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We look forward to seeing you and your family at one of our upcoming events!

Calendar for  the rest of 2009 includes (more details to follow):

November 12, 2009

Amazing Faiths Dinner Dialogues

Interfaith Forum is excited to be able to invite you to be a part of our community's second annual "Dinner Dialogues." You will want to be a part of this bridge-building/relationship strengthening event. If you do, you'll be inspired to be a part of sharing that comes from the heart! Interfaith Forum joins with other cities in the US in an evening of interfaith, “Dinner Dialogues” in local homes.  In 2008, over 100 participants from a wide range of faith traditions gathered in 10 homes around Greenville in diverse and intimate groups for dinner and to engage in moderated conversation about religion, faith and tolerance. 

SIGN UP NOW for our annual Interfaith Dinner Dialogues coming up on November 12th! 

How to Register for Greenville's Interfaith Dinner Dialogues?

Registration for the 2009 Amazing Faiths Dinner Dialogue here in Greenville is now open. For reasons beyond our control locally, the registration process is a bit confusing. Please follow these steps:

· Go to Registration website www.amazingfaithshouston.org
· On left of screen, click on National Amazing Faiths Project.
· Sign up as Host or Attendee.
· On signup form, indicate your region as Greenville, otherwise data will be lost.
Do NOT click on Other Cities.
Do NOT try to register through the Information website www.amazingfaithsproject.org. That way indeed lies convolution, confusion and madness!

Next year we will be taking on the registration locally and hopefully, so much easier!  We are looking forward to having you join the dialogue!!

(in cooperation with www.amazingfaithsproject.org)

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Activities of Past Year (2008-09) include:

 Annual Covered Dish Supper and Meeting  Interfaith Forum’s annual end of the year General Meeting and Potluck Dinner, hosted by Greenville's First Baptist Church included a review of the activities of the past year, plans for the coming year, introductions of the incoming slate of officers and board members, and, as always, the sharing of good food and conversation.  

Interfaith National Day of Prayer Service  Interfaith Forum observed the 2009 National Day of Prayer the first Thursday in May with an interfaith prayer service on the front steps of Allen Temple AME Church in Greenville’s historic West End.  With the theme “Caring for Our Community” it included brief testimonials of “Prayer-in-Action” from leaders representing caring ministries in our city: United Ministries;  GAIHN (Greenville Area Interfaith Homeless Network); and the West End Community Development Corporation; and prayers from representatives of a variety of faith communities represented in Greenville. 

Beyond Tolerance: A Community Conversation March 26, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m..  The Interfaith Forum hosted a screening and discussion of the award-winning 2006 film “Divided We Fall” in the Fellowship Hall of Westminster Presbyterian Church, located at 2310 Augusta Street in Greenville.  The film, produced by Valarie Kaur, is a poignant examination of the hate violence—especially acts of religious intolerance—that followed in the weeks and months after the 9/11 attacks.  The film posed a number of timely questions concerning the place of religious diversity in a democratic society and prompted much discussion. 

Activities of Past Year (2007-08) include:

November '08. Interfaith Forum joined 8 other cities in the US in an evening of interfaith, “Dinner Dialogues” in local homes.  Over 100 gathered in 10 homes around Greenville in diverse and intimate groups for dinner and to engage in moderated conversation about religion, faith and tolerance.  (in cooperation with www.amazingfaithsproject.org)

Fall '08 meeting, presentation: “The Practice of Encountering Others” by Barbara Brown Taylor

Summer ’08  National Conference of the Church and Synagogue Library Association (CSLA)

Late spring, Interfaith National Day of Prayer Service

Spring meeting, presentation: “Spiritual Needs of Adults in Mid-life”

Interfaith Women’s Book Clubs (fall, ’07; spring, ’08---ongoing)

Festival of Faiths Celebration, November ’07

Early fall meeting, panel discussion, “Spirituality and the Environment”