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Steve Spreitzer
to receive
Interfaith Leadership Award
IFLC Annual Dinner October 14
   
 
Steve Spreitzer is the President and CEO of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion. He has, he says, the biggest interfaith rolodex in southeast Michigan. 

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Religious Diversity Journeys
Experience
   


As we kick off our Religious Diversity Journeys for this year, join us for the RDJ experience through this wonderful video created with the support of the First Foundation and First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham.

For two personal perspectives, 


   

     

This week
Last chance to buy tickets to the
IFLC Annual Awards Dinner!

October 14, 2015

  

   

 

  

Join us as 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. 


 
IFLC annual dinner 

October 14th 

Shriners Silver Garden in Southfield.  

Pre-dinner interfaith reception 5:30 pm

Dinner program 6:30 pm. 

  

Click here  to read about this year's nominees

 

Click here to register for tickets, tables or to become a sponsor

 

Click here to purchase an ad in the dinner program

 

    
Tonight!
Rescue in the Phillipines


    
Green & Grow your Congregation
October 9

Join congregations from across Michigan at the Michigan Interfaith Power & Light's 10th annual sustainability conference, Green & Grow Your Congregation, to be held October 9 at Peoples Church in East Lansing.
Register now to learn how to "green" your house of worship:
  • Choose from 15 great workshops!
  • Hear 3 wonderful keynote speakers!
  • Network with faith leaders and sustainability experts from across Michigan!
  • Automatically enter our raffle and get the chance to win over $2,000 in prizes!

WISDOM and IFLC
Co-sponsor Book Fair Author
   
Anthony David
   
An Improbable Friendship: 
The Remarkable Lives of Israeli Ruth Dayan and Palestinian Raymonda Tawil and Their 40-Year Mission to Build Understanding Between Their Peoples



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!
    
  Can you eat an etrog?

 
  
 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!

Picture:By Yankelowitz (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


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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.
October Events

Learning from Each Other While Strengthening Your Own Faith
Troy Interfaith Group
Beacon Unitarian Universalist Congregation
4230 Livernois Road, Troy
Monday, October 5th, 7-8:30 pm

IFLC 3rd Annual Awards Dinner
Shriner's Silver Garden
24350 Southfield Rd, Southfield
Wednesday, October 14, 6:30 pm

Journey Into Mystery
Doorways, Portals and Cracks in Time
Song and Spirit Institute for Peace
2599 Harvard, Berkley, MI
Saturday, October 17, 10 am - 8:30 pm
Click for more info

Headcoverings Across the Faith Traditions
Interfaith Leadership Council
St. John's Episcopal Church
26998 Woodward Ave, Royal Oak
October 18, 2015, 3:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Click here for more info
November Events

Diwali, Festival of Lights
Troy-area Interfaith Group
Brahma Kumaris
32969 Hamilton Court, Suite G-102, Farmington Hills
Monday, November 2, 7:00-8:30 pm

Author Anthony David at Book Fair
WISDOM and the Interfaith Leadership Council co-sponsoring
The Berman Theater at the Jewish Community Center
6600 West Maple Rd, West Bloomfield
Thursday, November 12, 8 p.m. 
Click here for more info

Journey Into Mystery
Doorways, Portals and Cracks in Time
Song and Spirit Institute for Peace
2599 Harvard, Berkley, MI
Saturday, November 21, 10 am - 8:30 pm
Click for more info

Annual Thanksgiving Celebration
Troy-area Interfaith Group
Location TBD
Sunday, November 22, 7:00-8:30 pm

December 2015 Events

Food, Faith, and Friends Interfaith Dinner
Troy-area Interfaith Group
2Booli Mediterranean Restaurant
854 E. Big Beaver Road, Troy
Monday, December 7, 7:00 -8:30 pm

March 2016 Events

The 2016 Seventeenth Annual World
Fort Street Presbyterian Church
631 W. Fort Street, Detroit
Sunday, March 6, 4:00 - 5:30 pm
After-glow from 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

IFLC is a community resource for interfaith education, news and events. To suggest an event for our next calendar, send us an email

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