Friends of Compassion Updates
Posted: Feb 24, 2011 12:00 AMTemple Beth Shalom's 70th Kosher Dinner
Generation to Generation -The Tradition Continues
Come experience a Traditional Kosher Meal with Live Jewish Entertainment! Jewish Gift Shop! Homemade Jewish Baked Goods!
MARCH 13th, 2011 @ 11AM - 6PM
Ticket Prices: $15.00 for Adults/ $8.00 children 3-11
ADVANCED TICKET GROUP DISCOUNT: 10% Discount for groups of 15+ (call TBS for info)
PURCHASE TICKETS ON OUR WEBSITE at
www.spokanetbs.org or by coming to Temple at 1322 E. 30th Avenue between the hours of 9-4 M-TH or by going to Huppins Hi-Fi, Pawn 1 stores, Manito Ship & Copy or Super 1 Grocery on 29th Ave.
Menu: Assorted Appetizers, Roast Brisket of Beef, Potato Knishes, Carrot Tzimmes, Challah (Egg Bread),
Mediterranean Spiced Apples, Apricot Kuchen, a special TBS Blend of Cravens Coffee
Please contact: daveslink@comcast.net or administrator@spokanetbs.org with specific questions.
Posted: Jan 12, 2011 12:00 AMFriends of Compassion January Meeting at Spokane Islamic Center
January 19, 2011 at 7:00 pmSpokane Islamic Center
6411 E. 2nd
Spokane, WA
The speaker for the evening is Kent Hoffman, on the subject of compassion and bonding between toddlers and at-risk moms. His methods are in use worldwide, and have great power to break intergenerational patterns of poor parenting. If you know people, including parents of any age, with an interest in this subject, bring them along. We'll take plenty of time for discussion of this topic, and its skills-training approach to compassion.
Kent Hoffman received his doctorate in 1975 from the Claremont Graduate School of Theology focusing upon an interface between existential psychology (Kierkegaard, Camus, Frankl) and the human search for connection and social justice within a spiritual context (Merton, Tillich, Mother Teresa, Dorothy Day). His work included psychiatric patients in prison, individuals with terminal cancer, survivors of sexual abuse, and the homeless on the streets of Los Angeles. Kent has dedicated himself to creating methodology specifically designed to support the healthy development of infants and young children. It is his belief that research-based and proven effective models of intervention for those at-risk in their earliest years can reduce unnecessary suffering and lead to lasting social change.
As one of the originators of the Circle of Security™ Project, Kent’s current focus is on the application of this model to homeless/street dependent teenage mothers, fathers and their infants. He is currently leading a variety of groups for teen parents in an attempt to explore new and increasingly effective approaches to the unique struggles faced within this high-risk population.
As a practicing Catholic and, simultaneously a student of Zen meditation and contemplative prayer over the past 30 years, Kent is continually seeking ways to make available a genuine integration of psychological needs and spiritual practice. (“Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to you . . .over and over announcing your place in the family of things.”- Mary Oliver)
Dr. Hoffman is a clinical consultant for attachment related interventions at the University of Maryland, University of Virginia, Tulane University, and Tamar’s Children (a project in Baltimore, MD utilizing Circle of Security™ interventions with incarcerated mothers). He is also on the psychology faculty at Gonzaga University and is a training and supervising psychotherapist with the Center for Clinical Intervention at Marycliff Institute in Spokane, Washington. Kent was recently given the Child Advocate of the Year Award by Spokane Head Start and the Washington Children’s Alliance. He is a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, the Society for Research in Child Development, and the International Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies.
Kent and his wife Kim live in the hills outside of Spokane and have a son who is currently attending Seattle University.
Posted: Nov 02, 2010 12:00 AMOn an Indian Reservation near Kalispell, a Garden of Buddhas
Friends of Compassion had a meeting with the leaders of a project in Montana that will place 1,000 Buddha castings in a 10-acre meditative garden. Although the Friends of Compassion are not actively involved in the $1.6 million meditative garden that will draw spiritual pilgrims, John Hancock, a friend, notes, "We're in friendship around the Spokane promotion of this event, and in potential collaboration around a Dalai Lama visit both here and [in Montana] at the same time." The Dalai Lama has agreed to come and consecrate the Garden of 1,000 Buddhas after the project it is finished, perhaps in 2012. See also, the NY Times article, On an Indian Reservation, a Garden of Buddhas.Posted: Oct 22, 2010 12:00 AMFriends of Compassion - November Meeting
Nov 17 2010 7:00 PMThe Lincoln Center
Landau Room
1316 N. Lincoln Street
Spokane, WA 99201
Posted: Aug 31, 2010 12:00 AMOne Peace, Many Paths
11 day observation of peace
September 11-21, 2010 12:00 PM
Faith communities and peace organizations are invited to sponsor their own events or focus worship services around the theme of peace and compassion. Let us know about your service or event (vigil, workshop, etc.) and we will put it on our website calendar and include it in our general publicity. We can have a powerful impact on our community, working together for peace.