MEMBERS

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 18 JANUARY, 2009, 12:30 pm

Dear Fellow Devotees of Sydney Centre,

You are all warmly invited to attend this important occasion for our Centre. You are welcome to come to hear the reports and statistics of 2008, and to take part in the election process if you are eligible (please see guidelines for eligibility). Your attendance will be a valuable form of service to our Guru and his work.

In order to simplify and speed up the actual election meeting, we have appointed a nominating committee of 3 devotees (all Kriyabans) whose job is to approach eligible members before the day and ask if they would accept nomination to the various positions. However, we very much welcome and encourage additional nominations from the floor on the day.

The explanations below are in accordance with Mother Center’s guidelines and will help you understand more fully how the Centre is run, and how you can serve if you so desire.

Looking forward to a bright new year of spiritual fellowship, of us meditating together and serving God and Guru together.

In Divine Friendship

Sydney Centre

AGM AGENDA

Opening Prayer
Coordinator’s Report of the year 2008
Treasurer’s Report of the year 2008
Ways of how one can serve our centre (non-elected roles)
All elected positions to be declared vacant
Election for the following positions for the term of 2009:
- Coordinator
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Members-At-Large (2)
- Service Readers (approx.15)
- Sunday School teachers (2 male and 2 female)
- Teen Group leaders (1 male and 1 female)
Closing Prayer

Who can vote and/or serve?

To be eligible for election to an official position in our Centre, or to vote in the election, one should be an SRF Lessons student and had attended our services for at least six months prior to the elections, or had been a regular supporter of our Centre or another SRF Centre or Group in the past.

Further requirements for those wishing to serve as officers, council members, or service readers... more...

"The prime purpose of SRF temples and centres is to bring devotees together to seek God. Self-Realization Fellowship was not brought into existence to give only glimpses of God through words, but to enable earnest aspirants to know Him through direct experience.

You should regularly attend all the SRF services and meetings. Always associate with those who are loyal to God and the great Gurus and you will find your life becoming the highest type of life.

In sacred joy, in divine communion, we forget all limitations and differences. I pray that such communion may reign over all the earth, that on the altar of unity mankind will express the vast kingdom of Spirit. By the pickax of holy fellowship and divine communion the rocks and useless crusts over our souls are broken; the Immortal Spring gushes forth and brings to us new purity, new joy, new love, new wisdom. The company of true devotees can thus help us attain the consciousness of God".

— Paramahansa Yogananda, "Gather Together to Seek God"

Managing Council

The Sydney Centre Managing Council is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Centre. The council plans all activities. Feel free to speak with any Managing Council member concerning any questions, comments, or recommendations about the Sydney Centre.

Coordinator	Cissy
Secretary	Helen
Treasurer	Garry
Members at Large	Sally
Members at Large	Rages

Service Readers

The Sydney Centre service readers conduct the weekly services for meditation and other services. All service readers are SRF Kriyabans (one who has received spiritual initiation) and spend many hours in preparation for their services.