INTERFAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH creates special events through the enthusiasm and inspiration of our members and friends.

We also collaborate in creating a variety of special events gathering many communities together to celebrate peace and the beauty found within all religions.

Upcoming Special Event:

THANK YOU: for the beautiful gatherin og The Lovers of Mevlana (Rumi)! We shared music, poetry & aikr 'til Dawn in celebration of the birthday of Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi. FLYER

We enjoyed participating in the SEEDS of COMPASSION gathering in Seattle in April 2008! See planning session photo with The Venerable Lama Tenzin.

Recent Special Events:
SOLDIER'S HEART weekend retreat with Dr. Ed Tick, nationally recognized specialist in holistic therapeutic interventions for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
was held at 10:00PM Dec. 24th 2007 beginning in Silence followed by Christmas hymns with Sally Jo Gilbert de Vargas, Laura Foreman, Jamal Rahman, Karen Lindquist, Judy Sanderman and Dennis Welkins and others offering interfaith Scripture readings about Jesus and Mary.
view program here

PRAISE and THANKSGIVING for the CARE of CREATION:
Sunday, November 18th 3:00PM.
We joined Northwest Interfaith Community Outreach (NICO) Jamal Rahman Muslim Sufi; Ted Falcon, Jewish Rabbi; Don Mackenzie, Christian Pastor; SiSwinKlae Laurel Boucher, First Peoples' Red Cedar Circle; and Katy Porray, Interfaith Childrens Class Teacher of the Bahai Faith for an Interfaith Worship Celebration honoring our First Peoples' and the Abrahamic Faiths!
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"Warm for Winter ~ 1000 Scarves for the Homeless" was held Sun. Nov. 11th at Trinity United Methodist in Ballard with Pastor Rich Lang coordinated by Sister Janice Tufte and
Rev. Karen Lindquist. PHOTO
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CELEBRATION of RUMI
Sunday October 28th
3:00-5:00PM at UCUCC.
T his city-wide celebration honoring the Universal Message of Rumi raised money for the Mevlevi Order of America. Suleyman Scott Hofmann, Karen Lindquist, and Michael Douglas turned, Steven Flynn shared ney flute and English translations of Rumi poetry. Katayoon Naficy,Ph.D. shared the Mesnavi and Divan in Persian with a guest Persian ney player. Yana Viniko offered drum, piano and original Rumi song, Beth Amsbary told a Rumi story. Hosted by Pastor Don Mackenzie, Brother Jamal Rahman and Rev. Karen Lindquist.
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RUMI ALL NIGHT ZIKR: Members and friends of many local Sufi circles joined in unity and harmony for an All Night Zikr (prayers of Remembrance) in honor of Rumi's 800th birthday anniversay Friday 7:30PM September 28th through 9:30AM the next morning!
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We observed INTERNATIONAL DAY of PEACE with a VIGIL in our Sanctuary
Friday, September 21, 2007 8:00AM through midnight! We shared prayer, silent and spoken, song & chant, meditation and blessings for peace, conversation and friendship manifesting peace!
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Santa Lucia Celebration
This mid-winter holiday was brought to us from Sweden by member, Karin Ganstrom-Jordan.
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SANTA LUCIA
Watch the You Tube of the 2007 Santa Lucia procession by following the links below.
Our own Santa Lucia Bride, Anastasia Lindquist, following our Festival of Light spent the night
at a shelter helping to provide safe accomodations for homeless women !

Santa Lucia Festival of Light / at Interfaith (1 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUxb8z5h47U

Santa Lucia Festival of Light / at Interfaith (2 of 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8bsWKwYyXs

ICC ministers Jamal Rahman, Rev Debra Lajimodiere and Karen Lindquist joined the Interfaith Creation Festival May 31 - June 2, 2007offering workshops and panel moderation and participating in evening celebrations.
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We joined Sustainable Ballard Oct. 1st 2006!
Yana Devi shared interfaith chants with harmonium, David Heitmiller shared about our historic building and our ongoing preservation, Jamal Rahman shared about interfaith in the broader community and Karen Lindquist shared about interfaith gatherings at ICC.
About Sustainable Ballard:
Sustainable Ballard fosters new awareness of the importance of community connections and meaningful sustainability due to excess energy dependence and consumption, and the depletion of key resources. Sustainable Ballard conducts workshops, public events, writes reports and research articles, and provides design and planning services, for community education. Sustainable Ballard seeks to empower local citizens to become leaders in collective community self-reliance and autonomy.