Jakara 2008: Growing With Our Gurdwara

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Jakara 2008: Growing with our Gurdwara

June 19th - 22nd, 2008 | Fresno, CA

They don’t speak our language. They have too much politics. They are too corrupt.

Too few young Sikhs are found at their local Gurdwaras. While young children play outside after Punjabi School and our parents congregate in the langar hall, too many Sikh youth decide not to go to Gurdwara.

However, this does not mean our spiritual thirst has been quenched. It is time for a change. It is time to stop blaming others. It is time for the next generation of Sikhs to empower ourselves and engage with our Gurdwaras. It is time to turn the “they” and “them” into “we” and “us”.

The Gurdwara is OUR institution; it will always be the center of Sikh life. It is OUR grassroots democracy if we make it so.

This year at the Jakara Movement Sikh Youth Conference 2008, we will re-create, re-engage, re-emerge with the “door to our Guru”.

Join us as we re-kindle our center and grow with our Gurdwara.

Registration for Jakara 2008 is NOW open. Spots area Limited, Register TODAY!

To Register or for more Info visit our website at www.jakara.org

AGENDA

Thursday

6–11:30pm Check–In

7pm – Ardas and Langar at Gurdwara Singh Sabha Fresno

9–12am – Ice Breaker – LazerQuest

Friday

8–9am Japji Sahib and Shabad Kirtan

9–10am Breakfast

10–10:30am Welcome/Introductions

10:30–12pm Samajna (Pondering the Problems)

12–1pm Presentations of Skits

1–2pm Lunch

2–2:30pm Sikhna – Seva (Grasping the Guru)

2:30–3:30 Sikhia – Seva (Connecting with our Past)

3:30–4pm Sikhna II – Sangat (Grasping the Guru)

4–5pm Sikhia II – Sangat (Connecting with our Past)

5–5:30pm Conclusion

5:30–6pm Rehraas Sahib

7–9:30pm Picnic & Dinner

10:00–12:00pm Free Time / Movie

12–3am Bowling & Pool

Saturday

9–10am Japji Sahib and Shabad Kirtan

10–10:30am Breakfast

10:30–11:30am Sabak (Making the Connections)

11:30–12:15pm Samjauna (Case Studies)

12:15–1pm Samjauna II (Ideal Gurdwara)

1–2pm Lunch

2–2:30pm Presentation

2:30–3:15pm Open Forum

3:15–4pm Five Ideas for the Future

4–5pm Making it a Reality (Ideas and Jakara Jr. Camps)

5–5:30pm Conclusion

5:30–6pm Rehraas Sahib

7:00pm–12am Formal Banquet

Sunday

9–10am Japji Sahib and Shabad Kirtan

12–4pm Closing Banquet

[S1ngh]

hmmmmm...

[kaur_khalistani_lioness]

hmmmm???

i actually want to attend it...

but what r u hmmm('ing) about?