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  Interfaith of The Woodlands : The Woodlands, Texas
Interfaith's "Five Who Share" Spring Luncheon honoring five outstanding community individuals is Friday, March 9,2007 from 11:30am to 1:00 pm.
Interfaith of the Woodlands is a core charity of The Shell Houston Open and is seeking local volunteers to help during the Open held at Redstone Golf Club on March 26 through April 1.
Interfaith of The Woodlands is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization.
www.woodlandsinterfaith.org   (180 words)

  
  Interfaith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the late 1960's interfaith groups joined around Civil Rights issues for African-Americans and later were often vocal in their opposition to the Vietnam War.
One religion, which was founded on principles of interfaith, is Sikhism, whose founders have since 1469 defined and preached the rule of interfaith dialogue and interfaith respect.
Muslims believe that interfaith dialogue is a must today, and that the first step in establishing it is forgetting the past, ignoring polemical arguments, and giving precedence to common points, which far outnumber those which are polemical.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Interfaith   (2204 words)

  
 Developing a Clearer Understanding of Interfaith Marriages and Their Challenges
Interfaith spouse/couple feedback forms are available for interfaith spouses and couples who visit this site, as well as stakeholder feedback forms for clergy, lay leaders, parents, social scientists, and other interested persons.
Interfaith spouses and couples are constantly seeking to strike a balance between all these disparite subsystem needs, priorities, and expectations.
Furthermore, the success that interfaith spouses and couples have at striking a balance between the many subsystem needs during early stages in their relationship will either negatively or positively impact future marital and family well being, and by extension, religious well being.
www.interfaith.goarch.org /imandchallenges.asp   (1386 words)

  
 Open Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Interfaith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Interfaith Alliance of Wake County, North Carolina - A non-profit organization that fosters interfaith dialogue and participation in issues affecting the community.
Interfaith Youth Core - The purpose of the Interfaith Youth Core is to nurture a new generation of compassionate global leaders.
International Interfaith Centre - The International Interfaith Centre facilitates networking, encounter, education and research between religious and spiritual individuals, organisations, and communities throughout the world.
dmoz.org /Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Interfaith   (685 words)

  
 Interfaith
Interfaith embraces our differences while providing a place for all who come join us at the table, where we celebrate the diversity of our planetary home.
Interfaith is a new member of the family of world faiths.
Interfaith distinguishes itself by its passion for authenticity and its enthusiasm for the fullness of human spiritual experience.
www.marcsabin.com /interfaith.html   (227 words)

  
 Interfaith Action
Interfaith Action is an affiliate of the Pacific Institute for Community Organization (PICO), a national organizing network with 29 organizations in 65 cities.
Interfaith Action succeeds by working with congregations to identify, train and mobilize diverse grassroots leaders and their constituencies.
Although Interfaith Action employs a professional staff organizer and fund developer, its steering committee and congregation-based local organizing committees are run by and for the leaders, their congregations and communities.
clinton4.nara.gov /Initiatives/OneAmerica/Practices/pp_19980901.3678.html   (445 words)

  
 Interfaith Encounter Association
Thus the IEA views interfaith dialogue not as a goal in of itself but as a tool through which society can be re-crystallized into a culture of peace and harmony.
For the women in the WIE, interfaith study also serves as a source of strength and empowerment to recognize the values and challenges they share with women outside their particular tradition.
In order for such a movement to truly grow and spread out of the individual encounters into society at large, it is imperative that today's youth be given the space and the opportunity to develop themselves, foster their visions for the future, and enable themselves to achieve it.
www.interfaith-encounter.org /activities.htm   (1120 words)

  
 Welcome to The Lakeshore Interfaith Institute of Mother's Trust
Mother's Trust/Mothers Place-Lakeshore Interfaith Community was founded on the firm conviction that truth and holiness are not the exclusive property of any race, culture, or faith tradition, and that women and men of the most exalted character are to be found in every spiritual tradition and culture.
We are dedicated to a higher education of spirituality and religious pluralism, using interfaith education and dialogue, as an expression of spiritual concern and love, to serve as a bridge for peoples of all religions and spiritual teachings, to reach out in understanding and communion.
Interfaith Study and Dialogue is a Bridge to Honor the Differences in World Religions and the Common Ground in Human Dignity and Spirit in All Faiths and in All Relations.
www.motherstrust.org   (2175 words)

  
 Interfaith and World Religion
Interfaith Ministers and clergy help these individuals deal with the creative challenge of their life path.
Interfaith is a bridge that allows members of all religions and spiritual teachings to reach out across the waters of life, in understanding and communication with each other.
Interfaith provides a structure through which people of different faiths can share their experiences, to accept and learn about each other, reaches to those who feel alienated from mainstream religions.
interfaith.foolmoon.com   (848 words)

  
 Ecumenical Dictionary entry on Interfaith Dialogue
Basically, interfaith dialogue was understood as an encounter between people who live by different faith traditions, in an atmosphere of mutual trust and acceptance.
Interest in interfaith prayer was further kindled by the call issued by Pope John Paul II to leaders of all religious communities to come together in Assisi in 1986 to pray for peace, an event that attracted media attention.
Joint studies have led to joint publications on interfaith prayer, interfaith marriages and the spiritual significance of Jerusalem.* A study project on the contribution of Africa to world religiosity is under way, involving various aspects of African-inspired religion.
www.wcc-coe.org /wcc/what/interreligious/diction.html   (3590 words)

  
 Interfaith Today Show Notes
She is the former Director of Special Programs at the Rothko Chapel (an interfaith foundation) where she designed and facilitated several initiatives for peace, including the yearly "Prayer Vigil with Indigenous People;" the "99 Days of Intentional Peace;" and "The Meaning of the Dream," a tribute to Dr. King hosted at the St. Thomas University.
Interfaith Voices, (formerly called Faith Matters), is a magazine format show that talks about religion and the issues of the day.
Three years ago, I created the Women’s Interfaith Encounter, a program (with Muslim and Christian co-coordinators) of the Interfaith Encounter Association as a response to the severe wounding of my son in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem and a desire that women should no longer be the victims of war and violence.
www.interfaithtoday.org   (2673 words)

  
 Interfaith Center at the Presidio of San Francisco:
To sense the enthusiasm and vitality of the Interfaith movement and the stature of those involved, stories are critical.
And the global grassroots interfaith movement said farewell to a giant among us, a quiet pioneer whose work as a scout helped direct and empower an interfaith movement developing into dozens of different expressions all over the world.
It is the one book an interfaith activist cannot do without, scanning the depth and breadth of an emerging global movement bent on transforming interreligious interaction from violence to mutual respect and cooperation.
www.interfaith-presidio.org /stories.html   (2564 words)

  
 Interfaith leaders invoke morality in healthcare debate - The Boston Globe
Inside the velvet glove, though, is a real threat: If legislators don't pass a healthcare bill to their liking, the group and its allies will push a 2006 ballot measure that would force the state to cover everybody.
The interfaith organization's greatest coup so far has been persuading House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi to endorse a so-called employer mandate that would require businesses to cover their workers or pay a tax.
Hamilton and Pesner were so thrilled by DiMasi's bill and its resemblance to the measure that the interfaith organization and its allies plan to put on the ballot, that they joined DiMasi at the State House to unveil it.
www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2005/12/29/interfaith_leaders_invoke_morality_in_healthcare_debate   (1054 words)

  
 Integrative & Integral Spirituality :: Open Source Spirituality for an Awakening (R)evolutionary Divine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Interfaith is a process of people coming together, committed to their respective religions and spiritual paths for the purpose of mutual understanding, appreciation and enrichment.
As a result of the increasing amount and variety of interfaith activity around the world, it was perceived that a need could be met by an international, interfaith centre which was informed about all these different efforts and able to encourage continuing interfaith understanding and cooperation.
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) - is a thirty-year-old international coalition of 275 faith-based institutional investors including denominations, religious communities, pension funds, healthcare corporations, foundations and dioceses with combined portfolios worth an estimated $100 billion.
www.integrativespirituality.org /postnuke/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=24&page=1   (1554 words)

  
 CoG Interfaith
There are global interfaith organizations, such as the United Religions Initiative and the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.
Among those is the affirmation of religious freedom, the appreciation and celebration of diversity, and the belief that through interfaith dialogue, understanding replaces prejudice.
In preparation for the 2004 Parliament the Covenant sponsored a Wiccan Youth Interfaith Essay Contest which was won by Ms.
www.cog.org /interfaith/index.html   (402 words)

  
 The Institute of Interfaith Dialog - Home
The Institute of Interfaith Dialog is proud to announce,in honor of UNESCO declaring 2007 the year of Mawlana Jalaladdin Rumi,special performance of The Whirling Dervishes of Rumi.
As one of grass roots activities of the Institute of Interfaith Dialog, the "Noah's Pudding" celebrates the common heritage of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
The Institute of Interfaith Dialog organized a three-day interfaith retreat at Circle Lake Retreat Center near Houston between Monday, December 11 and Wednesday, December 13, 2006.
www.interfaithdialog.org   (850 words)

  
 PC(USA) - Interfaith Listening Program
Stereotypes are replaced with direct experience and interaction; new information and perspectives are shared; interfaith connections here in the U.S. are begun or nurtured; and the teams return home with a changed understanding of the United States and a stronger commitment to their own interfaith work.
Interfaith Listening Teams and International Peacemakers will be itinerating throughout the country at the same time in 2007.
They told stories of their relationships and of the interfaith work they do at home, and answered many questions about Islam and the issues they face in the contexts in which they live.
www.pcusa.org /listeningproject   (640 words)

  
 Interfaith Activities and Interreligious Dialogue - religious cults and sects
Interfaith refers to dialogue or activities involving persons of different religious faiths.
Interfaith activities can cause people to erroneously assume that participating religions are (or consider each other to be) equally valid.
Many interfaith organizations discourage or prohibit proselytism and apologetics discussions.
www.apologeticsindex.org /i06.html   (730 words)

  
 United Interfaith Institute: A Solid Education For Interfaith Ministers
The United Interfaith Institute is a distance learning program that specializes in providing a solid education for current and future Interfaith ministers, as well as providing a free world religions study program for those interested in learning about the world's religions.
The United Interfaith Institute is a part of United Interfaith Ministries, Inc., a not for profit religious organization incorporated in the State of Kansas.
The cost for the Interfaith minister training program has been reduced to $145.00 (previously $195.00) plus the cost of books and postage (if you decide to submit lessons via snail mail.) Payment is due in full after the first three courses on the world's religions are completed via email.
www.unitedinterfaith.com   (2233 words)

  
 INTERFAITH
Cities and towns have sizable immigrant communities representing a broad spectrum of the world's religions, as well as locally born neighbors who have converted to, or married into, families of other faiths.
Our hope is that local congregations and interfaith organizations will use thee guidelines to begin, or enrich, dialogues in their own communities.
Note especially: “Interfaith Relations and the Churches,” a policy statement of the National Council of Churches and “Interfaith Relations and Christian Living,” a study guide for church groups accompanying the policy statement.
www.masscouncilofchurches.org /docs/INTERFAITH.htm   (1034 words)

  
 Wilkes Campus Interfaith
Campus Interfaith encourages the students, faculty, and staff of Wilkes University to know their Creator and practice the faith of their choice, so that we all might be instilled with peace, the strength to endure hardships, and live with a bountiful joy to unite this world into a peace-filled place.
Campus Interfaith sponsors and posts various retreat and reflection opportunities, along with worship services for all faiths to assist in strengthening your spiritual life.
Campus Interfaith is located at 84 West South Street in the Henry Student Center on the second floor.
www.wilkes.edu /pages/135.asp   (516 words)

  
 Interfaith Prayer and Reflection Service
The Interfaith Prayer and Reflection Service provides a special occasion to pray for peace, remember our loved ones, reflect upon the interconnectedness of all beings, and to uplift our hearts and minds.
Its purpose is to bring together people from different faith communities in the spirit of harmony, peace, and growing appreciation, and to nurture confidence in the universal power of love and unity that transcends all earthly limitations.
If you are interested in beginning an interfaith worship service in your area, and would like more information about how we plan ours, please send us an email and we will contact you.
www.interfaitheugene.org /11service.htm   (306 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Interfaith Family Guidebook: Practical Advice for Jewish and Christian Partners: Books: Joan C. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
She believed that interfaith families needed an independent vehicle to share experiences and support each other.
With an MA in international relations from Yale University and ten years of writing and editing experience, she decided to create a new kind of resource, and Dovetail Publishing was born.
She is the author of several books for grade school students as well as numerous articles for national periodicals, on topics ranging from interfaith marriage to international debt in South America.
www.amazon.com /Interfaith-Family-Guidebook-Practical-Christian/dp/096512844X   (2089 words)

  
 Interfaith Dialogue: the source book
Traditionally interfaith dialogue groups have been hard to set up, difficult to sustain, and dogged by religious and personality conflicts.
Since it was first made available on the web, scores of local interfaith initiatives from North Carolina to the Netherlands have successfully applied its lessons to launch working interfaith groups.
So whether you are new to interfaith dialogue or you’ve been in the field for years, What the World Needs to Know about Interfaith Dialogue…is a critical tool to help you work in harmony with people of other faiths.
www.how-to-succeed-at-interfaith-dialogue.com   (1224 words)

  
 Interfaith Relationships
Interfaith relationships often result in deeper religious convictions, even in those who were previously non-practicing.
How to process, where to stand and what music to use are typical issues that most interfaith couples overlook at first - not realizing that the answers to these questions are very different in each religious tradition.
While there has been speculation that there is a type of person predisposed to intermarry, we cannot assume that all interfaith couples fit this narrow description.
www.suite101.com /welcome.cfm/interfaith_relationships   (234 words)

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