Ongoing Programs | August 2016 | | Event | Date | Start Time | Daily Ashtprakari Puja | Daily | 7:30 AM | Aarti-Mangal Divo | Weekdays | 8:15 PM | Sat/Sun/holidays | 7:30 PM | Chundadi | Daily in the morning | | Chaudus Pratikraman | 8/31 | 5:00 PM (paryushan) | Monthly Snatra Puja and Navkar Mantra Jaap | (First Saturday of Lunar Month) | 9:00 AM | Monthly Bhavna Bhakti | 8/26 | 7:30 PM | JSG (No English Group A Class until October 1st) | Every Sunday: Gujarati class till Oct 1st (No class during Paryushan & Das Lakshana ) | 10:00 AM | Webcast of Pujya Rakeshbhai Jhaveri's discourses on Shrimad Rajchandra Vachanamrut | Sunday, 8/21 Aradhana Hall | 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Weekly Evening Swadhyay | Every Mon,Tue & Thu (No Swadhyay class during Paryushan & Das Lakshana) | | Shri Adhyatmsar Granth | Monday | By Girishbhai (8.00 PM) | 14 Gunasthanak | Tuesday | By Hasendrabhai (8.30 to 10.00 PM) | Shrimad Rajchandra Vachnamrut | Wednesday | By Rameshbhai (8.30 to 10:00 PM) | Shri Yogshatak Granth | Thursday | By Girishbhai (8.00 PM) | - NOTE: The first Pathshala class will begin on 09/25/2016
| | - 8/24 Mehta Manilal & Savitaben - For Bhavanlal & Champaben Mehta
- 8/28 Shah Mukundray & Nalini - For Naliniben Shah
- 8/29 Shah Kaushal & Bhavi - For father Budhendrabhai Shah.
Send a photograph of your loved one to Kinal Modi at . Please contact Ketan Parekh at for information, questions or any pledges. | | - Paryushan Mahaparv | August 29 - September 5, 2016
- Tapasvi Parna | September 6, 2016
- Das Lakshna Mahaparv | Sept 6-15, 2016
| | - Monday - Monday, Aug 29th - Sept 5th: Paryushan Mahaparv - Shri Dhirajlal Pandit.
- Tuesday - Thursday, Sept 6th - Sept15th: Das Lakshna Mahaparv-Dr Ramesh Parekh.
- Friday - Sunday, Sept 16th - 18th: Lectures by Smt Taralaben Doshi.
| | Nomination & Election Committee Appointments | | At the end of this year 2016, 1 Board of Director(BOD) and 7 Executive Committee (EC) Members' positions would become vacant. As Jain Center is growing bigger with lot more activities, we need a lot of help and support from the community members in accomplishing our goals. We need dedicated individuals to lead the Jain Center towards much bigger, better and eventful center. Following are the outgoing EC/BOD members whose term expires at the end of year 2016. EC Members: 1. Ajay Shah 2. Kalpesh Jhaveri 3. Ketan Parekh 4. Mahesh Shah 5. Pinal Doshi 6. Ramila Shah 7. Vijay Shah BOD Member: 1. Yogesh Shah Jain Center EC has appointed a 3 member Nomination committee which will see the entire process of Nomination for all these positions. They are: Vipin Vadecha - Chairperson, Prerana Udani and Dharmesh Shah. The EC has also appointed a 3 member Election Committee which will manage the entire process of Election for the positions contested.They are: Komal Desai - Chairperson, Jayana Shah and Surekha Jain. You will be receiving all information from the Nomination Committee in the days ahead. | | Weekend Bhathu Program at JCSC | | JCSC is pleased to continue the Weekend Bhathu, which has commenced on Saturday, July 4, 2015. This program is held from 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon on all Saturdays and Sundays (other than Pathshala Sundays) For special trip visitors, Bhathu is served at their visiting hours. Nakro is $151 for one weekend and $501 for one month (all weekends). Please let us know if you wish to participate. For pledges, contact Geeta Khona at (714) 872-7283 or email at [email protected] For more information, contact Mahendra Shah at (714) 757-9490 or [email protected] | | Paryushan Ekasana, Swamivatsalya & Parna RSVP | | R.S.V.P. stands for a French phrase, "répondez, s'il vous plaît," which means "please reply." The person sending the invitation would like you to tell him or her whether you accept or decline the invitation. That is, will you be coming to the event or not? Etiquette rules followed in most Western cultures require that if you receive a formal, written invitation, you should reply promptly, perhaps that same day. For the team that is planning for Ekasana, Swamivatsalya and Parna this is important from a practical point of view, because they need to know how many people to count on and how much food to prepare. With unreliable RSVP count, either we are short of food or have too much food and neither situation is desirable. JCSC Food/Ekasana committee urges all the community members to please RSVP in time, using the link below, so they can properly plan as tremendous time and effort goes in planning process. Your understanding and cooperation will be greatly appreciated. Below is the link for RSVP for Ekashana, Swamivatsalya and Parna during Paryushan at the Jain Center. Please click on the link below to register: http://jaincenter.org/event-details.php?event_id=211 | | Cultural Program Participation During Paryushan | | Paryushan Parv is fast approaching and like every year we will have a Cultural Program during that time. For the Cultural Program Participation details on September 4th, during Paryushan/Das Lakshana Parv, please contact Komal Desai (949) 395-2904 or email her at [email protected] | | JCYC Events During Paryushan | | During the holy period of Paryushan, JCYC will be organizing the following activities for kids of all ages. We request you all to come to the temple during these days and take part in these activites. Here are the events that we have scheduled for the events for the kids during Paryushan. Friday, September 2, 2016 - Gahuli Night (Rice/rangoli)
- Guru Sthapana
Saturday, September 3, 2016 - Game Day in the afternoon during Mahavir Jayanti
Sunday, September 4, 2016 - Cultural Day in the afternoon
Take this opportunity to actively participate in these events. | | The JCSC is proud to announce the setting up of a food delivery service to the different colleges in the Los Angeles and surrounding areas during the coming Paryushan. To best serve the students with Jain Paryushan food during these eight days, we would like your help and assistance wherever possible. If you are, or know of an active student in any of the colleges in these areas, please connect with us. We need the following: 1) A total count of all Jain students who wish to receive food during Paryushan in various colleges, the more the students in a college the better for the program. 2) Drivers who are willing and able to pick up and deliver the food from the Jain Center to some of the colleges. 3) The food will be prepared at the temple, packed and sent out every day and we could use help for this process too. 4) Leads in every college who will take the responsibility of receiving the food in a central area (possibly in the respective college) and re-distributing to all the other students of that college who have signed up for the program. | | Wellness Challenge - Get 7 to 9 hours of sleep each night | | Sleep makes you feel better, but its importance goes way beyond just boosting your mood or banishing under-eye circles. Adequate sleep is a key part of a healthy lifestyle, and can benefit your heart, weight, mind, and more. In most cases, the health risks from sleep loss only become serious after years. That might not always be true, however. To learn more and participate, click here. | | TCCOP & ACC Clothes Collection Drive & July Update | | Tender Care Community Outreach Program (TCCOP) July 2016 Update ACC (Anekant Community Center) Our efforts of serving the community is continuing with your gracious support. We added few more projects this year and had very good support from the community. We are continuing our routine of serving weekly breakfasts and monthly dinners, providing groceries, and visiting lonely patients. We have also started serving breakfast to Mental Health Association of Orange County once a month. A container of medical supplies will be going to Zambia, Africa very soon. We have rare opportunity to help those in need that reside in this area by donating American clothing. We will include these donations with the already scheduled medical supply shipment. TCCOP will be collecting "gently used" American clothing at the Derasar on 21st August, Sunday from 10:00 AM - 12:00 noon. If you choose to donate clothing ensure it has been cleaned and properly folded. Please do not leave any clothes at the front desk if a TCCOP team member or volunteer is not present. Note: We ask that all donations are American clothing only please do not bring any Indian attire, purse or shoes. Do not bring on any other day or time. If you have any question or concerns, please call Prafulla Shah @ 562-576-2097 We have started to serve breakfast in Pasadena since March 2016., If anyone is interested in volunteering please contact us. We want to thank our sponsors for last month: 1. Nitu and Harshad Kothari 2. Harshida & Mahendra Shah 3. Pallavi Shah 4. Anonymous 5. Savita and Manilal Mehta for sponsoring Dinner at Long Beach Church. 6. Anonymous for providing Breakfast and needed items for Mental Health Association. 7. Anonymous for donating a pallet of grocery to Giving Children Hope organization 8. Anonymous for providing grocery to the shelter in Buena Park. We can help you celebrate yours or other family member's birthdays, anniversaries, and special occasions meaningfully, by sponsoring an event in their honor! Also, if you want to help us in any of our projects please contact us. Thank you in advance for your contributions. Please call 714-856-4256 or contact any of us at the following: | | | | | |