Hello! The SSC is hosting another volunteer opportunity - hope you can join us! All SSC family members (5yo+) and friends are welcome!

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Feeding kids. Feeding spirits. Empowering communities.

Please join members of Spiritist Society of Chicago to volunteer at Feed My Starving Children in Libertyville, IL on Saturday, june 3rd from 2pm to 3:45pm. Adults and kids over 5 years of age hand-pack meals specifically designed to assist in reversing and preventing undernutrition. FMSC donates meals to mission and humanitarian organizations around the world.

Please register here by Wed, May 31st. Thank you!

Feed My Starving Children links: Volunteer Policies & FAQs.

Register

https://www.fmsc.org/group-results?group=SSC

Vinculada ao Centro Espírita Ildefonso Correia, em Curitiba,

Paraná, desde 1972, foi sua Presidente por cinco gestões. Foi membro do

Conselho Deliberativo até setembro de 2019. É membro do Departamento

Doutrinário.

Na Federação Espírita do Paraná iniciou em 1986, no Setor

de Infância do Departamento de Infância e Juventude – DIJ. Ocupou a 1ª e

2ª vice-presidência e a presidência.

Atualmente, é coordenadora da Área de Comunicação Social

Espírita, sendo responsável pela Biblioteca Virtual Espírita, Portal da FEP,

Jornal Mundo Espírita e programa radiofônico Momento Espírita. Além de ter publicado diversos livros de conteúdo da doutrina espírita.

Membro do Conselho Federativo Estadual - CFE, do

Departamento de Orientação ao Movimento Espírita – DOM e do Comitê

para Assuntos Doutrinários – CAD da FEP.

Rafael Lavarini vai falar do cap XVII Predições do Evangelho; Tema: Parábola dos vinhateiros homicidas

BIO
Palestrante desde os 16 anos já proferiu 5 mil conferências e escreveu 7 livros.

Psicólogo com especialização em Transtorno da Ansiedade e Síndrome do Pânico.

Acadêmico em Teologia.

O voluntariado o move. Desde os 14 anos está envolvido em trabalhos sociais. Em campanhas para arrecadação de alimentos, visitas sistemáticas a moradores em situação de rua, asilos, encarcerados, e muita dedicação a ONGs e Associações, das quais destaco:

Associação de Proteção e Assistência aos Condenados (APAC) que a há 9 anos sededico, já tendo ocupado cargos de diretoria e fundação de unidade. Esse método é ministrado sem armas ou presença de polícia penal e recupera quase 90% dos recuperandos.

Fraternidade sem Fronteiras e Refúgio 343, onde trabalha atualmente.

Como líder de Engajamento, desenvolve trabalho com o Voluntariado e Captação de Recursos da Organização que foi considerada em 2021 a melhor ONG em Direitos Humanos do Brasil.

Professor Severino Celestino da Silva é estudioso de línguas antigas e profundo analista do livro mais lido pela humanidade, a Bíblia. Espírita há mais de 20 anos, estudou toda a obra de Kardec e pesquisadores contemporâneos, relacionando o Espiritismo com a Bíblia, com respeito e conhecimento.

É Professor de Ensino Superior na Universidade Federal da Paraíba. Ex-seminarista,é pesquisador do hebraico e das religiões, principalmente o judaísmo, base de todas as religiões cristãs. Sempre estudou a essência e conteúdo divinos da Bíblia em sua língua original, o hebraico.

Escreveu o livro “Analisando as Traduções Bíblicas” e outro livro, mais recente, mas tão importante quanto o primeiro, analisa a sublime e consoladora mensagem de Jesus. É o livro “O Sermão do Monte”, naturalmente relativo ao famoso discurso proferido por Jesus aos ouvintes da Galiléia, da Judéia, de Jerusalém, de Decápolis e de além Jordão, trazendo os mesmos aspectos de tradução direta dos textos hebraico e grego, que o Dr Severino conhece tão bem. São livros que nos ligam ao pensamento de Jesus, e portanto, ao ideal do Bem, que sem dúvida nos concilia com o Cristo. Os direitos autorais dessas obras são revertidos para as obras assistenciais do Núcleo Espírita Bom Samaritano, em João Pessoa – Paraíba.

O professor Severino Celestino da Silva é ainda o apresentador do programa “Abrindo a Bíblia” pela Rede Boa Nova de Rádio. O professor Severino também apresenta o programa “Abrindo a Bíblia” na TV Mundo Maior. Anteriormente, o professor se graduou em Odontologia, com especialização em Periodontia, mestrado em Clínicas Odontológicas pela Universidade de São Paulo e doutorado em Odontologia Preventiva e Social pela Fundação de Ensino Superior de Pernambuco.

Nasceu em Alagoinhas, Bahia. De família espírita, sempre teve em mente o objetivo da caminhada, com passos firmes e braços abertos a auxiliar o próximo.

É expositor espírita desde 1983, divulgando o Espiritismo em diversos países. Membro do Conselho Superior e, desde 2015, Presidente da Federação Espírita Brasileira – FEB.

Participou do Movimento Espírita nos Estados Unidos nos anos de 1998 a 2000, em Washington e Baltimore. Coordenou e dirigiu o GRAAPA - Grupo de Apoio e Assistência aos Povos da África de 2009 a 2012, na FEB. Colaborou com a UCEES - União dos Centros de Estudos Espíritas da Suíça, no processo de Unificação do Movimento Espírita daquele país, que culminou com a assinatura do Pacto de Unificação pelas Instituições Espíritas da Suíça, em 2012.

Reforça seu currículo a larga experiência administrativa na Força Aérea Brasileira, onde percorreu todos os postos em quarenta e oito anos de serviços prestados ao Brasil.

You can attend it via Zoom ou via our Facebook Page

Dan Assisi is a founding member of The Spiritist Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing Spiritism in the English-speaking world, the Executive Director of the California Spiritist Association, and the host of the Spiritist Conversation podcast. Dan speaks about Spiritism and spirituality in the US and abroad and has given talks in over 60 cities in 4 continents and launched his first book, “Our Road to Damascus”. Daniel holds a Doctorate degree in Education and a Master’s in Public Administration with a Graduate Certificate in Public Policy from the University of Southern California.

About this Event

Chicago Volunteers,

Join Street Samaritans on Sunday, April 18th for Spring Cleaning & Giving event as we clean out closets and donate them to the less fortunate!

As always, they will gather to collect donations, assemble care packages, discuss homelessness, and distribute living essentials to our homeless brothers and sisters.

Items they're looking to collect:

[+] New or lightly used MEN's clothing: shoes, coats, jeans, jackets, socks, sweaters, underwear

[+] Toiletries, hygiene and health products: skin care, dental care, hair care, emergency care, supplements

[+] Gift cards: restaurants, convenience and grocery stores, transportation

[+] Non-perishable foods: jerky, sauce packs, granola, chips, bars, snacks

All interested in volunteering, please RSVP.

They look forward to having you join us. Your generosity, time and compassion are appreciated by us and those that need it the most.

www.streetsamaritans.org

www.facebook.com/streetsamaritans

Murillo Soranso is originally from Belém, in the Amazon northern region of Brazil, where he learned about Spiritism at the age of 15. He moved to the US in 1997 and has been involved with the Spiritist Society of Baltimore, Conscious Living Spiritist Group in Miami and the Spiritist Society of Chicago. His proudest achievement in the Spiritist movement is co-founding the Spiritist Group of Central Illinois in May of 2017. The group is located in Champaign-Urbana, 130 miles south of Chicago. They hold weekly meetings in Portuguese and monthly meetings in English. Murillo lives in Champaign with his family.

As a community of united volunteers, Street Samaritans meet once a month to collect donations and put together critical care packages for the homeless.

About this Event

Chicago Volunteers,

Join Street Samaritans on Sunday, February 21st for our Love Thy Neighbor event as we encourage Chicago to Care! As always, we will gather to collect donations, assemble care packages, discuss homelessness, and distribute living essentials to our homeless brothers and sisters.

Items we're looking to collect:

[+] New or lightly used MEN's clothing: shoes, coats, jeans, jackets, socks, sweaters, underwear

[+] Toiletries, hygiene and health products: skin care, dental care, hair care, emergency care, supplements[

+] Gift cards: restaurants, convenience and grocery stores, transportation

[+] Non-perishable foods: jerky, sauce packs, granola, chips, bars, snacks

All interested in volunteering, please sign up on Eventbrite !

Join Spiritist Society of Chicago in a conversation with Murillo Soranso aboutHope, Optimis and Good Cheer

About the speaker

Murillo Soranso is originally from Belém, in the Amazon northern region of Brazil, where he learned about Spiritism at the age of 15. He moved to the US in 1997 and has been involved with the Spiritist Society of Baltimore, Conscious Living Spiritist Group in Miami and the Spiritist Society of Chicago. His proudest achievement in the Spiritist movement is co-founding the Spiritist Group of Central Illinois in May of 2017. The group is located in Champaign-Urbana, 130 miles south of Chicago. They hold weekly meetings in Portuguese and monthly meetings in English. Murillo lives in Champaign with his family.

Join Spiritist Society of Chicago in a conversation with Dan Assisi about the Moral Lessons from Science.

About the speaker

Dan Assisi is a founding member of The Spiritist Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing Spiritism in the English-speaking world, the Executive Director of the California Spiritist Association, and the host of the Spiritist Conversation podcast. Dan speaks about Spiritism and spirituality in the US and abroad and has given talks in over 60 cities in 4 continents and is finishing his first book, “Our Road to Damascus”. Daniel holds a Doctorate degree in Education and a Master’s in Public Administration with a Graduate Certificate in Public Policy from the University of Southern California.

REGISTER
www.cradlestocrayons.org/chicago/pre-register

Registration code:
a0R3b00000aQXzG

 

Please read below for our important safety protocols and requirements that are part of our effort to keep staff and volunteers safe and to minimize the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
 
YOUR VOLUNTEER SHIFT:
 
Please do not bring unregistered volunteers with you - to help us maintain social distancing within the warehouse, only confirmed volunteers will be allowed in.
 

Our staff will be thoroughly sanitizing and disinfecting the facility before your shift begins, we want to ensure they have ample time to do so. You will be asked about your symptoms (see below).

Sanitize your hands as you enter the building.  Hand Sanitizer will be available at the door and throughout the warehouse.

All volunteers must wear a mask for the duration of their shift. Click here for information on how to properly wear a mask.

We encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle. We do not have water bottles, but you will be able to refill your bottles at our water stations.

Eat before your shift.  Regrettably, no eating is allowed in the Giving Factory.

For your safety, you will be working either with product that had been newly purchased or donated and quarantined for at least 72 hours prior to your shift. 

The Giving Factory is located at 4141 W. George St. Chicago IL 60641.  We have 33 parking spaces in front of our building that are first come, first serve. Note that our parking lot is sectioned off from a large shipping and receiving complex. Please do not drive beyond the concrete barricades separating our lot from the rest of the complex.

 

Cradles to Crayons has wheelchair accessibility and can provide reasonable accommodations for volunteers who might need it.

 
PRIOR TO YOUR VOLUNTEER SHIFT:
 

If any of the below situations apply to you, please postpone your shift.  We will ask you about these again at your arrival.

(i)                  Diagnosed with COVID-19 and have not yet been cleared as non-contagious by state or local public health authorities.
(ii)                Exposed to a person with a confirmed or suspected case of COVID-19 in the past 14 days.
(iii)               Experiencing symptoms of illness such as a fever, cough, or shortness of breath.
(iv)      Traveled to any of the states listed in the Chicago Travel Order.
 

Please consider bringing donations with you during your volunteer visit. For more information regarding items we accept, click here.

The Giving Factory is a warehouse environment and it is not climate-controlled. Please wear closed-toed shoes and clothing you do not mind getting dirty. 

For any additional visit information, please see our Frequently Asked Questions. 

During that day, we will repaint various common spaces in the school; organize its utility, supply, and storage spaces; perform basic landscaping work around the building; set up Chromebooks for the upcoming school year; organize Library books and shelves, and more.

Don’t miss the opportunity to make a difference.

About the lecture

Are you new to Spiritism or have you been studying it and still gets confused with the difference between Vital Fluid and Universal Fluid?

We have planned the perfect learning opportunities for you: Dr. Júlio Padovan will give 3 lectures on the basic terminology and concepts of Spiritism. The lectures will be broken into 3 separate parts starting with Nomenclature (June 13), followed by History of the Essence (June 20) and ending with Implications of the Perispirit in the Physical Life (June 27).

Where to watch? (Onde assistir ?)

The lecture will be transmitted live on Webex

A palestra será transmitida ao vivo via Webex da Spiritist Society of Chicago.

Meeting number: 126 615 8296
Password: gpCQmUth624 (47276884 from phones and video systems)

About the speaker

IS A PROFESSOR AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AT YORK COLLEGE AND A FULL-TIME RESEARCHER AT THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK CITY. HE HOLDS SEVERAL ACADEMIC DEGREES AND IS A LECTURER FOR BOTH THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND THE SPIRITIST DOCTRINE. INTRODUCED TO SPIRITISM AT THE AGE OF FIFTEEN, JÚLIO DEDICATES HIS TIME TO TRANSLATING SPIRITIST BOOKS FROM PORTUGUESE AND FRENCH INTO ENGLISH, AND HE IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN STUDYING AND EXPLAINING THE SOLID LOGICAL FOUNDATION UPON WHICH SPIRITIST CONCEPTS ARE BUILT AS WELL AS IN CREATING A TIGHTER ASSOCIATION AMONG THOSE VERY SAME CONCEPTS.

Where to watch? (Onde assistir ?)

Watch the Video on our YouTube channel OR on our Facebook page

Assista ao Video da palestra em nosso canal do YouTube ou em nossa página do Facebook

About the speaker (Sobre a Palestrante)