Events Calendar

Events in August 2021

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August 1, 2021
August 2, 2021
August 3, 2021
August 4, 2021(2 events)

9:30 am: Wednesday Morning In-Person Meditation


August 4, 2021

In addition to our regular online meetings, we also hold  in-person meditation meetings on Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue in Richland. We meditate for half an hour, followed by an optional time for sharing and conversation after meditation. No problem if you want to just meditate and then leave.

Chairs are available in the meeting hall. However, if you prefer to use your own chair, blanket, cushion or bench, you are welcome to bring it. The meetings have recently moved indoors and meet in the Parish Hall at the rear of the church.
Those who regularly attend the in-person meetings have developed a masking policy for the time we are meeting indoors.  The community levels of covid will be checked each time we publish the newsletter.  When community levels are low; masks will be optional.  When community levels are medium or high, masks will be required.
Currently, the covid community levels are low in Benton County so masks are optional.
However,please bring a mask to all in-person meditation sessions in case there is an attending member with greater vulnerability.  If there is an attending member that feels more comfortable with everyone masking, we will all mask in support of the most vulnerable among us.

The Covid Community levels are posted on the following website: BFHD

Our Wednesday morning online meeting is available as well if you are out of town or just don't wish to meet in person at this time. The online meeting also starts at 9:30 a.m. See the Events Calendar for details on how to join in.

We're looking forward to welcoming some of you in person and being there online for others. We are happy that we can continue to support one another in our meditation practice.

9:30 am: Wednesday Morning Online Meditation


August 4, 2021

Join IMMC for our regular Wednesday online meditation meeting, every Wednesday, 9:30 am - 10:30 am.

This meeting includes a half-hour meditation that may be silent or guided, followed by an optional period of sharing, where people can offer something brief about the meditation or something happening in their lives.

To obtain the information needed to dial into the meditation by phone, please send an email to [email protected] and request the phone number and meeting ID.

Besides our regular online meditations we are now meeting for in-person meditation sessions every Wednesday Morning.  Please see the Events Calendar for specific details.

August 5, 2021(1 event)

7:30 pm: Thursday Evening Online Meditation


August 5, 2021

Join IMMC for our regular Thursday online meditation meeting, every Thursday, from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm.

Thursday evening meetings include a 30 minute meditation that may be silent or guided.  Meditation is followed by an optional talk or discussion session that you're welcome to join.

The topic for the week can be found on our News Page under  the post "Meeting News".

To obtain the information needed to dial into the meditation by phone, please send an email to [email protected] and request the phone number and meeting ID.

Besides our regular online meditations we are now meeting for in-person meditation sessions every Wednesday Morning.  Please see the Events Calendar for specific details.

August 6, 2021
August 7, 2021(1 event)

8:00 am: Saturday Morning In-Person Meditation


August 7, 2021

In addition to our regular online meetings, we also hold  in-person meditation meetings Saturdays at 8:00 a.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue in Richland. We meditate for half an hour, followed by an optional time for sharing and conversation after meditation. No problem if you want to just meditate and then leave.
Chairs are available in the meeting hall.  However, if you prefer to use your own chair, blanket, cushion or bench, you are welcome to bring it.  The meetings have recently moved indoors and meet in the Parish Hall at the rear of the church.
Those who regularly attend the in-person meetings have developed a masking policy for the time we are meeting indoors.  The community levels of covid will be checked each time we publish the newsletter.  When community levels are low; masks will be optional.  When community levels are medium or high, masks will be required.
Currently, the covid community levels are low in Benton County so masks are optional.
However,please bring a mask to all in-person meditation sessions in case there is an attending member with greater vulnerability.  If there is an attending member that feels more comfortable with everyone masking, we will all mask in support of the most vulnerable among us.

The Covid Community levels are posted on the following website: BFHD

Our Saturday morning online meeting is available as well if you are out of town or just don't wish to meet in person at this time. The online meeting also starts at 8:00 a.m. See the Events Calendar for details on how to join in.

We're looking forward to welcoming some of you in person and being there online for others. We are happy that we can continue to support one another in our meditation practice.

August 8, 2021
August 9, 2021
August 10, 2021(1 event)

8:00 pm: Atomic Cities Peace Memorial


August 10, 2021

The 39th annual Atomic Cities Peace Memorial ceremony, commemorating the Nagasaki atomic bombing and sponsored by World Citizens for Peace, will be held on Tuesday, August 10, 8:00 p.m., in the Activity Room of the Richland Community Center at 500 Amon Park Drive.

The one-hour program of song, speech and prayer will remember the past with hope for the future. Highlight of the ceremony is ringing of the "Bell of Peace" model – a gift from the mayor of Nagasaki to the city of Richland on the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombing. The "Bell of Peace" is a model of a bell that was recovered from the ruins of a church at ground zero in Nagasaki.

In accordance with the Memorial's theme of reconciliation, the "Bell of Peace" is rung in memory of those who died on both sides of the war – the Americans who died at Pearl Harbor as well as the Japanese who died in Nagasaki. Because of Richlanders' historic role in producing the plutonium that fueled the Nagasaki atomic bomb, the "Bell of Peace" model uniquely symbolizes the spirit of reconciliation.

The public is invited.

PLEASE NOTE: If fully vaccinated for Covid, masks are optional. If not, wear a mask and socially distance.

August 11, 2021(2 events)

9:30 am: Wednesday Morning In-Person Meditation


August 11, 2021

In addition to our regular online meetings, we also hold  in-person meditation meetings on Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue in Richland. We meditate for half an hour, followed by an optional time for sharing and conversation after meditation. No problem if you want to just meditate and then leave.

Chairs are available in the meeting hall. However, if you prefer to use your own chair, blanket, cushion or bench, you are welcome to bring it. The meetings have recently moved indoors and meet in the Parish Hall at the rear of the church.
Those who regularly attend the in-person meetings have developed a masking policy for the time we are meeting indoors.  The community levels of covid will be checked each time we publish the newsletter.  When community levels are low; masks will be optional.  When community levels are medium or high, masks will be required.
Currently, the covid community levels are low in Benton County so masks are optional.
However,please bring a mask to all in-person meditation sessions in case there is an attending member with greater vulnerability.  If there is an attending member that feels more comfortable with everyone masking, we will all mask in support of the most vulnerable among us.

The Covid Community levels are posted on the following website: BFHD

Our Wednesday morning online meeting is available as well if you are out of town or just don't wish to meet in person at this time. The online meeting also starts at 9:30 a.m. See the Events Calendar for details on how to join in.

We're looking forward to welcoming some of you in person and being there online for others. We are happy that we can continue to support one another in our meditation practice.

9:30 am: Wednesday Morning Online Meditation


August 11, 2021

Join IMMC for our regular Wednesday online meditation meeting, every Wednesday, 9:30 am - 10:30 am.

This meeting includes a half-hour meditation that may be silent or guided, followed by an optional period of sharing, where people can offer something brief about the meditation or something happening in their lives.

To obtain the information needed to dial into the meditation by phone, please send an email to [email protected] and request the phone number and meeting ID.

Besides our regular online meditations we are now meeting for in-person meditation sessions every Wednesday Morning.  Please see the Events Calendar for specific details.

August 12, 2021(1 event)

7:30 pm: Thursday Evening Online Meditation


August 12, 2021

Join IMMC for our regular Thursday online meditation meeting, every Thursday, from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm.

Thursday evening meetings include a 30 minute meditation that may be silent or guided.  Meditation is followed by an optional talk or discussion session that you're welcome to join.

The topic for the week can be found on our News Page under  the post "Meeting News".

To obtain the information needed to dial into the meditation by phone, please send an email to [email protected] and request the phone number and meeting ID.

Besides our regular online meditations we are now meeting for in-person meditation sessions every Wednesday Morning.  Please see the Events Calendar for specific details.

August 13, 2021
August 14, 2021(1 event)

8:00 am: Saturday Morning In-Person Meditation


August 14, 2021

In addition to our regular online meetings, we also hold  in-person meditation meetings Saturdays at 8:00 a.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue in Richland. We meditate for half an hour, followed by an optional time for sharing and conversation after meditation. No problem if you want to just meditate and then leave.
Chairs are available in the meeting hall.  However, if you prefer to use your own chair, blanket, cushion or bench, you are welcome to bring it.  The meetings have recently moved indoors and meet in the Parish Hall at the rear of the church.
Those who regularly attend the in-person meetings have developed a masking policy for the time we are meeting indoors.  The community levels of covid will be checked each time we publish the newsletter.  When community levels are low; masks will be optional.  When community levels are medium or high, masks will be required.
Currently, the covid community levels are low in Benton County so masks are optional.
However,please bring a mask to all in-person meditation sessions in case there is an attending member with greater vulnerability.  If there is an attending member that feels more comfortable with everyone masking, we will all mask in support of the most vulnerable among us.

The Covid Community levels are posted on the following website: BFHD

Our Saturday morning online meeting is available as well if you are out of town or just don't wish to meet in person at this time. The online meeting also starts at 8:00 a.m. See the Events Calendar for details on how to join in.

We're looking forward to welcoming some of you in person and being there online for others. We are happy that we can continue to support one another in our meditation practice.

August 15, 2021
August 16, 2021
August 17, 2021
August 18, 2021(2 events)

9:30 am: Wednesday Morning In-Person Meditation


August 18, 2021

In addition to our regular online meetings, we also hold  in-person meditation meetings on Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue in Richland. We meditate for half an hour, followed by an optional time for sharing and conversation after meditation. No problem if you want to just meditate and then leave.

Chairs are available in the meeting hall. However, if you prefer to use your own chair, blanket, cushion or bench, you are welcome to bring it. The meetings have recently moved indoors and meet in the Parish Hall at the rear of the church.
Those who regularly attend the in-person meetings have developed a masking policy for the time we are meeting indoors.  The community levels of covid will be checked each time we publish the newsletter.  When community levels are low; masks will be optional.  When community levels are medium or high, masks will be required.
Currently, the covid community levels are low in Benton County so masks are optional.
However,please bring a mask to all in-person meditation sessions in case there is an attending member with greater vulnerability.  If there is an attending member that feels more comfortable with everyone masking, we will all mask in support of the most vulnerable among us.

The Covid Community levels are posted on the following website: BFHD

Our Wednesday morning online meeting is available as well if you are out of town or just don't wish to meet in person at this time. The online meeting also starts at 9:30 a.m. See the Events Calendar for details on how to join in.

We're looking forward to welcoming some of you in person and being there online for others. We are happy that we can continue to support one another in our meditation practice.

9:30 am: Wednesday Morning Online Meditation


August 18, 2021

Join IMMC for our regular Wednesday online meditation meeting, every Wednesday, 9:30 am - 10:30 am.

This meeting includes a half-hour meditation that may be silent or guided, followed by an optional period of sharing, where people can offer something brief about the meditation or something happening in their lives.

To obtain the information needed to dial into the meditation by phone, please send an email to [email protected] and request the phone number and meeting ID.

Besides our regular online meditations we are now meeting for in-person meditation sessions every Wednesday Morning.  Please see the Events Calendar for specific details.

August 19, 2021(1 event)

7:30 pm: Thursday Evening Online Meditation


August 19, 2021

Join IMMC for our regular Thursday online meditation meeting, every Thursday, from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm.

Thursday evening meetings include a 30 minute meditation that may be silent or guided.  Meditation is followed by an optional talk or discussion session that you're welcome to join.

The topic for the week can be found on our News Page under  the post "Meeting News".

To obtain the information needed to dial into the meditation by phone, please send an email to [email protected] and request the phone number and meeting ID.

Besides our regular online meditations we are now meeting for in-person meditation sessions every Wednesday Morning.  Please see the Events Calendar for specific details.

August 20, 2021(1 event)

7:30 pm: Talk & Meditation with Dori Langevin


August 20, 2021

Dori Langevin

Please join us Friday evening as we welcome Dori Langevin a meditation teacher from Spokane, WA.    The evening will be from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm and will include meditation, a talk and time for Q&A.  Dori's talk will be on "The Blessing of Equanimity" which is also the topic for her day long meditation retreat to be held the next day, August 21st.

Friday evenings event will be online via Zoom as well as the retreat the next day.

Please click through to this Zoom link and then enter the the meeting ID and passcode when prompted.

Meeting ID: 875 2113 6784

Passcode: 654376

IF you wish to join by phone simply call this phone#: +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma), then enter the Meeting ID and the Passcode.

Here's a brief description of her Friday night talk and for the retreat the next day:

"Equanimity is woven throughout the Buddhadharma and has multiple interdependent expressions. As balance in the midst of the eight worldly vicissitudes of gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute, pleasure and pain. As boundless unconditional friendliness, compassion and sympathetic joy toward all beings. As realizing and living from the wisdom of non-preferential awareness and letting go…to name a few. In this retreat, there will be formal meditation, talks, Qigong (movement meditation), and time for questions. The retreat will be suitable for beginners and experienced practitioners."

If you would like to provide dana (a donation) to Dori for the meditation
on Friday evening or the retreat, you can do that in one of two ways:

1. Check made out to Dori Langevin and mailed to 4612 S. Schafer Branch
Rd, Spokane, WA 99206
2. PayPal link for retreats or classes

August 21, 2021(2 events)

8:00 am: Saturday Morning In-Person Meditation


August 21, 2021

In addition to our regular online meetings, we also hold  in-person meditation meetings Saturdays at 8:00 a.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue in Richland. We meditate for half an hour, followed by an optional time for sharing and conversation after meditation. No problem if you want to just meditate and then leave.
Chairs are available in the meeting hall.  However, if you prefer to use your own chair, blanket, cushion or bench, you are welcome to bring it.  The meetings have recently moved indoors and meet in the Parish Hall at the rear of the church.
Those who regularly attend the in-person meetings have developed a masking policy for the time we are meeting indoors.  The community levels of covid will be checked each time we publish the newsletter.  When community levels are low; masks will be optional.  When community levels are medium or high, masks will be required.
Currently, the covid community levels are low in Benton County so masks are optional.
However,please bring a mask to all in-person meditation sessions in case there is an attending member with greater vulnerability.  If there is an attending member that feels more comfortable with everyone masking, we will all mask in support of the most vulnerable among us.

The Covid Community levels are posted on the following website: BFHD

Our Saturday morning online meeting is available as well if you are out of town or just don't wish to meet in person at this time. The online meeting also starts at 8:00 a.m. See the Events Calendar for details on how to join in.

We're looking forward to welcoming some of you in person and being there online for others. We are happy that we can continue to support one another in our meditation practice.

9:30 am: One-Day Meditation Retreat with Dori Langevin


August 21, 2021

Dori Langevin

Registration is now open for the daylong meditation retreat with Dori Langevin, a meditation teacher who resides in Spokane, WA.

The retreat will be online via Zoom and will be from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.

Please  register for the retreat by sending an email to [email protected].  The retreat fee is $10 which can be paid online via Donorbox Or you can send a check made out to Insight Meditation of the Mid-Columbia to 1909 Dogwood Place, Richland, WA 99354.

The topic for the retreat will be, “The Blessing of Equanimity”.

"Equanimity is woven throughout the Buddhadharma and has multiple interdependent expressions. As balance in the midst of the eight worldly vicissitudes of gain and loss, praise and blame, fame and disrepute, pleasure and pain. As boundless unconditional friendliness, compassion and sympathetic joy toward all beings. As realizing and living from the wisdom of non-preferential awareness and letting go…to name a few.  In this retreat, there will be formal meditation, talks, Qigong (movement meditation), and time for questions.  The retreat will be suitable for beginners and experienced practitioners."

Dori will also be giving a talk Friday evening, August 20th, on the same topic and will  also be conducted online via Zoom.  Please see the Events Calendar for more details.

If you would like to provide dana (a donation) to Dori for the meditation
on Friday evening or the retreat, you can do that in one of two ways:

1. Check made out to Dori Langevin and mailed to 4612 S. Schafer Branch
Rd, Spokane, WA 99206
2. PayPal link for retreats or classes

August 22, 2021
August 23, 2021
August 24, 2021
August 25, 2021(2 events)

9:30 am: Wednesday Morning In-Person Meditation


August 25, 2021

In addition to our regular online meetings, we also hold  in-person meditation meetings on Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue in Richland. We meditate for half an hour, followed by an optional time for sharing and conversation after meditation. No problem if you want to just meditate and then leave.

Chairs are available in the meeting hall. However, if you prefer to use your own chair, blanket, cushion or bench, you are welcome to bring it. The meetings have recently moved indoors and meet in the Parish Hall at the rear of the church.
Those who regularly attend the in-person meetings have developed a masking policy for the time we are meeting indoors.  The community levels of covid will be checked each time we publish the newsletter.  When community levels are low; masks will be optional.  When community levels are medium or high, masks will be required.
Currently, the covid community levels are low in Benton County so masks are optional.
However,please bring a mask to all in-person meditation sessions in case there is an attending member with greater vulnerability.  If there is an attending member that feels more comfortable with everyone masking, we will all mask in support of the most vulnerable among us.

The Covid Community levels are posted on the following website: BFHD

Our Wednesday morning online meeting is available as well if you are out of town or just don't wish to meet in person at this time. The online meeting also starts at 9:30 a.m. See the Events Calendar for details on how to join in.

We're looking forward to welcoming some of you in person and being there online for others. We are happy that we can continue to support one another in our meditation practice.

9:30 am: Wednesday Morning Online Meditation


August 25, 2021

Join IMMC for our regular Wednesday online meditation meeting, every Wednesday, 9:30 am - 10:30 am.

This meeting includes a half-hour meditation that may be silent or guided, followed by an optional period of sharing, where people can offer something brief about the meditation or something happening in their lives.

To obtain the information needed to dial into the meditation by phone, please send an email to [email protected] and request the phone number and meeting ID.

Besides our regular online meditations we are now meeting for in-person meditation sessions every Wednesday Morning.  Please see the Events Calendar for specific details.

August 26, 2021(1 event)

7:30 pm: Thursday Evening Online Meditation


August 26, 2021

Join IMMC for our regular Thursday online meditation meeting, every Thursday, from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm.

Thursday evening meetings include a 30 minute meditation that may be silent or guided.  Meditation is followed by an optional talk or discussion session that you're welcome to join.

The topic for the week can be found on our News Page under  the post "Meeting News".

To obtain the information needed to dial into the meditation by phone, please send an email to [email protected] and request the phone number and meeting ID.

Besides our regular online meditations we are now meeting for in-person meditation sessions every Wednesday Morning.  Please see the Events Calendar for specific details.

August 27, 2021
August 28, 2021(1 event)

8:00 am: Saturday Morning In-Person Meditation


August 28, 2021

In addition to our regular online meetings, we also hold  in-person meditation meetings Saturdays at 8:00 a.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue in Richland. We meditate for half an hour, followed by an optional time for sharing and conversation after meditation. No problem if you want to just meditate and then leave.
Chairs are available in the meeting hall.  However, if you prefer to use your own chair, blanket, cushion or bench, you are welcome to bring it.  The meetings have recently moved indoors and meet in the Parish Hall at the rear of the church.
Those who regularly attend the in-person meetings have developed a masking policy for the time we are meeting indoors.  The community levels of covid will be checked each time we publish the newsletter.  When community levels are low; masks will be optional.  When community levels are medium or high, masks will be required.
Currently, the covid community levels are low in Benton County so masks are optional.
However,please bring a mask to all in-person meditation sessions in case there is an attending member with greater vulnerability.  If there is an attending member that feels more comfortable with everyone masking, we will all mask in support of the most vulnerable among us.

The Covid Community levels are posted on the following website: BFHD

Our Saturday morning online meeting is available as well if you are out of town or just don't wish to meet in person at this time. The online meeting also starts at 8:00 a.m. See the Events Calendar for details on how to join in.

We're looking forward to welcoming some of you in person and being there online for others. We are happy that we can continue to support one another in our meditation practice.

August 29, 2021
August 30, 2021
August 31, 2021
September 1, 2021(2 events)

9:30 am: Wednesday Morning In-Person Meditation


September 1, 2021

In addition to our regular online meetings, we also hold  in-person meditation meetings on Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue in Richland. We meditate for half an hour, followed by an optional time for sharing and conversation after meditation. No problem if you want to just meditate and then leave.

Chairs are available in the meeting hall. However, if you prefer to use your own chair, blanket, cushion or bench, you are welcome to bring it. The meetings have recently moved indoors and meet in the Parish Hall at the rear of the church.
Those who regularly attend the in-person meetings have developed a masking policy for the time we are meeting indoors.  The community levels of covid will be checked each time we publish the newsletter.  When community levels are low; masks will be optional.  When community levels are medium or high, masks will be required.
Currently, the covid community levels are low in Benton County so masks are optional.
However,please bring a mask to all in-person meditation sessions in case there is an attending member with greater vulnerability.  If there is an attending member that feels more comfortable with everyone masking, we will all mask in support of the most vulnerable among us.

The Covid Community levels are posted on the following website: BFHD

Our Wednesday morning online meeting is available as well if you are out of town or just don't wish to meet in person at this time. The online meeting also starts at 9:30 a.m. See the Events Calendar for details on how to join in.

We're looking forward to welcoming some of you in person and being there online for others. We are happy that we can continue to support one another in our meditation practice.

9:30 am: Wednesday Morning Online Meditation


September 1, 2021

Join IMMC for our regular Wednesday online meditation meeting, every Wednesday, 9:30 am - 10:30 am.

This meeting includes a half-hour meditation that may be silent or guided, followed by an optional period of sharing, where people can offer something brief about the meditation or something happening in their lives.

To obtain the information needed to dial into the meditation by phone, please send an email to [email protected] and request the phone number and meeting ID.

Besides our regular online meditations we are now meeting for in-person meditation sessions every Wednesday Morning.  Please see the Events Calendar for specific details.

September 2, 2021(1 event)

7:30 pm: Thursday Evening Online Meditation


September 2, 2021

Join IMMC for our regular Thursday online meditation meeting, every Thursday, from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm.

Thursday evening meetings include a 30 minute meditation that may be silent or guided.  Meditation is followed by an optional talk or discussion session that you're welcome to join.

The topic for the week can be found on our News Page under  the post "Meeting News".

To obtain the information needed to dial into the meditation by phone, please send an email to [email protected] and request the phone number and meeting ID.

Besides our regular online meditations we are now meeting for in-person meditation sessions every Wednesday Morning.  Please see the Events Calendar for specific details.

September 3, 2021
September 4, 2021(1 event)

8:00 am: Saturday Morning In-Person Meditation


September 4, 2021

In addition to our regular online meetings, we also hold  in-person meditation meetings Saturdays at 8:00 a.m., at All Saints Episcopal Church, 1322 Kimball Avenue in Richland. We meditate for half an hour, followed by an optional time for sharing and conversation after meditation. No problem if you want to just meditate and then leave.
Chairs are available in the meeting hall.  However, if you prefer to use your own chair, blanket, cushion or bench, you are welcome to bring it.  The meetings have recently moved indoors and meet in the Parish Hall at the rear of the church.
Those who regularly attend the in-person meetings have developed a masking policy for the time we are meeting indoors.  The community levels of covid will be checked each time we publish the newsletter.  When community levels are low; masks will be optional.  When community levels are medium or high, masks will be required.
Currently, the covid community levels are low in Benton County so masks are optional.
However,please bring a mask to all in-person meditation sessions in case there is an attending member with greater vulnerability.  If there is an attending member that feels more comfortable with everyone masking, we will all mask in support of the most vulnerable among us.

The Covid Community levels are posted on the following website: BFHD

Our Saturday morning online meeting is available as well if you are out of town or just don't wish to meet in person at this time. The online meeting also starts at 8:00 a.m. See the Events Calendar for details on how to join in.

We're looking forward to welcoming some of you in person and being there online for others. We are happy that we can continue to support one another in our meditation practice.