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• Winter Solstice Celebration
  Join us on Friday December 20 from 6 – 7 PM for a winter solstice celebration. Meditate to bells sounded by Jessie Solon and share candlelight, intention, and sacred practice to welcome back the sun. No registration required. This event is in-person only. Freely offered, donations gratefully accepted. Any funds collected will be split evenly with Jessie Solon.
• Mindful Creativity: Cards of Connection
  Enjoy an afternoon making cards with friends on Sunday December 15 from 2:30 – 4 pm. Cardstock, stamps, ink pads, and markers will be provided. You don’t need to be an artist or know how to draw to create beautiful cards to send to people who need connection. Space is limited. Please pre-register.
• Dharma Thoughts
  From Steve Allison-Bunnell of Joining Rivers Sangha: When we chant our closing Sharing the Merit, how often do we truly dedicate ourselves to the “benefit of all beings?” It’s easy for me to want to benefit my immediate friends and loved ones—that’s what nurtures our connection. It’s inspiring to want to benefit an endangered species or even an entire ecosystem—that… Read more: Dharma Thoughts
• Mahasangha Half-Day Sit
  Join leaders and members of all sanghas who meet at the BDC on Saturday December 7 from 9 AM to noon for a mahasangha half-day sit! Group leaders will offer practices from our various lineages along with meditation, chanting, bowing, and readings. Schedule9:00 Welcome9:05 Joining Rivers – Plum Village Morning Chant9:30 Stretch/Walking Meditation9:40 Tergar – The Three Refuges in Tibetan… Read more: Mahasangha Half-Day Sit