MAY - Cafe Church: Interfaith Celebration
7pm, Sunday 11 May 2014
Chapel by the Sea, 95 Roscoe St Bondi
Infuse your soul with the sound of sacred music, prayer and song. Share our humanity in an atmosphere of the holy, mixed with that of the everyday.
Our Interfaith Celebration symbolises and actualises the Chapel's aspiration toward spiritual unity. It will feature music, poetry and prayer led by people of a variety of different faiths. We welcome people of all faiths and spiritual traditions and those of no faith to join this rich and harmonious experience, giving you a taste of the beauty of world cultures and religions.
Artists on the night include:
Ben Zion Weiss is an experienced teacher and community educator in drama, ESOL, yoga, cross-cultural conflict, anti-racism, non-violence training, cultural ecology and meditation. Ben a practising Sufi will recite the poetry of Rumi at our interfaith.
Chris Busck storyteller, looks at everyday incidents that evoke feelings of deep reflection. Chris's stories will draw on his experience of being on a spiritual path on his life journey.
Graham Jacobs is one of Sydney's most experienced violinists and is also one of Sydney's most colourful characters. His violin playing will charm you on the evening as he accompanies Louise and Freya.
Aurora - a collective of musicians creating new forms of devotional songs built on the poetry and spiritual philosophy of Sri Aurobindo. Danielle O'Keefe, Daniel Prypchan and Daryl Wallis will all perform together.
Louise Charman-James & Freya Lindblom - will sing Irish hymns and the Gayatri Mantra (an ancient Sanskrit mantra). Louise is a writer, teacher and sound healer and Freya is a music therapist.
Dr Kim Cunio - immerses himself for years in the tradition of music he intends to compose. His commitment to preserving and interpreting the sacred music of the world's traditions has seen him train as an Interfaith Minister .Kim plays large number of ancient instruments specially reconstructed .
Mary Jean Leahy - trained in classical guitar and music composition at a post graduate level.Her biomedical science background serves as a foundation for her knowledge of the benefits of music in childhood development and growth from intellectual disabilities using music.She will play cello on the evening while the Tibetan prayer is being read.
Prabhu Osoniqs - Prabhu is an energy musician and a sonic igniter. Inspired by nature and the mysteries of life, Prabhu's music is vibrant, colourful and spirited, and yet at the same time it is calming, centering, hypnotic and soul touching.
Dayashakti Geeti Rogers - first experienced devotional Indian chanting in 1984 but it has been over the past few years that she has immersed herself more deeply in the practice of Kirtan as part of her spiritual practice of Bhakti Yoga. She also practices and teaches Japanese movement & meditation.
RSVP to the Interfaith Celebration
APRIL - Easter Lunch
12pm lunch
Streethearts and Chapel by the Sea are hosting a free Easter lunch in Bondi! We're inviting you to share your easter afternoon in Bondi with the local community.
We'll be serving 3 types of pasta, apple pie, custard and ice-cream. The food will be catered by Streethearts, who supply food to those in need.
The master chefs at the lunch will include volunteers, Chapel and Streetheart staff. If you have some skills in the kitchen, volunteer with us and make this year's easter a spectacular one!
Please RSVP so we have an idea of how much food to prepare.
APRIL - Community Tea
6pm dinner & 7:15pm concert
One of the things we most appreciate in our ministry at the Chapel by the Sea is the wide network of friends which we have. Indeed it is a core aim of ours to create a participative, sharing and supportive community.
Our community includes everything from our long established ministries; Norman Andrews House, Iluka Long Day-care Centre, North Bondi Kindergarten and our Op Shops to new and evolving ministries linked to our arts and cultural programme at Ruby's Place, ecological and justice work through Transitions Bondi, our healing and wholeness programme, and of course our worship celebrations in their different forms.
With all that diversity we like to bring people together from time to time.
So we are holding a Chapel Community Tea. We will put on a scrumptious meal followed by a concert featuring Peter Kearney. Peter is a great performer and raconteur. Many of you will be familiar with his songs as several of them we sing during our worship celebrations.
MARCH - Cafe Church: Mahboba Rawi
7pm, Sunday 23 March 2014
Mahboba Rawi has experienced the chaos conflict in Afghanistan has brought upon the country and people. She herself was forced to flee Kabul after leading a student protest.
Now living in Australia, Mahboba has spent the last 16 years working to provide a sustainable future within a secure environment for disadvantaged Afghan women and children. There is an astonishing number of widows and orphans in Afghanistan without resources or education as a result of the conflict. Mahboba's Promise, an organisation she founded, aims to educate Afghan women and children on literacy, vocational training, life skills and their rights.
This Sunday Mahboba will talk about the contribution of the Australian public has made to building orphanages, schools, health clinics and communities facilities in Afghanistan and the huge impact these have made on the community.
Don't miss hearing this inspirational woman speak!
Welcome to Chapel Events!
We host many events in Bondi ranging from professional speakers, spiritual surfing retreats and movie screenings.
We'd loved to see you.
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