Upcoming ~ Mark your Calendars
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Sundays at Noon ~ Chanting & Drumming Prayers for Ukraine
Saturday, May 7th ~ Sweat Lodge
Saturday, May 7th ~ Monthly Fire Ceremony
Saturday, May 21st ~ Workday for Womens Web of Life Dance
May 27th - 29th ~ Womens Web of Life Dance
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Chanting & Drumming Prayers for Ukraine
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Every Sunday at 12 pm to 1 pm, we will hold a Chanting and Drumming Prayer ceremony for the people of Ukraine in the Sound Peace Chamber.
Click here for more info.
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May 7th - fire starts @ 10 am
~led by Nan Citty
~firekeeper Teresa McKee
~elder Steve Citty
The fire will start at 10 am. We will go in the lodge when the stones are hot (usually about an hour to an hour-and-a-half. You are encouraged to come early and prayerfully prepare for the lodge.
Please bring towels, a change of clothing, and food to share.
Suggested Items to Bring:
- Two Towels
- Please dress modestly for this ceremony.
- Change of clothes (Preferably long sleeve and covers all of the legs to keep from getting the feast area dirty)
- Covered Dish for the Feast
It is appropriate to bring tobacco, a small gift, or monetary gift for the fire-keeper and lodge master, both of whom offer their services to the people as a gift.
We use lots of wood for the fire; supplies like herbs (sage, tobacco, cornmeal, etc.), drinking water, and more. If you are feeling abundant, a donation ($10-$20) would be appreciated. Donations are used to support the Sweat Lodge and the Dance Away Program.
There is never a charge for Ceremony. If you are not feeling abundant, PLEASE do not allow this to prevent you from coming.
For information call or text: Steve Citty 865-300-4424
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Fire Ceremony
Saturday, May 7th
6:45 pm
~ led by Katy Koontz
The purpose of the FIRE CEREMONY is to heal and purify both the planet’s physical oceans and the oceans of cosmic thought.
At 7 pm local time, fire elder's light ceremonial fires at each of the Peace Sound Chambers around the world. Those present watch the fire in silence until it burns out, giving to it what we want to transmute in our lives and staying open to the messages and teachings it brings.
Come to the fire ceremony if you enjoy focused meditation, if you are looking for new ideas and insights, if you seek to release and transmute something that does not serve you, if you want to join in the service of healing the oceans (both physical and cosmic) or if you’re simply called to participate in a ceremony that honors this powerful elemental force.
We suggest you arrive by 6:45 pm.
All are welcome.
Donations are appreciated.
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Workday for Women's Web Dance
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Saturday, May 21st
10:00 am until we feel complete
Heather and Jennilea will be hosting a workday for the Women’s Web of Life.
Come for the day, come for an hour – we welcome and deeply appreciate any and all help!
The work we will focus on includes:
- mowing and weeding the meadow, weeding the house gardens, sweeping out the breezeway
- prepping the composting toilets,
- cleaning and straightening the Sound Chamber
- digging holes for the arbor poles
- prepping wood (splitting and stacking)
- making sure our supplies such as sage, tarps, sheets and towels are in order.
If you are a work-study participant, this is the time to get that done.
Please bring comfortable, protective clothing and shoes, work gloves, sunscreen, bug repellant, a water bottle, and a dish to share for lunch. All ages are welcome and encouraged to join in this “work is worship” event!
Please let us know if you can make it so we can plan accordingly. We hope to see you there!
Jennilea Beem
Email - jbeem72@hotmail.com
(Please put WWOL in the subject line)
Phone - 615-691-2721
Heather Robinson
Email - heatherlands@gmail.com
(Please put WWOL in the subject line)
Phone - 865-414-9492
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May 27th - 29th
Led by ~Jennilea Beem
and Heather Robinson
The Women’s Web of Life Dance is a Dance given in a vision to two elders. It is not, nor does it claim to be, a Native American ceremony. It is a ceremony about looking down the threads of life, both forward and backward, and seeing all the possible consequences of our choices. It is about seeing, understanding, and ultimately taking responsibility for what we set in motion. It is about gaining insights into how everything we do affects the strands next to us, across from us and, indeed, the whole web of life.
Working together in community we create the Arbor, which is oval in shape with thirteen poles – twelve around the perimeter and the thirteenth placed inside. We dance with a fire at the center of the Arbor offering us the opportunity to make choices, through movement, to let go of or transmute what no longer serves us and the ability to create life anew.
For more detailed information click HERE
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Thanks to an upgrade by PayPal, we are now able to donate to specific funds and projects at the Center.
Try it out and share the love.
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If you shop online at Amazon.com, PLEASE follow this link by clicking on the logo above and Amazon will contribute 0.5% of your purchase to the Center For Peace. There is no additional charge to you.
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We are asking for sponsorship through monthly donations.
These donations do not need to be large but if those who love the Center for Peace could help by committing a few dollars on a monthly basis it could be the difference between always hoping that someday we will be able to build or provide those needed areas (i.e. showers, sleeping areas, restrooms) and actually making it happen.
If you have participated in any of the programs, offerings, and events that occur on an ongoing basis at the Center for Peace you have already felt the personal blessings from these activities. Our mission is to be a Spiritual Center for our community which extends to anyone open to this learning path.
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The Center For Peace is a 501(c)(3) not for profit corporation. Your donations are tax deductible.
We exist on donations.
If you have ever come to the Center For Peace and liked what you found, PLEASE consider donating now; either a one time donation, or set up an ongoing donation through PayPal.
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If you shop online at Amazon.com, PLEASE follow this link by clicking on the logo above and Amazon will contribute 0.5% of your purchase to the Center For Peace. There is no additional charge to you.
Then bookmark that Amazon Smile page and every purchase that you make on Amazon all year will generate a donation to the Center For Peace.
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The Center for Peace is a non-profit religious corporation in the State of Tennessee. Donations to the Center for Peace can be claimed as deductions from income for income tax purposes.
Active Council Members of the Center for Peace:
Nan Citty
Knoxville, TN 865-405-6809
Steve Citty Knoxville, TN 865-300-4424
Ashley King
Maryville, TN
865 466-0157
Teresa McKee
Lenoir City,TN
865-755-0778
Sandy Palmer
Seymour, TN
865-304-0765
Heather Robinson
Seymour, TN
865-414-9492
Jeanne Robinson Seymour, TN 865-428-3070
Lee Sinnott
Johnson City, TN
336-624-5829
Peggy Towson
Knoxville, TN
865 661-9111
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The Peace Sound Chamber is available for chanting, vision quests and ceremonies of many different types.
You are encouraged to come to the chamber and chant, drum, meditate or simply sit (the chamber Spirits love it); please check first that there is not something already scheduled. Please call at least two weeks in advance to reserve our facilities as usage requires council approval
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