Greetings!
As the days get colder, warm up with us in our close-knit gatherings over the next two months.
Our next Living Room is on Nov. 10, when we will experience the heart of Islam with our dear dervish friends from the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi order (see "Interbeing" below).
Then on Dec. 8, join us in crafting sacred objects with Andy Padre, whose talent was written about in the New York Times! More information on this hands-on, laid-back Living Room is coming soon.
And finally, on Dec.10, we are going on a private tour of the beautiful Three Faiths exhibit at the New York Public Library! Find out more information below, including how to fulfill the required RSVP. This is a unique opportunity that we are elated to be able to offer you, and we hope many of you will join us.
Speaking of warming up, you can begin planning for next summer by catching the early bird special for the Wild Good Festival! Samir Selmanovic and Bowie Snodgrass will be planning the Interfaith Programming for this unique new national festival.
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LIVING ROOM GATHERING
Interbeing: Experience the heart of Islam
 Wednesday,
November 10, 2010 6 pm Doors, 7 pm Program Intersections, 274 5th Ave Btwn 29th and 30th Sts With Khabir John McGeehan, Juliet Rabia Gentile, Mujadid Shah and the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order
"Whatever I say, You are the subject.
Wherever I go, every impulse is toward You."
~Yunus Emre
Sufism or tassawuf is mostly identified today with the figure of the whirling dervish and the poetry of Rumi. It is a path to Reality. Tonight dervishes of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order invite you to experience the sacred tradition of dhikrullah, or the remembrance of Allah. "Remember Me and I will remember you." (Hadith)
"Nobody son of nobody" (quoting Abd'ul Khayr) Khabir John McGeehan is a dervish of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order and is grateful for the blessing of Shaykha Fariha. The Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order is a community of dervishes within the Halveti-Jerrahi Tariqat, in the specific lineage and spirit of Shaykh Muzaffer Ashki al-Jerrahi, Shaykh Nur al-Jerrahi, and Shaykha Fariha al-Jerrahi. They are based at Dergah al-Farah in NYC, with various circles throughout the U.S. and Mexico. They joyfully welcome seekers and students of all religious and non-religious paths into our gatherings.
RSVPs welcome, but not required, on Facebook and MeetUp.
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Field Trip
Private Tour of the Three Faiths Exhibit
 Sunday, December 12, 2010 Meeting at 2:45pmNY Public Library: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 5th Ave and 42nd Street
Join us on a private tour of the beautiful Three Faiths exhibit at the New York Public Library!
We will be meeting on Sunday December 12, 2010 at 2:45pm at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street). The tour will last for 45 minutes to an hour, followed by a fun, relaxed dinner and discussion.
RSVP is required and the cost is $7 per person, $5 for seniors, and free for full-time students with their ID. Please email Faigy with your RSVP and how many people will be joining you, with the subject line "Three Faiths RSVP."
Don't miss what the New York Times calls "stunning" and vividly describes as such: "It stretches from a Bible found in a monastery in coastal Brittany that was sacked by the Vikings in the year 917, to a 1904 lithograph showing the original Temple Emanu-El on Fifth Avenue. It encompasses both an elaborately decorated book of 20th-century Coptic Christian readings and a modest 19th-century printing of the Gospels in the African language Grebo. There are Korans, with pages that shimmer with gold leaf and elegant calligraphy, and a 13th-century Pentateuch from Jerusalem, written in script used by Samaritans who traced their origins to the ancient Northern Kingdom of Israel."
See this event on Facebook and MeetUp as well.
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Special Event
Wild Goose Early Bird Registration Now Open
The Wild Goose Festival is a gathering people together to enjoy each other, hear provocative speakers and extraordinary music, watch dramatic performances and make art, eat together and imagine new life at the intersection of spirituality, justice, and creativity. It's a journey of anticipation that is spreading its wings June 23-26, 2011 at Shakori Hills in North Carolina. The festival will have our very own Samir Selmanovic and Bowie Snodgrass doing the interfaith programming! Don't miss the early bird special, running until Nov.10, when tickets are just $99. After the special, tickets will be $149.
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Book Features Chapter About Faith House!
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Bowie Snodgrass, our Executive Director, wrote a chapter about Faith House in the newly published book, Discovering the Spirit in the City, edited by Andrew Walker and Aaron Kennedy. Get your copy from our Book Store here!
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If you have photos from our recent events you'd like to share, please feel free to upload them and tag your friends on our Facebook Fanpage! And check out pictures of our most recent Living Room, "Bible, Interrupted" here.
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Sponsor a
Living Room |  | Individuals and organizations are welcome to sponsor, and have the options of dedicating their sponsorship in someone's honor. Sponsors will also be included in all our Living Rooms emails and listings and will receive signed copies of Samir Selmanovic's book It's Really All About God.
Sponsor a Living Room event for $500 or Co-Sponsor for $250. To find out more, Email us or visit our Donations page.
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