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Weekly Newsletter | August 29, 2018
Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento
Weekly Newsletter
Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento 
ICGS / Sacramento Faith TV
PO Box 15246
Sacramento, CA 95851
Wednesday, September 5
A Forum for Interfaith Action
The Center for Interfaith Studies in America 
(CISA)

Announces A Forum For Interfaith Action

EXPORING THE POSSIBILITY OF PRACTICING INTERFAITH SPIRITUALITY: MOVING BEYOND MULTIFAITH RELATIONSHIPS

Father Tom Bonacci 
Executive Director
The Interfaith Peace Project

Wednesday, 5 September 2018
6:30-8:00pm

Admission is Free

Reception Foods and Conversation

Location:
Christ the King Retreat Center
6520 Van Maren Ln
Citrus Heights, CA 95621

Wednesday, September 12
Sacramento Opioid Awareness Summit
Sacramento Opioid Awareness Summit

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM PDT

For more information: http://sacopioidcoalition.org/

Location:
CSU Sacramento
University Union Ballroom 
6000 J St., Sacramento, CA 95819

Friday, September 28
Second Annual Community Open House
Second Annual Community Open House
Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple of West Sacramento

For the second year in a row, people of all faiths are welcome to visit the West Sacramento Sikh Temple. Come to meet your Sikh brothers and sisters; learn about their faith tradition; experience their beautiful temple and enjoy a vegetarian meal. The event is free but a love offering is always welcome at the foot of the altar. The event is sponsored by Interfaith Explorers and Spiritual Life Center who will be hosting on-line registration once again. 

On-line registration is necessary for food prep, so please register by Wednesday September 26 at Spiritual Life Center: www.slcworld.org – click on event icon. One person can register up to 50 people as a group. For questions or registration assistance, please contact Rachel Lyman, Interfaith Explorers at (916) 531-2905 or email:  rachel24@surewest.net

For information on etiquette and directions, please see our flyer.

Friday, September 28, 2018
5:30 p.m. Temple Program -- 7:00 p.m. Free Vegetarian Meal

Location:
Gurdwara Sahib Sikh Temple of West Sacramento
2301 Evergreen Avenue, West Sacramento

Thursday, October 4
Dialogue Workshop for Faith Leaders
Dialogue Workshop for Faith Leaders

How do we honor the foundations of our faith in such challenging times? How do we lead the faithful through this divisive and polarized landscape? Following a faith that calls for recognizing, connecting with and even serving the ‘others’ in our midst has never been more challenging and necessary. As we become more polarized in this country and in this region; we become positions and not people. When we lose connection with our humanity violence increases.

You are invited to a day of experiential training focused on the transformative power of dialogue that helps lead communities through division into a common good. Participants will be introduced to tools and practices that can be used immediately.

Thursday, October 4th, 2018, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM 

Location: Sacramento Location TBD

Check us out at www.DynamicDialogue.org or visit www.breadoflife.org to register.

Thursday, October 11
Courts and Clergy Conference
5th Annual Northern California Courts and Clergy Conference

The 5th Annual Northern California Courts and Clergy Conference will be held on October 11th at St Clare Catholic Church in Roseville. All clergy are welcome to this all day conference. Attendance is limited to 900 this year. 

Please spread the word and save the date. Registration is available at chettyn@saccourt.ca.gov.

Location:
St Clare Catholic Church
1950 Junction Blvd, Roseville, CA 95747

Sunday, October 14
Concert series: "and the heart replies" 
Sacramento Symphonic Winds presents its 2018-2019 Concert Series

Bring the entire family to this extraordinary concert season entitled " … and the heart replies" at the new Rio Americano High School Center for the Arts. The Sacramento Symphonic Winds is a 60-piece adult symphonic band conducted by Music and Artistic Director Timothy M. Smith. The season will include James Sochinski’s epic Legend of Alcobaca, Frank Ticheli’s setting of Amazing Grace, Robert Jager’s inventive Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann (The Happy Farmer) plus clarinet soloist Robert Mitchell performing Black Dog by Scott McAllister, lyric baritone vocal soloist Omari Tau performing selections from Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs, and our own trombone soloist Thomas Eckert performing Carnival of Venice by Herbert L. Clarke. 

Date/Time: Sundays; October 14 & December 9 (2018) and March 10 & May 5 (2019), 2:30 pm.

NEW Location: Rio Americano High School Center for the Arts,
4540 American River Dr., Sacramento, CA 95864

Tickets sold at the door: Children 10 and under Free; Student/ Senior (65+) $10; General $15.

Contact phone: 916-489-2576



2018 Moon Lecture Series
Moon Lecture Series at St. Mark's UMC

The Bob and Dorrie Moon Lecture Series showcases contemporary insights from dynamic speakers and progressive Christian authors and community leaders. Purchase online tickets by clicking here.

Bob and Dorrie endowed this forum as a gift and challenge to the Sacramento community to think critically and act ethically on important issues of our time.

Click here to see the entire September-December 2018 Moon Lecture Series line-up and to purchase online tickets.

Location:
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
2391 St. Marks Way, Sacramento, CA 95864

Build for Unity “Unity Concert”
Sunday, November 18
BUILD FOR UNITY “UNITY CONCERT”

Joining our voices together as ONE

On November 18, 2018 Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento, in partnership with local faith leaders, will be kicking off the first ever “Unity Concert” to support Build for Unity a community and multi-faith collaboration which brings together people of all colors, creeds, and communities to counter intolerance and build homes for local families in need.

Habitat’s pilot Build for Unity Project in 2016/2017 brought together 180 different local faith organizations and donors and began a national campaign which has now sprouted interfaith Build for Unity Projects in over 20 cities across the US.

Join us for an incredible evening featuring a unique convergence of musical styles and instrumentation.

November 18, 2018 at 5:30pm

Location:
The Center at 2300 - 2300 Sierra Blvd, Sacramento, CA

Tickets and tables for the Unity Concert will be made available in September. Visit HabitatGreaterSac.org/UnityConcert

Now accepting RFP’s from performers email
BuildforUnity@habitatgreatersac.org for more information!

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Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento 
ICGS / Sacramento Faith TV
PO Box 15246, Sacramento, CA 95851