| What's New at ICGS? |
A thrift store-type place to leave donations to benefit the poor and the needy has opened on North C Street across from Loaves and Fishes. Joel S. is ram-rodding the effort and the launch of this venture is going well.
If you have things to donate it is easy to find. They are open five days a week from 9am until 4pm. Your thoughtfulness and goodness in sharing will always be appreciated.
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| Sacramento Faith TV | |
A great way to spread the good news of your church or congregation! Call Ron Hermann at 916.519.0577
We continue our approach at building bigger and better programming every day, week and month. We are grateful to those who help in this effort. Television is a wonderful medium and 900,000 TV's exist in our broadcast area. We strive to bring interfaith faces and wording to everyone who tunes in to Cable Channel 20 (Comcast) and Channel 19 (SureWest) in Sacramento County. The local programming is also available through simulcasting on sacramentofaithtv.org.
"30 Minutes of Faith" show interviews with faith leaders throughout our region and the topics of discussion between Jon Fish and his guests is enlightening and informative. Schedule: Monday 7am and 7:30pm / Wed. 9pm / Fri. 6pm / Sun. 9pm
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| New Members & Donations |
Thank you to these Faith Groups/Organizations that either paid their ICGS membership dues or made donations to the ICGS in October:
Christian Church Foundation
St Johns Lutheran
We thank these donors and other individual donors for their kindness and generosity.
We invite you to become involved in helping fund our approaches and events -- please click Membership or Donate in the Quick Links box to the right. It is through your support of the ICGS that we can continue to grow and expand our interfaith work!
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| News from The Village on North C Street - Stocking Caps, Socks and Gloves | |
We are collecting stocking caps, socks and gloves to give to the homeless guests at The Village and Friendship Park .. That singular donation will be made on the Friday after Thanksgiving (Nov 28). If you would like to donate you can call us and we will pick them up a week before. There is no number to be given because there won't ever be too many.
These goodly people try to keep their fingers, toes and ears warm and dry during the winter months. Call at 916.801.8883 for pick-up (during the week of Nov 17-22) or email at president@sacramentointerfaith.org. If you have a youth group or church group who can make this a big donation and deal that would be greatly appreciated!
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| Gift Cards for Christmas Stockings Needed |
Christmas stockings for homeless folks are now being put together by many interested groups.
We would like to attach $5 or $10 gift cards to each of them.
If you would like to help please send your gift card to:
Christmas Stockings
Loaves and Fishes
PO Box 13495
Sacramento, CA 95813
Thank you in advance!
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| Tuesday, November 11 VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION | 
Recognition of Veterans and a Day of Patriotism and Thanksgiving
Military Guest Speakers, Prayer, Children's Music
Pledge of Allegiance, Posting of the Colors
Wear your hats, medals, ribbons - to be honored!
This event is FREE to the public! Click here for a flyer.
11 November 2014
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Location:
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament
1017 11th St.
Sacramento, CA 95814
Sponsored by:
the Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento
"All faiths. All people. All the time."
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| Wednesday, November 12 MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID | 
In keeping with our New Social Contract, United Advocates for Children and Families has launched a spirituality and mental health initiative: Faith Share 360°.
We offer a complimentary class on Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)... a national education program that helps the public identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders. MHFA is managed, operated, and disseminated by three national authorities: National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Missouri Department of Mental Health. A certified trainer on staff will teach the class on:
Wednesday, November 12: 9am-4pm (Continental breakfast and lunch served). Click here for a flyer.
To register, please contact Judy Crockett at jcrockett@uacf4hope.org or call her at (916) 643-1530 ext.112. Registration deadline: Monday, October 20, 2014. We will send you a registration form. The class will be held in our Hdqtrs Training Center in Sacramento. The class requires a minimum of 10 participants/a maximum of 20. Each will receive a certificate that is recognized by the three agencies listed above.
Please visit our website http://www.uacf4hope.org/ -- click the "About Us" tab, then "Faith Share 360°" tab on the dropdown menu for additional information.
Danny Martinez
United Advocates for Children and Families
2035 Hurley Way, Suite 290
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 643-1530
dmartinez@uacf4hope.org
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| ICGS Mission Statement |
"The mission of the Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento is to promote respect for all faiths and religious human rights for all, to encourage faiths working together for better understanding and acceptance of all faiths and their people, to encourage a cohesive hand of all faiths in social services, to implement programs for the basic needs in the community and to help protect religious freedom as an element of human rights for all." |
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Items for the December ICGS Newsletter should be sent via email to newsletter@sacramentointerfaith.org no later than Wednesday, November 26. The December Newsletter will be sent out on Monday, December 1. For questions, please contact us at the email address above.
Sincerely,
Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento
Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento and Sacramento Faith TV are part of the Interfaith Service Bureau
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| From the President's Desk |  | |
ICGS President Jon Fish writes:
We continue to be amazed at the goodness of so many people who come in and out of our lives. We see countless numbers of good people doing good things. We shouldn't be amazed because the good people and their good acts rarely make it into the news of the day. Their work and labors go on quietly behind doors generally unseen by the public. Their personalities, their devotions, their tenderness and their simple goodness overpower the needs of the people all about them. (My father used to tell us in childhood that we should "do good, simply for good's sake," all of our lives.)
In October we watched, listened and enjoyed many displays of goodness that ranged from music, to the spoken word, to service, to generosity, to time for dialogue, to education and growth, to remembering wonderful holiday times, to caring for creation, to prayer, to donating toward winter weather usage, to opening doors to help and so much more. We are grateful to the good people of this community! They continue to touch our lives for good in all of their approaches. God bless you all for your acts of good.
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