Prayer Service for Christian Unity.
"All faiths" are invited to attend.
This event is ecumenical (Catholic Diocese of Sacramento)
 
January 20, 2016 at 7 pm ~ see our flyer

Father Michael Kiernan from the Catholic Faith, Jan Merrill from the Baha'i Faith, and Rev. Jason Bense from the Lutheran Church were among many local faith leaders who placed soil from their House of Worship into a wagon at Loaves & Fishes in Sacramento on January 6.  The ceremony marked the Ground Blessing of the new Friendship Park. The soil will be spread into the soil of the new park.

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It was a wonderful Interfaith Prayer Service for the New Legislative Session at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento on January 12. Faith leaders from the Interfaith Council all presented prayers for the new session to members of the Assembly and Senate. To close the service, they all read a joint prayer supporting efforts to take care of the earth and each other.

Pictured from left to right are Jon Fish - ICGS/LDS, Ranjit Singh - Sikh, Jan Merrill - Baha'i Faith, Bishop Jaime Soto - Catholic, Rev. Jeff Cota - Scientology, Rabbi David Azen - Jewish, Rev. Jason Bense - Lutheran, and Bishop Myron Cotta - Catholic.

Reading Partners is a literacy non-profit that teams up with elementary schools in under-served communities to provide one-on-one literacy tutoring to struggling student readers. We do this by bringing in community volunteers to work with students twice a week for forty-five minutes.

Anyone interested in education or willing to help change the life of a student is welcome to volunteer with us. No prior experience is necessary, and we provide initial and ongoing training support for our tutors. We serve eight public, under-resourced schools throughout Sacramento. By working directly with Reading Partners' students who live in the neighborhood, you can make tangible change in your local community.

The interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento has endorsed the campaign to end human trafficking: Not in My City/Not in My State

The issue of human trafficking is one of the most unifying issues of our time. The Not in My City, Not in My State Campaign brings people together in agreement. It is a multi-city movement being developed to engage local communities who want to use their time, talent and treasure to fight the issue of human trafficking.

Human Trafficking negatively affects many communities and Sacramento is no exception.  Community leaders and activists have come together and now Sacramento is leading the fight to combat human trafficking.  Sacramento is positioned to lead the nation in taking back our city and county and restore our reputation as a city effectively working together to end human trafficking in all forms. 

The goal for 2016 is to bring momentum to this campaign on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day - Join community leaders, city, church, business, law enforcement, non-profits, school and the general public on January 11, 2016 at 11am at City Hall. For additional information call or email Jeanne Anderson-West at 916.482.9666  x. 217 or jandersonwest@StIgnatiussac.org.

Please see our City Proclamation Proposal here.

Additional Contact Information:
Email  notinmycity@courageworldwide.org and/or call 916-517-1616

World Religion Day is the 3rd Sunday in January, this year it falls on January 17th.  This Day was created in 1950 by the Baha'i Faith's Administrative body called the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States.
 
The members of various world religions are observing this national awareness day hoping to keep the human race united as one family.  Even though the festival initially originated among the American Baha'i, its popularity has spread all over the world.

Principles of World Religion Day:
The Baha'i Faith is a faith that emerged in the early 19th century in Persia and has three major principles: Unity of God, Religion and Humankind.  According to Baha'is there is a single God, of which spiritualties of all religions in one stem from this single God. Irrespective of religion all humans are born equal and have equal rights.  The day calls for members of all religions have common spiritual goals. The spiritual goal is to unite everyone, whatever their faith, by showing us all that there are common foundations to all the religions and together be in Harmony and help the humanity.

What is the purpose of World Religion Day?
The purpose of World Religion Day is to create harmony and peace among the world's religions and encourage people to understand various religious faiths.
The festival passes on the message of love and agreement and emphasizes that religion is the motivating force for the world's unity.

It promotes the unity among diversity of faiths and encourages oneness among various nations, races and religious communities.

The Baha'is of Sacramento welcome you to celebrate World Religion Day in your own way and we hope you spread the word about this national awareness day.

Tamarkoz (Sufi Meditation) Retreat

"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."