Dear Sangha,
On the 7th of November one of our founding members, Andrea Hosfeld, announced that she will be stepping back from the group from the end of the year to pursue her practice and pump more energy into her teaching, particularly her mentorship through the Community Dharma Leader program. For over two years Andrea has been our linchpin. She has customarily held the space as our facilitator bringing love, a wonderful sensitivity, compassion and teaching to our evenings. In addition she has trained several of us to become facilitators and brought her teaching experience to bear in countless ways. Behind the scenes Andrea has done much of the administrative work of the sangha, ensuring bills are paid and the hall authorities are dealt with. We will all miss her very much indeed and we owe her great debt of gratitude for all she has done.
In her usual style, Andrea led a thoughtful and well prepared evening on the 7th so the sangha could contemplate our future governance. From this meeting, a group has emerged to carry on these activities into 2018 and the first Sangha evening will be on 2nd January. But before then…
Please come along on 19 December for our Evening of Light celebration to wish Andrea well in her adventure as a Community Dharma Leader and celebrate a beautiful year of practicing mindfulness with one another. There will be an opportunity to share stories, quotes, poetry and music with the group so come prepared! We will also be enjoying some light nibbles so if you are able to bring something sweet or savoury and vegetarian that would be much appreciated. Soft drinks are also very welcome.
With love,
Karen Mann
‘Words are inadequate vessels of thoughts and emotions’
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