Whatever you make up your mind to do, you can do.  

God is the sum total of everything, and God’s image is within you.  

God can do anything, and so can you, if you learn to identify yourself  

with your inexhaustible divine nature. 

  

—Paramahansa Yogananda

New Year’s Retreat Weekend at CSE

Honoring the Birthday of Paramahansa Yogananda

Rev. Ellen Grace O’Brian

Friday, December 30 • 7–9 pm

 

Kirtan with Gitanjali and Prayer Service

Saturday, December 31 • 10 am–3 pm

 

Retreat program

Sunday, January 1

  

Retreat concludes with 9 or 11 am worship service

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his on-site retreat at CSE headquarters honors the birthday of Paramahansa 

Yogananda, which falls on January 5th. Discover the universal spiritual 

principles and practices he taught that support our ability to make positive 

changes. The retreat will offer the focus, time, tools, and environment to explore 

your deepest desires for a happy, prosperous and purposeful life and help you chart 

your course for fulfilled living in the New Year. 
The retreat begins with devotional chanting, meditation, and a devotional service 

to set intentions for the year ahead. Saturday will include spiritual teachings, study, 

and silent meditation followed by the invitation to conclude the retreat weekend 

with Sunday services. These first days of the New Year taken as a spiritual retreat 

provide an opportunity to begin the New Year in the highest way—to let go of the 

past and express our inexhaustible divine nature.

Free will offering