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Fruits of the New Year
January 25, 2011
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Greetings!
This year is already ripe with new events and opportunities!
Read on and join in.
Don't miss our first Living Room of 2011 this Wednesday evening! Join our Tu BeShevat Seder with fruits and wine to celebrate the first fruits of the year. Please read on for more information below.
This coming Monday, come out for a landmark event proudly supported by Faith House: Beethoven for the Indus Valley, a Concert for Life and Renewal in Pakistan After the 2010 Floods. Use our special concert discount codes in the sidebar.
Furthermore, a week from this Saturday, all women are invited to inquire about and join the new Women's Spirituality Circle by emailing Jill Minkoff at the email provided below. Be a part of this new exciting, experimental female-centered spiritual practice.
And on Feb.12, the entire Faith House community is invited to join in the celebration of the baptism of Palliath Akbar Jacob Mathew, son of Bowie Snodgrass and George Mathew! Read below for more details, and come share this intimate familial milestone!
And last but not least, to celebrate the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week, come to the 7th Annual Interreligious Prayer Service on Feb. 5 at the Church of St. Francis Xavier. Bowie Snodgrass is participating in this service hosted by the same host that has our Annual Interfaith Seder. For more information, please see below.
We look forward to seeing at our many offerings this winter, and hope they are as fruitful for you to enjoy as they are for us to provide .
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LIVING ROOM GATHERING
A Tu BeShevat Seder:
The Feast of Fruits from the Tree of Life
 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6 pm Doors, 7 pm Program Intersections, 274 5th Ave Btwn 29th and 30th Sts
With mystic Maggid
Yitzhak Buxbaum and Carole Forman
Suggested Donation of $10-15 for food and drink during Seder
Tu BeShvat is the only Jewish holiday ordained by the kabbalists. At the seder we taste many fruits, drink fruit of the vine, hear mystical teachings, and meditate to soul-stirring melodies. The seder anticipates the redemption of all humanity and our return to the Garden of Eden, when we will eat fruit from the Tree of Life. This celebration of God's creation is about the redemption of the whole planet-- including animals, plants, and Nature itself. Tu BeShvat is mystical, inclusive, and "green." Its theme is One God, one humanity, one planet. On Tu BeShvat, the Jewish people hosts the whole world. And you're invited!
Yitzhak Buxbaum is a maggid (inspirational speaker and storyteller), who specializes in mysticism and hasidic tales. He teaches at synagogues and Jewish institutions throughout the U.S. and Canada, and also at churches, ashrams, mosques, temples and interfaith venues. Yitzhak founded and directs the Jewish Spirit Maggid Training Program, and is the author of ten books, including The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov, Jewish Tales of Holy Women, and A Person is Like a Tree: A Source Book for Tu BeShvat.
Carole Forman is a baal mesapair ruchani- a master spiritual storyteller; a graduate of the Jewish Spirit Maggid Training Program. She has thrilled audiences of adults and of children around the U.S. and Canada. Her Soul Motion - TenuYah! workshops in creative movement bring body and spirit together. Carole is a long-time yoga teacher and a Guidess at Life Works Inc. A professional actress, she currently plays Miriam in the five-woman play In the Voices of Our Mothers.
RSVPs and donations welcome (but not required) on Eventbrite
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NEW FAITH HOUSE OFFERING
Women's Spirituality Circles
Saturdays in 2011
February 5, April 2 & June 4
3-6 pm
Gathering at homes in the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn
RSVP to Jill@faithhousemanhattan.org to attend or learn more
Why do women have a natural affinity to congregate? What is it that draws us together? We know it is happening... in our communities of faith, over our stoves and microwaves, in our emails and blogs! We know it is happening...at board meetings and neighborhood demonstrations, over skype and chai lattes!
We, Jill Minkoff and Ashley Curl, ask you to consider what it would be like to intentionally gather as women of multiple paths converging to share and grow spiritual, inspirational, and devotional space together.
As you consider, we warmly welcome you to join us in exploring the depths of common meal, ritual, experiential learning, and community, as we seek and nurture together an emerging collective of women of "many faiths and none" in New York City within the embrace of Faith House Manhattan.
To begin this journey, we will meet from 3-6 PM on Saturdays February 5th, April 2nd, and June 4th. Space will be limited, as we will be meeting in homes. Please RSVP your ability to attend and interest to Jill@faithhousemanhattan.org.
In the name of that which connects us
and that which makes us diverse,
Ashley and Jill
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SPECIAL EVENT 7th Annual Interreligious Prayer Service Celebrating World Interfaith Harmony Week
 Saturday, February 5, 2011
at 7:30 PM Church of St. Francis Xavier 46 West 16th Street New York, NY 10011 between 5th and 6th Avenues Wheel Chair Accessible at
55 West 15th Street Special Guest Speakers include Sister Kathleen Deignan, CND, Ralph Singh, Chair Wisdom Thinkers Network, and Father Roger Haight, S.J
Join us, as Bowie Snodgrass will be part of this service at St. Francis Xavier, the church that hosts Faith House's Interfaith Seders. This event is part of the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week. For more information about the week generally, visit http://worldinterfaithharmonyweek.com/
Event Contacts:
Xavier Interfaith Committee: LMDiaz@sfxavier.org
Xavier Peace and Justice: johnkarle@gmail.com
Charles S. Chesnavage: 914-261-0468
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SPECIAL EVENT Baptism of Palliath Akbar Jacob Mathew
 Saturday, February 12, 2011
at 11:30 AM The Baptistry at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine1047 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10025 The entire Faith House community is invited to celebrate with Bowie Snodgraa and George Mathew in the baptism of their son! Please join us for the baptism of our son Palliath Jacob Mathew, also called Akbar. The Rev. T. James Snodgrass will baptise Jacob at 11:30 am in the Cathedral Baptistry, followed by the 12:15 Eucharist service with the Rev. Victoria Sirota. Afterward we will head across the street to V&T's Italian restaurant for lunch ($10 per person for pizza, salad and drinks).
If you would like to attend any or all of the day's events, please RSVP at http://event.pingg.com/JacobMathewBaptism
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Beethoven for the Indus Valley
A Concert
for Life and Renewal in Pakistan After the 2010 Floods
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Faith House Manhattan is proud to support this humanitarian concert at Carnegie Hall on Monday, January 31 at 8 PM. The Faith House community is invited to take 5% off all tickets purchased through the Carnegie Hall Box Office by using the discount code VAL10978. There is also a 10% group discount (5+) available by emailing the ticket coordinator to request the code. Discount codes can be used online, at the box office at 57th Street and 7th Avenue, or by calling Carnegie Charge at (212) 247-7800. Learn more about the cause and getting tickets on the concert website. |
Mark Your Calendar
| | February - June 2011 Living Rooms |
Feb 9 Interfaith Love with Rabbi Burt Siegel Feb 23 March 9 Ash Wednesday with Transmission
March 23More to Feed than Feeding with Samir Selmanovic April 27 May 11 May 25
June 8
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| 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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