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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"All Are Welcome Here" Posters Now Available!
If you would like posters to hang up in your community,
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Deadline Tomorrow!
MIC Accepting Applications for Appointee to Buck Family Fund's Trustees
MIC gratefully acknowledges
Abbess Fu Schroeder of Green Gulch Farm Zen Center for serving as our appointee to the Board of Trustees of the Marin Community Foundation's Buck Family Fund. Fu is completing her second four-year term, which is the maximum allowed.
The Buck Family Fund seeks to create equity of opportunity through the distribution of grants that benefit residents of Marin County. MIC makes a single appointment to the fund's Board of Trustees. MIC is accepting applications/nominations for those interested in serving as our new appointee to the Buck Family Fund's Board of Trustees
Applications must be received by 5:00 pm on Tuesday, July 31st.
Please share this e-mail and/or forward the link below to those who might be interested.
You may mail or hand deliver applications to MIC at 1510 Fifth Ave. San Rafael, CA 94901. Please call 415-456-6957 before dropping off applications.
Thank you!
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Network of Congregations
Providing
Immigrant Accompaniment
In the last few months, MIC has convened a network of congregations in Marin County to provide assistance and accompaniment to the immigrant community amidst detainment and deportation.
With much gratitude to First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael for receiving a grant from the Redwoods Presbytery to help our efforts, MIC has been able to spend this summer visiting and working with 10-13 congregations to help them navigate the process of becoming an accompaniment congregation and determining what resources and aid they will provide.
The accompaniment, which includes transportation, food, spiritual and emotional support, financial support and more, will support family needs that are received through the Canal Welcome Center's Rapid Response Network (RRN) and partner congregations serving many immigrant families.
Kudos to our Marin faith communities for actively engaging with community concerns for aid and justice in such trying times.
If you or your faith community wants more information or to join the accompanying congregations network, please email office@marinifc.org.
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MIC Monthly Meditation
Wednesday, August 8th
First Presbyterian Church
1510 Fifth Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94901
Cost: Love Offering at the door
(suggested $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
Rabbi Henry Shreibman.
Henry
Shreibman has served as a faculty member since 2005 at Dominican University. He is an Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy, who has reintroduced the study of Biblical Hebrew and Latin while teaching a blend of Applied Ethics, Ethics & Healthcare and comparative Religion classes. He is a visiting professor at CSU Sonoma State where he helped start their Jewish Studies program in 2010.
His academic focus is at the juncture of comparative ancient ethics/philosophy & wisdom literature, the synergy of the Greco-Roman period in Israel with the rise of early Christianity and the evolution of anti-Semitism. He has been active in interfaith / multi-cultural visioning and work for over 40 years in the US, England and Israel.
He earned a Ph.D., M.Phil and M.A. from Columbia University, NY in comparative ancient religions and literatures. He is an ordained Rabbi since 1981 from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Phila., PA.
In March 2013, he was listed among "American's Most Inspiring Rabbis" by the Jewish Daily Forward.
He brings wisdom, humor and passion to his work. His enthusiasm for his chosen academic pursuits, rabbinic work and student-centered approach is contagious.
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Religious Leaders Gathering
Thursday, August 23rd
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
* Note: different time frame than usual
Dominican Sisters Gathering Space
1520 Grand Ave
San Rafael, CA 94901
Cost: Love Offering at the door
(suggested $10-$20)
In partnership with
Aging Action Initiative regarding resources & support for older adults in Marin County.
Panel topics:
- Mental Health & Dementia
- Housing Options & Challenges for Older Adults
- Taking Care (Self-Care, Resources for Care of Older Adults)
- Staying Connected and Avoiding Isolation
Speakers include:
Shannon Chaney, MSW, is the Family Care Specialist for the North Bay Alzheimer's Association
Chloe Cook, Supervisor, Marin Health & Human Services, Aging & Adult Services
Rachel Gila, Mental Health RN, The Hope and Senior Peer Counselling Program
Amanda Hartery, MA, LMFT is a Family Consultant with Family Caregiver Alliance
Michelle D. Javid, MSW, is the Manager of Business Development for Seniors At Home, a division of Jewish Family and Children's Services.
Linda Jackson, Program Director, Aging Action Initiative
Christine Ness, Program Director, Home Match Marin & San Rafael Rotary Home Team for Covia (formerly Episcopal Senior Communities)
Rev. Scott Quinn, M. Div., MA, Executive Director of the Marin Interfaith Council, Spiritual Director, ordained Interfaith Minister
Register HERE for planning purposes
Suggested donation: $10-$20 at the door
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Welcome to the Green Corner
Green Events:
We are inviting participation in several events connected to Governor Brown's Global Climate Action Summit.
The weekend before San Francisco's Global Climate Summit, the Peoples Climate Movement will lead a national mobilization for climate, jobs, and justice.
People from all faith communities are invited to be part of the faith contingent for a march on Sept 8th in San Franscisco.
Katherine DaSilva Jain of Marin Interfaith Climate Action is helping to organize the march and would welcome your support, participation and input. Please join us in representing the faithful from Marin. For more info: kdsjain@yahoo.com or
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Global Climate Action Summit
September 12-14
San Franciso
The Global Climate Action Summit will bring leaders and people together from around the world to "Take Ambition to the Next Level." It will be a moment to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of states, regions, cities, companies, investors and citizens with respect to climate action.
Click
HERE for more information
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Elders Awakened,
Standing for Our Grandchildren
and All Life
Saturday, September 15, 9 am - 4 pm
First Unitarian Universalist Society of SF
1187 Franklin St. San Francisco
Martin Luther King Room
to learn more or to register go to:
This event will assess the progress and promises made at Gov. Brown's Global Climate Action Summit and propose effective environmental actions. For more information please contact Katherine DaSilva Jain, ECA NorCal Steering Committee at
kdsjain@yahoo.com
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Global Climate Action Affiliate Event in Marin County
'Getting to Paris
Without Stopping in Washington'
Christiana Figueres
Architect of the UN Paris Climate Agreement
in conversation with Berkeley Professor
Daniel Kammen
of the Nobel-Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Joined by local and international leaders, including Congressman Jared Huffman, Marin Supervisors Kate Sears and Damon Connolly, Novato Mayor Josh Fryday, and Marin School of Environmental Leadership student Cameron Evans, discussing how citizens and communities can come together
to achieve global climate goals
Saturday, September 15, 7:00 pm
Doors open at 5:30 for the
Marin Climate Action Showcase
sampling local food, drink and activism
College of Marin
Diamond Center Gymnasium, 700 College Ave., Kentfield
Ticket on sale July 3rd
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2018
August
September
- Sing Along for a Peaceful World, Wednesday, September 5, The Redwoods Retirement Community auditorium, 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Please RSVP to mprice@the-acorn.com.
- Presidio Chapel San Francisco Open House/Docent Tour, Sundays, September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.
- Unity In Marin Two day Affirmative Prayer Class with special guest Rev. Linda Martella-Whitsett, Novato, September 4 & 5.
- Museum of the American Indian Trade Fest, Saturday, September 15, 11 am - 5pm, Miwok Park in Novato.
If you have an event that has a deadline, please let me know when submitting event. Thanks!
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Host a "Meet a Muslim" event with Moina Shaiq.
I am a Muslim woman from Fremont, California, and am the past president of the local interfaith council, and have been presenting events called "Meet a Muslim." The goal is to foster understanding of Muslims within the wider community, for we know that people who have met Muslims are less likely to give into prejudice and fear against them.
My effort have been written up in the Christian Science Monitor
as well as in many local newspapers and I have appeared on local TV stations. I will sit down with whoever is attending and answer any questions people might have about being a Muslim. The reception I have received has been overwhelmingly positive.
I have spoken at many congregations of different faiths in our area. Also, I have spoken at schools, colleges, with different groups and peoples' homes.
I request an honorarium, where possible, of $100-150 to cover the costs of travel and materials. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about this. Email: moinashaiq@gmail.com
Life After Loss - A Support Group for Parents Who Have Lost An Adult child
Interfaith Counseling Center, San Anselmo
Saturday July 28, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Please contact
Mary Anne Cook at mindfulgrief@gmail.com.
Also for those who are interested in continuing, six week small groups will be offered from
July 31- Sept 11 on Tuesdays from 1:30 to 3:00 pm.
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