Moving Beyond Racism Book Discussion. This Side of Brightness by Colum McCann. Monday, March 1st, 7-8:30 pm, Barnes & Noble - Pittsford Plaza - Upstairs Community Room. Everyone is welcome whether or not you have read the book. Join us for a safe, stimulating discussion. For more information call 585-288-8644 or e-mail at mbrbookinfo@aol.com
Bring Them Home Vigils. Witness against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Come and leave as it fits your schedule. The goal is to bring an awareness of the war into our daily lives, remind those driving by that the wars are still going on, call for our troops to come home, and advocate for another approach to healing in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sponsored by the UU Peace Advocates. Dates and locations:
Thursday, March 4, 7:30 - 8:30 AM; Park Ave & Culver Rd
Tuesday, March 9, 4:30 - 5:30 PM; First Unitarian Church, 220 S. Winton Road
Wednesday, March 17, 7:30 - 8:30 AM; Park Ave & Culver Rd
Studying the Bible through Art and Popular Culture. The 14th year of interfaith bible study sponsored by the Commission on Jewish-Christian Relations and GRCC. The remaining programs for this year, free and open to the community, are:
March 10: The Shack by William P. Young. Discussed with Fr. George Heyman.
April 14: For the Bible Tells Me So directed by Daniel Karslake. Discussed with Rev. Denise Yarbrough and a film critic TBA.
All programs are held from noon to 1:00 pm at the Jewish Community Federation, 441 East Avenue. Seating is limited.
TIAR Monthly Board Meeting. The monthly Board Meeting of TIAR is held from 4:00 – 5:30 pm at Covenant United Methodist Church on Culver Road at Parsells. All members and visitors are welcome. Subsequent meetings will be held:
March 18
April 15
May 20
June 13 - Annual Meeting
Ride the Current: Learning to Heed God’s Call. Two presentations to be given by Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ. She will describe her journey beginning with walking with prisoners on Death Row moving into ministering with those families impacted by the violence caused by these prisoners. Her work was the subject of the movie, “Dead Man Walking”. 1:30 pm and 7:00 pm at St. John the Evangelist Church, 553 Humboldt Street in Rochester.
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We work towards a public good that offers dignity and wholeness to all people. This includes a quality public education, a sustainable environment, a living wage, comprehensive health care, adequate housing, and a voice for people of faith in the political arena that respects the First Amendment.
As a growing and diverse interfaith community, we bring a constructive and healing witness to public and political life in the Greater Rochester community. The Interfaith Alliance of Rochester is one of many local alliances in a national coalition of people of faith.
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