Jai Jinendra & Pranam,
Please make a note of following JSGD events coming up
March 5, 2023 Sunday is Fagun Sud Teras. We will be doing Shatarunjay Bhav-yatra starting at 11:00am at the temple
March 6, 2023 Monday is Chaumasi Chaudash. Pratikraman will start at 6:30pm at the temple.
Thankyou,
JSGD EC Team
Sarthi Event Annoucements
SARTHI would like to highlight a couple of events in the community for the benefit of our members.
1. “One Thing I Wish You Knew 2023“ Presented by Friendship Circle’s UMatter Program Sunday, March 5 – 5:00PM-6:30PM ET at Seaholm High School Auditorium
Recommended for High School Students and older and their adult family members.
Sarthi is thankful to UMatter for the opportunity to promote this program to the community. This event will focus on the vulnerability and honesty of telling the people in our lives what we wish they knew about our journeys with mental health. Four speakers will share their stories of what goes on beneath the surface and the challenges they face. The program will take place both in-person and virtually, through livestream.
2. “Alternative Solutions for Positive Mental Health” Presented by JAINA Women’s Comm.Saturday, March 4th, 2023 on Zoom
For Zoom details visit WOMEN'S COMMITTEE CONFERENCE ON MENTAL HEALTH
Since Covid pandemic the incidence of anxiety, depression, emotional health problems have increased in all age groups and all communities. Our Jain community is no exception. Join us in learning how to deal with these problems in a positive manner. Get all your questions answered by our expert: Dr. Nalini Jhutani, Retired professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein School of Medicine
For questions please email sarthi@jsgd.org or call (248) 994-0890
JOS- JSGD Organization of Seniors Group Gathering
Jai Jinendra & Pranam Society Members,
We, our JSGD - JOS Senior Group subcommittee, is happy to organize our 1st JOS – Senior Members in-person gathering of JSGD seniors at our Temple, on Saturday, March 11, 2023, at 11.30 AM.
JOS Seniors Program Details:
Date and Time: Saturday, March 11, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM, at our Temple
11:30 AM -12:15 PM:
Inside the Temple, Aarti and Mangal Divo, followed by our group recital together, the "Navkar Mantra", the "Uvasaggaharam Stotra" and the "Bruhat Shanti Stotra".
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM:
Social Hall: Group Discussion for this year’s activities and suggestions for new group activities with all members participation.
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM (or longer)
Light lunch and continue group discussion.
Note: As many of you know that this year, our Temple is celebrating its 25th anniversary in July. Yes, our Temple Pratishtha was built in 1998.
This is a free event for JOS senior members only. However, we sincerely request all JSGD seniors to do RSVP by 3/8/2023.
Click on the following link below to RSVP -> JOS Gathering RSVP
This will allow us for adequate lunch planning and other arrangements.
We look forward to seeing many Society seniors to participate in this in person event.
Pranam. JOS – JSGD Seniors Subcommittee Co-chairs Bipin Shah (Sohiniben) 248-842-9465 Nikhil Kothari (Smitaben) 734-999-0399 Ramesh Shah (Sheelaben) 248-661-4255
JSGD - Women's Day Celebration
(JSGD Ladies only event)
Jai Jinendra and Pranam!
JSGD Executive Committee invites you to join us for JSGD Ladies only event to celebrate Women’s Day, a fun-filled afternoon to meet, greet and enjoy a melodious entertainment put together by the women for the women of JSGD
Event is on Sunday, March 19th, 2023 at JSGD Social Hall
The 29th Annual Fund Raising Event this year is on 29th April and the 2023 Fund raising event team is very excited to host this event.
The Fund raising event page is up and running at https://www.jsgd.org/frd. We request all society members to check out the page and register for the event.
As always no event is successful without the society members participation and support. Encourage your friends, family to attend the event.
Please support our temple, our future by registering and attending the Fund Raising Event.
You should have received the invitations via postal mail, if you did not receive the invitation then please reach out to the Fund raising team.
The Fund Raising team can be reached at frd@jsgd.org, please visit https://www.jsgd.org/frd for further details.
Respectfully
2023 Fund Raising team
2023 JSGD Significant Individual Lifetime Contribution Award “Call for Nomination"
Pranam JSGD Members,
We have many volunteers and unsung heroes who have served the Jain Society and community for years who never worried about recognition, but instead served out of love, duty and responsibility towards the community. We appreciate what they have done, and what they continue to do. Thus, they will not be forgotten and should be recognized as they truly represent our culture at its best.
Starting in 2016, the BOT and EC had decided on the addition of a “Significant Individual Lifetime Contribution Award" to a senior member in appreciation for their services and contribution to our society. The procedure, criteria and nomination form are listed below. This award will be given during our 29th Annual Fund-raising event on Saturday, 29th April 2023, at The Meridian, Farmington Hills, Michigan. The sponsor should complete a nomination formandemail back to Dr. Suresh Shah at sbshah356@gmail.combefore March 25th, 2023. The selected candidate(s) will be informed by e-mail before April 22nd, 2023. The Nominations received after the deadline will NOT be considered. For questions, please contact Awards Committee co-chairs Suresh Shah/Hemant Shah.
Note: Previous year’s remaining nominations will be re-considered so their nominations forms are NOT required again.
(Page 2 – Purpose and Qualification of the nominee.
Page 3 – Nomination form)
Regards,
Lifetime contribution Nomination Team
JSGD Telegram Group Information
Greetings Society Members!
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Telegram group for our Society. This platform will allow us to stay connected, share updates and events, and newsletters.
Our goal is to create a fast messaging platform that will allow the EC & BOT to send messages on time. We invite all members of our Society to join the group by following the steps & clicking the link provided at the end.
To maintain the privacy and also the history, we have chosen Telegram over WhatsApp as we can hide people's phone numbers and we can limit the messages to come only from the Administrators of the Group.
Step 1-
You will need to download the Telegram App from
