If you would like to visit the Encinitas Hermitage where Paramahansa Yogananda resided, spent much time in deep, divine communion with God, and wrote Autobiography of a Yogi, please note that it will open 12:00-2:00 p.m. today, as well as December 21.  Please visit encinitastemple.org and click on “Make reservations to visit SRF Hermitage.”

Ho! Ho! Ho! Today is the day of our annual Temple Christmas Fellowship. This will be a festive family event – a fun time to enjoy delicious food; bask in warm-hearted fellowship, welcome Santa for the season; listen to inspiring stories from our Minister; enjoy holiday songs with a classically trained soprano accompanied by a professional violinist; and sing along with the Encinitas Temple Teen Choir. Join us in ever-new joy today, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Encinitas Community Center. Please pick up a flyer as you exit.

Looking for unique holiday gifts? Come by SRF Books and Gifts for delightful, one-of- a kind treasures from India!

This coming Saturday, December 20, there will be a Second Coming of Christ Reading Service at the J Street Chapel, from 6 – 8 p.m. with group practice of the Energization Exercises, beginning at 5:40 p.m. This will replace the SRF Lessons Study Group. The reading will be from Volume 2.

In addition, next Sunday, December 21, there will be another Second Coming of Christ Reading Service at the J Street Chapel, from 4 – 5:30 p.m. This will replace the Bhagavad Gita Study Group. The reading will be from Volume 2.

Please note that there will be a Christmas Eve Meditation at the J Street Chapel from 6 – 8 p.m. with group practice of the Energization Exercises beginning at 5:40 on the patio.

In addition, there will be a Christmas Day Meditation at the main Temple from 6 – 8 p.m. with group practice of the Energization Exercises beginning at 5:40 p.m.

There will be a 12 to 4 p.m. Open Chapel at the J Street Chapel on December 25, Christmas Day.

In order to allow our Encinitas Ashram Center personnel to participate in the Christmas and New Year holiday observances, the Encinitas meditation gardens will be closed Tuesday, December 23; Thursday, December 25; and Thursday, January 1.

Saturday, December 20: There will be a Second Coming of Christ Reading Service. This will replace the SRF Lessons Study Group. The reading is from Volume 2.

Sunday, December 21: There will be a Second Coming of Christ Reading Service. This will replace the Bhagavad Gita Study Group. The reading is from Volume 2.