Centers in United States - Midwestern Region

• Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa
Contact: Lalita

Phone: 319-541-0190
Satsang Activities:

• Held every 2nd and 4th Saturday - Rotating Schedule at Devotees Homes. Please call for details.
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Fairfield, Iowa
Contact: Irene Archer
1108 South B Street
Fairfield, Iowa 52556
Tel: 641.472.9336
Email: irene@searchsummit.com
Website:ammaiowa.org
Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: On the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month beginning at 7 pm.
• On Fridays, we start at 6:30 pm with 108 Names of Mata Amritanandamayi followed by 1000 names of the Divine Mother and end with arati.
• To subscribe to our email list send an email request to irene@searchsummit.com
  
• Currently a local Fairfield organization named SEVA is making a meal for the Women’s Crisis Center in Ottumwa every Monday and delivering the meal. Additionally there are ongoing clothing and non food items donated to the Crisis Center by SEVA. This project was inspired by Amma and Mother's Kitchen.
• Contact: Coralie Brook
  Tel No.: 641-472-7148
  Email: awake2spirit@yahoo.com
• Fairfield Mother's Kitchen Project

Des Moines, Iowa

Contact:  Soja Sekharan 
Tel:  515 418 7071
Email:sekharan1@gmail.com

• Kansas

Wichita, Kansas
Contact: Kaivalya Rupe
PO Box 781929, Wichita, KS 67278
Tel: 620-583-6776

Email: kaivalyarupe@gmail.com

Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: Ammas Wichita Satsang meets monthly on the Third Sunday at 5:30PM and occasionally on the first weekend as well at rotating devotees homes for archana, bhajans, meditation, arati and prasad, followed by vegetarian potluck. .
• Activities include Mother's Kitchen on the First Sunday of every month, spiritual retreats, IAM Meditation classes
• Wichita & Lawrence Mother's Kitchen Project

Kansas City Area (Western Missouri, Eastern Kansas)
Contact : Melissa Ingram,
Tel: 913-345-9442
Email: ingramstudio@kcnet.com
AND
Contact: Suma Hegde
Tel: 913-491-1969
Email:  sumahegde@gmail.com
Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: 2nd Sunday every month at 5:00 PM at rotating devotee's homes for readings from Amma's teachings, archana, bhajans, prayer, meditation, aarthi and prasad followed by potluck dinner

• Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan
Contact: Amma Center of Michigan

4301 Ann Arbor Saline Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-9780
Tel: 734.769.2662
Fax: 734.997.9290
Email: ammamich@aol.com
Website: http://www.ammamich.org/

Contact:  Ajitha Kymal
Tel: 734.665.6488
Contact:  Jay Puthran
Tel:  734.995.0029
Email: jputhran@yahoo.com

Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: Every Saturday. Includes archana, short meditation, scriptural reading and bhajans. Prasad is distributed afterward. Ongoing programs will vary, so please check http://www.ammamich.org/ for all details.  The timings are:
  • May - November from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • December - May from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
• Michigan Mother's Kitchen Project

 

Detroit, Michigan
Contact: Nishkama (Irene Ryke)

Metropolitan Detroit Area
Ferndale, Michigan
Tel: 248-399-6025
Email: ireneryke@hotmail.com

Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: satsang meets the first Thursday of every month from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
  Program incudes archana, reading from Amma's teachings, bhajans, prayers for peace and arati.
  Prasad sharing and tea follows.
  Please call or e-mail for location and directions.

 

Gaylord, Michigan
Contact: Susan Witt
Tel: 989.983.3024
Email: siwitt@freeway.net 
Contact: Smokee Rayner
Tel: 989.731.3424
Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: We meet every other Saturday at 7:00pm. We rotate homes so please call for location and directions.

Kalamazoo, Michigan
Contact: Chitra and Ravi Akkoor
8405 Plover Drive
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49009-4514

Tel: 269.375.6767
Email:rakkoor@gmail.com or rakkoor@sbcglobal.net
Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: Every last Friday or Saturday of the month at 7:00 pm. Includes 108 Names, Mother's Message (reading), bhajans and video of Mother during dinner. Please call for more information about location.

• Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota
Website: www.amma-mn.org
Contact: Amma Satsang of Minnesota
11822 Zumbrota St NE, Minneapolis, MN - 55449
Tel: 612-216-4780 or 507.344.8346 or 507.382.3709
Email: minnesota.satsang@amma-mn.org; kkmenon11@yahoo.com
Contacts: Krishna & Radha Menon: 952.944.6989, 952.681.1066
Contacts: Santosh (Suny) & Bindu: 612.216.4780 or
Contacts: Anju & Balakrishna: 763.390.0892

Satsang Activities:

Satsang (Monthly): On last Saturday from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm.

* Includes: Ashtotaram (108 Names chanting), reading Amma's teachings/ messages, Bhajans and Arati followed by closing prayers, prasad and vegetarian meal.
* Location: rotates among devotee's homes in Twin-Cities (Minneapolis-St.Paul) and Mankato.
* Directions: Visit website (above) or Call for sharing-a-ride.

• Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska

Contact: Joyce
Phone: 402-740-0366
Email: jlin801@msn.com
Contact: Amanda
Phone: 402-714-6577
Email: mima@sub-tract.com
Website: www.ammasatsangomaha.com
Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: Join us every second Saturday at 6 pm for Satsang in Omaha, Nebraska.
  
  Amma's Omaha Satsang includes prayer, chanting, bhajans, meditation and delicious vegetarian prasad. Children are welcome!
  
  Please contact us to find out locations of the monthly satsang

• Ohio

Akron/Cleveland, Ohio
Contact: Lakshmi Mohan-Wilkinson
663 Southhampton Court
Copley, Ohio 44321-2840
Tel: 330.328.6612 or 330.573.7335
Email: Lakshmi2662@yahoo.com
Contact: Deborah Carlson (Nishta)
Tel: 216.702.1209
Email: ammasnishta@yahoo.com
Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: First Sunday of the month at 5:00 PM. Call for directions. Includes archana, bhajans, meditation, Arati and Indian dinner.
• Refugee Assistance Program

Dayton, Ohio

Contact: Mark & Patty Gerhardstein
Tel: 937.890.2014
Email: shaktimg@gmail.com

Columbus, Ohio
Contact: Venu Nair / Arun Kumar
18 Keethler Dr N
Westerville, OH
Tel: 614.891.0081 (Venu Nair); 614.577.1607 (Arun Kumar), 614.888.1897 (Ambika)
Email: amma_columbus@yahoo.com           

Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: Last Sundayof every month from 3:00 - 5:00 pm.

• Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin
Contact: Madhu and Sajan Thandaserry
2 Willowbrook Court
Madison, WI 53719-6200
Tel: 608.848.5033
Email:madhuandsajan@hotmail.com
Website: www.ammamadison.org
Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: Usually 3rd Sunday afternoon. Call or write for more information.
• Madison Mother's Kitchen Project

Stevens Point, WI

Contact:  Tushita / Cathy Derezinsky
Email:  catiji@yahoo.com 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Contact: Lynn Handler
347 W Chestnut Lane
Grafton, WI 53024
Tel: 262.375.2798
Email:AmmaMilwaukee@gmail.com
Satsang Activities:

• Satsang: Please call for more information. Includes archana and arati.
• Milwaukee Mother's Kitchen Project