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
On May 1, almost 200 attendees gathered at Congregation Kol Shofar to be in community and conversation for our annual interfaith celebration of the National Day of Prayer.
Thank you to all of our attendees, volunteers, MIC Board members, and Congregation Kol Shofar for supporting MIC and being invested in the greater Marin County community!
To see video highlights from the breakfast click Here.
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Rev. Ginger Strickland, Associate Priest at St. John's Episcopal in Ross and member of MIC's Core Team to the Marin Organizing Committee (MOC), speaks to a gathering organized by MIC to hear stories about the pressures and challenges faced by Marin residents. These stories help shape MOC's community organizing agenda and MIC's justice advocacy work. For more information on participating in this work, contact Rev. Scott Quinn at
Director@marinifc.org.
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Thank you to the faith communities and agencies that have donated to our annual appeal.
If you have not donated yet, you may download the Appeal Letter & the reply Form HERE.
Thanks to:
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The First Congregational Church of San Rafael
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The Street Chaplaincy
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Homeward Bound |
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Santa Sabina Center
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Community Congregational Church, Tiburon
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Catholic Charities
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, San Rafael
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Aldersgate United Methodist Church
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Vedanta Society of Northern CA
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Jewish Community Relations Council
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Dominican University of CA
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Congregation Rodef Sholom
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First Church of Christ, Scientist San Rafael
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International Association of Sufism
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Community Church of Mill Valley |
| The Dominican Sisters of San Rafael |
EAH Housing |
St. Luke Presbyterian Church |
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Golden Gate Center for Spiritual Living
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San Geronimo Community Presbyterian Church
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Westminster Presbyterian Church |
| Novato Community of Christ |
Center for Richer Living
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First Presbyterian Church
of San Rafael |
| First Church of Christ, Scientist Belvedere |
Redwoods Presbyterian Church
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Christ Lutheran Church Fairfax
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St. Raphael Church
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First Congregational
Church of
San Rafael
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Sleepy Hollow Presbyterian Church
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Special thank you to Christ Lutheran Church, Fairfax, which has donated their land to create low-income senior housing (Victory Village), and for making a substantial final donation to MIC.
In gratitude for their bold witness of faith, love and justice!
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MIC Monthly Meditation
Lama Palden
June 12th, 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:
Lama Palden
After completing the traditional Buddhist three year, three month meditation retreat in 1985, Lama Palden was authorized as a lama and began teaching. Also a licensed psychotherapist, she believes that the spiritual path is most effective when mind, body and psyche are integrated on the path. She is deeply committed to both inner spiritual work and work in the world to develop and support the human values of love, justice and equality.
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7:00 pm
meal at 8:20 pm
Islamic Center of Mill Valley
Mill Valley. CA
RSVP: info@mvmasjid.com
Join us for a meal that transcends any generational, ethnic, or religious differences.
Iftar, "breaking the fast" is an important and holy act for Muslims during the sacred month of Ramadan. Celebrate our Marin interfaith community with a festive Halal/ Kosher meal. All are welcome!
Hosted by: Islamic Center of Mill Valley, Osher Marin JCC & Congregation Rodef Sholom.
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Solstice Concert with
the
Levoná Ensemble
7:30 pm
Join us for a solstice celebration!
The Levoná Ensemble will take you on a tour of world cultures, bringing music and stories from Europe, the Middle East, and Spain.
Advanced Ticket Sales:
Levoná is an award-winning collaboration of five master musicians from different musical backgrounds, each bringing his own unique culture to form a rich tapestry of sound and storytelling. Their energy is a cherry-picked banquet of tastes from around the world - from flamenco guitar, through Arabic drumming, to klezmer clarinet.
Featuring:
Asaf Ophir - Woodwinds and vocals
David McLean - Guitar and vocals
Faisal Zedan - Percussion and vocals
Josh Mellinger - Percussion
Patrick Kelly - Upright bass
Check out more about the
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Welcome to the Green Corner
IPL Day of Advocacy
MICA joined IPL in Washington, DC for a Day of Advocacy for Climate Bills Before the House. Representing MICA, Pat Carlone joined several members of Interfaith Power & Light on Wednesday, May 1, to visit with members of the House of Representatives to advocate for Climate related bills.
They met with staff of thirty-seven House members, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, advocating for keeping the US in the Paris Agreement, supporting electric vehicles, and reclaiming areas devastated economically and environmentally by coal extraction.
MICA intends to join CIPL for a Day of Advocacy in Sacramento in June 17-18 for climate-related state legislation.
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Join the next Marin Interfaith Climate Action meeting:
Tuesday, May 23, 2019
2:00 - 3:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church San Rafael
Geneva Room
1510 Fifth Ave. San Rafael
upstairs in back of church off of Mission St.
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Gather@Grand
May 23, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Gathering Space of the Dominican Sisters
1520 Grand Ave
, San Rafael, CA
Free!
Doors open at 6:30 for
refreshments & mingling.
Members of four faith traditions will discuss how their faith traditions teach us about our rightful relationship to the earth - its air, water, and land, and the myriad life that abounds.
The round table participants include:
Rev. Douglas Olds, Associate Minister at First Presbyterian Church San Anselmo and active promoter of institution carbon neutrality;
Father Ken Weare, pastor of St Rita's Church in Fairfax and consultant for the California Catholic bishops on issues of climate change and Laudato Si';
Mirza Khan,
Director of Ethics, Philosophy, and World Religions
at San Domenico School, San Anselmo;
Rabbi
Paul Steinberg
, a nationally recognized transformative educator and author currently serving Congregation Kol Shofar.
Susan Stephenson of Interfaith Power & Light will be the moderator.
The round table discussion will be followed by suggestions for taking some personal actions.
MICA is helping to organize the
event with the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael and Interfaith Power & Light.
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Climate Crisis Presentations
First Presbyterian Church
of San Anselmo
72 Kensington Road
San Anselmo, CA
Upcoming in June
at First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo, Rev. Doug Olds will be giving two sermons related to our climate crisis, followed by Sunday Seminars.
Sunday, June 16,
Sermon: "Grazing on Ashes"
Based on Isaiah 44.9-20, followed by a Sunday Seminar on lifestyle practices to reduce carbon emissions, cosponsored with
Marin Interfaith Climate Action.
Sunday, June 23,
Sermon: "Our Abode in the Spirit"
followed by a Sunday Seminar, "Spiritual Practices for the Climate Disruption Crisis," deriving from Rev. Olds' doctoral project research.
All are invited.
Sunday Service is at 10 a.m. followed
by the Sunday seminar at 12:30 p.m.
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- Presidio Chapel Open House Docent Tour, Sundays May 19, May 26, at Noon
- Masks of the Goddess Project - Telling Her Stories, Finding Her Faces -Exhibit from May 5 - July 28. Opening Reception May 5, 2:00 - 5:00 pm, Arise Gallery, San Francisco
- We're All in the Dance, songs of Love, Loss & Merrymaking, Saturday May 18, 7:30 pm, First Presbyterian, San Anselmo
- Sunday Concerts at Presidio Chapel "Rising Stars", Sunday, May 19, 4:00 pm, San Francisco
- Re-imagining End-of-Life Care:The emerging role of the end of life doula (workshop), Sunday, May 19, 10:00 am, Sukhasiddhi Foundation, Fairfax
- A Concert Featuring: Picking, Strumming & Singing, Oh Yeah!, Sunday, May 19, 4:00 pm, Community Church of Mill Valley
- NAMI Marin General Meeting - Speaker Dr. Ann Kring, UC Berkeley, Monday, May 20, 7:00 pm, San Rafael Corporate Center
- SoulCollage - The Art of Imagination, Intuition & Inquiry, May 25, 9:00 am,Interfaith Counseling Ctr.
- New Women's Buddhist Group, Sunday, May 26, 11:00 am, 4th Street, San Rafael
- Memorial Day Interfaith Prayer Service, Presidio Chapel, May 27, 1:15 pm SF
- Spiritual Deepening: A Tuesday Night Group, Tuesday, May 28, 6:30 pm, 4th Street, Petaluma
June
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North Bay Hindu Center (NBHC), a 501(c)(3)
organization, established for the purpose of building a Hindu temple in the North Bay. Currently, we are renting a small room and offering temple services every Sunday from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Hamilton Community Center. We are seeking to rent from or share a space (such as hall, room, warehouse, or a similar facility with storage options) with any other religious facility or organization. This would enable us to operate more frequently than once a week until we find a permanent solution like buying land or a building for the temple.
Ideally, the
preferred location is Novato, CA as the current location is in Novato and is accessible and central; however, if the potential location is situated somewhere in Marin and has other advantages, this is a negotiable point. If anyone has any leads, please email us at
contactus@northbaytemple.org or call Radhika Sitaraman at 415-846-4361
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