Member statements are sent out through email and regular mail. Finance officer will be available in the office on Saturday, 12/09/2017 between 1:45 PM to 4:45 PM. We request members to pay their outstanding dues.

As per IRS guidelines, pledges paid by December 31st will be included in your end of the year statement. Payments postmarked / cash or check deposited in the temple payment box past December 31st will be included for the following year. Please DO NOT call with your credit card information for your payment. Credit Card payments must be made at the temple office.

If there are any questions or concerns with your statement details, Please do not hesitate to contact the office or send email

Our JOS group is pleased to announce their upcoming program - All JSGD Members are invited. We will have a special program of Yoga in social hall starting 12:15 pm. Please plan to attend it. Members are requested to bring a Yoga Mat if possible. If members can not able to sit on the floor, they can also sit in a chair.

Day/Date: Saturday, 12/16/17

Time and details:
11:30 am to 12:15 pm - Group recital of Bhaktamar and Brihad Shanti, Aarti and Mangal Divo
12:15 pm to 01:00 pm - Yoga exercise in Social Hall 
01:00 pm to 02:00 pm - Lunch
02:00 pm to 02:45 pm - Group Activity
02:45 pm to 03:15 pm - Tea / Snacks

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend - The program is open to all the members of JSGD (regardless of age).

JOS Program - Lunch RSVP Link

Dear Jain Community:
We respectfully request your prompt and overwhelming response to an online petition drive launched in November 2017 to protest the killing of 350 deer which will occur this 2017 winter by Order of the City Council of Ann Arbor, MI in a dozen of the city’s parks and neighborhoods, and even on the University of Michigan’s campus where many Jain students live or study.

The members of Lighthouse Center in Whitmore Lake, MI (a group of about 300 American Jains who are disciples of Gurudev Chitrabhanu and Pramodaben for many years), Humane Society and few other Jain residents in Ann Arbor (including a past JAINA Regional VP) have been involved in a protest movement known as Friends of Ann Arbor Wildlife in Nature (FAAWN) to urge the City and gather local public’s support to (a) stop these deer culls in city parks and neighborhoods where people and pets would be in danger; and (b) adopt and pay for non-lethal ways such as sterilizing the female deer or not growing types of plants that attract the deer in the first place. FAAWN’s main reasoning to Stop The Shoot is that All Lives Are Precious (what Lord Mahavir said in his deshna).  Hence, this short-sighted killing mentality is an unnecessary waste of lives, and unjustified just because humans can’t change their gardening methods and driving habits. The multi-sensed deer are peaceful, higher-order intellect, sentient, feeling and gregarious animals that should be allowed to co-exist with humans in the city’s beautiful parks and neighborhoods.


THE URGENT NEED:

BACKGROUND:
These deer culls began in 2015 winter at the request of a handful of residents who complained that deer were consuming their flowers and plants; a few residents also complained of deer-car collisions, yet the City administration did not do anything to post street signs about deer crossing or mandate slower driving speeds, choosing instead to simply hire sharp-shooters to shoot-away the problem annually!

Your help with the petition will greatly strengthen the resolve that Gurudev’s disciples have taken and show them that Jains worldwide stand with FAAWN. Many of the Lighthouse Center members regularly attend JAINA Conventions, and we want to set an example for our Jain youth to speak up when there is injustice in the world against the speechless.”

The unnecessary shootings of deer in Ann Arbor have greatly divided the citizens and created a lot of negative emotions, and the community needs to heal and unite.

With great pleasure we will like to notify JSGD members that Hetaben's Diksha Date will be on 04/25/2018. The Diksha will take place at Athava Lane, Surat. More details will follow...