Join the SICA-USA Board of Directors!

At our annual kedjiwaan retreat at the Menucha Retreat and Conference Center members of the SICA-USA board Lawrence Pevec, Kristiana Kalab and Fayra Teeters were present. They participated in many of our workshops and also asked that the following information be posted in all Subud Centers throughout our region.

SICA-USA is seeking members with interest in expanding the cultural wing of SUBUD.
If you want to work with a great team toward a strong mission, please let them know and they will start the process.

How do you want to participate in SICA-USA?
. Organization: Fundraising, Visioning, Join the Board
. Activities: Event Planning, Blog Contributions
. Archival Interviewing: Video, Photography, Sound
. Grants: Dream Projects to expand the definition of culture
. Donate monthly to SICA-USA
. All of the above!

Please send your interest, including your name, your genius and talents, and any other feedback you want to communicate, to the email and/or address below:

MysticeEyeRosanaAtGmail.com
Rosana Schutte/SICA-USA
618 Conner Creet Drive
Fishers, IN 46038

 

Our Subud brother, Halstein Stralberg, has passed!

From Daniel Stralberg,
Halstein Stralberg
1939 – 2022
Pappa may your soul be free and find its way to its true home.
You were my father, and also my Subud Brother, Guide, and Mentor.  I owe so much of what I am to you.
You were 100% dedicated to Subud for 64+ years, and were universally loved and respected by Subud members around the world.
You did the work that was in front of you without complaints, was always generous with your time, and was always honest and fair.
I was often a little too serious and you knew exactly how to lighten me up when I needed it most with your wonderful laugh.
A life well lived.
I will miss you.
Link to photos of Halstein over the past fifty years or so!

We are having a party!

An Invitation to Gather at Spring Street Subud Center after Latihan on
Sunday, Nov. 6

The Subud House has been reserved for the exclusive use of Subud members on the first
Sunday in November (the 6 th ). Let’s get together and meet, eat, and share our creative selves!
Here’s what those Committee members and Helpers who talked about the day propose:
1. 11AM Latihan
2. General meeting (committee-led agenda, also including visioning by all)
3. Potluck lunch
4. Open Mic – time to share music, poetry, prose, other creative offerings (sign-up sheet
day of event)

A day of simply getting together to enjoy each other’s company sounds good! Please add it to your calendar.

 

 

Sunday, November 6, Gathering at Subud House

An Invitation to Gather at Spring Street Subud Center after Latihan on
Sunday, Nov. 6

The Subud House has been reserved for the exclusive use of Subud members on the first
Sunday in November (the 6 th ). Let’s get together and meet, eat, and share our creative selves!
Here’s what those Committee members and Helpers who talked about the day propose:
1. 11AM Latihan
2. General meeting (committee-led agenda, also including visioning by all)
3. Potluck lunch
4. Open Mic – time to share music, poetry, prose, other creative offerings (sign-up sheet
day of event)

A day of simply getting together to enjoy each other’s company sounds good! Please add it to
your calendar.

Many Thanks to Jim O’Halloran, Rayma and Oswald Norton for their work November 13th on the Fall Cleanup at the Subud House.

At long last, Menucha is back!

Menucha Pond by Rachman Cantrell

The PNW Regional Helpers would like to invite all members to join us in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge for Menucha November 10-13, 2022.

This is the first Menucha since 2019 and it’s time for us to be together once again for Latihan, camaraderie, community, workshops and entertainment. After this hiatus, who wouldn’t benefit from the opportunity to fill our inner cups? Please consider joining us, we’d love to see all of your beautiful faces!

Registration is open until October 15, 2022.

With Love,
Rosalyn Neel: 360-949-2577
Rosetta Koach: 503- 628-6357
Daniella Gleeson:
Margarite Charney: 541-840-4333
David Lynch: 360-742-6211
Albert Palmeter: 503-662-8202
Leonard Dixon: 360-998-6417

Let’s keep our Gathering Safe for All

Menucha looking West photo by Rachman Cantrell

Menucha looking West photo by Rachman Cantrell

As we prepare for our 2022 Kedjiwaan Gathering at the Menucha Retreat and Conference Center, we present these guidelines for keeping attendee’s – and those hosting us – as safe as possible.

  • If you are sick, please stay home.
  • If you’ve already been vaccinated, please get your updated booster well in advance of the event.
  • All attendees who wish can wear masks in meetings and at latihan. Masks will not be required, but will be available on-site
  • Menucha has developed a detailed set of guidelines to ensure the well-being of all guests and staff. It included practices for all attendees to adhere to before we arrive, during our time there, and, after we return home. We are required to follow them.
  • Please read these guidelines and follow them so that we may continue our good relationship with this valuable venue. Link to guidelines.

Menucha Reminder from Nirel

Dear Subud Members,

I wanted to remind all of you who are thinking of attending our 2022 SPNW Kedjiwaan weekend at the Menucha Retreat and Conference center that there a couple of deadlines if you wish to join the 41 who have already registered.

1) All registrations must be completed by October 15th – in 23 days from this notice.

Click on the Event info page to see information about the event including fees.

Click on this link to the Event Registration Form to register.

2) All those who register and requested and paid for “special meals” you must complete the Alternative Diet Request form as soon as possible. This form goes directly to Menucha and must be submitted no later than October 10. Here is the link to that form.

If you’re still thinking about attending, please ask yourself:
How will I feel if I miss out on this important gathering after it not being available to us for the past 2 years?

Those who are organizing this event ask for your prayers that we may be successful in our attempts to serve the members.

Halima Collingwood with Hanafi Libman. Together they hosted our past Entertainment Nights