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Monthly
Bulletin
Sunday
Services
Community
Gatherings
Ongoing
Gatherings
Interfaith
Children's Class
Special
Events
Thank
You to everyone who participated in our 2007
9th annual
Walking Meditation for the Care of Creation
-- New Year's Eve at Green Lake.
Monday December 31st.
Musician Celebrant, Yana Devi Viniko, Jon & Tova Ramer, Steve
Mason.
Welcome: Jamal Rahman
Prayer leaders:
Baha'i Faith prayer recited by Rev Karen Lindquist
Buddhist Chant shared by Yana
Christian prayer offered by John (Joshua) Lillenstolpe
First Peoples prayer offered by Rev Debra Lajimodiere
Song in Lushootseed language by Arnold Troeh
Hindu chant offered by Yana
Islamic view of caring for creation shared by Jamal
Qur'anic surah in English by Sally Jo Gilbert de Vargas
Jewish
& Islamic song of Peace by Jon & Tova Ramer
Wiccan 4 Directions prayer by Rev. Judith Laxer.
Thank you also for coming to our OPEN HOUSE.
We continue to support the Interfaith Council of WA (www.interfaithcouncil.com)
and
Rev Karen Lindquist
Coordinated the Praise & Thanksgiving Celebration for
4 years featuring prayer, chant, song and dance from many diverse
faith and spiritual traditions.
See photos: 2006
2005
Alternative
Gifts
for Project Ethiopia!
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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:
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!
download flyer here
"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
download flyer here
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.
Download .pdf flyer here.
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!
download flyer here
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!
Download flyer here. Read more here.
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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 Lindquistjoined 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.
We again participated
in the 5th annual INTERFAITH SUMMIT at CAMP
BROTHERHOOD in Mt. Vernon
Monday, July 16th 2007:
"IT’S OUR TURN Walking our Spirituality into
the World" with KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS BY AUTHORS:
Anodea Judith: “Waking the Global Heart: "Humanity’s
rite of Passage From the Love of Power
to the Power of Love" and
David Korten: “The Great Turning:”
From Empire to Earth Community.
"What is faith if it is not translated into action?"
Mohandas Gandhi.
Goals of this year's Summit was to:
• be inspired by world-class authors, scholars and teachers
• connect with others who share your values for change in
the world
• discover the collective wisdom to be gained from interfaith
collaboration
• renew your commitment to making a difference in your community
& the world.
Interfaith Community
Church gifted a Qur'an to Camp Brotherhood to be displayed and
accessible to worshipers in the Chapel along with the Christian
Bible the Jewish Torah. The Qur'an was presented to Father Treacy
by Jamal Rahman.
The Interfaith Summit
at Camp Brotherhood has been coordinated through the Interfaith
Council of WA, by the Northwest Interfaith Community Outreach
(NICO).
NICO's mission is to support the awakening cultural and spiritual
consciousness through interfaith dialogue. Promoting the protection
of the rights and well being of our children, our families, our
communities and nature herself. (NICO
was previously named Unity Project Seattle.)
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