We continue our out-reach approach to all faiths and all people, all the time.  You can get on our mailing list by going to sacramentointerfaith.org and we will get you involved in our events and gatherings. A lot is planned in 2016 and we are hopeful of having many, many of our friends and family members, from all religious affiliations, join us in celebrating our diversity and enjoyment toward all of the things we do so similar.  We're reaching out to you. Reach back to us, please. Involve your friends and co-workers. The Interfaith work has existed in Sacramento since 1911 and is the oldest interfaith organization west of the Mississippi. We are trying to grow in being together in so many of our walks through life.

Dan Delany, the former priest who fell in love with a nun, who then brought their practicing religious approaches thereafter - and their children and grandchildren - to a way of life known in Sacramento as Loaves and Fishes, passed away ten days ago.  A funeral mass was held at St. Francis and an Open House and gathering for many were held thereafter at Loaves and Fishes on North C Street. Dan and his wife, Chris, have been pillars in our community. They have shown the way for caring and giving to those less fortunate. They have allowed a great contribution to society in River City.

We've been busy gathering sleeping bags, once again, to distribute to the homeless during the holidays.  We can come and pick them up if you will give us a call. It provides shelter, warmth and some safety at night. 916.801.8883 (Jon) will see that the retrieval of your giving is taken care of.

2201 Park Towne Circle, Sacramento 95825

Dear Ones:
 
Just wanted to send a reminder that we are offering the next Dynamic Dialogue Introductory workshops soon.  The next dates for all the components of the Introduction are Friday and Saturday November 6-7 and 13-14, 2015 in Sacramento.
 
We have been working with this new material for the past year.  The evaluations have be excellent.  Below I have provided a brief  description of why we developed Dynamic Dialogue™
 
Why Bread of Life Developed Dynamic Dialogue™
 
Dynamic Dialogue is the new Dialogue program offered by the Bread of Life Center. With a mission of offering practices, skills and processes that transform individuals, organizations and communities, we realized it was time to evolve a 'next generation' understanding of key components in the work of dialogue.
 
This awareness emerged from a combination of the evaluations and feedback of participants in the Dialogue programs we had offered since 2002* with new learning from the maturing community of regional practitioners who pointed to unmet needs for them and the people they work with. 
 
We felt a need to provide a fresh practice framework that:
·        Meets a broader range of needs and settings than we had found possible in earlier work
·       Provides a common language that is accessible to a variety of audiences
·       Helps practitioners set goals for themselves within an evolving practice that holds the creative tension between the need for consistency and integrity with the need for flexibility to evolve, adapt and grow the practice in new ways.
 
We believe Dynamic Dialogue achieves these three goals without losing the integrity, authenticity and values that are core to healthy Dialogue practice. Dialogue at its best allows new understandings, freer ways of relating, and creative new actions to emerge among individuals and groups facing into the complex challenges of our time.
 
We are delighted to offer this work and welcome your questions or requests for more information.
 
As always if you do not want to receive information about these workshops please let me know.  Thanks,
 
Jean Holsten
Jean Holsten, Director Dialogue, Bread of Life
650 El Camino Avenue
Sacramento CA 95815
(916) 648-1803, Extension 11
www.BreadofLife.org     

Click here for ticket information.

Sacramento area businesses, churches and community organizations are coming together to sponsor multiple citywide compassion outreaches in Sacramento.  The outreach will provide thousands of children and families in the hardest hit areas of Sacramento with free groceries, health screenings, job fairs, haircuts, clothes, family portraits, games and activities for children, and much more. All goods and services are provided to guests free of charge.

Click on the flyer for information about the Arden-Arcade event. For more information about other Sacramento events and volunteer opportunities, click here.

SAVE THE DATE: DECEMBER 21

HOMELESS MEMORIAL INTERFAITH SERVICE

See our flyer for details.

Location:
Trinity Cathedral
2620 Capitol Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95816
916-446-2513

  

Contact & Additional Information:
Bob Erlenbusch
Executive Director
Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness
www.srceh.org
Mission:  to end and prevent homelessness in the Sacramento region through policy analysis, community education, collective organizing, advocacy and civic engagement

"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 to work 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."