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Oldest Convent 1895
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Ramakrishna/Sarada Oldest Convent 1895
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Gauribrata's Sannyas Calcutta 1989, Swami Bhashyananda 1987 India, Vivekananda Monastery
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Swami Tapasananda and Swami Atmalokananda
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WELCOME TO MOTHERS TRUST, LAKESHORE INTERFAITH COMMUNITY!

Swami Tapasananda
Rev. Peter W. Chilstrom
(269) 543-3951
tapas@motherstrust.org

Mataji Gauri Brata Puri Devi
Rev. Eva E. Schroeder
(616) 566-4318
gaurima@motherstrust.org

Swami Atmalokananda
Rev. Glenn N. Davenport
(616) 293-6884
atmalokananda@motherstrust.org

PROGRAMS 2010:
(April - December
)

  APRIL 2010
Date
Day
Time
Topic
Presented By
Cost
APRIL 2 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
APRIL 4 SUN 11:00-1:00

OPENING CELEBRATION - WELCOME!
THE PLACE WHERE ALL PATHS MEET
MYSTICAL UNITY OF RELIGIONS
Service Leader - REV SACHA BIER
Music - JIM COOPER

MUHAMMAD ICKLAS
Sufi Sangha of East Lansing
DONATION
APRIL 4 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
SUFI- ZIKYR - CHANTING OF GOD'S NAMES
DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE
VAHANA BHAJANS

MOHAMMAD ICKLAS
THE PEACEFUL SISTERS
VAHANA KIRTAN GROUP OF GRAND RAPIDS
DONATION
APRIL 9 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
APRIL 11 SUN 11:00-1:00 THE SACRED TEACHINGS OF THE UPANISHADS
Service Leader - PURNIMA
Music -
DR. SRIPADA RAJU DONATION
APRIL 11 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
EARTH IS OUR MOTHER
BHUMI PUJA, WORSHIP OF THE EARTH
VAHANA BHAJANS

SWAMI TAPASANANDA
DR. INDRA MAKHIJA, DR. SRIPADA RAJU
VAHANA KIRTAN GROUP OF GRAND RAPIDS
DONATION
APRIL 16 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
APRIL 17 SAT 3:00-5:00 DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE, BHAJANS THE PEACEFUL SISTERS DONATION
APRIL 18 SUN 11:00-1:00 PEACE BEGINS WITH YOU
Service Leader - MICHELE GAUTHIER
Music -
MASTER KIM & JENNIFER KIM
www.peaceschool.org, Chicago, ILL.
DONATION
APRIL 18 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
PEACE BREATHING WORKSHOP
MASTER KIM & JENNIFER KIM
www.peaceschool.org, Chicago, ILL.
DONATION
APRIL 23 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
APRIL 25 SUN 11:00-1:00 THE TRANSITION INITIATIVE
EVOLUTION TO A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

Service Leader - PURNIMA
Music - JIM COOPER
MAYNARD KAUFMAN PhD
Founder, Peace School of Homesteading
DONATION
APRIL 25 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA & UNIVERSALITY
New Monthly class at Mothers Trust
Can be taken online.
SWAMI ATMALOKANANDA
DR INDRA MAKHIJA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
  May 2010
Date
Day
Time
Topic
Presented By
Cost
MAY 2 SUN 11:00-1:00 WORSHIP OF THE DIVINE MOTHER
EAST & WEST

Service Leader - REV. SACHA BIER
Music - JIM COOPER
DENA BLAY-STROBA OCDS
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
MAY 2 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
SLIDES & PHOTOS OF MOTHER INDIA
Pilrimage of Sannyas
SANNYASINI SHAKTIBRATA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
MAY 7 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
MAY 9 SUN 11:00-1:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
THE EARTH IS OUR MOTHER
Service Leader -
Music - JIM COOPER
HERB HOSTER, JIM COOPER
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
MAY 9 SUN 3:00-5:00 MOTHERS DAY CONCERT
Music Organizer- JIM COOPER
ALL AGES, PLEASE COME!
TO GATHER AND CELEBRATE
JIM COOPER
COSMIC SOJOURNER
VAHANA KIRTAN GROUP
OTHERS...
DONATION
MAY 14 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
MAY 15 SAT 3:00-5:00 DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE, BHAJANS THE PEACEFUL SISTERS DONATION
MAY 16 SUN 11:00-1:00 THE VIRGIN OF GUADALUPE & THE ROSARY
Service Leader -
Music - JIM COOPER
LEANDRO & HESUSA HERNANDEZ
San Felipe Church of Pearl, Michigan
DONATION
MAY 16 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE
VAHANA BHAJANS
THE PEACEFUL SISTERS
VAHANA KIRTAN GROUP
DONATION
MAY 21 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
MAY 23 SUN 11:00-1:00 THE UNIVERSAL SPIRITUAL DOCTRINE
OF ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS #2
Service Leader -
Music - JIM COOPER
DENA BLAY-STROBA OCDS
Mothers Trust / Mothers Place
DONATION
MAY 23 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
TO BE ANNOUNCED...
  DONATION
MAY 28 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
MAY 30 SUN 11:00-1:00 BUDDHA IN THE EYES OF VIVEKANANDA
A CELEBRATION

Service Leader -
Music - JIM COOPER
PARTHA SINHA, PhD
University of Kentucy
DONATION
MAY 30 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA & UNIVERSALITY
New Monthly class at Mothers Trust
Can be taken online.
SWAMI ATMALOKANANDA
DR INDRA MAKHIJA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
  JUNE 2010
Date
Day
Time
Topic
Presented By
Cost
JUNE 4 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
JUNE 6 SUN 11:00-1:00 BUDDHISM"S ETHICAL STANCE
Service Leader - REV. SACHA BIER
Music - JIM COOPER
CAROL ANDERSON
Kalamazoo College, Chair, Dept of Religion.
DONATION
JUNE 6 SUN 2:00-4:00 FIERCE GRACE,
A MOVIE ABOUT RAM DAS
GEORGA BLASY
(Commentator for the film)
DONATION
JUNE 11 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
JUNE 13 SUN 11:00-1:00 MEETING RAMAKRISHNA IN THE PARK
Service Leader -
Music - JIM COOPER
HERB HOSTER
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
JUNE 13 SUN 2:00-4:00

CLIMATE CHANGE: LIVING WITH HOPE

STEVEN BOUMA-PREDIGER PhD
Hope College
DONATION
JUNE 18 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
JUNE 19 SAT 3:00-5:00 DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE, BHAJANS THE PEACEFUL SISTERS DONATION
JUNE 20 SUN 11:00-1:00 ISLAM AS A DYNAMIC SOCIAL PHENOMENA
Service Leader -
Music - JIM COOPER
DUSTIN BYRD
Grand Valley State University
DONATION
JUNE 20 SUN 2:00-4:00 FIERCE LIGHT,
WHEN SPIRIT MEETS ACTION

Movie & Commentary
GLORIA LARRIEU
Kalamazoo College
DONATION
JUNE 25 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
JUNE 27 SUN 11:00-1:00

TAOISM: PHILOSOPHY AND CHINESE
CHIGONG HEALING

Service Leader -
Music - JIM COOPER

DOUGLAS CHUNG, PhD
Grand Valley State University

DONATION
JUNE 27 SUN 2:00-4:00 SOMEWHERE NEAR TAPACHULA
Film & Discussion
MARILYN & DANA JOHNSON DONATION

JULY 2010 L PERMACULTURE
Date
Day
Time
Topic
Presented By
Cost
JULY 2 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
JULY 4 SUN 11:00-1:00 VIVEKANANDA & THE 4TH OF JULY
Service Leader -
Music -
DR INDRA MAKHIJA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
JULY 4 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA & UNIVERSALITY
Monthly class at Mothers Trust, available online.
SWAMI ATMALOKANANDA
DR INDRA MAKHIJA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
JULY 11 SUN 11:00-1:00 DO WE NEED A NEW AMERICAN DREAM?
Service Leader -
Music -
RICHARD RHEM
Pastor emeritus, Christ Community Church
DONATION
JULY 11 SUN 6:00-8:00 AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
Film by Al Gore, Talk & Discussion
MARILYN & DANA JOHNSON DONATION
JULY 16 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
JULY 17 SAT 3:00-5:00 DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE, BHAJANS THE PEACEFUL SISTERS DONATION
JULY 18 SUN 11:00-1:00 TEACHINGS OF J KRISHNA MURTI
Service Leader -
Music -
DON PARKER DONATION
JULY 23 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
JULY 25 SUN 11:00-1:00 KARMA, FREE WILL, MAYA & GRACE
Service Leader -
Music -
HERB HOSTER DONATION
JULY 25 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA & UNIVERSALITY
New class at Mothers Trust, available online.
SWAMI ATMALOKANANDA
DR INDRA MAKHIJA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
JULY 25 SUN 6:00-8:00 RECONNECTING TO THE EARH THROUGH SPIRITUAL PERMACULTURE
Film by Dr. Sharashkin, discussion

MARILYN & DANA JOHNSON DONATION
JULY 30 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION

 

 

AUGUST 2010

Date
Day
Time
Topic
Presented By
Cost
AUG 1 SUN 11:00-1:00 ZOROASTER, THE FIRST MONOTHEIST
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
ROHINTON RIVETNA
Zoroatrian Society of North America
DONATION
AUG 6 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
AUG 8 SUN 11:00-1:00 THE WHOLE SHEBANG; MODERN PHYSICS
& QUANTUM THEORY

Service Leader -
Music -
NEIL FELDMAN
In-Three Inc.
A 3D film company
DONATION
AUG 8 SUN 2:00-4:00 PHOTOS FROM INDIA'S PAST & PRESENT
Draws from a vast collection of visual Indian history.
NEIL FELDMAN DONATION
AUG 8 SUN 6:00-8:00 THE PLANET - GLOBAL CHANGES
Service Leader -
Music -
MARILYN & DANA JOHNSON
DONATION
AUG 13 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
AUG 14 SAT 2:00-4:00 KEEPING THE GREAT LAKES PURE & CLEAN
DEBDAS MUKERJEE
Senior Toxicologist, EPA
DONATION
AUG 15 SUN 11:00-1:00 THEOLOGY IN THE CITY,
LEARNING TO CRY, STRUGGLING TO SEE
JAMES PERKINSON, PhD
Ecumenical Theological Seminary
DONATION
AUG 15 SUN 3:00-5:00 A PEACE CONCERT:
VIBRATIONS FROM THE SPACE OF THE HEART
JIM COOPER GROUP & JAMES PERKINSON DONATION
AUG 20 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
AUG 21 SAT 2:00-4:00 JESUS & THE MERKABA MYSTICS ANITA & STEVE MCAFFE
Inner Light Ministries
DONATION
AUG 21 SAT 3:00-5:00 DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE, BHAJANS THE PEACEFUL SISTERS DONATION
AUG 22 SUN 11:00-1:00 THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS OF LORD BUDDHA
Service Leader -
Music - JIM COOPER
PAULA JAMISON PhD, FRANK JAMISON PhD
Kalamazoo Buddhist Sanga
DONATION
AUG 22 SUN 6:00-8:00 THE GREAT TURNING
Film & Discussion
MARILYN & DANA JOHNSON DONATION
AUG 27 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
AUG 29 SUN 11:00-1:00 WHOSE TRUTH ARE YOU LIVING -
BY WHAT AUTHORITY?
Service Leader -
Music - JIM COOPER
RICHARD RHEM
Pastor emeritus, Christ Community Church
DONATION
AUG 29 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA & UNIVERSALITY
New class at Mothers Trust, available online.
SWAMI ATMALOKANANDA
DR INDRA MAKHIJA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
 

SEPTEMBER 2010

Date
Day
Time
Topic
Presented By
Cost
SEPT 3 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
SEPT 5 SUN 11:00-1:00 HINDU NONDUALITY & CHRISTIAN GNOSTICISM
ALONG THE SILK ROAD

Service Leader -
Music -
LANCE MILLER
Grand Valley State University
DONATION
SEPT 5 SUN 6:00-8:00 FOOD, INC
Film & Discussion
MARILYN & DANA JOHNSON DONATION
SEPT 10 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
SEPT 12 SUN 11:00-1:00 ANONYMOUS KRIST BHAKTAS
ANONYMOUS DEVOTEES OF CHRIST
ANIL YESUDAS
Housing Rights and Interfaith activist.
DONATION
SEPT 17 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
SEPT 18 SAT 3:00-5:00 DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE, BHAJANS THE PEACEFUL SISTERS DONATION
SEPT 19 SUN 11:00-1:00 THE SPIRIT AS PERSON
Service Leader -
Music - JIM COOPER
SRIPADA RAJU PhD
Bharatya Hindu Temple of Lansing
DONATION
SEPT 24 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
SEPT 26 SUN 11:00-1:00 PILGRIMS PROGRESS, REFLECTIONS OF A SPIRITUAL SEEKER
Service Leader -
Music - JIM COOPER
RICHARD RHEM
Pastor emeritus, Christ Community Church
DONATION
SEPT 26 SUN 2:00-4:00 SUNDAY WORKSHOP
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA & UNIVERSALITY
New class at Mothers Trust, available online.
SWAMI ATMALOKANANDA
DR INDRA MAKHIJA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
SEPT 26 SUN 6:00-8:00 THE CRASH COURSE, ENERGY, ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT
Film & Discussion
MARILYN & DANA JOHNSON DONATION
SEPT 24 FRI 6:00-7:00 GITA CHANTING
Learn chanting from the Bhagavad Gita
SWAMI TAPASANANDA
Mothers Trust - Mothers Place
DONATION
 

OCTOBER 2010

Date
Day
Time
Topic
Presented By
Cost
     
  DONATION
   
 

NOVEMBER 2010

Date
Day
Time
Topic
Presented By
Cost
     
  DONATION
 

DECEMBER 2010

Date
Day
Time
Topic
Presented By
Cost
DEC 19 SUN 11:00-1:00 THE SPIRIT WITHIN
JIM COOPER DONATION