AZC Camping Retreat June 18-20

holderjb — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:02:47 +0000

Alaskans are busy during the summer, but we hope you’ll save the date to attend an AZC community retreat at a reserved group site at Trail River Campground near Seward, starting Friday June 18-Sunday June 20. This will be an informal, family-friendly gathering to enjoy each others’ company, explore Kenai Lake, hike, and recreate. A small fee will be collected to help pay for the campsite. More info to come.

Spring Dharma Study Group

holderjb — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:01:54 +0000

This spring’s Dharma Study Group will be an exploration of Dogen’s “Genjo Koan,” considered by many to be his most central text. Koun covered this text at the first study group in fall 2006; now he’d like another crack at it. We will meet on Thursdays and a couple Tuesdays in late March and April. Dates to be announced soon.

Dharma School

holderjb — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:00:01 +0000

Our next dharma school session will be Saturday March 20 at 10AM-12PM at Uto-an. If you or anyone you know has children ages 3-7 who might be interested in attending, please contact Tim Jester at tjester@acsalaska.net, or call 277-1552.

LIVING ZEN Lecture Series (“Action” on April 1)

holderjb — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:06:15 +0000

Living Zen: Fearlessness
Our public lecture series will conclude with its fourth installment, Action, on April 1, 7:30-9pm at the Wilda Marston Theater at the Loussac Library. There is a suggested donation of $5. All are welcome.

Video clips from the rest of the series, along with some new dharma talks, can be found on our Teish page (under Resources).

Volunteer Opportunities

dogen — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:59:45 +0000

AZC still has some important volunteer opportunities open–tasks that Koun has been doing that we will need to take over before he departs. Thanks to Joe Holder for volunteering to update the AZC website. Annette Marley will be sending out AZC updates.

Additional jobs:

- Newsletter (hopefully at least 2x/year–this will require some creativity and skill)
- Receiving/responding to inquiries sent to zen@alaska-zen.org (currently about 1/week)
- Receiving/responding to phone messages left at 566-0143 (1-2/week)

If you are interested in any of the above (or if you see other ways you might be able to pitch in during this transition), please contact Koun immediately so that the handover can start as soon as possible.