Today Srila Prabhupada Appearance Day Virtual Celebrations and Reading of Offerings morning & evening

UPDATE Aug 12, 2020 View this email in your browser Dear Friends and Patrons "Pure devotees of the Lord are more powerful than the waters of the sacred river Ganges. One can derive spiritual benefit out of prolonged use of the Ganges waters. But one can be sanctified at once by the mercy of a pure devotee of the Lord." (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.1.15, Purport) As per the new guidelines released by the County Health Department, ISV temple management will share the plan to safely reopen ISV temple. Stay tuned! VIRTUAL SRILA PRABHUPADA APPEARANCE DAY CELEBRATIONS Hare Krishna Dear Devotees, Please accept our respectful obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Today, Aug 12, we have online celebrations to remember and honor Srila Prabhupada on his appearance day. In the morning, Srila Prabhupada's disciples will read their offerings to Prabhupada and there will be Guru puja in the temple. Devotees can watch/participate in the entire celebrations online.  In the evening, as part of the Wednesday class, congregation members are encouraged to read their offerings for Prabhupada. Those who would like to read, please: Signup in the following form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Q0-GS_bhvgSRWCq3IGeQ_silzaP26Ea-IZ7ugcxB3_A. Keep your offering ready in writing. Note that 3 minutes are assigned per offering and the order will be based on the signup order - those who sign up early will read their offerings first. All the events will be broadcasted live on Youtube and on Facebook page. If you want to read your offering and/or participate otherwise, please use zoom (password: 123456). Please find below the timeline of events.  August 12, Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT:  Offerings to Srila Prabhupada by His disciples 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT: Srila Prabhupada Bhoga offering 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT: Srila Prabhupada Guru Puja arati 6:00 PM PT - 7:15 PM PT: Offerings to Srila Prabhupada by congregation devotees If you have any questions or concerns you can reach out to the planning team at jpt-isv@googlegroups.com Yours in service with gratitude, ISV Festival Team Tune in online: zoom.us/j/3784125172  (Password 123456) facebook.com/FanTheSpark iskconsiliconvalley.com youtube.com/user/iskconsiliconvalley facebook.com/iskconsv/