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Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Your January 2018 Mission Insider Newsletter is here!

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January 2018

Happy New Year to everyone and welcome to our third edition of Mission Insider. We have included very exciting information about our Holiday Toy Shop event as well as some great news about our organization and our work. Please read the full content of this newsletter and see all the impact we are making in our community.

Special Thanks

Large donation of Socks for our Homeless in Need

On December 20, 2017 Mission of Love Charities received 1,208 pairs of socks donated by Kenmoor Middle School's Student Government Association (SGA) which decided to host a sock drive because they wanted to give back to homeless in the area. Two classes in-particular got really involved in the sock drive and had a friendly competition! Ms. Bedingfield's 8th grade homeroom ended up winning, collecting 360 new socks total. A close second went to Ms. Prescott's 8th grade class who earned 306 pairs! In total, Kenmoor students and staff contributed 1,308 new pairs of socks to be donated! The association kept 100 pairs to give to students in need in their building, however the remaining 1,208 pairs of socks were donated to Mission of Love Charities. We want to give a special thanks to this group of students and also to their Social Studies teacher, Carol Carter and their Professional School Counselor, Johanna Moore as they were the SGA Sponsors who helped oversee this sock drive. You guys really make the difference!

Our Holiday Toy Shop was Success!

We are happy to report that with the support and sponsorship of G.S Proctor & Associates, Inc., NAI Michael and the Redskins, Mission of Love Charities distributed 325 toys to 148 girls and 131 boys as well as provided turkeys and food bags to 241 low-income families during its Holiday Toy Shop event held on December 21, 2017. Please click here to see all the pictures from this event.

Help us give our Award

Mission of Love Charities, Inc. Is looking for nominations for its "Bucky" Trotter Humanitarian Awards Ceremony that will be held on May 3, 2017. Please help us recognize an individual, group or organization that has exemplified the organization's mission through their outstanding involvement and dedication to our community as well as to honor an individual, group or organization that has performed significant volunteer service to a nonprofit or educational institution in a way that positively affects the community.

We want to honor individuals and entities that have made great contributions to our society. Please take a moment to nominate someone or an entity.

Please consider being a Sponsor of such a great event. For Sponsorship information please click here.

Welcome to our New Board Members

Alex Villegas

Principal

Rodgers Consulting, Inc.

Tommie Thompson, CPA

President

Bazilio Cobb Associates, Inc.

Ebenezer A. Botchway, Jr.

Commercial/Business Loan Officer

Industrial Bank

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Saturday, 13 January 2018

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Sunday Sangha at Potter's House: First Foundation of Mindfulness - Letting Everything Belong

Greetings Friends,

Our Sangha will gather this Sunday, January 7th from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm in our swell new digs at the Potter's House.

This Sunday marks the opening of our tour through one of the most fundamental teachings in our tradition, the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. We begin with mindfulness of the body. Contact with the body through felt sensation is rich and endlessly helpful in supporting the development of our meditation practice. Equally if not more valuable, this practice can provide a deep and authentic sense of well-being in our moment-to-moment experience wherein everything discovered is welcomed.

We will meet in the Community Room behind the bookstore/cafe. Just head straight past the front counter down the hall on either side. Please endeavor to arrive on time.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Kristin

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[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Re: Sitting Group in Adams Morgan

Hi Paul,

I actually sit with some Plum Village practitioners on Friday mornings, else I would join you! Let me know how it's going. I hope your travels went well.

Kristin

On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 10:56:19 PM UTC-5, Paul Beaton wrote:

Dear Friends,

If you are looking to sit or move mindfully in community during the week, there is space for more to join a weekly sitting group in Adams Morgan. The intention behind the group is to provide a place and community to support individuals with an established practice, including newly established :) Basic details below. Contact me if you are interested in joining.

Intention: supporting each other on the path of awakening the heart and mind.

Format: 30 minute unguided sitting or walking meditation.

Location: Adams Morgan, approximately one block from Potter's House (the new class location starting in 2018)

Time and Day: 7:30 AM each Friday

All are welcome.

With metta and gratitude for your practices,
Paul

Monday, 8 January 2018

Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Ride to Tara Brach Talk this Wednesday

Lauren, Akiko;

I can drive. It would be very motivating for me to go there for my first time if there were others sharing the ride to Bethesda (much better for the environment).

I am in the next neighborhood over--Mt. Pleasant--so it should be easy to meet up somewhere close to you Lauren. Akiko, where are you staying in DC?

Best,

Henry

On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Akiko Haruna <akikoharuna@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello dear DC Sangha,
I am in the same boat.. if anyone could give me a ride as well, so appreciated!
Visiting my old nest DC from abroad for a week.. thank you !
Akiko

On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Lauren Marx <laurenmichellemarx@gmail.com> wrote:
Good Morning,

Would someone be able to offer me a ride to Tara's talk this Wednesday? I will be leaving from Adams Morgan, but happy to meet someplace more convenient.

Have a wonderful week.

Thank you.
Lauren

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Re: [Downtown Dharma Listserve] Ride to Tara Brach Talk this Wednesday

Hello dear DC Sangha,

I am in the same boat.. if anyone could give me a ride as well, so appreciated!

Visiting my old nest DC from abroad for a week.. thank you !

Akiko

On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Lauren Marx <laurenmichellemarx@gmail.com> wrote:

Good Morning,

Would someone be able to offer me a ride to Tara's talk this Wednesday? I will be leaving from Adams Morgan, but happy to meet someplace more convenient.

Have a wonderful week.

Thank you.
Lauren

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[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Ride to Tara Brach Talk this Wednesday

Good Morning,

Would someone be able to offer me a ride to Tara's talk this Wednesday? I will be leaving from Adams Morgan, but happy to meet someplace more convenient.

Have a wonderful week.

Thank you.

Lauren

Lauren Marx

"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in." - Issac Asimov

Wednesday, 3 January 2018

[Downtown Dharma Listserve] Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

We're looking forward to our inaugural gathering at the Potter's House this Sunday, January 7th from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm. We will meet in the Community Room behind the bookstore/cafe. The meeting space is wheelchair accessible.

We thought it would be nice to start the new year with a refuge ceremony, which Linda, Klia and I will co-facilitate. We will also have the regular meditation period and some time for sharing.

There's a new IMCW page for the sangha that includes information on the location, teachers and class schedule (still working on a name). I will also paste the teaching and topic schedule below.

With love,

Devin

Teachers and Topics

Date	Teachers	Topic
1/7/2018	Linda, Devin, Klia	New Years, Refuge Ceremony
1/14/2018	Kristin	First Foundation of Mindfulness: Body
1/21/2018	Peer Led	First Foundation of Mindfulness: Body
1/28/2018	Klia	Second Foundation of Mindfulness: Feelingtone/Emotion
2/4/2018	Linda	Second Foundation of Mindfulness: Feelingtone/Emotion
2/11/2018	Devin	Third Foundation of Mindfulness: Thought
2/18/2018	Peer Led	Third Foundation of Mindfulness: Thought
2/25/2018	Devin	Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness: Dhammas
3/4/2018	Linda	Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness: Dhammas
3/11/2018	Klia	Eightfold Path: Right View
3/18/2018	Peer Led	Eightfold Path: Right View
3/25/2018	Kaira Jewel	Eightfold Path: Right Thought/Resolve/Intention
4/1/2018	Kristin	Eightfold Path: Right Thought/Resolve/Intention
4/8/2018	Devin	Eightfold Path: Right Speech
4/15/2018	Peer Led	Eightfold Path: Right Speech
4/22/2018	Kristin	Eightfold Path: Right Action
4/29/2018	Linda	Eightfold Path: Right Action