This "tour" of diverse, sacred spaces in New York City will enable people from the Faith House community and each of the congregations involved to enter the religious space of the other, as well as practice spiritual hospitality by hosting the other in their own space.  

Sunday, October 30th 

With Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, Bhakti Center Monks, & Congregation  

10 am - Tour and Orientation, 10:30 am - Kirtan and Weekly Service 

Closest Subway: F to 2nd Avenue (many other subways, a short walk)

Our worship at The Bhakti Center is based on the idea and ideal of a very personal devotion to God, which is the heart and definition of bhakti itself. The foundation of our worship is kirtan, or the chanting of the holy names of God.  Kirtan is universal, a voice and sound based on the deep spiritual vibrations of the energy and presence of God. Krishna, the name of God in our tradition, which describes Divinity as the All-Attractive, is the name that gives our worship its life, and which allows us to know God in His most colorful and loving fashion.  We invite everyone to join us in kirtan and experience our shared divinity in music, dance, and community. krishnanyc.com

RSVP for Stop #1 (requested, but not required) 

Thursday, November 3rd 

A night with Sheikha Fariha and the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order  

8:30 pm until late -  Zikr Ceremony (with breaks to leave)  
Dergah al-Farah @ 245 West Broadway, between Beach and White, Next to Tribeca Tavern Subway: 1 to Franklin; A,C,E to Canal    

Tonight's form of remembrance, the zikr circle, is a ceremony of the centuries old lineage of the Halvetti-Jerrahi Sufi Order of Turkey. When a dervish or spiritual aspirant steps over the threshold into a Sufi circle, she leaves the world and its concerns behind.  One comes only to open and offer one's heart to God through remembrance- prayer, chant, praise, entreatment, devotion; a state of conscious presence and invocation of God.  When we participate in zikr, communally or individually, we are losing our selves in timelessness and opening our selves to praise and ecstasy, which is our true nature.  The zikr circle rends the veils that are woven by the self's desires and attachments and can become a constant meditation that facilitates, in turn, an individual's awareness, connection and relationship with God.   nurashkijerrahi.org  

RSVP for Stop #2 (Space is limited for this stop, RSVP required) 

Next Stops...  

Friday, November 11th          

With Rabbi David Ingber, Shir Yaakov Feinstein Feit, and Romemu
7-8:45 pm - Shabbat Service, 9 pm - Potluck (veg or kosher dish) 
@ 165 West 105th Street, at Amsterdam 

romemu.org

Wednesday, December 7  

With Rev. Stephen Phelps, Interim Senior Minister, preaching

6 pm - Soup Supper and Orientation, 7-8:30 pm - "Space for Grace"
Assembly Hall, Riverside Church @ 490 Riverside Drive, at 121st St
theriversidechurchny.org

Wednesday, December 14        

With guests from all four participating communities
7 - 9 pm - Living Room and End-of-Tour Party
@ 274 Fifth Avenue, near 30th Street
faithhousemanhattan.org

"Nonviolence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Nonviolence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win." - Cesar Chavez

Join Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and members of the Community of Living Traditions, who are passionately engaged with current day expressions of nonviolence.  A shared commitment to nonviolence unites the Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Quaker communities residing at The Community of Living Traditions. At CLT, dedication to religious nonviolence as a way of life incorporates the study and practice of strategic nonviolence, viewing conflict transformation, inner discernment, the struggle for racial justice and intergenerational and multicultural solidarity as essential to the task of waging nonviolence in our own communities, in our neighborhoods and in the world. Members of The Community of Living Traditions understand nonviolence as a transformational force in service of human dignity and well-being. Nonviolence is the opposite of passivity. Passivity implies victimhood, whether as bystander or targeted victim. Nonviolence engenders empowerment and agency directed toward resisting all attempts at treating persons as things, from large systems designed to humiliate and dehumanize to individual acts of impulse, from bullying to murder. As Gandhi said, nonviolence without direct action is meaningless.  This Living Room will include a brief presentation, music, text study, small group work, interactive activities, and ritual.

RSVP Today! (requested, not required) 

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, one of the first 10 women to serve as rabbi, is storyteller, activist and organizer, writer, percussionist, klezmer dancer and ceremonial artist. She cofounded The Community of Living Traditions in an effort to bring the work of creating a multifaith, multicultural and multigenerational environment for activists committed to strategic nonviolence to build upon their work. It is shaped by our three partner organizations: the Muslim Peace Fellowship, Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence and the Luke 6 Project. These communities are grounded at Stony Point Center by their respective elders; Chaplain Rabia Terri Harris, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and Rick and Kitty Ufford-Chase. The Community of Living Traditions is located on the campus of the Stony Point Center, a conference center of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Park51, 51 Park Place 

Join the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard for an event hosted by Park51 and Center for Inquiry NYC, to discuss communities for the nonreligious and the role of atheists in interfaith work, while launching two groundbreaking new initiatives: The Humanist Community Project, and Values in Action at the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard.

The Humanist Community Project seeks to unify millions of nonreligious Americans and develop a comparable social and cultural experience to that of a religious congregation. Values in Action at the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard (VIA at HCH) is our interfaith community service program to better the conditions of life for others through service to humanity, build alliances between religious and nonreligious individuals and communities, and combat the misconception that the nonreligious do not contribute to society.

This event will be co-sponsored by the Harvard Humanist Alumni and major NYC-based atheist, religious, and LGBT organizations: GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), Faith House Manhattan , World Faith , Groundswell, Auburn Seminary, Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, Bronx Community College Secular Humanist Club, and others TBA.

RSVPs for this event are appreciated and donations are welcome at

http://hchnyc.eventbrite.com