Marin Interfaith Council Newsletter

November 15, 2017

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.

MIC News

Visionary Marin

Sunday, November 12th, over 150 attendees gathered at Congregation Rodef Sholom to celebrate this year's Visionary Marin honorees for their tremendous contributions towards affordable housing in Marin County.

Katie Crecelius, Jeff Bialik, and Steven Saxe shared insights from their respective efforts and the importance of affordable housing advocacy for both present and future generations.

To see a short video of the program, click HERE.

Thank you again to this year's honorees for your contributions to Marin County!

Additional thanks to the:

2017 Visionary Marin Steering Committee

2017 Sponsors

2017 Basket Donors

All Volunteers

Announcing MIC's New Website!

MIC has a new website with new features such as a blog, community announcement submissions, and our Love Lives in Marin Page!

Be sure to visit to see our new platform!

www.marinifc.org

MIC Events

MIC Monthly Meditation

Aline "Macha" O'Brien

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

5:30 - 6:30 pm

First Presbyterian Church Chapel

1510 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael

Cost: Donation at the door to MIC

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 evening will be led by

Aline "Macha" O'Brien.

Aline O'Brien (M. Macha NightMare), ritualist, writer, and activist, co-author of The Pagan Book of Living and Dying and serves on the Advisory Board of the Sacred Dying Foundation. Active in establishing Cherry Hill Seminary, Macha represents the Covenant of the Goddess, and CHS in the American Academy of Religion, Marin Interfaith Council, and United Religions Initiative, and at interfaith symposia throughout the U.S. Currently she serves the inmates of the Wiccan circle at San Quentin State Prison. She blogs at Broomstick Chronicles.

Co-Sponsored Events

Join us for a free Advocacy Training for Faith-Based Nonprofits on November 16th!

Thursday, November 16th

11:00 am - 2:15 pm

Where:

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin

Fellowship Hall

240 Channing Way

San Rafael, CA

The Collaborative is proud to bring the top legal experts on nonprofit advocacy to the North Bay for a Bolder Advocacy Workshop for Faith-Based Nonprofits. This is a unique opportunity to learn about your rights

to influence food & farm policy

as a 501(c)3 nonprofit faith group.

Who: Nonprofit leaders, clergy, lay leaders, and congregation members interested in working to influence local, state, and federal policies

What: Advocacy training to educate clergy, lay leaders, and members on how to navigate the advocacy space as a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization

Cost: FREE! Lunch is provided

RSVP: Strongly recommended!

RSVP HERE

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service: A Community Celebration of Gratitude for the San Geronimo Valley

Sunday, November 19th,
4:00 pm

Where:

San Geronimo Valley Community Center

6850 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.

San Geronimo, CA 94963

Our People, Our Villages

Our Streams and Hillsides

Our Community

Offered by the San Geronimo Valley Religious Congregations:

San Geronimo Community Presbyterian Church

St. Cecilia and St. Mary Catholic Parishes

Native American Circle Center

Spirit Rock

International Association of Sufism

Gan HaLev

The program will include music and presentations from each faith community. Everyone is invited, so please join us whether or not you are connected to any of the congregations that are offering the service!

Refreshments following the service will be provided by this year's host, Gan HaLev - the Valley's Jewish Congregation

This is also a Love Lives in Marin Event.

This annual event is also an opportunity to support the San Geronimo Valley Community Center's Food Bank. Donations of cash or checks (payable to SGVCC) will be gratefully accepted and used to directly support the Center's annual Thanksgiving, Christmas and Chanukah food distribution to local families in need during the holiday.

MIC on Social Media!

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and like our Facebook Page!

We post to all three platforms to engage our social media community.

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Community Events

Community Events are always displayed on our MIC website here . Feel free to submit your own event at any time using the online form here . The deadline for submissions is the 10th and 25th of every month.

2017

November

Join us for this month's Elder Activists for Social Justice (EASJ) Community Conversation! Right Relationship and Respectful Dialog as Elders with Val Lopez, Chairman Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, Thursday, November 16, 9:00 am, Conscious Elders Network.
Family Ties, Saturday, November 18, 8:00pm, Marin Baroque, San Anselmo.
Chika Inoue and Mary Au in Concert - Featuring "Behind Barbed Wire" by composer Deon Nielsen Price, Sunday, November 19, 3:00 pm, Presidio Chapel, San Francisco.
A Matter of Balance - Fall Prevention for Older Adults, Monday, November 20, 10:00am, Presbyterian Church of Novato, Novato
Thanksgiving Services of Gratitude, Thursday, November 23, Christian Science Churches in Marin County
Translating Scientific Knowledge into Wisdom with Anthony S. Wright, PhD., Thursday, November 30, 7:00 pm, Unity in Marin, Novato.

December

Sausalito Presbyterian Church Christmas Vespers 2017, Sunday, December 3, 5:00 pm, Sausalito Presbyterian Church, Sausalito.
Advent Reflections & Concert with Dan Schutte, Friday, December 15, 7:00 pm, Saint Isabella Church, San Rafael.

If you have an event that has a deadline, please let me know when submitting event. Thanks!

For more community events click here

Community Announcements

YWCA San Rafael offers an Employment Support Program for Women 50+ who need to get back in the workplace:

Our workshops assess, build and refine skills required in today's workplace as well as support to build confidence, feel inspired and validated. Whether you are unemployed, coming back to work after a break, or are looking for a career change, we have something for you! All classes are free!

To sign up or learn more please contact Gretchen at: 415-479-9922, Gretchen@ywcasf-marin.org ., or 4380 Redwood Hwy, Suite A-1, San Rafael, CA 94903.

Visit: www.fiftyplusmarin.org for workshop and class info. Sign up for a free orientation! See calendar of classes: http://fiftyplus.ywcasf-marin.org/class-calendar.

See flyer HERE.

Volunteer to be a Legal Observer with Marin Rapid Response Network

Marin Rapid Response Network (MRRN) is looking for new volunteers to become trained legal observers during potential ICE raids. The Legal Observer training sessions will take place on Wednesdays, at the First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael from 6 pm - 7:30 pm. If you are interested in becoming a legal observer, sign up HERE .