhi festival?) 3. Ramnavami is on Wednesday 21/4 and we will celebrate as part of our Sunday bhajans on 18 April (as above, add a few words on Ram Navami) 4. Mahasamadhi – on Saturday 24/4 – National programme, two parts. Online, virtual program. Say a few words on this programme (details below) & we will provide more details soon but briefly mention the items below. 10am – 12pm | Human Values Programme 5pm – 7.30pm | Aradhana Mahotsavam Programme The Human Values programme will consist of: – Human Values Concert – Talks by esteemed faith leaders – An exhibition of how people across the country have *demonstrated human values* in their local communities during the pandemic. The evening programme will consist of an international guest speaker talking about their experiences with our dearest Bhagawan, a musical offering, Vedam, Bhajans and a Divine discourse. You can then say a few words on the following but may be better to use the one you sent today – leave it to you. Devotees are also requested to engage in 28 days of intense spiritual sadhana from *28th March* (TODAY!!!) by engaging in any of the following activities: – Chanting Sai Gayatri 36 times daily (which will amount to 1,008 times over the 28 days) – Undertaking one service activity locally on the day: more details to follow – Reading, listening, contemplating on any of Swami’s literature or discourses 5. Health & Well Being Webinar – Allergies in Children & Adults on Tuesday 6 April from 8:00 to 9:00 6. SSE classes – Holiday dates – today & 4 April – for Easter. Start on 11 April. 7. Details of all programmes on our website, or please contact any one of our Centre coordinators. 8. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 21 March 2021 1. Coronavirus Impact – It is one year since we had our last bhajans at Soar Valley College!!! We’ve been doing online, virtual bhajans for a year now. Our thanks go to the media team, led by Zainesh & Karan who have been instrumental in ensuring that the bhajans are available every Thursday & every Sunday. 2. Soar Valley College latest – we have been informed that SVC may be available to us in the summer. We are reviewing this carefully to assess what restrictions may be in place at that time and what precautions we will have to take before we make any decision to return to ‘live’ bhajans. Will keep you all informed on progress with this. 3. Easter on Sunday 4 April There will be a special programme for Easter on Sunday 4 April. Pastor Graham Thomas will be giving a talk on significance of Easter festival. The talk will be in two parts – first one on Thursday 1 April at part of our Thursday bhajans & second part on Sunday. 4. Youth Adults – two online events yesterday – Zoom training on Saturday 27 March 2021 & ‘All you Knead is Love’ cooking session on 20 March 2021. Please give details of each one, and then details of any future events coming up that you are aware of. 5. Health & Well Being Webinar – Allergies in Children & Adults on Tuesday 6 April from 8:00 to 9:00 6. SSE classes – Holiday dates – 28 March & 4 April – for Easter. 7. Mother’s Day – say a few words on last week’s programme. Wonderful effort by our SSE children & gurus. Shows how well the children have done during this lockdown period, continuing with their classes online and the dedication of the gurus to continue to support this in this challenging period. 8. Details of all programmes on our website, or please contact any one of our Centre coordinators. 9. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 14 March 2021 1. Mother’s Day – say a few words on today’s programme. Please remember to thank Bhawanbhai for the poems – in English & Gujarati for Mother’s Day celebration. (I have sent the poems separately for you to watch – they will be played as part of the programme by Zainesh) – Can you please incorporate this quote from Swami if you can in your comments.: “Swami said in this whole creation, woman is greater than man. According to Bhagwat Gita, men have three types of energies, whereas women have seven types of energies, so women are great, moreover Swami said, since the wife bears all family pressures, she is called BHARYA, since she is the one who leads the husband to the path of dharma, she is called SAHA DHARMA CHARINI, she is also called GRIHA LAKSHMI” 2. SSE classes as normal next Sunday. Holiday dates – 28 March & 4 April – for Easter. 3. We will be celebrating Easter on Sunday 4 April – more details about the programme next week. 4. Finally, our Shivratri programme was on Thursday. Hope you all enjoyed the programme and you can watch it again on YouTube – please see links to the video on our website. 5. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 7 March 2021 1. Shivratri programme will be on Thursday 11 March. The festival of Shivratri is a very special and spiritual event in our annual calendar. This year our programme will be online and we are sure will uplift us all at these trying times and help us connect with the indwelling spirit inside us all. Please do join us on Thursday 11th March. Programme starts from 7:30 PM UNTIL 9:30 PM – There will be opportunity to perform Abhishekam in your home – details of items needed for the abhishekam are available on our website. Zainesh – can we show this video as part of the announcements? Not a problem if we can’t – http://bit.ly/3qQOIzx Asha – please add the details of the extended programme from 10:00 pm onwards (Join us to finish off the auspicious night of Shivratri. The programme will include bhajans, Ashtakams, a small abhishekam & a presentation on the darshan of 12 jyotirlingas). 2. Mother’s Day to be celebrated on Sunday 14 March. It will be virtual programme again. A very Special Day for all mothers. Please join us on the 14th March for the Mother’s day program celebrating Mothers, Grandmothers and mother figures. We are also dedicating this Mother’s day by giving a tribute by expressing our heartfelt gratitude towards Mother Sai who has helped us all survive during this pandemic. The program will include bhajans by SSE students, showcase of their class work and activities carried out during lockdown. Mother’s day messages and a fun packed program is lined up for you all to enjoy next week. Please do join us next week from 8:45 am onwards to celebrate Mother’s day and uplift those lovely mothers who tirelessly work and serve day and night selflessly. If you would like your child to join our SSE classes, please contact Miraben. 3. The previous health webinar on the topic “Common Ear, Nose & Throat Ailments and how to manage them ” was on Tuesday 2 March 2021. The session was conducted by Mr Bhaskar Ram, ENT consultant. The webinar covered several common ENT conditions such as: Sore throat, Tonsillitis, Ear infections, Hearing loss, etc. https://youtu.be/s3N2zaUXQIk – Link on our website 4. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 28 February 2021 1. Centre Newsletter for February was circulated last week. The Centre newsletter includes details of events at our Centre & forthcoming events. If you would like to be included on our circulation list, please subscribe to it on our website. Also available on our website. 2. There was a special health webinar on the topic “Covid-19 Vaccine: All You Need to Know” on Tuesday 23rd February 2021. The session was conducted by Dr Jeyanathan, GP and Nirali Sisodia, pharmacist. Topics covered were – what is it? Should I take vaccine? Are vaccines safe? What side effects? Which vaccines are available? Etc. Link on our website 3. Mother’s Day to be celebrated on Sunday 14 March. It will be virtual programme again. A very Special Day for all mothers. As part of the programme, we will have a showcase of all the good work that our children have done over the last few months in these challenging times. If you would like your child to join our SSE classes, please contact Miraben. 4. Shivratri programme will be on Thursday 11 March. The festival of Shivratri is a very special and spiritual event in our annual calendar. This year our programme will be online and we are sure will uplift us all at these trying times and help us connect with the indwelling spirit inside us all. Please do join us on Thursday 11th March. More details will be shared via the various WhatsApp groups. 5. Our next Centre meeting will be held on Tuesday 2nd March 2021 at 7:30 pm via a Zoom conference call. The log-in details will be shared via the Centre WhatsApp groups. We look forward to you joining us for this meeting. IMPORTANT: We are updating our mailing list for the minutes of the meeting. If you still wish to receive the meeting minutes please email us at info@leicestersaicentre.org.uk. 6. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 21 February 2021 1. Study Circle today – details of the topic for today, timings & how to join. 2. Mother’s Day to be celebrated on Sunday 14 March. It will be virtual programme again. We will be showing all the good work that our children have done over the last few months, in these challenging times, with virtual classes. If you would like your child to join our SSE classes, please contact Miraben. 3. Shivratri programme will be on Thursday 11 March. This will be a Regional programme and we are waiting for more details of the programme. 4. National Health Webinar on Tuesday 23 February at 8:00 pm. (Please add details from the Centre Coordinators WhatsApp group.) 5. Lent from 17 February to 3 April – Ceiling on desire programme, collecting food items for Food Bank. (Details from Hemantbhai – as above from WhatsApp Group) 6. Yoga sessions – reminder. When/How to join/etc. 7. As nearly all our programmes are ‘virtual’ now, we are happy to help anyone needing assistance to get online. Please contact anyone of the Centre Coordinators. 8. Thought for the Day by SSE |
| Announcements for Sunday 14 February 2021 1. Happy Valentine’s day message – can you please think of something to say????? 2. Thank you to everyone who helped at this first online National Office Bearers’ Conference and to everyone who attended. Without everyone’s support and Swami’s grace, we could not have made this as successful as it was. Read Ketan’s message – Dearest Brothers and Sisters, Jai Sai Ram What an inspiring weekend we have just had with our very first virtual National Office Bearers and Active Workers Conference with the theme ‘All are One, Be alike to Everyone’. Hope for those of you who attended, enjoyed the conference and found it useful. As mentioned during the vote of thanks, our Young Adults of the United Kingdom have offered an e-book entitled ‘Eternal Bond’ to the Divine Lotus Feet of our Dearest Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The e-book is a collection of life experiences Young Adults have had with Bhagawan whilst in the physical form and in their daily lives. We hope that this book will inspire future generations of SSE students and Young Adults to continually feel the guiding love of Bhagawan in every moment of their lives. We invite one and all to read and share this wonderful e-book and we pray that you derive the same joy in reading it as it was when it was written. Please click the link here to access to read the book on any device: https://www.paperturn-view.com/?pid=MTQ141658&v=1.1 – this link has been passed to the Centre coordinators and they will forward to you all. Loving Sai Rams, 3. Satyanarayan Puja very nice – thank you Chiragbhai for organising it and performing the puja. Hope you all managed to join. 4. Next week we have our Study Circle – on Sunday 21 February at 4:00. Subject is “Happiness union with God”. Jaybhai & Vijayanbhai will provide more details about the study circle next week. Please join in. Please let us know if you are having difficulty in joining any of the online sessions. We can help anyone – may not be always possible but we will certainly try. Please let us know. 5. Our next two big events – Shivratri on Thursday 11 March & Mother’s Day on Sunday 14 March – more details next week. 6. Video about Prashanti Mandir & then Thought for the Day by SSE student. |
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