Weekend Retreat with Luisa Montero-Diaz & Fran Lewandoski

IMC-Lewes Posted on October 15, 2023

You are warmly invited to join us for a weekend retreat with Luisa Montero-Diaz and Fran Lewandoski which begins on Friday, November 3 from 7pm to 8:30pm for a Dharma Talk and picks up for a full day retreat on Saturday, November 4 from 9am to 3pm. Theme: Setting the Compass of Our Hearts Toward Connection. Everyone is welcome, no previous experience is necessary. In order to properly plan for this retreat, we ask that you complete an Attendance Survey / RSVP Request to let us know if are planning to attend, and, if so, whether you will be in-person or via Zoom.

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Can You Pitch In?

IMC-Lewes Posted on August 20, 2023

Let’s Mix It Up: Can You Pitch In? Facilitators are Needed to Kick Off 4:45 Conversations Mondays, September through December 2023 We truly all have the ability. Please see below, which explains the facilitator role a bit, and provides some suggested topics, so that newer members feel comfortable volunteering.   As you can see, all that is asked of you is that you pose one or two questions — really, just one to three minutes. Remember, we are not teaching each other : ) If interested, please email us and let us know. Many thanks in advance. Facilitating Our 4:45 pm Conversations Our … [Read More]

How We Live Is How We Die

IMC-Lewes Posted on July 15, 2023

Beginning Monday, September 18, 2023, the IMC-Lewes Dharma Study Group will begin reading will begin reading How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chödrön. Chödrön suggests that “life is a bardo” — the Buddhist concept that describes the liminal state between death and rebirth — marked by continual change, and that accepting this constant transition is the path to spiritual enlightenment.

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Call for Dharma Study Group Facilitators – “The Places That Scare You”

IMC-Lewes Posted on April 19, 2023

Thanks so much to all of you who have facilitated individual chapters of Unhindered over the winter.  And now we move on. Because the chapters of The Places That Scare You are brief, you’ll see that three chapters are grouped together to form one session (similar # of pages but more chapters for Session 7). Facilitators are needed. If this is something you are able to do, please advise Carolyn (contact info below). For an overview, please find a “sign-up” sheet/chart below. We’re all in this together. You can do it! Many thanks in advance. Chapter # Title Pages # of Pages Session # Date Volunteer … [Read More]

The Places That Scare You

IMC-Lewes Posted on April 15, 2023

Beginning Monday, May 1, 2023, the IMC-Lewes Dharma Study Group will begin reading The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön. This book provides essential tools for dealing with the many difficulties that life throws our way, teaching us how to awaken our basic human goodness and connect deeply with others — to accept ourselves and everything around us complete with faults and imperfections. The Group meets first & third Monday of the month at 5pm.

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Call for 4:45 Facilitators — May through August

IMC-Lewes Posted on April 10, 2023

Facilitators are Needed to Kick Off 4:45 Conversations Mondays May through August 2023 Can you help? Can be super easy. A description of the facilitator role is below; it provides some suggested topics, so that newer members feel comfortable volunteering. As you can see, all that is asked of you is that you pose one or two questions – really, just two or three minutes. We are not teaching each other : )  Date  Volunteer  May 1  May 8  May 15  May 22  Larissa  May 29  June 5  June 12  June 19  June 26  Larissa  July 3  July 10  July 17 … [Read More]

May 6 Retreat with Fran and Luisa

IMC-Lewes Posted on April 2, 2023

You are warmly invited to attend a hybrid (online and in-person) daylong retreat on Saturday, May 6, 2023 from 9am to 3pm with Fran Lewandoski and Luisa Montero-Diaz. Everyone is welcome, no previous experience is necessary. Attendance Survey Request In order to properly plan for this retreat, we ask that you complete an attendance survey to let us know if you are planning to attend and, if so, whether it will be in-person or via Zoom. Your response is critical to the planning of this event. Please respond no later than Monday, May 1. Theme: A Day of Embodied Silence Where: … [Read More]

Unhindered: A Mindful Path Through the Five Hindrances

IMC-Lewes Posted on December 16, 2022

Beginning Monday, January 16, 2023 the IMC-Lewes Dharma Study Group will begin reading Unhindered: A Mindful Path Through the Five Hindrances by Gil Fronsdal. This book can be described as “a beautiful, clear, and thought-provoking book — with short chapters explaining each hindrance AND reflection questions/practice recommendations to work with each of the hindrances.”

The IMC-Lewes Dharma Study Group meets first and third Monday of the month at 5pm.

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Dec 10 Metta Workshop with Sue Greer

IMC-Lewes Posted on November 21, 2022

You are warmly invited to attend a Metta Practice Workshop led by Sue Greer** Saturday, December 10, 2022 9:30 to 11am Via Zoom Please use this link to attend Should you be asked for a Passcode: Buddha3 Suggested dana: $5 — Please use this DANA link when you wish to offer a donation. The link is also available in the upper right and lower right portions of each page of our website, IMC-Lewes.org. The Dana tab on the website has both the donation link and an address to use when sending checks. Thank you. Sue writes: Metta or Maitri, means loving-kindness, friendliness, goodwill and interest in others. It is … [Read More]

Dharma Study Group: End of Year Readings

IMC-Lewes Posted on November 11, 2022

Having just completed reading Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema Chödrön, the IMC-Lewes Dharma Study Group will be reading and discussing three articles beginning Monday, November 19. The IMC-Lewes Dharma Study Group meets first and third Monday of the month at 5pm. All are welcome to join us.

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Metta Practice during Peace Week

IMC-Lewes Posted on September 27, 2022

Metta Practice Sunday, October 9 – A Peace Week Offering Date/Time Date – 10/9/22 2:00pm to 3:30pm Free Presented by Rev. Sue Greer Location Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware “When we live with an open heart we offer the world the possibility of peace.” Pema Chodron Metta is a word that roughly translates to ‘benevolence,’ ‘unconditional loving-kindness’ and good will.  The focus in a metta meditation is to cultivate and send feelings of goodwill and kindness to ourselves and others- people we love, people we know, strangers, and even our “enemies”.  Join Reverend Sue Greer, a practicing Tibetan Buddhist who has taught … [Read More]

Monday 4:45 Volunteers Needed

IMC-Lewes Posted on September 8, 2022

Facilitators are needed to kick off 4:45 conversations that occur on Mondays for the balance of the year. Please see our current Volunteer Signup Sheet. Can you help? It’s super easy. If interested, please email us and let us know. Many thanks in advance. Background Our sangha has really broadened and deepened during the pandemic, and our 4:45 pm sharing has contributed to the growth of our community. As we begin our next three months of sign-ups to facilitate these fifteen-minute sessions, we thought it might help to explain the facilitator role a bit so that newer members feel comfortable … [Read More]

Luisa Montero-Diaz Retreat Oct 8

IMC-Lewes Posted on September 5, 2022

What and When: Daylong Retreat, Saturday, October 8 from 9am to 3pm with teacher Luisa Montero-Diaz Topics: Compassion and Self-Compassion Where: The retreat will be a hybrid event held in-person at St. Peter’s Parish Hall, 211 Mulberry St., Lewes, DE and via Zoom. Light snacks/refreshments will be provided. Please bring your own bag lunch. Though not required by the church, facemasks are recommended. Please note: parking meters will still be in effect on October 8. Lots of free neighborhood parking is available. If you plan to attend it would be helpful if you haven’t already register or send a message … [Read More]

Welcoming the Unwelcome

IMC-Lewes Posted on April 19, 2022

Beginning Monday, May 2, the IMC-Lewes Dharma Study Group will begin reading Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema Chödrön. The IMC-Lewes Dharma Study Group meets first and third Monday of the month at 5pm. All are welcome to join us in this timely undertaking.

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Dharma Study Group: “Welcoming the Unwelcome” Volunteer Facilitation Schedule

IMC-Lewes Posted on April 13, 2022

Date Number of Pages per Session Chapter Title Number of Pages in Chapter Volunteer            May 2 18 1 Begin with a Broken Heart 1-10 (10) Donna or Jennie 2 Does it Matter? 11-19 (9) May 16 19 3 Overcoming Polarization 20-29 (10) Carol W 4 The Fine Art of Failure 30 – 34 (4) 5 The Path of Non-Rejecting 35-41 (7) June 6 22 6 Just as It Is 42-47 (4) 7 How Not to Lose Heart 48-56 (9) 8 Beyond the Comfort Zone 57-65 (9) June 20 16 9 Speaking from Our Shared Humanity 66-72 (8) Carol G … [Read More]

Audio Recordings from February 12, 2022 Retreat with Carl Skooglund

IMC-Lewes Posted on February 26, 2022

Carl Skooglund from the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMCW), led members of IMC-Lewes on a virtual day-long retreat on February 12. The retreat focused on the theme Making Effort Easier. It was Skooglund’s intent to “offer up some fresh perspectives and practices that will help effort make more sense, and seem more valuable — which can make effort much easier!” Our time together included guided meditation, dharma talk & questions, walking meditation, sitting mediation, and mindful sharing. After the retreat Carl shared with us a very useful resource — the detailed notes he used for his dharma talk on … [Read More]

Daylong retreat with La Sarmiento Saturday, April 2 – Virtual AND In-Person

IMC-Lewes Posted on February 16, 2022

Returning teacher La Sarmiento will lead us in a Saturday day-long retreat, April 2, from 9am to 3pm. First things first, the retreat will be offered on a hybrid basis: both via Zoom and in person at the St. Peter’s Parish Hall. Because this is new for us, it would be extremely helpful if you are inclined to attend the retreat if you would email to a) say so, b) tell us Zoom or in-person, and c) provide your contact info – cell # and email address – so that we can get in touch with you if something changes. … [Read More]

February 12 Day-long Retreat with Carl Skooglund

IMC-Lewes Posted on January 24, 2022

IMC-Lewes Presents a Saturday Retreat with Carl Skooglund Insight Meditation Community of Lewes (IMC-Lewes) welcomes meditation teacher Carl Skooglund for a virtual Saturday day-long retreat February 12. The event will include a dharma talk on the topic of “Making Effort Easier.” Skooglund writes: “Right Effort,” as the Early Buddhist tradition calls it, is a vital facet of the Path.  But it is sometimes viewed with a bit of suspicion…doubt…or even resentment?  During our time together, I hope to offer up some fresh perspectives and practices that will help effort make more sense, and seem more valuable – which can make … [Read More]

Meet Us Online

IMC-Lewes

Most IMC-Lewes events are meeting online via Zoom. Meeting ID: 717 703 4057 Passcode: Buddha3 (Note: password is 200143 if using phone dial-in). There are two ways to join Via Zoom (supports video): This option uses the Zoom app on a computer or smartphone. This allows you to interact with other members visually. Click or tap this link. Note: If you have the Zoom app, you can alternatively type 717 703 4057 for meeting ID and use Buddha3 for the password. Via Phone (no video): Dial 301-715-8592. Enter Meeting ID: 717 703 4057 followed by # key. Do not enter participant … [Read More]