Ann Arbor Sangha Activities Sept – December 2025
SANGHA BIRTHDAYS MONTHLY on each first Sunday after the morning programs, with cake and festivities. October 6, November 2, December 7.
BAKE SALE DATES – Thanksgiving Pie Sale on Sunday, November 23 and Holiday Bake Sale on Sunday, December 14. Consider donating baked goods. All proceeds go to Jewel Heart.
BRUNCHES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Enjoy the weekly Sunday morning programs on November 2 and celebrate abundance and community over the HARVEST BRUNCH afterwards. Bring family, friends and a savory dish or salad to share!
Please bring a dish to pass. Cake will be supplied. Jadal Tulku Lobsang Sherap is moving on to his next adventure mid-December. We sincerely thank him for his many kindnesses and delight-filled times shared with us. We wish him happiness and the best of luck on his journey ahead.
CELEBRATE FALL WITH DINING, DANCING & SHARING WITH SANGHA! Saturday, October 25, 7:00 – 10:00pm
Please bring your family’s favorite plated hors d’oeuvres and a beverage to share!
JOIN THE OCTOBER 5 FALL BRUNCH after Demo Rinpoche’s Sunday Talk!
WELCOME SUNDAY with a COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH
Sunday, September 7. All welcome!
12:00 – 1:30pm FREE. BRING A FRIEND! Good conversation, delicious food and activities. Following, join us for disc golf too at Mary Beth Doyle Park 2pm. Details under Dharma Disc’ers section below.
ALSO – What have you been up to this summer? Please share up to 3 summer photos with Peter via email at [email protected]. Include a short description. He is putting together a sangha summer photo compilation so we can all catch up and enjoy together.
LABOR DAY BRUNCH – Sunday, August 31, 12:00pm – Following the weekly Sunday talk – All Welcome!
MONTHLY SANGHA ACTIVITIES
LOVING KINDNESS CRAFTERS – Third Sunday Monthly, 1:30 – 3:30pm. FREE. All Welcome!
October 19, November 16, December 21.
You have always wanted to learn how to knit or crochet. Here’s your chance to learn the basics of knitting and crocheting. All are welcome to join. Please bring your current project and tell us about it.
The Loving Kindness Crafters have created slippers, hats for cancer patients, socks, polarfleece tie blankets for patients and for homeless children. A recent monthly project focused on making felted beads for jewelry, using wool fiber, olive oil soap and water.
A PICKLING/FERMENTATION SEMINAR/FUNDRAISER September 14, 1:30 – 4:00pm
All welcome! Learn the process of vegetable fermentation using Lactobacilius fermenters. Everyone can take home their fermenters in jars & see the magic happen within a week! Space is limited. Please register at [email protected]. Suggested donation: $10- $20 (day of – at the door).
OPEN MIC@JEWEL HEART Second Sunday Monthly, 6:00pm. Sign-up 5:30pm. All Welcome!
DATES: September 14, October 19, November 9, December 14
LOCATION: 1129 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, 48108
Email [email protected]. Donations welcome.
HATHA YOGA WITH SAMANTHA LIEBERMAN – Thursdays Weekly, 9:15 – 10:15am. All Welcome. No session November 27, December 25, January 1
COST: Drop-in $18 per session, Cash or Venmo at door. Seniors receive 10% discount. Discounted packages available. Bring your own mats.
Sam Lieberman has been practicing yoga since 1988. She received teacher trainings in Yoga Fit and Yoga Medics. Yoga Medics is a medical model approach with emphasis on alignment and therapeutic needs.
STRETCH WITH SAMANTHA LIEBERMAN – Fridays Weekly, 9:15 – 10:15am – All Welcome.
Come educate yourself on how, why and the importance of stretching! Bring your own mat. $18 per session/Venmo or cash the door. 10% senior discount. Packages available.
FREE FILM AND DISCUSSION – Fridays Monthly, 7:00pm. All Welcome!
Bring friends and enjoy a free film & follow up group discussion onsite. Free concessions available.
LOCATION: 1129 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor 48108
September 12 – THE BEST BAD THING (1997) The story centers on the life of a 12 year old female character named Rinko Tsujimura, who is sent from her parents’ home in an unnamed city in California, for a character building stay on an aunt’s rural farm.
October 3 – FLOW (2024) A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together. (Please note date adjustment)
November 14 – No November film. Consider registering for Bodhisattva Ethics 2 with Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe.
December 12 – RESURRECTION (2016) – The story of a woman who survives a car accident that killed her husband. She discovers she has a power to heal other people, becomes an unwitting celebrity – the hope of those in desperate need of healing – and a lightning rod for religious beliefs and skeptics.
HAPPY HIKERS – 3rd Saturday Monthly at various Ann Arbor parks, 1:30 – 2:30pm. All Welcome!
DATES/LOCATIONS: No September hike. Hikes resume April 2026
October 18 – Marshall Nature Area – Freeman Red and Yellow Loop, 3355 N Dixboro Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Questions? Contact Robin Olson at [email protected].
DHARMA DISC’ERS DISC GOLF – Sunday Afternoons Monthly, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
New and experienced players welcome!
DATES: Join Disc Golf on September 7, October 5. Sessions resume Spring 2026.
LOCATIONS:
September 7 – Mary Beth Doyle Park, 3500 Birch Hollow Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA
October 5 – Rolling Hills Water Park, 7660 Stony Creek Rd, Ypsilanti Township, MI 48197. Enjoy time on the 8-9 Hole Round plus Labyrinth Putting Course (Both at Rolling Hills Park)
DHARMA DISC’ERS DISC GOLF – Sundays Monthly, 2:00pm. Last 2025 Date: October 5, 2025 Resumes Spring 2026. FREE. New & experienced players welcome!
Instructions – Time of play is usually 1-3 hours, depending on number in group and how many holes we play. Typically 18 holes but you can also play 9 or however many you like.
Wear good hiking shoes with a good gripping sole as ground may be muddy. Discs will be available to use for the day. If you have your own discs (or plan to purchase a starter set), please bring your own. You might also want to bring a small bag or backpack to carry your discs.
Note: Play is weather permitting. Please check this webpage first.
Contact: [email protected]
SANGHA GAME NIGHT to be scheduled
LOCATION: Jewel Heart Cafe, 1129 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor 48108
Everyone is invited to bring a favorite game or two, otherwise take their chances with what others bring. A few games anticipated are – Uno and variants, Codenames, Splendor, Pictionary, Monikers Late arrivals welcome.
In general, it is anticipated someone will join a group of 3-6 people and agree to a game for 30-60 minutes. One person will take the lead explaining the game and facilitating game play. Then a NEW game is selected by someone else for variety as people move in or out as desired.
People sharing their favorite games and learning new games is encouraged. Snacks will be provided.
Ann Arbor Sangha Activities May – August 2025
LOVING KINDNESS CRAFTERS – Monthly Sundays, 1:00pm
DATES: May 18 – This is the last session until 2025 Fall
Interested in knitting, sewing, quilting, baking or other crafts? No knowledge necessary, beginners and experts and all between are welcome. The Loving Kindness Crafters have recently been creating patient blankets and blankets for homeless children – simply cutting cloth edges and tying. Update: On March 23 and April 27 – We hope to complete 2 more Polarfleece Tie Blankets. On May 18, the monthly project will shift to making felted beads for jewelry, using wool fiber, olive oil soap and water. Materials and instructions will be provided.
TAI CHI – Sundays Weekly, 4:00 – 5:00pm
Learn and practice Wu Style Tai Chi Chan with instructor Marilyn Feingold.
COST: Drop-in, $5 per session at the door. No sessions May 4 & 25, June 1, 8, 15, 22, July 6, August 10, 17, 24.
OPEN MIC@JEWEL HEART – Second Sunday Monthly, 6:00pm Sign-up 5:30pm.
DATES: May 11 This is the last session until Fall 2025
All welcome. Email [email protected]. Donations welcome.
LOCATION: 1129 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor, 48108
HATHA YOGA WITH SAMANTHA LIEBERMAN – Thursdays Weekly, 9:15 – 10:15am – No session July 24
COST: Drop-in $18 per session, Cash or Venmo at door. Seniors receive 10% discount. Discounted packages available. Bring your own mats.
Sam Lieberman has been practicing yoga since 1988. She received teacher trainings in Yoga Fit and Yoga Medics. Yoga Medics is a medical model approach with emphasis on alignment and therapeutic needs.
STRETCH WITH SAMANTHA LIEBERMAN – Thursdays Weekly, 10:20 – 10:15am – No session July 17, 24, 31
Come educate yourself on how, why and the importance of stretching! Bring your own mat. $18 per session/Venmo or cash the door. 10% senior discount. Packages available.
FREE FILM AND DISCUSSION – Fridays Monthly, 7:00pm
Bring friends and enjoy a free film & follow up group discussion onsite. Free concessions available.
LOCATION: 1129 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor 48108
May 9 – THE CUP (2012) This first film from Khyentse Norbu, a Buddhist monk, is a refreshing, hopeful story that manages to remain optimistic without succumbing to overt sentimentality. THE CUP tells the tale of a small Tibetan monastery in Bhutan whose traditionally closed doors are opened when a group of small boys are unable to stifle their love for soccer.
June 13 – Soul (2020) Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn’t quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.
July 11 – Perfect Days (2023) A perfect song that hits at just the right moment, the play of sunlight through leaves, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breathtaking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders.
August 8 – Hidden Figures (2016) – Three female African-American mathematicians play a pivotal role in astronaut John Glenn’s launch into orbit while dealing with racial and gender discrimination.
HAPPY HIKERS – 3rd Saturday Monthly at various Ann Arbor parks, 1:30 – 2:30pm
DATES/LOCATIONS:
May 17: Lilly Park- South Trails Loop, 4365 Platt Rd. Ann Arbor, MI 48108
June 21 Cancelled due to Heat Weather Advisory at Bird Hills Trail, Barton Nature Area (Meet at parking lot off of Newport Rd)
July 19 at Gallop Park (Meet at parking lot east of Huron Parkway, east of Geddes)
August 16 at Nichols Arboretum (Meet at Geddes Ave parking lot just south of the park)
Questions? For June – August, Contact Robin Olson at [email protected]. Contact Heather MacKenzie at [email protected]
DHARMA DISC’ERS DISC GOLF – Sunday Afternoons Monthly, 2:00pm – 4:00pm – New and experienced players welcome!
DATES: May 18, June 8, July 13, August 17
LOCATION: Mary Beth Doyle Park, 3500 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor 48108. Meet in parking lot adjacent to swing set.
Instructions – Time of play is usually 1-3 hours, depending on number in group and how many holes we play. Typically 18 holes but you can also play 9 or however many you like.
Wear good hiking shoes with a good gripping sole as ground may be muddy. Discs will be available to use for the day. If you have your own discs (or plan to purchase a starter set), please bring your own. You might also want to bring a small bag or backpack to carry your discs.
Note: Play is weather permitting. Please check this webpage first.
Contact: [email protected]
SANGHA GAME NIGHT – To be determined
LOCATION: Jewel Heart Cafe, 1129 Oak Valley Drive, Ann Arbor 48108
Everyone is invited to bring a favorite game or two, otherwise take their chances with what others bring. A few games anticipated are – Uno and variants, Codenames, Splendor, Pictionary, Monikers Late arrivals welcome.
In general, it is anticipated someone will join a group of 3-6 people and agree to a game for 30-60 minutes. One person will take the lead explaining the game and facilitating game play. Then a NEW game is selected by someone else for variety as people move in or out as desired.
People sharing their favorite games and learning new games is encouraged. Snacks will be provided.