Our Core Team this year:

Sunbear 707-539-4843, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Jimmy White 707-758-3319, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Patrick Millspaugh 415-847-7716, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Roger Vincent 707-539-5808, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
John-Jack Erbaugh 707-963-9180, no e-mail

Rise & Shine:  Fall Retreat September 9-12

It is time to RISE UP and SHINE YOUR LIGHT (your unique gift) onto the world.

WAKE UP!  DON'T FALL BACK TO SLEEP!  Are you ready to walk in this world AWAKE, rather than sleepwalk through your life?  Then register to attend this retreat!

What you get for your money:  Lodging, all meals, activities/workshops, retreat T-shirt, the opportunity to form lasting bonds with spiritually like-minded men ... and MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER EXPECT!  Swimming pool, large hot tub, beautiful stars, hiking trails...

Our Early Bird Sign-up program is in process.

Our Fall Retreat is Sept. 9-12, the cost is
$295 until July 25, after that it is $395.
Drop by the ManSpirit table in the Social Hall,
or Mail in your Registration to:
ManSpirit,
Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Rosa (CSLSR)
2075 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Our Core Team this year:

Sunbear 707 539-4843
Jimmy White 707 758-3319
Patrick Millspaugh 415 847-7716
Roger Vincent 707 539-5808
John-Jack Erbaugh 707 963-9180

You are here, our own ManSpirit group on CSLSR.org
    This is our place to communicate; all our announcements are posted here. 
    Check it out and leave a comment.

Other reminders, because July is a busy month for ManSpirit:

First Saturday is July 10:  Yes our regular monthly potluck brunch from 9-12am is moved to the second Saturday because of the holiday.  So, come on out and smooze at Roger Vincent's home, 608 Middle Rincon Rd., 95409; phone 539-5808.

Garage Sale is on July 17.  If you have stuff that you want to move on now, you can bring it to Patrick's home in Rohnert Park (1209 Mateo Drive) anytime, phone Patrick (415-847-7716) for instructions on where to leave it.  He's storing it in his garage, building up a nice stash for the big day.  Your donations are very much appreciated.

Stay in touch with everyone through our Yahoo Group (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenofCSLSR/) by joining; send Peter Stickney an email requesting to be added at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and I'll add you.

We had a fire circle out at the coast last night

with the theme: Honoring our Fathers and Grandfathers

and this would have contributed much to our talking--

actually, I think this is a summary of our sharing:

forgiving our fathers
by dick lourie

maybe in a dream: he's in your power
you twist his arm but you're not sure it was
he that stole your money you feel calmer
and you decide to let him go free

or he's the one (as in a dream of mine)
I must pull from the water but I never
knew it or wouldn't have done it until
I saw the street-theater play so close up
I was moved to actions I'd never before taken

maybe for leaving us too often or
forever when we were little maybe
for scaring us with unexpected rage
or making us nervous because there seemed
never to be any rage there at all

for marrying or not marrying our mothers
for divorcing or not divorcing our mothers
and shall we forgive them for their excesses
of warmth or coldness shall we forgive them

for pushing or leaning for shutting doors
for speaking only through layers of cloth
or never speaking or never being silent

in our age or in theirs or in their deaths
saying it to them or not saying it -
if we forgive our fathers what is left

Connecting in the Social Hall

We're putting our mind on planning the retreat.