{"id":5885,"date":"2026-03-24T09:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/?p=5885"},"modified":"2026-03-25T16:15:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T21:15:53","slug":"163-march-25-2026-another-season-of-seva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/2026\/03\/24\/163-march-25-2026-another-season-of-seva\/","title":{"rendered":"#163 &ndash; March 25, 2026 &mdash; Another Season of Seva!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Dear Friends,<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\nSpring has again arrived in northern Wisconsin. As the snow melts, our thoughts turn to the many opportunities for service to Ishwar at his dera during the year ahead. This will be an exciting time, with the assembly of the ISHA Meeting Hall and a great variety of other spiritual projects available for all of Ishwar\u2019s friends. If all goes well, the final delivery of Meeting Hall structural steel will occur in early May, with assembly of the building starting soon thereafter. And those of you who visit the dera for the May\/June event are likely to experience the construction in person.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\nWe look forward to seeing you soon!<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\nAll are invited to visit Ishwar\u2019s Wisconsin dera any time between about May 1 and November 1, 2026.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0There are also two special, 4-day events planned for this year:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><b>Spring Event<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">,\u00a0May 29 \u2013 June 1, 2026<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><b>Mitti Seva, September 18 \u2013 21, 2026<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In either case, please let us know when you will be visiting by emailing<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: #253b80; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"mailto:dera.seva@ishanews.org\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"mailto:dera.seva@ishanews.org\">dera.seva@ishanews.org<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\nHere are a few frosty winter shots from the Bruce, Wisconsin area.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dera-2026-snow-scenes.jpeg\" alt=\"Dera 2026 - snow scenes.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dera-2026-snow-scenes-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Dera 2026 - snow scenes (1).jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dera-2026-snow-scenes-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Dera 2026 - snow scenes (2).jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dera-2026-snow-scenes-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Dera 2026 - snow scenes (3).jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ice crystals on the garden wire and quartz crystal!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dera-2026-Bill-Hammes-ice-crystals.jpeg\" alt=\"Dera 2026 - Bill Hammes ice crystals.jpeg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\nTo learn more about Ishwar\u2019s Meeting Hall, check out the dera website at<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: #253b80; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/dera.ishanews.org\/\">\u00a0https:\/\/dera.ishanews.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you would like to offer seva to Ishwar Ji, please visit\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; color: #253b80; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/voluntary-contribution\/\">https:\/\/ishanews.org\/voluntary-contribution\/<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Any questions related to Ishwar\u2019s dera can be directed to ISHA chairman Jagannath Kerai\u2019s email at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:chairman@ishanews.org\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">chairman@ishanews.org<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><br \/>\nWith warmest regards,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Paul Bauer<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">ISHA Dera Building Committee<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"&lt;C38D018E-7364-477E-8A75-33B4346F2754&gt;\" class=\"Apple-web-attachment Singleton\" style=\"opacity: 1;\" src=\"http:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ishwar-at-2016-mitti-seva-dera-cropped-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"Ishwar at 2016 mitti seva dera - cropped copy.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends, Spring has again arrived in northern Wisconsin. As the snow melts, our thoughts turn to the many opportunities for service to Ishwar at his dera during the year ahead. This will be an exciting time, with the assembly of the ISHA Meeting Hall and a great variety of other spiritual projects available for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-construction-chronicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5893,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5885\/revisions\/5893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}