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Holiday Season Update
November 17, 2009
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Greetings!
The holiday season is quickly coming and Faith House has some great programs
lined up for November and December.
We will Serve Together on Sunday, November 22, preparing and
distributing Thanksgiving Packages with Children of the City.
Will you be in NYC this Thanksgiving? Join us on Wednesday night, November 25, for
a program on "Indigenous Peoples & Inclusive Politics" with
Tiosakin Ghosthorse, Host and Producer of "First Voices Indigenous
Radio", a Lakotan thinker, activist and musician. Bring a vegetarian
dish, dessert or drink to share.
Then on Friday, November 27, we are all invited to celebrate the end of Hajj, Eid'l
Adha with the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Community.
We are excited and getting ready for our "Deconstructed
Pre-Christmas Rummage Sale" on Wednesday, December 9. Curious? See
details below and information to the right about
donations.
Our December 13 Field Trip will be attending the 11 am Sunday service at the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the world's largest Cathedral.
We look forward to seeing you this holiday season!
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LIVING ROOM
Indigenous Peoples & Inclusive Politics
 Wednesday, Nov 25, 2009
6 pm Doors, 7 pm Program
Intersections, 274 5th Ave
Btwn 29th and 30th Sts
With Tiokasin Ghosthorse: Tiokasin
Tasunke Wanagi "Ghosthorse Spirit Coming In" Oyate Tokaheya Wicakiye "He Places Nations First"
On the Wednesday evening before
Thanksgiving Day, all are invited to a vegetarian family
meal and Living Room program hosted by Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Host and Producer of "First Voices Indigenous Radio," a Lakota thinker, activist, and musician.
Politics for the Lakota is spiritual and not separate from the
rest of life. Indigenous peoples are after an inclusive politics and an
inclusive world. There is no word for "exclusion" in Lakota and there is no
word for "me" or "I". The
responsibility of living within this worldview is far-reaching, from the beginnings
of Life itself. This way of
knowing and of being must be learned by all who walk with Mother Earth.
"There can be no peace on earth, unless there is peace with
earth. Humankind will cease to exist if Indigenous Peoples become extinct. If
you kill off a species, you remove a balance from that chain of being and
things start to collapse. Let me
take it one step further and say, there are three hundred and fifty million
Indigenous peoples left out of 7 Billion. We live on seventy percent of the
pristine land because we resisted and because we cared for it as it cares for
us. And now they want that land. We are the roots. If the indigenous peoples
go, there goes the rest of the earth" ~ Tiokasin Ghosthorse
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, from the Cheyenne River Lakota (Sioux)
Nation of South Dakota, is "First Voices Indigenous Radio" Producer and Host. Tiokasin is a storyteller, poet,
university lecturer, scholar, essayist, cultural interpreter, and a peace and
human rights activist.
Tiokasin has a long history in Indigenous rights activism and advocacy on Turtle Island (North America) and
overseas. As a teenager, he spoke at
the United Nations in Geneva. He is also a survivor of the "Reign of
Terror" from 1972 to 1976 on the Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation, and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Boarding
and Church Missionary School systems designed to "kill the Indian and save the man."
Tiokasin Ghosthorse is also a master musician, and a teacher. He
is one of the great exponents of the Lakota flute, and plays
traditional and contemporary music. He performs
worldwide and has been featured at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine,
Madison Square Garden, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and at the United
Nations.
Bring a beverage, dessert, salad, or vegetarian dish
to share.
RSVPs welcome, but not required, on our Facebook Event or Meetup Event online.
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LIVING ROOM
Deconstructed Pre-Christmas Rummage Sale
 Wednesday, December 9
7 to 9 PM
Drop by for 10 minutes
or stay the whole time!
Intersections, 274 5th Ave
Btwn 29th and 30th Sts
"Sell everything
you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come,
follow me."
~ Jesus (Luke 18:22)
Looking for good deals for Christmas?
Come rummage through piles of clothes, books, household
items and lots of miscellany. No
cover charge. Most items are pay as you can; some items will be available for auction. Antiques and original "Metrocard Man" items for sale too. Proceeds to
support Faith House Manhattan's 2010 operating expenses. Bring your loose change! All coins will be given to the
Salvation Army.
Jesus had a lot to say about money and the stuff we hang on to. He praised
the widow who gave her last pennies to the temple. He told us to render unto God that which is God's. He reminds us of how God clothes the lilies of the
field, even Solomon in all his splendor was not clothed so well.
We'll also have holiday snacks, skits, crafts for kids, and interactive stations
where you can rummage through piles of sacred texts and take those you
like, write down your own thoughts about stuff, give change for the Salvation Army... or put on a Santa cap and ring a
bell for others to donate, and more. Plus time to spend time with the wonderful interfaith community of Faith House people.
SEE SIDEBAR TO RIGHT ABOUT DONATIONS
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SERVE TOGETHER
Thanksgiving Package Distribution
 Sunday, November 22
3 - 6 PM
Children of the City
740 40th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Come join Faith House as we volunteer for Children of the City, an
amazing organization committed to helping the children of Southwest
Brooklyn. We will be helping out with Children of the City's annual Box
of Love program which provides a 25 lb box of food and a turkey or ham
to families in need in the community. Many of the families would not be
able to have a Thanksgiving meal without their Box of Love.
Due
to the structure of the event, there are only a limited number of spots
open to Faith House Volunteers. We will be working alongside many other
volunteers. Please RSVP to bara4987@gmail.com if you would like to
attend. Please put "Serve Together" in the subject line.
I look forward to Serving with you on the 22nd,
Bara Levitt, Social Justice Intern
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FIELD TRIP
Eid'l Adha at Nur Ashki Jerrahi Dergah
 Friday, November 27, 2009
*10 AM Doors Open
Followed by Morning Prayer
A Feast will be served
Dergah al-Farah in Tribeca
245 West Broadway
Btwn Walker and White Streets
Subways: 1 to Franklin St or A, C,
D, N, Q, R, W to Canal
If you are in town Thanksgiving weekend, come celebrate Eid'l Adha with the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order. Eid'l Adha, the "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid", is a Muslim Holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God." (wikipedia)
RSVP's welcome, but not required, to Rabia ashkisdivan@gmail.com
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FIELD TRIP
Eucharist at Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
 Sunday, December 13
10 am - Coffee at the
Hungarian Pastry Shop (Amsterdam and 111th)
10:45 Meet at Cathedral
11 am Choral Eucharist
1047 Amsterdam Ave at 112th Street New York, NY 10025
Come to Saint John the Divine, the largest
Cathedral in the world and the
Cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.
Bowie,
who is a member of the congregation at the Cathedral, will be at the
Hungarian Pastry Shop across the street on Amsterdam and 111th from
10-10:40 AM if you want to meet her there for coffee, pastries, and any
questions about the Cathedral or the service.
We will meet in the rear of the church (inside the front doors) at 10:45 and go to our seats for the 11 am Eucharist.
Sunday, December
13th is the Third Sunday in Advent, the season preparing for Christmas.
The service will feature a full choir of
adults and children, readings from the Bible, hymns, a sermon, and
communion (Eucharist, Bread and Wine). At the Cathedral, all are
invited to participate fully. It is also a beautiful space to just be still.
RSVPs welcome, but not required, to bowie@faithhousemanhattan.org, on Facebook or Meetup.
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In Faith,
Juliet rabia Gentile, Islamic Co-Leader
Samir Selmanovic, Founder and Christian Co-Leader
Bara Levitt, Social Justice Intern
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BOOK STORE
*NEW* Faith House
Book Store
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You can support Faith House when you buy books through our Faith House Book Store. Find books and chapters by Samir Selmanovic, plus...
Sabbath Poems
Samir's Favorites
Rabia's Favorites
Bowie's Favorites
Visit the Book Store
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DE-CLUTTERING
Donations
for Rummage Sale
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This year, give away possessions that clutter your life. Things you don't use, or have outgrown, or have become baggage. Not trash, but treasures you are ready to part with.
Email Bowie if you would like to donate clothes, household items, books, art, etc. or if you would like to come to a "sorting party" on from 5-8 pm on Sunday, November 29th.
You can also bring donations to the 11/25 Living Room or on December 9, from 6-7 PM.
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven... a time to keep, and a time to throw away" Ecclesiastes 3:1,6
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HISTORIC MOMENT
Charter for Compassion
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Karen Armstrong's TED Wish came true on November 12th with the launch of the Charter for Compassion.
The Charter, crafted by people all over the world and drafted by a
multi-fath, multi-national council of thinkers and leaders, seeks to
change the conversation so that compassion becomes a key word in public
and private discourse, making it clear that any ideology that breeds
hatred or contempt ~ be it religious or secular ~ has failed the test
of our time. It is not simply a statement of principle; it is above all
a summons to creative, practical and sustained action to meet the
political, moral, religious, social and cultural problems of our time.
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IN THE MEDIA
Looking to Other Religions, and to Atheism, for Clarity in Faith
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"Beliefs" Column By Peter Steinfels Sat, Nov 7, 2009 (page A21 of the New York edition)
Look for Faith House in this New York Times interview with Samir Selmanovic and review of this recent book It's Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Atheist Jewish Christian.
Click to read article
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