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; warm-hearted fellowship; welcome Santa for the season; listen to inspiring messages from our Ministers; enjoy holiday songs with a classically trained soprano; and sing along with the Temple Teen Choir. Join us in a joyful gathering today, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Encinitas Community Center. Please pick up a flyer as you exit.

This coming Tuesday, December 3, the Encinitas Temple Young Adults Group will celebrate Christmas with a social gathering held in the Special Events Room from 6 – 8 p.m. It will begin with a short meditation, followed by some fun activities and reflections on a wonderful year. The meeting will conclude with food and fellowship. The Young Adults Group welcomes those between the ages of 18-40. We look forward to seeing you there. 

Self-Realization Fellowship warmly invites you, your family, and friends to a Christmas Open House at the Mother Center this coming Saturday, December 7, from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.  The open house provides an opportunity to meet informally with the monastics and each other in the spirit of Christmas fellowship. Light refreshments will be served. Paramahansa Yogananda’s shrine will be open and you are welcome to visit the reception hall to enjoy the Christmas tree and other decorations. 

As parking is very limited around Mother Center, we ask those attending to carpool to the Open House, if possible.

Please note that the SRF Lessons Study Group will be canceled this Saturday, December 7, due to the Encinitas Holiday Parade.

To prepare for the All-Day Christmas Meditation, we will have a four-hour Pre-Christmas Kirtan and Meditation next Sunday, December 8, from 5 – 9 p.m. at the main Temple, beginning at 4:40 p.m. with group practice of the Energization Exercises on the patio.

The All-Day Christmas Meditation takes place on Saturday, December 14, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at both the main Temple and the J Street Chapel. Guidelines, as well as Christmas Meditation song booklets, are available in the foyer. Some find it helpful to familiarize themselves with or even memorize the songs in advance of the Christmas Meditation.

If you are looking for a uniquely beautiful and inspiring Christmas gift for a friend or loved one, stop by the Temple Bookroom after this service. The 2025 wall and engagement calendars are now available.

Finally, all are welcome to stop by the table outside after the service to sign a Christmas card for SRF President, Brother Chidananda and the Board of Directors.

Saturday, December 7:  The SRF Lessons Study Group is canceled,