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 Receives Bowes Award
at United Religions Initiative (URI) Ceremony "Circles of Light"
On June 26th the Marin Interfaith Council was honored to be one of the recipients of the 2019 URI Bowes Award. Other recipients included the other Interfaith Councils of the Bay Area.
URI honored the Interfaith Councils of the Bay
Area as
"beacons of light amidst the shadows of prejudice and discrimination. Each Council brings together members of different belief communities to work on local and global issues of great significance. From homelessness and housing, to disaster relief, to standing up for communities under assault like the Yazidis, to combating hate speech and coming together in solidarity in the face of acts of violence."
MIC is a URI "Cooperation Circle". To find out more about URI, click
HERE
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Religious Leaders' Gathering on Homelessness
On June 19th, 23 clergy and religious leaders from 8 different faiths and 19 different congregations attended MIC's Religious Leaders Gathering.
Andrew Hening
, the Director of Homeless Planning for the City of San Rafael and Howard Schwartz, the Director of System Change/Homeless Outreach Team at St. Vincent de Paul Society of Marin
County, spoke about how countywide collaboration
is succeeding in housing chronically homeless individuals.
Click to see their video on the shift in chronic homelessness in Marin County.
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MIC Board Departures
Marin Interfaith Council extends deep gratitude to
Rev. Jan Reynolds, Larry Strick
and
Matt Kahn
for their dedicated service on MIC's Board of Directors. Due to term limits, both Jan and Larry are stepping down after having served the maximum amount of time allowed by our bylaws. Matt and his family are moving to Florida, where his wife will be the rabbi of a synagogue in Sarasota. An additional thank you to
Rev. Bethany Nelson
who has concluded her term as Board President and will remain on the Board for one more year.
Thank you Jan, Larry, Matt, and Bethany for your wisdom, passion, dedication and love of MIC!
MIC's New Executive Team starting July 1
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President: Leili First, International Association of Sufism
Vice President: Elizabeth Ury, Liaison to Green Gulch Farm Zen Center
Treasurer: Mark Noguchi, Interfaith Buddhist
Secretary: Rev. Ted Scott, Westminster Presbyterian Church
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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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| San Francisco Theological Seminary |
Marin Lutheran Church |
Strick Schnasse Lawyers
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Marin
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Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of
San Rafael
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Saint Rita Parish, Fairfax |
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Mt. Tamalpias United Methodist Church
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Congregation Gan Halev
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Sukhasiddhi Foundation
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St. Paul's Episcopal 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
Karen DeTore
July 10th, 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:
Karen DeTore
from the Threshold Choir
Singing at the Thresholds
Join us for a synthesis of Meditation & Music; Singing as a way to find that still, strong voice found inside every one of us.
As a member of the Marin Threshold Choir. Karen is invited to sing at the bedsides of people who are dying.
She says "we sing for the comfort it brings, for the peace it bestows, and for the bridge it establishes."
The Threshold singers have a special Repertoire. They are not generally familiar songs; the songs are short and sung softly, gently and repeated like a lullaby.
Join Karen as she shares stories about meditative-singing and its effects at the threshold. She will teach the songs in the stories as they are told. We will sing together and share the silence between songs.
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the Interplay of Psychology & Spirituality workshop with Jamal Granick, Ph.D., Arife Hammerle, Ph.D., and Amineh Pryor, Ph.D
9:30 am - 5:00 pm
St. John's Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave,
Berkeley, CA 94705
early registration of $150 until July 20th
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Welcome to the Green Corner
Day of Advocacy in Sacramento
Three MICA members, Katherine DaSilvaJain, Evan Saunders, and Pat Carlone, participated with 24 others members of California Interfaith Power & Light (CIPL) in the June 18 Day of Advocacy in Sacramento. Breaking up into small groups of 4 or 5 members, they visited a combined total of 53 offices of Assembly and Senate members of the California Legislature to meet with their staff members.
The day began with a prayer of gratitude for coming together for this work, and then a final briefing on the bills we were supporting and the protocols we would be following.
Click here for a brief highlight for each bill, and for more details
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Join the next Marin Interfaith Climate Action meeting:
First Presbyterian Church San Rafael
1510 Fifth Ave. San Rafael
upstairs in back of church off of Mission St.
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June
July
- YWCA 50+ 3-month Classes for Women - July - September.
- YWCA Free 4 day workshop, "Taking Control of Your Job Search" for women 50+, July 9, 11, 16,18 at 9:00 am.
- Emotional Wellness: How to address life's disruption and maintain emotional well-being, JFCS' Seniors At Home and Belvedere Tiburon Library, Wednesday, July 24, Noon.
- Beyond Identifications,the Roots of Healing, the Interplay of Psychology & Spirituality, Saturday, July 27, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm, St..John's Presbyterian Church, Berkeley.
August
If you have an event that has a deadline, please let us know when submitting event. Thanks!
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Keep Our Immigrant Families Together In Marin
The Marin Rapid Response Network has been operating on a small budget with limited capacity and resources. With the wake of Trump's recent Tweet threatening to accelerate mass deportations, the urgency of the hotline and broader network functioning for our immigrant communities in their greatest time of need is of paramount importance. Please consider donating and/or sharing with your networks!
To make a donation:
For more information, please contact:
Fatima Hansia
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Marin Interfaith Council's work is dependent upon contributions from people like you. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.
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Text to Join
Please spread the word: MIC now has Text to Join our E-mail list:
1. Text
22828
2. Type in "
MICNEWS"
3. Enter your
e-mail address
It's that easy!
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