Hand Drumming Workshops with Dede Alder: November 21 & 28th, December 5th & 12th @ Mother’s Trust, Fennville. 5:30-6:30 Potluck dinner, 6:30-8pm Drum Class. Donations of $10-25 per class. Come learn some new skills on the hand drums. Come to all 4 classes or drop in to any class. We will cover basic and extended techniques, universal rhythms of West Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Caribbean. We will also work on improvisation, soloing, pulse, keeping time, listening, and creative expression. This will be a class where we play and have fun to learn. Each class ends with a 30 minute jam session. This class is for adults only. If you would like childcare, contact Dede for details.
Thanks and Gratitude to Niel Feldman for a dedicated life...
A film about old friends, science, religion, Saradeswari Ashram, Mataji Gaurivrata and the dedication of Sri Sri Ma's Temple in Ganges in 1998.
Gauri Ma Came West...
Vandana Ma and Mataji Gauribrata at Temple Dedication, 1998...
Together they lovingly crafted, fostered and cared for the new mission that was growing in Ganges, Michigan.
Panchatapa Ceremony 1990
On right, Mataji Gauribrata and Swami Bhashyananda, at the beginning of the Panchatapa ceremony, January, 1990 .
During the ceremony, Mataji received instruction to build a temple to the Divine Mother.
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HOW WE SERVE AS MODERN MYSTICS WITH MISSION HEARTS:
Our Misson is To Honor & serve Humanity,
Mothers Trust Mothers Place maintains the Mothers Trust location, with its land, buildings and Temple as a Sacred Space for all time, with the Holy Relics that are interred here. For information about Mothers Trust, contact: Swami Atmalokananda, revglennclergy@motherstrust.org, 616-293-6884.
We Honor & Explore the meaning of the "Motherhood of God" & its implications for renewed understanding. We use universality & exploration of sacred wisdom, as found in the world's faith traditions, to inform contemporary issues. We advocate compassion to meet global issues & human needs. Gender Equality & Respect for women & men alike is our underlying method. Mothers Trust recognizes the sacred in all & maintains sacred space for exploring the Wonders of the Spirit.
We are dedicated to interfaith study and dialogue as a way of promoting understanding, compassionate forgiveness, respect and peaceful relationships among people of differing beliefs. For the sustainability of the earth and the healing of all living beings, Interfaith honors differences and the common ground of human dignity and Spirit.
Your support helps maintain our Sacred Space - where relics of Sri Sarada Devi & Sri Ramakrishna are enshrined. A Tirtha in West Michigan where "1000s will come."
