Marin Interfaith Council Newsletter

September 14, 2018

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

"Sing-along for a Peaceful World"

Photo courtesy of Marilyn Price

Wednesday, September 5th, residents and friends of the Redwoods Senior Living Community joined together in song to encourage a spirit of justice, love, and peace for the world.The evening was hosted by Seniors for Peace and the Freedom Singers, while artist Reed Fromer led participants in a variety of peace, equality, and justice themed songs.

MIC was present as a supporter and friend of the event, providing attendees with the opportunity to become engaged with our various initiatives focusing on love and justice.

Thank you to the Seniors for Peace and the Freedom Singers for organizing a spirit-filled evening!

MIC Events

8th Annual Youth Gleaning

At Green Gulch Farm

Sunday, October 7, 2018

1:30 pm -Intro to meditation (in the Zendo)

2:00 - 4:00 pm Gleaning & work projects

This is an event for youth grades 6-12 and their adult leaders. We will be gleaning and doing work projects at Green Gulch Zen Center Farm.

Long pants, socks, close-toed shoes and work gloves are highly recommended.

Please remember sunscreen & water.

Green Gulch Farm Zen Center

1601 Shoreline Hwy, Muir Beach, CA 94965

RSVP by Oct 1st: programs@marinifc.org or

call 415-456-6957

MIC Monthly Meditation

Annie Jorgensen

Wednesday, October 10th

5:30 - 6:30pm

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:

Annie Jorgensen

Brahma Kumaris, Anubhuti Meditation and Retreat Center, Novato

Annie comes from both Eastern and Western spiritual practices. Raised in the Roman Catholic tradition, she went from being a prayer minister at a New Thought church, to leading bhajans with the Sacramento chapter of the MA Center, the North American ashram for Ammaji, the hugging saint of Kerala, India. Several experiences at the MA Center led her to the Brahma Kumaris, her spiritual home for the last 12+ years.

As a retired educator with an MS in Educational Counseling and years of teaching experience, Annie is very involved with Living Values Education Program, Inc. (LVEP), an international movement of educators encouraging adults to bring "the heart" back into education for children of all races, religions and economic/social status' through creative activities adapted for youth of all ages. Annie is currently a board member of LVEP/USA and facilitates Living Values Education Workshops for schools, parents and groups.

Annie is very delighted to be a new MIC board member representing the Brahma Kumaris.

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For those of you who attended the 9/12 drum circle you can find Steve Listug's future drum circle info at

www.unityinmarin.org.

His next circle will be October 24th, 7:15 pm at Unity in Marin, 500 Palm Dr. Novato.

Please click on link HERE.

Thanks again Steve!

Daylong Fall Retreat:

Bringing Love In

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join us for a day of reflection, connection and soulful silence as together we bring in love that can transform our lives,& through us, the world.

Retreat Leaders:

Rabbi Susan Leider of Congregation Kol Shofar

Rev. David Gregory of Community Congregational Church

Community Congregational Church

145 Rock Hill Dr.

Tiburon, CA 94920

Register HERE

Click HERE for FLYER

Registration is open

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

See Honorees BIOS here.

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

Reserve Your Place

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

VISIONARY:

The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael

LEADERS:

Kaiser Permanente of San Rafael

ADVOCATES:

Catholic Charities

Ecumenical Association for Housing

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

Hospice by the Bay

Jewish Family & Children's Services

Marin General Hospital Chaplaincy Program

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

*Please call Janice at 415-456-6957 if you would like to sponsor this event. There's still time to support MIC and Visionary Marin.

Location:

Congregation Rodef Sholom

170 San Pedro Rd.

San Rafael, CA 94903

Click HERE for FLYER

Click HERE to REGISTER

Co Sponsored Events

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

See FLYER HERE

Tickets: leadonclimate.org

Sufi Women Organization

Luncheon & Presentation with Lucia Martel-Dow from Canal Alliance

Saturday, Sept. 29, 11:30 am - 2:00 pm

The Club at McInnis Park

Director of Immigration Legal Services at San Rafael based Canal Alliance will talk about her fight for immigration rights, from helping families with legal status and protection from deportation to educating the community about the rights of immigrants.

Fee (includes buffet lunch) $35;

partial scholarships available

You must pre-register by 9/24/18

www.ias.org/swo

for more info contact 415-472-6959.

By mail please send check payable to

IAS

14 commercial Blvd. #101

Novato, CA 94949

The Green Corner

Welcome to the Green Corner

On August 14, California Interfaith Power & Light invited members of the Marin Interfaith Council and other faith-based organizations to join their lobbying team in Sacramento and arranged meetings with key legislators in the California State Assembly and Senate. The focus was on renewable energy and environmental stewardship, as well as the support of a bill which would ensure that communities in need would not be forgotten as a source of new labor during the boom in interest in emerging technologies. Click on link for more HERE.

Green Events:

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:

www.eldersclimateaction.org/sanfran_event/

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

FLYER

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.

2018

September

Presidio Chapel San Francisco Open House/Docent Tour, Sundays, September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.
Elders Awakened, Standing for Our Grandchildren and all Life - 2 part workshop, Saturday, September 15, Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco.
Museum of the American Indian Trade Fest, Saturday, September 15, 11 am - 5pm, Miwok Park in Novato.
Open House at St. Vincent's School for Boys, Sunday, September 16, 10:45 am, Mass at 9:45 am.
Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention, NAMI Marin speaker event, Monday, September 17, 2018, San Rafael.
FREE Grief Camp for Kids, Friday, September 21-23rd, Santa Cruz.
Workshop for Music Sight Reading and Writing, September 22, First Presbyterian Church, San Anselmo.
Practical Skills for Open-Hearted Communication, Tuesday, September 25, October 2, Oct 9, Oct 16, 6:30 pm, Fairfax Community Church.
Women's Wisdom: Women in Action Luncheon & Presentation with Lucia Martel-Dow from the Canal Alliance, Saturday, September 29, 11:30 am,The Club at McInnis Park,San Rafael. RSVP in advance required.
ECHO Chamber Orchestra, The Birth of Venus, Sunday, September 30, 7:30 pm, San Anselmo.

October

Practical Skills for Open-Hearted Communication, Tuesday, October 2, Oct 9, Oct 16, 6:30 pm, Fairfax Community Church.

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

ExtraFood.org

Please help spread the word that ExtraFood needs more volunteers to fight hunger and waste in Marin.

Volunteers pick up excess food from businesses or schools and immediately deliver it to nonprofit partners including faith-based organizations, homeless shelters, food pantries, and after-school programs. There are one hour volunteer food trips seven days a week. Volunteers are asked to attend a one hour orientation.

This is a great family volunteer opportunity to do with children!

Visit our website HERE or e-mail volunteerrelations@extrafood.org or call 415-720-2427
for details.

457 INFO Referral Program

The 457 INFO referral program is intended to connect disabled adults and seniors to Community and County Social Services. In Marin we have many services that can help seniors and adults with disabilities live safely in their homes. This program will allow congregations to support their members as they age in our community. The referral service is free to all and will provide services to meet the needs of all income levels and uses a person-centered approach.

This referral program is an extension of the 911 First Responder program. With the 911 program First responders send referrals for clients they have helped. The clients they refer show signs of needing more help in their homes and sign the form agreeing to receive a call from a 457INFO Social Worker.

Click below for a copy of the easy to use forms - available in both English & Spanish.

Marin Women's Hall of Fame

The YWCA of San Francisco and Marin is pleased to announce the beginning of the nominations period for induction to the Marin Women's Hall of Fame, which commemorates the achievements of Marin women and educates the public on their contributions. The public is invited to nominate Marin women whose work has produced lasting and positive social change in Marin and beyond. To nominate a Marin woman of achievement, please submit your nomination online www.mwhf.org by October 15. Inductees will be honored with a dinner gala on March 28, 2019, so save the date!"