For the month of September, GCY was facilitated by Bibi Japnaam Kaur. There was a great discussion on exploring and strengthening identity, followed by a great game of 5 second rule. The evening was concluded with a pizza dinner and sundaes for dessert!

The back-to-school Sunday Youth & Family Darbar took place on September 26. After Kirtan, Sangat heard the sakhi of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Jee’s first day of school. The evening ended off with pizza Langar and cupcakes!

With Guru Jee’s Kirpa, Gurmat Center classes began with a great start! The past week consisted of Punjabi, Nitnem Santhia, Guru Granth Sahib Jee Santhia, and Sikh Studies classes! A warm welcome to all of our students, teachers, and Sevadars! 

September 13th, 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of Gurmat Center! Here is a picture of Gurmat Center’s first ever class from 1993! With Guru Jee's Kirpa, we have been able to educate our youth about Sikhi and serve Guru Sahib over the past three decades. Gurmat Center is incredibly grateful for the continuous support from the Sangat and the contributions made by families over the past 30 years. We do Ardaas that Guru Sahib continues to shower their blessings so this Seva can continue for many years to come.

A very successful school year staff meeting was held. This wonderful group of Sevadars do Seva in various departments such as Punjabi, Santhia, Sikh Studies, Gatka and the Gurmat Center Office. This meeting allowed staff to reconnect and discuss about the upcoming school year!

 Over 40 youth Sevadars joined together in a volunteer orientation. This orientation helped familiarize themselves with the weekly Seva that they will be doing for the entire school year! These wonderful Sevadars will volunteer in Punjabi and Kirtan classes, the Gurmat Center office and the Dharam Parchar Store. 

The Abbotsford Nagar Kirtan took place last week after 3 years. Here are some highlights from the Gurmat Center tent!

 Sangat came together for GCY which was led by special guest speaker Bhai Harman Singh! After a wonderful and engaging discussion on ideological assimilation, everyone went outside to play an exciting game of Capture the Flag. We concluded the evening with pizza and dessert!

These amazing Sevadars have done many weeks of Seva during this year’s summer camp. All the Sevadars went on a volunteer appreciation trip and had a fun-packed day! Sevadars went to Wild Play Mapleridge to take part in a fun treetop adventure course and had burritos for lunch! Then, everyone headed to glow-in the dark bowling. The trip ended off with ice cream for dessert! At the end of the trip, some Sevadars were recognized with custom t-shirts since they did Seva for all 6 weeks of summer camp!