Due to limited space our ceremony and celebration are open only to fully vaccinated FCM members and their immediate family/household members.

Mark your calendar for 11 am through 1:30 pm on Saturday, January 1 to join in FCM’s annual New Year Ceremony, Beginning Anew. The program will be offered on Zoom for everyone and in person at the Tampa Center for fully vaccinated FCM members (and immediate family members) in accord with FCM Covid protocols. 

Members attending in person will share in an appetizer potluck under the pergola and a special sangha activity in the garden following the ceremony.

In the Buddhist tradition, the passing of an old year and the beginning of a new one is celebrated in a sacred manner. We take stock of the past year, our life and relationships, our activities and endeavors, and make a sincere inventory of the actions of our body, speech and mind. Then, symbolically freeing ourselves from the baggage of the past year, we start the New Year with renewed focus, motivation and inspiration.

The ceremony will guide practitioners through a review of the past year and then allow time to write down and let go of the past (including regrets) in a symbolic way; aspirations and intentions for the new year are then envisioned, written down, and strengthened by the ceremonial process.  

• Zoom Attendees
  Please see the special Ceremony page at floridamindfulness.org/ba to support your online participation. It includes Zoom links, program, words to be chanted, suggestions for supporting your virtual participation. No need to register if you are planning to Zoom.

• Members – Please register for this event 
  When you register, please include the names of any family members living in your household who will be attending as your guests. After you have registered, please go to the potluck "signup Genius" to let us know what finger food you will bring. That link is at the bottom of this description. You can always go back and sign up later, after you have registered for the event here.

SIGN UP GENIUS: Beginning Anew Appetizer Potluck

After you have completed registering, please go to Sign Up Genius to indicate what finger food you will bring to the potluck at this link:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904084eadab23a3ff2-beginning

For more information about the ceremony, please contact Jacqulyn at jacqulynruth@verizon.net.  For information about the potluck, contact Maria Teresa at  j.emm.tee@gmail.com