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Thursday, December 13, 2018
8:00 am - 9:30 am
All are welcome! Bring a friend!
1111 O'Farrell Street at Franklin, San Francisco
(Please do not park in the St. Mark's parking lot as those
spaces are rented to others. Parking is available
across the street at St. Mary's Cathedral at 1111 Gough Street).
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST HOST
MEDITATION
Michael G. Pappas, M.Div., Executive Director
One Year Memorial Observance for Mayor Edwin M. Lee
Presentation: "We need to help, and we can do more together," agreed a handful of concerned lay people who gathered in March 2016 in response to the world refugee crisis. That commitment marked the start of
Interfaith Welcome, an all-volunteer group of Bay Area faith communities that seeks to help refugees find welcome, safety, freedom and independence. Fifteen congregations have partnered on initiatives to help newly arriving refugee families and to raise support for great nonprofits that are helping refugees in the Bay Area and elsewhere in the world. Just as
Interfaith Welcome seeks to welcome refugees, it also welcomes congregations and individuals to join in this work.
One of Interfaith Welcome's nonprofit partners is the
International Rescue Committee (IRC). The IRC helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. The IRC delivers life-saving care to vulnerable women, men and children in over 40 countries. The IRC also provides refugee families in the Bay Area and cities across the U.S. vital tools and support they need to rebuild their lives and enrich their new communities.
Presenters: Bill Campbell
is Co-Chair of Interfaith Welcome, a group he convened in March 2016. Bill chairs the Mission Committee at Old First Presbyterian Church.
Doreen Ewert, Ph.D., is an Elder at St. John's Presbyterian Church. Doreen and St. John's have participated in Interfaith Welcome since March 2016.
Karen Ferguson, Ph.D., is the International Rescue Committee's Executive Director in Northern California. Since 2015 she has led the IRC's offices in Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Modesto and Turlock. These offices provide comprehensive services for newly arriving refugees with the goal of helping them achieve self-sufficiency and thrive in their new American communities. Before her work with IRC, she was State Refugee Coordinator and Program Director of Refugee Resettlement for Catholic Social Services in Anchorage, Alaska for over 10 years.
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