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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MIC News
Marin Organizing Committee
On January 23 the Marin Organizing Committee (MOC) met for its annual Delegates Assembly with hundreds gathering at First Presbyterian Church in San Rafael.
MIC, a dues-paying member of MOC, had seven members of its core team attending the assembly, which ratified an agenda for the year that will address education equity, a safety net for seniors and for those experiencing homelessness, protections for renters, and affordable housing. If you or your faith community would like to participate or for more information, please contact Scott Quinn at
Director@marinifc.org.
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Thank you to all who have donated thus far to our year-end appeal!
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Elizabeth
Amini
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Jud
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Be
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Jordan
Decker
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Diener
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Martha Dixon
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Joan & Steven Fierbierg |
Julie Fingersh & David Rudnick |
Brenda Gates-Monasch
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Elizabeth
Gosselin |
| Anne Graham |
Michael Hagerty |
Mark Haskett |
Linda Haumann |
Bob & Barbara Hirni |
| Rena Ivy |
Bob Jackson |
Mona Kolko |
Gail Lester |
Joan Levison |
| Don Miller |
Hanna & Greg Ostroff |
Betty Pagett |
Alissa & Mike Ralston |
Bernard & Yetta Robinson |
| Barbara Rothkrug |
Rev. Ted Scott |
Rodney & Sandra Seeger |
Rabbi Henry Shreibman |
Catherine & Greg Stern
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| Mark Swoiskin |
Tom Tison |
Margaret Trezevant
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Steven Tulsky |
Rev.
Kenneth Weare, Ph.D. |
| Rev. Jan & Herb West |
Lorna Wuertz |
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Please see donor letter attached
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If you have not yet donated and you would like to, please see link here or call MIC at 415-456-6957.
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MIC Monthly Meditation
Rev. Ted Scott
"Energy & Meditation"
Engaging energy beyond stillness
& how to move it throughout the body.
Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
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:
Rev. Ted Scott
Ted Scott has two major areas of career focus. As a management consultant, Ted assists leaders, executive teams, and boards in non-profit organizations to grow through change and transition while remaining responsive to guiding spirit and core values. Clients often focus on building on a founder's vision and contributions while also discerning additional leaders, refining board roles, articulating strategy and assessing organizational strengths.
As a member of the Presbyterian clergy, Ted served churches in New Jersey. Currently, he is a Parish Associate with Westminster Presbyterian Church, in Tiburon, CA. Ted teaches adult classes, helps lead retreats, offers spiritual coaching, and assists in worship. Ted has a divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, an MA in organizational studies from New York University and a Diploma in the Art of Spiritual Direction from San Francisco Theological Seminary. Ted is also a board member on the Marin Interfaith Council Board of Directors.
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Registration is Open!
Winter Retreat
Inhabiting the Heart of the Divine
Within You
Leaders:
Rev. Scott Quinn & Kathleen M. Denison
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Santa Sabina Retreat Ctr
25 Magnolia Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901
Cost: Sliding fee scale $80-$60
(includes lunch)
We take up residence in our unconscious patterns. These patterns become the agendas that run our lives. This retreat invites us identify and release those patterns so we can take up residence in the divine essence within us.
please register by Feb 19th.
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Not In Our Town Visits Tiburon
A bridge-building stand against hate and intolerance,
Not In Our Town
, NIOT.org empowers communities to:
Stop Hate. Together.
Please join us for a special community screening and conversation where we are privileged to show the work of award winning PBS producer Patrice O'Neill, who founded this movement. Watch courageous people stand up to hate with road maps for community action.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Community Congregational Church
145 Rock Hill Road
Tiburon, CA
Carpools encouraged; shuttle on Rock Hill Road
Call 415-720-4787 for questions
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Sufi Women Organization
Women's Wisdom -
Women in Action
Luncheon & Presentation
with Linda Graham, MFT
Psychotherapist, Author and Teacher
Linda will speak about her journey of resiliency and her life's work. Her new publication is: Resilience: Powerful Practices for Bouncing Back from
Disappointment, Difficulty, and Even Disaster.
11:30 am - 2:00 pm
350 Smith Ranch Rd.
San Rafael, CA
Fee includes buffet lunch: $35
Pre-registration is required by Feb 25th.
For information please call: 415-472-6959
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Welcome to the Green Corner
In Our Hands: How We Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis
scheduled for Sat 2/2 at Kol Shofar with Wilford Welch has been CANCELLED due to family emergency
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The End of Ice:
Bearing Witness and Finding Meaning In the Path of Climate Disruption
Keynote speaker: Dahr Jamail
Dahr Jamail, award-winning journalist and mountaineer, will speak about his new book, The End of Ice, a firsthand chronicle of the catastrophic impact of climate change to our planet's wild and fragile places.
Followed by refreshments and book-signing.
$10 suggested donation
(No one will be turned away)
Saturday, February 2, 7:30 - 9:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church, San Anselmo
72 Kensington Rd., San Anselmo, CA
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February
- Deepening our Relationship with the Divine: A Women's Retreat, Friday, February 1, St. Columba's Inverness, 12835 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Iverness.
- Forty Days: Alchemy of Tranquility Weekend Retreat - February 1-3, 2019, Santa Sabina Center, San Rafael.
- Haiti on the Rise, A Night Towards Hope, Saturday, February 2, 5:00 pm, St. Mary's Cathedral Event Ctr, San Francisco.
- Metta Gathering ,Tuesday, February 5, 7:30 pm, Buddhist Temple of Marin, Mill Valley.
- Conference on Fair Housing Laws and Reasonable Accommodations, Wednesday, February 6, 9:30 am, Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California Marin Center Showcase Theater, San Rafael.
- JADU Expo (San Rafael), Thursday, February 7, 9:00 am, Whistlestop, 930 Tamalpais Ave, San Rafael.
- Not In Our Town Visits Tiburon , Thursday, February 7, 7:00 pm, Community Congregational Church, Tiburon.
- Workshop on Music Sight-reading offered by Marin Baroque, Saturday, February 9, 10:00 am, San Rafael
- Living with Alzheimer's: A Workshop for Persons Living with Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease and their Care Partners, Tuesday, February 12 & 26, 12:00 pm, Seniors At Home-JFCS, 600 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael.
- Aging with Style:How the Opioid Crisis is Affecting Seniors in Marin, Wednesday, February 13, 12:30 pm, Belvedere Tiburon Library, Tiburon.
- Meet A Muslim: A Conversation with Moina Shaiq, Sunday, February 17, 11:15 am, First Presbyterian Church San Rafael, 1510 5th Ave, San Rafael
- Food Waste: The Impact on Climate Change, Thursday, February 21, 7:00 pm, Dominican Sisters of San Rafael
- Crab Feed & Cabaret 2019, Saturday, February 23, 5:30 pm, First Presbyterian Church San Rafael, 1510 5th Ave, San Rafael.
If you have an event that has a deadline, please let us know when submitting event. Thanks!
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Become a CarePool Volunteer with Whistlestop!
CarePool is a vital transportation service for older adults and people with disabilities across Marin. Volunteers share their time with us and take clients to and from medical appointments and the grocery store. This is a flexible opportunity that allows you to review and select trip requests that fit with your schedule. The time commitment is often low, but the reward to our clients and volunteers is immeasurable!
Mail: CarePool Volunteer | 930 Tamalpais Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901
North Bay Progressive ALLIANCE Seeking Interested Persons
Are you concerned about public education funding, climate crisis, immigrant rights, accessible medical care, marriage equality, and/or gun violence? A group of people with shared values and diverse community connections are extending an invitation to interested persons to help plan the Alliance's inaugural meeting.
For more details contact: North Bay Progressive Alliance
nbprogressive@gmail.com
Help Investigate Housing Discrimination and Get Paid For It!
Fair Housing Advocates is looking to train new testers
to help investigate housing discrimination complaints
No experience necessary! All you need to have are:
- Reliable transportation
- Good observation skills and the ability to write clear, objective reports
- Schedule flexibility and approximately 3-4 hours available for each investigation (weekdays and weekends options)
Testers are paid:
- $55 per site test plus mileage and tolls.
- $30 per phone tests
If you are interested in becoming a tester, you must
submit an application, attend a 3-hour training and
A trained tester can expect be called to work on an as-needed basis.
Age-Friendly County of Marin Survey
Marin residents age 60 and older and those who work with older adults are encouraged to take the Age-Friendly County of Marin survey at https://bit.ly/2H9XC8J
. The survey is also being distributed in hard copy throughout the county, including senior centers, libraries, community centers and nonprofit organizations that serve older adults. Results of the survey will help to inform development of a strategic plan to make Marin more livable for people of all ages.The County is making a five-year commitment to assess the age friendliness of County departments and unincorporated areas and create and implement a strategic age-friendly plan..
Tradespeople from Paradise, CA
desperately
need tools.
As many people are still recovering from the Paradise fire, self-employed skilled workers who lost not only their homes are in need of the tools they need to ply their trades. These are contractors, mechanics, painters, handymen, landscapers, flooring contractors, carpenters, framers, sheet rockers, jewelry makers, and more. I'm looking for donations of jig saws, miter saws, skill saws, sawzalls, keyhole saws, all kinds of saws; floor scrapers, grinders, air compressors; and so much more. We will be hand-delivering supplies within the next week to those in need.
Please reply to me if you have any tools you could spare. You can call me,
Esther Wanning at 415-717-9053. I'll be happy to pick them up at your place -- if reasonably close -- o
r you could deliver them to mine, 35 St. Francis Lane, San Rafael. For a longer description of needs click
HERE.
Emotional/Spiritual Care Need in Paradise, CA
To Spiritual Care Providers: There is a need for emotional and spiritual care providers in Paradise, California. Be aware that there is no housing available in the area for volunteers. This may mean significant travel to and from the deployment site each day. All volunteers
MUST coordinate with Dennis Day (520-370-0368) BEFORE deploying. Make sure you have a full tank of gas and bring your own food and water. Resources are very limited in the Paradise area. At this time, only residents are being allowed entry into the fire-affected areas.
Also, linked are some helpful
guidelines for providing spiritual care after a disaster.
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