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April 2024
Building Peace Through Religiously Inclusive Workplaces
Peace is being built by millions of people daily through company-sponsored, employee-led faith and interfaith workplace initiatives. Join Religions for Peace USA and Dr. Brian Grim to learn about this amazing movement for peace occurring in Fortune 500 companies as diverse as Google, Salesforce, DELL, CVS Health, American Airlines, PayPal, and more! This event is on zoom, click here to register.
Find out more »Film Screening and Conversation: “Stranger at the Gate”
Smartypants Pictures in partnership with John W. Kiser, William and Mary Greve Foundation and the National Military Family Association invites you to a screening of the 2023 Academy Award-nominated documentary short, “Stranger at the Gate”followed by a conversation with protagonists, Mac McKinney and Bibi Bahrami; and filmmaker, Josh Seftel. “Stranger at the Gate” recounts the story of Mac McKinney, a U.S. Marine veteran in Muncie, Indiana. After 25 years of service in Iraq and Afghanistan, McKinny returns home with a…
Find out more »Scriptural Reasoning on “Scripture”
Scriptural Reasoning (SR) is a practice hosted by Rumi Forum where Christians, Jews, and Muslims study each other’s sacred texts. SR participants meet once a month to read short passages from their respective scriptures on a certain topic. Facilitated by a study leader, each session is an opportunity to listen and share various perspectives. This month's facilitator is Hazzan Henrique Ozur Bass! Hazzan Henrique Ozur Bass is a Chaplain intern at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. He served Congregation Har Shalom as…
Find out more »Pueri Cantores Mid-Atlantic Festival
Hundreds of students from across the eastern seaboard will be joining together at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception as a united choir, culminating in a celebration mass. This program will feature liturgical music written throughout the ages. Ranging from traditional Gregorian chant, to classic pieces from Bach, Faure and Mozart, to contemporary selections from Bedford and Bartlett, prepare to enjoy over a millennia of liturgical expression! Learn more about the choir and event: https://www.pcchoirs.org/sites/default/files/2024%20Mid-Atlantic%20Festival%20BrochureREV_0.pdf If…
Find out more »Arbrahamic House Passover Seder
Abrahamic House DC hopes you can join us for our community Passover Seder this year at our home. A Jewish Passover Seder is a ritual feast that commemorates the Exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. Due to space limitations, we can only host a limited number of guests. Please answer the registration questions thoughtfully if you are interested in attending our Seder as we want to create an intimate and thoughtful environment. Register here.
Find out more »May 2024
Enterprise Faith Based Development Initiative | Montgomery County Clarion Call
Enterprise's Faith-Based Development Initiative partners with houses of worship to help transform their underutilized land into affordable homes and community impact structures. Join us for an opportunity to learn about the new - Enterprise Faith-Based Development Initiative (FBDI) Cohort for Montgomery County houses of worship interested in building affordable housing and mixed-used developments. You will hear about the specialized training, technical assistance, peer sharing, and catalytic grant funding support Cohort members will be provided over two years to help them move from…
Find out more »Interfaith Community Playhouse Build
On May 5, 2024 at 1pm, In partnership with Habitat for Humanity of Metro MD, the Bender JCC is hosting a community-wide Interfaith Playhouse Build to support HHMM’s justice work in providing affordable housing. In a time of global division, we are reaching out to local faith communities to build bridges and work together for the common goal of supporting affordable housing for families in our community. The afternoon will be filled with building and painting playhouses to be placed…
Find out more »JCRC Annual Holocaust Commemoration
This event is hosted by the Jewish Community Relations Council, which considers it a most sacred obligation to host the annual Yom Ha'Shoah commemoration in memory of the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust and in honor of the survivors and their family members among us. Sign up for this virtual event here.
Find out more »Islamophobic Tropes: What They Are and How to Respond to Them
The Jewish-Islamic Dialogue Society invites you to this May 5th session, which will be highly participatory, and takes aim at the common tropes used to spread Islamophobia. The hope is that attendees will become better able not merely to identify these tropes, but also to confront them whenever they are encountered. The event will be on Zoom and will be led by Daisy Khan, an eminent author, activist, commentator and the founder of the Women’s Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and…
Find out more »Rumi Forum Scriptural Reasoning: “Spiritual Mentoring”
Scriptural Reasoning (SR) is a practice where Christians, Jews, and Muslims study each other’s sacred texts. SR participants meet once a month to read short passages from their respective scriptures on a certain topic. Facilitated by a study leader, each session is an opportunity to listen and share various perspectives. SR sessions help participants reflect on a curious list of topics within the Abrahamic tradition. The result is often a deeper understanding of others and one’s own scriptures, as well as…
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