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Thursday, May 15, 2008 : Spring
General Assembly featuring Dr. Stephen P. Cohen and Mustafa Zein on the
very important topic, "Seeking
Light not Heat: A Basic Historical Understanding of the
Palestinian-Israeli Conflict." Solutions to this
conflict continue to elude us, but we know they can only begin with more
and more people historically understanding the roots of the conflict.
Also, we will also honor Ann Sadowsky for her years of service to
interfaith efforts in lower Fairfield County. She truly embodies what the
InterFaith Council stands for: creating justice, compassion and peace
through mutual understanding. And she worked untiringly for our
interfaith future, whether as Secretary of the Board, or organizer of the
Ten Thousand Villages Fair Trade Sale or adminstrator of the Virginia
Schroeder Respite Care Trust Fund. In every way, she was a passionate
advocate for all of us working together across the religious divides that
too often regrettably separate us. When finally we create a world more
just and peaceful, it will be because of amazing people like Ann Sadowsky.
Also as part of this evening, we'll be taking just a moment to elect and
in some cases re-elect members to the board of the InterFaith Council.
New York Times bestselling author and
journalist Bruce Feiler will speak on "Reclaiming Religion from
Extremists" at the Round Hill Community Church, Saturday, January 26,
2008 at 7:00 PM. His lecture will be followed by a response from an
interfaith panel which will consist of local religious leaders Rabbi
Mitch Hurvitz of Temple Shalom, Rev. Cynthia Knapp of St. Barnabas
Church and Dr. Kareem Adeeb from the American Institute for Islamic and
Arabic Studies in Stamford. Mr. Feiler will then field questions from
the audience. A reception will follow with opportunities to have Mr.
Feiler sign his books Abraham,
Walking the Bible
and Where God Was Born.
First Congregational Church of Old Greenwich and First Christ Church,
Scientist join the Round Hill Community Church in sponsoring this
event.
We invite you to sit in with
us, get to know us, and get some sense of all the hard work that goes into
maintaining and strengthening our interfaith voice in southwestern
Connecticut. This meeting will be held in the downstairs community room of
the Stamford Church of Christ on Thursday evening, November 15, 2007.
We'll begin at 7:00 PM and end, if past meetings are indicators, promptly at
8:30.
Darfur
Sunday afternoon, October 21, 2007, at 5:00 pm at the Stamford
Church of Christ. We at the InterFaith Council bring this to you as part of
The Darfur Support Coalition of Fairfield County's DAYS of DARFUR, October
12Please join us for an
InterFaith Service of Prayer: A Call to
Conscience for the Refugees of
-24, a series of outstanding events meant
to increase awareness about the violence in Darfur and show us ways to take
meaningful action.
The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian,
A Jew--Three Women Search for Understanding. Thursday, October
18, 2007, at 7:15 pm., at Stamford's UConn campus. Three mothers--Ranya
Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner--and now authors of a fabulous
new interfaith book called The Faith Club will discuss how
in the shadow of 9/11 they came together to explore their respective faiths,
at first so they might try to understand and answer their own children's
questions, and then how after hours of soul-searching over the issues that
divided them they grew close enough to discover what united them. A
fascinating panel discussion followed by a wide-open Q&A session.
How can
Jews, Christians and Muslims live together? Sunday, May 20, 1970,
at the Norwalk United Methodist Church, 4:00-6:00 PM (followed by dinner).
The conversationalists include three distinguished speakers associated (in
various ways) with the Hartford Seminary.
Spring General Assembly:
Thursday, May 17, 2007, at 7:30pm. at the Bethel A.M.E. Church, 150
Fairfield Ave.,Stamford. There will be a panel discussion focused on "Changing
Perspectives on God in an Age of Terrorism" with Christian, Muslim and Jewish panelists--Rev. Elizabeth Krentz-Wee
of St. Michael's Lutheran Church in New Canaan, Dr. Kareem Adeeb, President
and Imam of the American Institute for Islamic and Arabic Studies, and Rabbi
Josh Hammerman of Temple Beth El in Stamford--will address this topic with Q&A
to follow. Also Reverends Ron Evans and Gary Brown will be presented with
Interfaith Council Distinguished Service Awards for years of valuable
interfaith contributions to our region. Some very brief Council business will
also be conducted.
An Earth Day Service of Evening Prayer
on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 4:30 pm at St. Francis Episcopal,
2810 Long Ridge Rd., Stamford. This service will be a contemplative service of
song, chant, reading, collective prayer and open prayer. In the time of
open prayer, all who attend will be given opportunity to pray in whatever ways
their traditions suggest in celebration of and intercession for the sanctity
and preservation of God's creation.
November 2, 2006, Thursday 12:00-1:30pm.
Lunch and learn, Reproductive Justice & Women's Reproductive Rights: The
View from Religion, a panel moderated by the Rev.
Dr. Blaine Edele at UConn, Stamford. Co-hosted by the Center for Judaic and
Middle Eastern Studies, Uconn, Stamford and the the Center for Women's Studies.
The program is endorsed by the Interfaith Council of Southwestern Connecticut.
Free, including lunch. RSVP is required.
Thursday evening, October 19, 2006,
Torture in an Age of
Terrorism.
Where: General auditorium at UConn, Stamford.
Sunday evening, August 13, 2006, An
Interfaith Service of Evening Prayer for Peace in the Middle East.
This service will be a
meditative, Taizé-type service with simple songs of peace, readings,
collective prayers, silence and a time of open prayer when all are welcomed to
express their hopes and concerns. Where: Stamford Church of Christ, 1264 High
Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06903.
Directions
Monday, June 12, 2006 at the
Union Baptist Church, 805 Newfield Avenue, Stamford,
An Evening Celebration: Two Years of Interfaith Rebirth.
Honoring: Rev. Blair Moffett and Deborah Goldberg. A new slate of board
members will be presented for board approval. Meet
Leadership
Wednesday, April 5,
2006,
Ties that
Divide: Religious perspectives on same sex Unions. Where: Temple
Sholom, 300 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT.
Panelists Include:
Rev. Christopher Leighton, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Darien; Rev. Ron
Evans, First Congregational Church, Darien; Rabbi Emily Korzenik, Fellowship
for Jewish Learning; Dr. Kareem Adeeb, American Institute for Islamic and
Arabic Studies; Joseph Pankowski, Esq., Moderator.
November 17, 2005, Thursday
Escape
From Chaos: Homelessness and Affordable Housing on the Gold Coast.
Panelists include:
Rev. Dick Schuster, Executive Director of St. Luke’s Lifeworks, Ric Meyer,
Executive Director of Shelter for the Homeless, Anne Lynn, Local Activist and Advocate
for Affordable Housing.
The
program was at the First Congregational Church, 14 Brookside Road, Darien,
CT.
November 1, 2005, Tuesday 12:15-1:15pm.
Lunch and learn, Sexuality and Religion, a panel moderated by the Rev.
Dr. Blaine Edele at UConn, Stamford. Co-hosted by the Center for Judaic and
Middle Eastern Studies, Uconn, Stamford and the Student Government Assn.
The program is endorsed by the Interfaith Council of Southwestern Connecticut.
Free, including lunch.
October 20, 2005, Thursday at 7:00pm.
Escape from Chaos: Illegal Aliens in Fairfield County. Featuring
Rev. Juan Paniagua, Outreach worker;
William Callion,
Director, Public Safety, Health and Welfare City of Stamford; Myra Oliver,
Executive Director International Institute. The program was at the First
Congregational Church, Walton Place, Stamford.
August 11, 2005, Thursday, a
special meeting with Jigme Norbu, a nephew of the Dali Lama. The meeting was held at 7:30 pm in
the Chapel of the First Congregational Church at One Walton Place in downtown
Stamford.
InterFaith Assembly met on Thursday, May 19, 2005 at the First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bedford St., Stamford.
The evening program was about an emerging tradition in our
area and throughout the world: Sikhism.
An Interfaith Tribute to Pope John Paul II
was held on April 14, 2005 at the Union Memorial Church. Prayers were
offered Rev. Mark Lingle, Lutheran clergy and President of the
InterFaith Council of Southwestern CT, and by leaders of Christian, Jewish, Greek
Orthodox,
Muslim, and
Sikh traditions.
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