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Written by The Abraham Festival
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ABRAHAM FESTIVAL 2010 April 16th to 19th
Celebrating Our Diversity Through prayers, workshops and diverse cuisine... Come and enjoy an enlightening spiritual encounter with Judaism, Christianity and Islam “Hearing one another…..…Seeking to understand”
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History of the Abraham Festival
The Abraham Festival celebrates its 7th year in 2010. Throughout our time together, we have explored ritual, prayer, music, film, clothing, youth, sexuality, text, youth, and always, food and fellowship.This year, we have decided to focus on how our three faiths can help heal the earth.
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This Year's Events:
Download 2010 Informational Poster - Requires Adobe Reader (PDF File)
Worship Services: (tentative) 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 5) Climate Change: Energy and Active Transportation (this workshop will take place in the sustainable building owned by Camp Kawartha on the Trent campus) |