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End of Season Crafting & Touring
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Greetings!
The end of the year comes so soon! Come out this week to craft and tour with us.
At our final 2010 Living Room this Wednesday, December 8, we will be crafting light-catching sacred objects. Andy Padre, the Metrocard Man, will show us how. There will be lots of time for sharing stories, laughs, and please bring festive snacks!
Then on Sunday, December 12, we are going on a private tour of the beautiful Three Faiths exhibit at the New York Public Library. Don't miss witnessing illumination over the ages. Be sure to fulfill the required RSVP below.
We are already planning our 2011 Living Rooms and programs. Please email us your ideas or suggestions and consider Sponsoring or Co-Sponsoring a Living Room next year. We will be discussing next year at our final Kitchen Table meeting of 2010. If you who would like to get more involved in this wonderfully dynamic, close-knit core group of volunteers who share dinner and discussion once a month, please email Faigy and see the sidebar to find out more.
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LIVING ROOM GATHERING
Light, Color & the Sacred: Holiday Craft Night
 Wednesday, December 8, 2010 6 pm Doors, 7 pm Program Intersections, 274 5th Ave Btwn 29th and 30th Sts
With Andy Padre,
the Metrocard ManWe invite everyone to bring festive, healthy holiday snacks
to this final Living Room of 2010 *This Faith House gathering is lovingly dedicated to the memory of
Lora Padre by Andy Padre, Russell Chin and friends*Would you like to sponsor a Living Room?
During the busy holiday season, come to a light evening with fun, music, food and crafts led by Andy Padre, the Metrocard Man. Hear stories from people of different faiths about the beautiful sacred objects they are crafting. And of course, enjoy the hands-on craft you can hang in your window to capture the beauty of light in these short, dark days. With wax paper, crayons, and some heat we will make representations of various sacred objects that act much like stained-glass ornaments.
Andy Padre was raised in Seattle, WA and attended the Advertising Art program at Seattle Central Community College. In 1996 he moved to New York to study at the Art Students League where he took classes in portraiture and still life and worked in a variety of mediums. In the summer of 2006 Andy was unemployed and nearing the end of a stressful co-op purchase when he discovered Metrocards, a bright, cheerful and cheap medium. He first covered his bike in Metrocards which was well received by the public and frequently commented on and photographed. Andy now regularly participates in the Halloween, Easter, and Mermaid Day Parades in New York and recently completed his 10th parade, the 2010 Halloween Parade. Metrocard parade costume themes include: a 22 person Metrocard Wedding, the Wizard of Oz, and the Village People's Y.M.T.A. Andy's creations have been featured in the New York Times, New York Post, AM New York, NY Daily News, and the Huffington Post.
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 2:45 pmNY Public Library: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building 5th Ave and 42nd Street
RSVP is requiredsee details below
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 by Wednesday, Dec.8 and capacity is limited. 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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The Kitchen Table is a close-knit group of core volunteers who help us shape and mold the journey of Faith House. They help plan events, give us feedback, and much more. The group is always open to new members. Please feel free to join us at our next meeting, December 16th, if you are curious and would like to try it out. We will be discussing our 2011 Living Rooms & more. Please email Faigy about your interest and to receive the address.
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Sponsor a
Living Room |  | We are thankful to our 2010 Living Room Sponsors!
Music's Lessons for Mystics: Three songs and a talk on secular transcendence with Austin Dacey, May 2010 Co-Sponsored by the Center for Inquiry NYC
Light, Color & the Sacred: Holiday Craft Night with Andy Padre, December 8, 2010 Co-Sponsored and lovingly dedicated to the memory of Lora Padre by Andy Padre, Russell Chin and friends
Sponsor a 2011 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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Shop in Good Faith
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What if you could buy t-shirts, Sigg water bottles, mugs, journals, and books while also supporting Faith House?
Now you can! Click here to shop in good faith on our Amazon bookstore and our CafePress.
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