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Dr. Dan Buttry to lead Trainers for Change Training
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Conflict. It's a word we read in our newsfeeds daily. It's often combined with grim words like long, bloody and violent. Sometimes it's combined with "resolution," which implies that a way was found to mollify all parties enough to halt the conflict. But the best possible combination is with "transformation." Conflict transformation, turning the conflict into something else.
Dr. Dan Buttry, is a global consultant for peace and justice with the American Baptist International Ministries. His mission is peace, and he travels the world to help others in regions of social and political conflict and within church communities create it. This June, Detroiters interested in learning the tools Dr. Buttry uses in this work have the opportunity to participate in a three day workshop with Dr. Buttry and co-facilitator Erika Thorne of Training for Change.
Click here to read about Trainers for Change Training
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Face to Faith at Muslim Unity Center
Thursday, March 26
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Our next Face to Faith interfaith event for 8 - 12 graders,
will be held at
Muslim Unity Center
1830 W Square Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills
Thursday, March 26, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
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PeerCorps Detroit to host
Interfaith Youth Potluck
March 31
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Mitzvah is a Jewish word that means commandment, but is often used to mean good deed. Jewish children do "mitzvah projects" during the year of their bar or bat mitzvah, the Jewish coming of age ceremony. In a new twist on the mitzvah project, PeerCorps Detroit is matching up 12 and 13 year olds in their bar/bat mitzvah year with eleventh and twelfth grade mentors to work on projects such at Detroit's Eden Garden Block Club, Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, St. Joseph's Healthcare Center, D-Town Farms, and Clark Park.
Click here to read about PeerCorps Detroit's interfaith potluck
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Interfaith panel discussions
at Baldwin Public Library
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Pain and Healing Across the Faith Traditions
Thurs., Apr. 16 at 6:30 p.m.
For many, a stumbling block to faith or religion is pain. Themes of pain and healing are common in many faith traditions, and we will discuss how different faiths approach the subject of pain and healing. Panelists include:
Rabbi Aaron Bergman (Jewish)
Reverend Daniel Buttry (American Baptist)
Imam Steve Elturk (Muslim)
Bill Secrest (Buddhist)
WISDOM: Five Women, Five Journeys
Thurs., May. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
This unique WISDOM (Women's Interfaith Solutions for Dialogue and Outreach in Metro-Detroit) program features personal stories of women of different faith traditions - how their childhood impacted their beliefs today, what the challenges are for women in their faith tradition, what parts of their religion are misunderstood, and how reaching out to someone from a different faith has enriched their lives. Panelists include:
Parwin Anwar (Muslim)
Paula Drewek (Baha'i)
Gail Katz (Jewish)
Jatinder Kauer (Sikh)
Amy Morgan (Christian)
Baldwin Public Library
300 West Merrill, Birmingham, MI 48009
www.baldwinlib.org
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Recapturing the Selma Spirit
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IFLC to receive
Spirit of Unity Award
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The Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit will be presented with the Spirit of Unity Award at the 9th Annual Spirit Awards Banquet to be held on May 13, 2015.
In his letter, Ecumenical Theological Seminary President Dr. Stephen Butler Murray wrote "The Spirit Awards are among the highest honors that Ecumenical Theological Seminary may offer to those whose life work mirrors the mission and ethical commitments of the seminary community. We received your successful nomination among the nominations of many extraordinary citizens and organizations championing the common good, and you were recognized as the standard bearer among those nominees in the category of The Spirit of Unity Award, which "recognizes an individual or organization that is working in the community to promote and establish an appreciation and understanding of different cultures and religions."
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Sacred Treasures show at
Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Open through March 27
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From a 15th century cross to a hand-woven Jewish prayer shawl, Sacred Treasures presents a wealth of beautiful and interesting ritual objects and articles of dress from across faith traditions. The exhibit will run through March 27.
Click for Oakland Press story
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Check out the new IFLC website
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Click HERE for local interfaith news and events!!
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IFLC Your Link to Religious Literacy
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Question of the Week
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Coming Home - Wiccan and Pagan Conversion
Part 3 of a multi-faith series
Click here to find out
The IFLC would like to help foster our understanding of one another by using our newsletter as a forum for you to ask these important questions. We want to share your questions anonymously within the framework of our newsletter where religious leaders from these diverse faith communities will provide answers to them. We welcome the opportunity to learn together!
Photo credit:
"Wiccan five elements 1" by Nyo - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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Interfaith News and Events
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 Are there topics that you would like to learn more about within our newsletter? Questions that you would like answered? As our dedicated weekly readers, we invite you to share with us!.
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Don't Miss These Upcoming InterFaith Events |
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Sacred Treasures
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The InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit
Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center
1516 South Cranbrook Road, Birmingham
Opening Night: January 24th, 6-8 p.m.
Exhibit Runs Through March 27th
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March Events
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Women's Seder
Congregation Beth Shalom
14601 Lincoln in Oak Park
Wednesday, March 25, 6 p.m.
Face to Faith
Muslim Unity Center
1830 W Square Lake Road, Bloomfield Hills
Thursday, March 26, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
The Cushing Distinguished Lecture Series "The Origins of Whiteness and the Black (Biblical) Imagination: The Bible and the Slave Narrative" Fountain Lounge, University of Detroit Mercy 4001 W. McNichols Road, Detroit Thursday, March 26, 7:30 p.m. |
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April Events
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Christians in the Middle East
Troy Interfaith Group
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church, 2160 E.
Maple Road, Troy
Monday, April 13, 6:30-8:30 pm
Click here for more info
Wayne County Family Center Game Night
Plymouth Canton ICO
30600 Michigan Ave, Westland
Friday, April 17th, 7-9 pm
Pain and Healing Across the Faith Traditions
Baldwin Public Library
300 West Merrill, Birmingham, MI 48009
Thurs., Apr. 16 at 6:30 p.m.
MARRIAGE SEMINAR WITH DR. GARY CHAPMAN
Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
16 Lakeshore Drive, Grosse Pointe Farms
Saturday, April 18,
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Click here for more info
Women of Note Banquet
WISDOM
First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham
1669 W. Maple, Birmingham
Wednesday, April 29, 6-9 PM
Click here for more info
Face to Faith
Song and Spirit Institute for Peace
2599 Harvard, Berkley
Thursday, April 30, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
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May Events
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National Day of Prayer Service
Troy Interfaith Group
Northminster Presbyterian Church
3633 West Big Beaver
Thursday, May 7, 7-8:30 pm
WISDOM: Five Women, Five Journeys
Baldwin Public Library
300 West Merrill, Birmingham, MI 48009
Thurs., May. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
Family Festival and Fun Day
Muslim Unity Center
Saturday and Sunday, May 16 & 17
Click for more info
2015 Faith-Based Summit
Radisson Hotel Lansing
111 N Grand Ave., Lansing
May 19, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Packing Food
Plymouth Canton ICO
Gleaners in Detroit
2131 Beaufait, Detroit
Saturday, May 30, 9 - 11:30 am
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June Events
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Arab American National Museum tour
Troy Interfaith Group
13624 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn
Sunday, June 7, 2:15-4:00 pm
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