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An Interfaith 

Holocaust Memorial Journey 

by 

IFLC Board Member Gail Katz 

   

 

 

About 25 women from Temple Israel in West Bloomfield and Hartford Memorial Baptist Church in Detroit came together on Sunday, April 26th for an interfaith experience at the Holocaust Memorial Center.  We were taken on a 90-minute tour of the center by our outstanding guide, Alan Eidelman.  He explained that the building we were in was not a museum but a memorial for the almost seven million Jews that were murdered by the Nazis, and to honor the Christians and Muslims who helped to save some members of Jewish communities during the 1930's and 1940's. As we stood in front of the eternal flame and the wall that lists the numbers of murdered Jews, Mr. Eidelman explained that we are here to honor dead people!

 

Click here  to read Gail's reflections

 

   
Face to Faith

This Thursday, April 30

 at Song and Spirit

  


Click here to see photos from 
Face to Faith at the Muslim Unity Center 

 

Our next Face to Faith interfaith event for 8 - 12 graders,
will be held at 


The Song and Spirit Institute for Peace

2599 Harvard, Berkley

Thursday, April 30, 6pm - 9pm

  

Click for flyer



Email Meredith at detroit.interfaith.council@gmail.com for more info.
   

    

Save the Date!

IFLC Annual Awards Dinner

October 14, 2015

   

 

  

Each year, we gather to honor some of our community's exceptional activists, raise funds for our community outreach, religious literacy and conciliation efforts, and enjoy an evening with our interfaith friends. 


 
This year, the IFLC annual dinner will be October 14th at Shriners Silver Garden in Southfield.  A pre-dinner interfaith reception begins at 5:30 pm with the dinner program beginning promptly at 6:30 pm. We hope to see you there. We are pleased to share this year's honorees with you, and we look forward to honoring them and hearing from them at the dinner. We hope you'll join us.

 

Click here  to read about this year's nominees

 

   

  

Interfaith panel discussions 

at Baldwin Public Library

   

See video from

Pain and Healing Across the Faith Traditions

    

 

Pain and Healing Across the Faith Traditions

Click here for video

 

Next Discussion

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

Question of the Week

To learn the answers to previous week's questions from across the faith traditions, please click here for our question archive!

    

  Do Hindus believe in God?


 

  

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!

You can ask your questions in response to this newsletter or click here to email us!
 

   

IFLC to receive
Spirit of Unity Award 

at 

Ecumenical Theological Seminary 

Annual Spirit Awards Banquet

 

 

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.

 

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Don't Miss These Upcoming InterFaith Events
Please visit our InterFaith Events Calendar for more information on the events listed below or contact us by clicking here.
April Events

 

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

 

Listening session with RTA CEO Michael Ford

Metro Coalition of Congregations in partnership with the RTA. 

Central Woodward Christian Church

3995 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy

Wednesday, April 29 at 7 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

Click here for more info

 
May Events

 

Community Unity Walk

Save Our Children's Future in Michigan

Walking Route:

Mack Avenue from Cadieux Rd. to Alter Rd.

Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 11:00 am

Click for more info

 

Middle Eastern Fusion Fest

The Village Theater

Canton, MI 48187

Sunday, May 3, 2:00 pm

Click for more info

 

National Day of Prayer Observance 

Ford Interfaith Network

Ford World Headquarters - Mezzanine Conference Center

One American Road, Dearborn

Thursday May 7, 11:30-12:30 


Interfaith National Day of Prayer

Downtown Detroit on stage, in front of the

Coleman A. Young Building

Thursday, May 7, 12:00 to 1:00PM

 

National Day of Prayer Service

Troy Interfaith Group

Northminster Presbyterian Church

3633 West Big Beaver

Thursday, May 7, 7-8:30 pm

Wayne State University

Center for Peace and Conflict Studies

Urban Public Policy Resolution Conference

May 11 and 12, 2015

Click here for more info

 

Michigan Muslim Capitol Day

Michigan Muslim Community Council

Lansing Charter Township, MI

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM 

Click here for more info

 

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

 

June Events

 

Lunch and Learn Series

Interfaith Health and Hope Coalition

St. John Providence

Are We Making Alcoholics?

St. John Macomb-Oakland Hospital, Madison Heights

Campus

Thursday, June 4, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Click for more info

 

Arab American National Museum tour

Troy Interfaith Group

13624 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn

Sunday, June 7, 2:15-4:00 pm

 

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