Tis the season for family , friends , food and faith
A16 January 2025 Charbonneau Villager
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resident and how it impacted your connection to the community . What do you hope for in the new year in your connections with neighbors ? You can share off-the-cuff , just listen or use cards from a conversation kit to inspire you .
PRACTICING PRESENCE — An 8-week course on meditation , mindfulness , and somatic practice
Brought to you by CHARMMS ( Charbonneau Meditation & Mindfulness Society )
Wednesday mornings from 9:15- 10:30 a . m . in The Clark Room of The Activity Center . The course runs weekly for eight weeks , Jan . 8 to March 5 ( no class 1 / 22 ). The cost is $ 100 and registration is required . Contact Dana Brenner ( CHARMMS guiding teacher ) at dbrenkel @ gmail . com to register or ask questions .
Learn the foundations and how to practice meditation , mindfulness and body-based practices that calm your nervous system , manage your over-active
mind and support you to align with what you care about most . Upon completion , you have access to weekly , no-cost , in-person practice going forward and connects you to a community of Charbonneau residents with shared values who practice collectively . While rooted in the Buddhist concepts of impermanence and interconnection , people of all faiths can attend and find relevance .
Kickstart the New Year Workshop
Jan . 4 , 9:30-11:30 a . m ., The Kalapuya Room of The Activity Center
Optional snacks and art making 11:30-1 p . m .
Cost is $ 35 , register in advance by contacting Dana at dbrenkel @ gmail . com
Perspective on 2024 / Intentions for 2025 / Boundless Inspiration
Instead of making the same old resolutions this year , join in a guided journaling process that allows you to take stock of 2024 and all that it meant to you and discover how to set meaningful intentions based on what you care about for 2025 . Five years running , past participants share that they were astounded by how helpful it was to process and recognize the value of the previous year and focus on what they care about in the new one .
Solo Sisters
By CANDY FERGUSON
Tis the season for family , friends , food and faith
I am a true believer in the four Fs : family , friends , food and faith , and during the holiday season they all come together to make our lives both fabulous and frenetic . A great
FERGUSON thing about living in Charbonneau is that I am fortunate enough to have made many wonderful friends . Friends are very important to have in our lives , even if you have family nearby . We rely on friends for companionship , laughter and socialization . We call them our “ village ” and feel happier and safer because of them .
I am an enabler and I like to give single women a chance to meet other
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single women and make friends . That is what Solo Sisters is all about and five of us work hard on the program committee , to see that we put on fun , well attended events . And the five of us are good friends : Candy , Deanna Morgan , Mary Costa , Shirley Wilkenson and Bobbie Fisher . That friendship is about to be tested !
In a few short days , we will be putting on our premiere event of the year , the Solo Sisters Holiday Party . In order to BYOB and enjoy a glass of wine with dinner , we cannot charge our members to attend the party . That is because the OLCC ( Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission ) is cracking down on that sort of thing . So , we released our caterer , and our committee will prepare and serve the dinner . So far , we have 40 members attending our holiday event . When is the last time you cooked for 40 people ? This will be my first time ! Next month I ’ ll let you know how things turn out , and whether the five of us on the committee are still speaking to each other !
In my life , family comes first . And I am lucky enough to come from a truly remarkable family . My three children
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