Welcome to the semi-monthly bulletin of news and events from the Marin Interfaith Council.
For more information visit our website at www.marinifc.org. Thank you for your interest in MIC.
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Vigil of Solidarity and Prayers
On Sunday, October 28, approximately 650 people, including representatives from about 35 different faith communities gathered for a candlelight vigil at Congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon to honor the lives lost in the Pittsburgh shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue and to support our Jewish sisters and brothers here in Marin and everywhere.
Leaders from various traditions shared prayers, songs, and words of wisdom, love, and resilience.
Thank you to Congregation Kol Shofar for hosting and for every person, faith leader, organization, and congregation that joined in solidarity in the belief that love is more powerful than fear, hate and violence.
To read a prayer shared at the vigil, click HERE.
To read the event feature in the Marin IJ, click
HERE.
Thank you for showing that Love does truly Live in Marin!
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MIC's Appointee Announced
MIC's Board of Directors has selected Rev. Jan Reynolds as MIC's new appointee to the Marin Community Foundation's Buck Family Fund Board of Trustees. Jan is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, San Rafael and is the immediate past Board President of MIC.
Congratulations to Jan and a deep bow of gratitude to Abbess Fu Schroeder, who is completing her second term as MIC's appointee.
Thanks also to the Search Committee, which reviewed applications and interviewed candidates.
The Search Committee consisted of:
Elaine Tokolahi (Chair),
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of San Rafael & MIC Board Member
Mark Noguchi,
Interfaith Buddhist & MIC Board Member
Elizabeth Ury,
Liaison to Green Gulch Farm Zen Center & MIC Board Secretary
Sharon Turner,
Cornerstone Church of God in Christ
Rev. Kathryn Gulbranson,
Assistant to the Bishop, Sierra Pacific Lutheran Synod
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Organization Highlight
MIC will focus on education equity at this year's Visionary Marin event. One honoree will be Kim Mazzuca, Executive Director of
10,000 Degrees, which helps hundreds of middle school, high school, and community college students from low-income backgrounds in Marin County realize their dreams of earning four-year college degrees.
For a story on 10,000 Degrees click HERE.
For more on Visionary Marin and to register, click HERE.
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Register Now
13th Annual Visionary Marin
A Fundraiser for the Marin Interfaith Council
Sunday, November 11, 2018
3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Honoring two exceptional individuals working for education equity in Marin County:
Bettie Hodges of The Hannah Project &
The Freedom School of Marin County
&
Kim Mazzuca of 10,000 Degrees
Join us!
- Hear the wisdom and vision of our honorees
- Connect with Marin faith communities and interfaith partners
- Enjoy delectable appetizers and desserts
- Enter a drawing to win one of our fun gift baskets
Cost: sliding fee scale $80-$60 for one, $120 for two
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
VISIONARY:
The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael
LEADERS:
Kaiser Permanente of San Rafael
ADVOCATES:
Catholic Charities
EAH Housing
The Isabel Allende Foundation
Ann Mathieson/Marin Promise Partnership
Strick Schnasse Lawyers
PARTNERS:
Bank of Marin
Dominican University of California - Institute for Leadership Studies
Drake Terrace Senior Living Community
First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael
Hospice by the Bay
Jewish Family & Children's Services
Marin General Hospital Chaplaincy Program
Mark & Kay Noguchi
Unity In Marin
COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS:
Andy Falk, Realtor MBA, Coldwell Banker
American Jewish Committee
Anonymous
Bridge the Gap College Prep
First Church of Christ Scientist, Novato
Innerlude & Associates
MarinKids
Marin Link
Osher Marin JCC
Betty Pagett
Rise Together Bay Area
Location:
Congregation Rodef Sholom
170 San Pedro Rd.
San Rafael, CA 94903
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MIC Monthly Meditation
Wednesday, November 14th
First Presbyterian Church
1510 Fifth Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94901
Cost: Love Offering at the door
(suggested donation $10-$20)
Every second Wednesday of the month, a leader from a different spiritual community will offer a meditation or spiritual practice and explain how it flows from the basic tenets of his/her faith tradition. Each gathering will include time for questions and insights that emerge from our shared time of intentional spiritual practice.
This month our leader is:
Sylvia Krug
Bahá'í
Sylvia Marie Krug is passionate about the benefits of meditation to increase life satisfaction and to heal old wounds. Having lost her mother to breast cancer at an early age and with only an alcoholic father to rely on, a life of homelessness, addiction, and poverty seemed inevitable. But Sylvia choose a healing path and credits meditation and her spiritual practice for saving her life. In her Hypnotherapy practice for over 16 years, Sylvia employed guided imagery and Reiki to help clients align with their true nature, release the past, and take back their power. As a single mother, Sylvia raised her two college-educated daughters who are happy, healthy contributing members of society, and she is blessed with two devoted sons-in-law. Sylvia is a student of ACIM (A Course in Miracles) and is a fourth generation American Bahá'í who owns and resides in her modest home in Novato, California.
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American Jewish Committee Campaign
#ShowUpforShabbat
Friday, Nov. 2nd - Saturday, Nov. 3rd
Where:
Jewish Congregations Across
Marin County & the Nation
In the aftermath of the Tree of Life Synagogue attack, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) has launched the
#ShowUpForShabbat
campaign, calling on both Jews and non-Jews to fill synagogues this coming weekend.
Please join AJC and all the individuals who have already pledged to
#ShowUpForShabbat
. Go to
AJC.org/solidarity, add your name in support of this effort - even if you are unable to attend - and then share this message with your family and friends.
Congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon and Congregation Rodef Sholom in San Rafael have both been notified about the campaign and the potential increase in attendees for their services.
If you are able to attend services, please tweet and post on Facebook about your Shabbat plans using the hashtag
#ShowUpForShabbat
. You can share their posts directly from
Facebook
and
Twitter
.
To learn more about the AJC's
#ShowUpForShabbat campaign, click HERE.
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Movie Screening by NIOT:
Light In The Darkness
Thursday, November 8,
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Unity In Marin
Novato, CA 94949
Unity in Marin will be hosting the upcoming Not In Our Town (NIOT) movie screening.
Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness is a one-hour documentary about a town coming together to take action after anti-immigrant violence devastates the community. In 2008, a series of attacks against Latino residents of Patchogue, New York culminate with the murder of Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had lived in the Long Island village for 13 years.
Over a two-year period, the story follows Mayor Paul Pontieri, the victim's brother, Joselo Lucero, and Patchogue residents as they openly address the underlying causes of the violence, work to heal divisions, and begin taking steps to ensure everyone in their village will be safe and respected.
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Welcome to the Green Corner
From Interfaith Power and Light:
For decades, oil and gas drilling has devastated Creation and harmed some of the most vulnerable communities in our state - polluting our air and water, and sickening thousands of people. Please sign the letter linked below to tell Governor Brown it's time to take real, significant steps to phase out oil and gas drilling in California. The planet cannot survive on half measures.
PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO THE LETTER attached HERE and please share with other people of faith.
Thank you!
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2018
November
- 4-Part Meditation Series: Spiritual Practices for the Culturally Fatigued, Thursdays: Nov 1, Nov 15, Nov 29, 7:00 pm, Community Congregational Church, Tiburon.
- Palliative Care Volunteer Training Program, Friday November 2, 9:30 am, Jewish Family and Children's Services, San Francisco.
- Metta Gathering, Tuesday, November 6, 7:30 pm, Buddhist Temple of Marin, Mill Valley.
- Waking in Oak Creek * Film Screening and Discussion, Saturday, Nov. 10, 6:30 pm, Novato City Hall.
- Love & Wisdom, 3 class series, Nov. 11, Dec 16 Institute for Sufi Studies, Novato.
- Marin Baroque: Songs of Innocence & Songs of Experience, Saturday November 17, 8:00 pm, 72 Kensington Rd, San Anselmo.
If you have an event that has a deadline, please let me know when submitting event. Thanks!
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Volunteer Chaplains Needed at Novato Police Department
The Novato Police Department are looking for qualified volunteer chaplains to provide service to the police department and Novato community. Police Chaplains are trained to do various tasks such as counsel Police Officers, their families, and other members of the department, and more.
To learn more about the chaplaincy program click
HERE.
Anyone interested in the position should contact Sergeant Jennifer Dunlap, our hiring supervisor, at 415-899-7005 or jdunlap@novato.org.
FOOD DRIVE:
The Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living (GGCSL) is having a Thanksgiving food drive for donations to the SF-Marin Food Bank! Barrels are located in the lobby of Corte Madera Community Center, 498 Tamalpais Drive, Corte Madera. Non-perishable donations welcome from all!
Drop off hours are Mon-Thur from 8 AM-4 PM, and Sundays till 1PM. Through Nov. 20th.
Catholic Charities and JCRC Partner to Promote Voter Registration. Register to vote now!
- Register or Update Your Voter Registration online https://registertovote.ca.gov/. Registration is available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese. You are eligible to vote if you are a U.S. citizen; a resident of California; 18 years of age or older; are not in prison or on parole for the conviction of a felony.
- Reminder the deadline to register to vote is Oct 22nd. Missed the registration deadline? You may come to the Department of Elections at 3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 121 in San Rafael during the 14 days before and including Election Day to register to vote.
Marin Crop Walk/Hunger Walk seeks new planning Committee Chairperson
Marin County has been the site of a walk to raise funds for the international aid organization, Church World Service, and for local hunger-related service organizations, for over twenty years. Marin Interfaith Council is the local co-sponsor of the walk. Approximately
125 people participated in the 2018 Walk through downtown San Rafael, raised almost $
16,000, and had participation of approx 15 congregations and service groups
. If you are interested in taking on the chairperson role, please contact Leslie Purdy at
rlpurdy869@gmail.com
. The Marin CROP Hunger Walk is just one of 1000 CROP Hunger Walks held around the country and several held in the Bay area each year. See 2019 job description
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