A valuable component of the Abraham Festival has been the visits to one another’s places of worship. This year, the schedule of services will be a little more informal, but nonetheless , important:

• Islam - Friday afternoon: Afternoon Prayers , April 16th , Trent University Muslim Association

• Judaism - Friday night services : Rabbi Shalom Schachter , April 16th, Friday evening 6:00, Beth Israel Synagogue

• Christianity - Sunday morning services: Reverend Joanna McQuarrie, April 18th, Sunday morning 11:00, St. Andrew’s Church.

12:30 Gathering in the auditorium, George Street United Church

1:00 Opening

1:15 Keynote Speaker – Ted Reeve, Executive Co-ordinator, Greening Sacred Spaces

2:00 Panel discussion: "How does our faith expect us to care for the earth?"

• Rabbi Shalom Schachter (Judaism),

• Dr. Stephen Scharper (Christianity),

• Shaikh Habeeb Ali (Islam),

2:45 Responses of speakers to one another (5 minutes each)

3:00 Questions and Comments from the audience

4:00 Concluding Remarks

4:15 Greening Sacred Spaces Provincial Awards

4:30 Music and socializing

On Monday, April 19th, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm, there will be workshops for high school students. These workshops will be held at Lady Eaton College at Trent University. There will be about ten students in each workshop. 

The workshop titles include the following:

1) Water is Life

2) Food, Sustainable Sustenance

3) Enhancing Green Space and Restoring the Earth

4) Waste Not; Want Not; The Story of Stuff