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Save the Date
Monday, May 21 - Islam
Religious Leaders' Lunch*
Thursday, May 24th, San Francisco Theological Seminary, Lower Alexander Hall
Wednesday, June 20th, First Presbyterian Church, San Rafael
Interfaith Concert
Spirit Party: Shaking Down the Walls with Lester Chambers & the Mud Stompers,
'Til Dawn & the Marin City Community Choir - Sunday, July 22, 2012, Marin Showcase Theatre
Visionary Marin
Thursday, November 8, 2012, Mill Valley Community Center
Sponsor Forms (see below)
Become a friend of Marin Interfaith Council on Facebook Just type in Marin Interfaith Council and join the group. Access details about upcoming events and photo galleries of recent events including MIC's Religious Leaders' Lunch, Feb. 15, 2012. The topic of the lunch was "Reclaiming the Public Good: Occupy Your Congregation?"
Rev. Carol Hovis (Executive Director, MIC), Rabbi Jane Litman (Jewish Reconstructionist Federation), Jack Wikse, Ph.D. (Sonoma County Peace and Justice Center/Sonoma State University Professor), Rev. Liza Klein (First United Methodist Church, San Rafael), Mr. Johan Ostlund (Green Gulch Farm Zen Center), Rev. Rob Gieselmann (St. Stephen's Church, Belvedere) and Mr. Qayyum Johnson (back row, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center) speak about the Occupy Movement at MIC's Religious Leaders' Lunch, Feb. 15, 2012. Photo by Paul Burks.
Read the Marin IJ's article on One Nation Bay Area grants & Muslim/Non-Muslim relations in the Bay Area with comments by Rev. Carol Hovis
Read Religion, Politics and the Public Square statement by Rev. Carol Hovis.
Read Some Historical Perspective on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks "Marin Voice" column from the Marin I.J. by Rev. Carol Hovis.
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Visionary Marin 2012
11/08/2012 6:00 pm
America/Los Angeles
Honoring Nahid Angha, Ph.D., Co-Founder/Director of the International Association of Sufism, winner of UNESCO’s Messenger of Peace Award and honoree of the Marin Women’s Hall of Fame. For sponsor forms, click on 1 attachment just below this line.
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MIC Events
*Intra-Faith Education Series
3rd Mondays of March, April & May
Third Night: Islam
Monday, May 21, 2012, 7 PM
Islamic Center & Mosque, 62 Shell Road, Mill Valley
Guest Presenters:
Imam Mehdi Khorasani, President of the Islamic Society of California
Safa Ali Michael Newman, International Association of Sufism
Ebrahim Nana, Islamic Center and Mosque of Mill Valley
Cost
Adult Price: $15 each evening
Youth Price: $8 each evening
Second Night: Buddhism
Monday, April 16, 7 PM
Buddhist Temple of Marin
Approximately 80 people gathered on April 16th at the Buddhist Temple of Marin to explore Buddhism with local Buddhist leaders including Chaplain Nathaniel Vose (Hospice by the Bay), Rev. Jeremy Levie (Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, pictured above left next to Rev. Carol Hovis of MIC), Rev. Ron Kobata (Buddhist Temple of Marin), Lama Palden Drolma (Sukhasiddhi Foundation, pictured above right) and Mr. Mark Sponseller (Spirit Rock Meditation Center). Photo by Alison Kirk.
or see it on CMCM TV Marin Channel 26
First Night: Judaism
Monday, March 19, 2012, 7 PM
Congregation Kol Shofar, Tiburon
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Rev. Carol Hovis welcomes 50 attendees to MIC's Intra-Faith Education Series on Exploring Judaism, March 19, 2012, at Congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon. Three Jewish traditions were explored and discussed with the speakers, Rabbi Emeritus Michael Barenbaum/Reform Judaism, Rabbi Dr. Henry Shreibman/Reconstructionist Judaism and Mr. Ron Brown/Conservative Judaism. Photo by Alison Kirk.
click here to watch a video of this event
or see it on CMCM TV Marin Channel 26
*Religious Leaders' Lunch
"The Politics of Jesus and Moses: Advocating the Common Good"
We will explore Biblical social ethics and how they pertain to our lives and the world.
Presenter
Rev. Dr. James McDonald
President, San Francisco Theological Seminary
Thursday, May 24, 2012, 12 Noon
San Francisco Theological Seminary, Lower Alexander Hall
40 Kensington Road, San Anselmo
40 Kensington Road, San Anselmo
We ask that you bring your own lunch. We will provide snacks and beverages.
We ask for a small donation to cover costs and continue the good work of MIC.
Rev. Dr. James McDonald is the 11th president at San Francisco Theological Seminary (SFTS).
Before SFTS, McDonald, an ordained Presbyterian minister, worked for Bread for the World, a faith-based advocacy organization in Washington, D.C., that urges national legislators to end hunger. Among his many duties at the nonprofit, McDonald managed day-to-day operations, spearheaded fund-raising, and focused on advocacy and strategic efforts to build a broad movement against hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. With a PhD in international relations from American University, McDonald was instrumental in leading Bread for the World's effort to secure debt relief for the world's poorest countries.
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Divinity degrees from Princeton University and Union Theological Seminary in New York, respectively, McDonald worked in pastoral ministry for 15 years. Throughout his career, McDonald has shown a deep passion for education that makes a difference. He was an adjunct faculty member at American and George Washington universities for nearly a decade, teaching courses on world politics, foreign policy and Latin America.
Please RSVP to: programs@marinifc.org by Monday, May 21st.
*MIC Forum & Annual Meeting
Vote Your Values in November:
The Faith Community's Role In
Ending the Death Penalty in California
Wednesday, June 20, 6-8:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael
Guest Speakers
Ana Zamora, Campaign Manager for the SAFE California Campaign
& Program Director for Death Penalty Focus
& Program Director for Death Penalty Focus
Deldelp Media (pictured above), No.Cal. Coordinator, California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Past MIC Events
Interfaith Prayer Breakfast
Congregation Kol Shofar, Tiburon
Rev. Carol Hovis (MIC) talks with presenters Dean Hoaglin, Native American/Traditionalist, Bob Rees, Ph.D., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Sister Sukanya Belsare, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Org. on May 3, 2012 at MIC's Annual Prayer Breakfast. Each presenter shared a teaching and experience of prayer, music or song with 165 people of all faiths who gathered for the annual event.
Marin Hunger Walk, April 29, 2012
First Presbyterian Church, San Rafael
Local girl scouts blew up balloons and put up signs along a 3 mile course through San Rafael for the CROP/Marin Hunger Walk. MIC was a sponsor of the event which drew over 100 supporters walking to raise funds for hunger projects of the Church World Service and locally, the Marin Food Bank, St. Vincent de Paul Free Dining Room and the Marin Interfaith Street Chaplaincy.
Contemplative Service, April 23, 2012
SF Theological Seminary, Montgomery Chapel
Stained glass windows surround three members of the Interfaith Singers, Rev. Carol Hovis and MIC Intern (from SFTS) Abby Fuller. The group was singing a hymn during MIC's April 23, 2012 contemplative service which included silence, music and readings from the Christian Science tradition.
Religious Leaders' Lunch, February 15, 2012
Topic: Reclaiming the Public Good: Occupy Your Congregation?
Presenters included: Jack Wikse, Ph.D., Professor, Author & Lay Leader; The Rev. Rob Gieselmann, St. Stephen's Church, Belvedere; Mr. Qayyum Johnson & Mr. Johan Ostlund, Green Gulch Farm Zen Center; The Rev. Liza Klein, First United Methodist Church, San Rafael; Rabbi Jane Litman, Jewish Reconstructionist Federation
Forum at San Geronimo Valley Community Center
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On February 8, 2012, more than 50 people gathered in San Geronimo (West Marin) for a forum sponsored by MIC and the San Geronimo Valley Community Center titled: Addressing Economic Inequality at the Local Level. The panel of speakers included: Laura Sherman, Certified Care Manager, West Marin Senior Services; Cio Hernandez, MFT, County of Marin, Dept. of Health & Human Services and Rev. Kate Clayton, Interim Pastor, Community Presbyterian Church, San Geronimo. The forum was moderated by the San Geronimo Valley Community Center's Executive Director, Dave Cort & Associate Director and Valley Resource Center Director, Suzanne Sadowsky.
Gleaning Day at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
On Sunday, October 9, 2011, fifty-one people from 7 different religious communities and traditions in Marin County, came together to glean left-over produce in the vegetable gardens at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center. 33 adults and 18 youth from Jewish, Presbyterian, Catholic, Buddhist, Christian Science, United Methodist and Episcopalian communities spent the afternoon learning about the Jewish concept of gleaning, the Zen Buddhist tradition of meditation and organic farming at Green Gulch.
Our group gleaned 70 boxes of kale, broccoli, chard, donating 20 boxes to St. Vincent de Paul Society Free Dining Room, and the other 50 boxes to Marin Organic. Everyone enjoyed getting dirty and collecting abundant organic vegetables for our sisters and brothers who benefit from the free meals and food at St. Vincent’s and Marin Organic.
