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Congregational
Activities / Programming
Below are some examples
of successful congregational interfaith programs:
Creating
Interfaith Coalitions
Joint
Social Action Projects
Creating Community Partnerships
Educational Programs
Youth Programs
Creating
Interfaith Coalitions:
The
Interfaith Alliance of Central California
An interreligious coalition created in response to a flood of missionaries
in the public schools.
Multicultural
Group of Greater Hartford
An interfaith coalition which developed out of a joint volunteer project
between a synagogue and church.
Joint
Social Action Projects:
Jury
Diversity
A joint project between a synagogue and an AME church to help increase
the diversity of juries in their community.
InterFaith
Works! - Respite Care to Foster Care Parents
A program carried out by several congregations to provide a day of activities
for foster care children, thus allowing foster parents time off to catch
up, rest, and renew themselves.
Creating
Community Partnerships:
South
Bronx-Port Washington Community ADD "Partnership"
A partnership between two communities that brings together their schools,
organizations, and congregations through a variety of projects.
Educational
Programs:
An Interfaith Adult
Education Class
Offer a joint study program with another faith community. For example,
at Congregation Kol Ami in Flower Mound, Texas, Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis
and Reverend David Williams of the First Baptist Church of Flower Mound
instigated a joint 13-week study program in which participants studied
the Ten Commandments from both the Jewish and Christian perspectives.
The first class, "What are the Ten Commandments? Looking at the texts
we have," served as an introduction, while the second class, "Commandments-What
do they mean to Jews and Baptists," set up the rest of the sessions,
each of which focused on a different commandment.
Youth
Programs:
Breaking
the Circle of Hate
A program designed to sensitize youth to anti-Semitism and racism.
Walking
Together
An NFTB-sponsored
program designed for Jewish, Christian, and Muslim 4th-6th grade school
children and their parents. to discuss, explore, and question their religious
traditions, exposing misunderstandings, and finding commonalties.
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