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Posts Categorized: Interfaith
December 3, 2015
Our Stated Clerk, the Reverend Gradye Parsons invited Presbyterians to take a selfie with a banner saying “We Choose Welcome,” responding to fear of Syrian refugees. This week, my colleagues at the Presbyterian Center in Louisville joined together in the chapel to choose welcome themselves. As I sat in my office in New York, across… Read more »
June 5, 2015
Ending the Chain of Hate: An Interfaith DialogueMonday, June 8, 201512:30 pm to 2:00 pmTillman ChapelChurch Center for the United Nations777 UN Plaza (corner of E, 44th Ave. and 1st St.)New York Rockland U.N.I.T.E. for Harmony, an interfaith group comprised of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim teens from Rockland County in New York, have been building… Read more »
May 22, 2015
During an interfaith prayer service at the Tillman Chapel at the Church Center for the United Nations, participants prayed and lit candles for our sisters and brothers affected by violence and natural disasters. For whom do you pray?
May 20, 2015
If you are in the New York city area, join us and our partners for an interfaith Intercessional Prayer Service for People Affected by Violence and Natural Disaster.Friday, May 22 at 1:00Tillman ChapelChurch Center for the United Nations Corner of E. 44th Street and 1st AvenueThe service is organized by the chaplain at the Church… Read more »
June 13, 2014
by Max Hill On Monday, June 9, I had the opportunity to attend an event at West Park Presbyterian Church called Freedom Summer: The Next Generation. This event focused on the 50th anniversary of the deaths of Andrew Goodman and others who were killed for trying to register African-Americans to vote in the summer of… Read more »
June 13, 2014
by Grace Segers On June 11, Catherine Warren and I attended an Interfaith Leaders Conference at the United Nations headquarters. The forum was sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Burundi to United Nations and The Connected Hearts, Inc., and featured religious and NGO leaders, including the famous Rev. Al Sharpton. They discussed the topic “Why… Read more »
October 24, 2013
by Deborah Wright United Nations Day took on a new sense of meaning for me starting back in the late 90’s when I was first invited by Elana Rozeman, an American born Orthodox Jew who had emigrated to Israel 20 years before, put out the word that a group of interfaith women were going to… Read more »
September 24, 2013
In the light of a hate crime attack on Dr. Prabjhot Singh in New York, our colleague Christine Hong reflected on the importance of interfaith work. Her reflection is reprinted with her permission. Interfaith work is not fluffy. It is advocacy on the deepest level. The more authentically we engage in conversation and life with… Read more »
July 28, 2013
The Annual Interfaith Peace GatheringCommemorating The Hiroshima / Nagasaki Atomic Bombings Monday, August 5, 2013 The Interchurch Center475 Riverside Dr. (Entrance on Claremont Ave.)@ W. 119th St. and W. 120th St.New York City 3:00pm Family ProgramSupported by New York Peace Film FestivalJapanese Style Storytelling (Kamishibai) with Mrs. Tomiko West, Hibakusha (Hiroshima survivor)Origami Making Workshop 4:30pm… Read more »
February 14, 2013
by Alexander Haines Rochelle Rawls-Shaw and I attended and participated in “United for a Culture of Peace” today in the United Nations General Assembly hall. Through this event, the UN community observed World Interfaith Harmony Week. We had the opportunity to enjoy the musical talents of several performers, hear speakers from the UN community, and… Read more »
