Sample Schedule for KTD Family Day

Sample Schedule for KTD Family Day

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Summary This is the schedule for a past Family Day co-hosted by Karma Triyana Dharmachakra and Bodhi Kids. Use it as inspiration for planning your own family day event.
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This is the schedule for a past Family Day co-hosted by Karma Triyana Dharmachakra and Bodhi Kids. Use it as inspiration for planning your own family day event.   

Summer Family Day  
Saturday, June 30, 2018  

9:45-10:15  Welcome Activity- Oliver Kilkenny (music) and John Skeats (Tai Chi/Qi Gong)

10:15-10:30 Formal Welcome

Tashi Prayer- KTD Khenpos and Lamas- Lotus Room

How To Learn In A Monastery- Monastery Fun Interpreters (Christine Nielson, Marie Giguere) -Lotus Room

10:30-11:00 Teaching- “Infinity”- Lama Tsultrim Gyaltsen-Main Shrine Room

11:00- 11:30  Listening to Infinity ( Making Music) 1- Matt Cantello-Lotus Room

11:30-12:00 Looking at Infinity (Making Visual Art) 1- Trish Malone-Back of Dining Room

12:00-1:00 Lunch- Dining Room

12:30-1:00 After Lunch Run Musical Game/Caring for Plants-Court Yard

1:00-1:45 Looking At Infinity (Making Visual Art) 2- Trish Malone- Back of Dining Room

1:45-2:30 Listening to Infinity (Making Music) 2- Matt Cantello-Lotus Room

2:30-2:45 How and Why Buddhists Make Offerings-Monastery Fun Interpreters (Christine Nielson, Marie Giguere)-Lotus Room

2:45-3:00 Goodbyes-

Offering Our Music and Art to the Khenpos and Lamas-Lotus Room

Giving Each Other Khatas-Lotus Room

 

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