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Fr. Dan Horan presents “The Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton”
Fr. Dan teaches systematic theology and spirituality at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, writes a column for National Catholic Reporter, and is the author of twelve books including the award-winningThe Franciscan Heart of Thomas Merton: A New Look at the Spiritual Influence on His Life, Thought, and Writing (2014). St. Francis and […]
Planet Friendly Food Series – Jan. 26th at Bnai Tikvah, WC
Planet Friendly Food Series – Jan. 26th at Bnai Tikvah, WC
Planet Friendly Food Series Jan. 26th, 2020 at 4:00 pm Congregation Bnai Tikvah Social Hall 25 Hillcroft Rd. Walnut Creek April 19th, 2020 at 4 pm Earth Day Event Unity Walnut Creek 1871 Geary Rd., Walnut Creek Learn more about how your food choices impact the Climate and the Planet! […]
Presidio Chapel Open House/Docent Tour
Presidio Chapel Open House/Docent Tour
Visit the historic Spanish Colonial Revival style Presidio Chapel, built by the Army in 1931, with a breathtaking view of San Francisco Bay. It is home to a 33' mural by Victor Arnautoff, a protégé of Diego Rivera, and stained glass windows by Willimina Ogterop, the first woman stained glass […]
Christian-Muslim Dialogue & Peace: Commemorating the Sultan & the Saint
Christian-Muslim Dialogue & Peace: Commemorating the Sultan & the Saint
Join us to commemorate the important moment when Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt met on a bloody battlefield during the Crusades. Join us as we watch together The Sultan and The Saint - a fascinating one-hour documentary that captures the search for peace between Christian and Muslim […]
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Violins of Hope: A journey of heroism, healing and humanity – San Francisco
Violins of Hope: A journey of heroism, healing and humanity – San Francisco
On International Holocaust Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Avshalom Weinstein the cofounder of Violins of Hope whose studio is in Turkey will talk about the 20 years he and his father have devoted to locating and restoring lost violins the Holocaust. He lost 400 members […]
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Season for Nonviolence: HEART-CENTERED ACTIVISM WORKSHOP
Season for Nonviolence: HEART-CENTERED ACTIVISM WORKSHOP
Why do many “spiritual” people often shun politics? How can we nurture our democracy through our most cherished principles and values? Let's: • Transform anxiety and outrage to courage and compassion • Become politically active with enthusiasm and without hating or harming anyone • Discover the joy of conscious heart-centered […]
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The Violins of Hope Concert: Along the Trade Route – Walnut Creek
The Violins of Hope Concert: Along the Trade Route – Walnut Creek
Congregation B’nai Shalom and the Contra Costa JCC are proud to be part of the San Francisco Bay Area tour of The Violins of Hope. Spanning eight-weeks, this tour coincides with the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, one of the many concentration camps where Jewish musicians were forcibly […]
Free Disaster Preparedness Summit! Training for Nonprofits and Community Based Organizations.
Free Disaster Preparedness Summit! Training for Nonprofits and Community Based Organizations.
Updated Link! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ccc-voad-disaster-summit-tickets-85584650995 Disaster Preparedness Summit_BAUASI-CCC3b
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Meet ANDREA MILLER Founder of the Center for Common Ground and Reclaim Our Vote Campaign
Meet ANDREA MILLER Founder of the Center for Common Ground and Reclaim Our Vote Campaign
IF YOUR VOTE DIDN’T MATTER, THEY WOULDN’T BE TRYING TO STOP IT!~ Robert Greenwald, “Suppressed: The Fight to Vote” Black Women Organizing for Political Action NAACP, East County Branch Solano County Links, Inc. Organizing For Action/All On The Line Contra Costa Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County Monica Wilson, Antioch […]
Self Care Day for Women at Unity Walnut Creek
Self Care Day for Women at Unity Walnut Creek
A Day of Nurturing - for Yourself! New: Babysitting will be available!!! Moms, come have some well-deserved self-care! Start the day with an amazing talk on mindful self compassion by Diane Pahler, founder of Mindful Bay Area. Then enjoy 20-minute Nurturing Services ($10/each). From 10 am to 2 pm, you […]
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Our Place in the Web of Life – A Social Justice Climate Action Seminar Series
Our Place in the Web of Life – A Social Justice Climate Action Seminar Series
Our Place in the Web of Life Many people know a great deal about issues of sustainability and are eager to do their part to repair and restore the environment around them and lessen the destruction of our precious natural resources. And, many I understand how social oppression works to build […]
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The Battle for Religious Freedom in Israel Challenges, Success Stories, and its’ Imprint on the Geopolitical Reality in Israel
The Battle for Religious Freedom in Israel Challenges, Success Stories, and its’ Imprint on the Geopolitical Reality in Israel
Featuring Yael Yechieli-Persico Jewish scholar and activist for freedom of religion in Israel, former Director of the Department of Democracy and the Department of Freedom of Religion in NIF/Shatil The tension between religion and state has long been an inherent part of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. Judging from […]
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Showing up for Miles Hall – a call for religious leaders to speak at the Feb. 4th Walnut Creek City Council
Showing up for Miles Hall – a call for religious leaders to speak at the Feb. 4th Walnut Creek City Council
On Sunday, June 2nd, 2019, Miles Hall who lived with a well documented mental illness was brutally killed by two Walnut Creek Police Officers. This happened despite his proactive mother, Taun Hall alerting the dispatcher a day before her son was likely in a decompensated state and may require a […]
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Combatants For Peace will be hosting a conversation with Peacemakers from Israel and Palestine
Combatants For Peace will be hosting a conversation with Peacemakers from Israel and Palestine
Speakers: Ismail Assad, Yoni Kallai and Galia Galili from Palestine and Israel will be sharing how they turned from being combatants to non-violent peacemakers. Thursday, Feb. 6th at 7:00 pm Hillcrest Congregational Church Fellowship Hall 404 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill https://afcfp.org
Tenant Know Your Rights Protection-Know Your Rights AB 1492 Workshop
Tenant Know Your Rights Protection-Know Your Rights AB 1492 Workshop
What do Concord tenants need to know about California's new state housing law AB-1482? Come meet other Concord residents and learn your rights as a tenant: how to get repairs made, address habitability issues, prevent landlord retaliation and more. Dinner and childcare will be provided. 6:30 - 8:30 PM St. […]
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Ceremonial Honoring of the Full Moon and Connection with our Earth Mother – with Chief Phillip Scott
Ceremonial Honoring of the Full Moon and Connection with our Earth Mother – with Chief Phillip Scott
"Ceremonial Honoring of the Full Moon and Connection with our Earth Mother," with Chief Phillip Scott from Ancestral Voice, leading a Sunday Afternoon Day Retreat at ECSM. Sunday, February 9, 2020 from 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM (PST) East County Shared Ministry, 200 E. Leland Rd., Pittsburg. In the Stoneman […]
Dinners Around the World: Latin American Cuisine
Dinners Around the World: Latin American Cuisine
Lent is fast approaching. But until then, Carnaval celebrations abound in Latin America. We show our solidarity with this month's Latin American themed menu. $25 for adults and $10 for kids 12 and under.
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Trigger Showing: Gun violence is both a disaster and a public health issue.
Trigger Showing: Gun violence is both a disaster and a public health issue.
Gun violence is both a disaster and a public health issue. Following each 60-minute screening, there will be a facilitated discussion about how to change our thinking about gun violence in our communities. Wednesday, Feb. 12th at 1:30 and 7:00 pm! Grace Presbyterian Church 2100 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek Tuesday, […]
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John Philip Newell & School of Celtic Consciousness
Encounter the Sacred while exploring the world of early Celtic Spirituality. John Philip will teach on Pelagius, St. Brigid, and Teilhard de Chardin in relation to the sacredness of the human soul, the sacredness of the feminine, and the sacredness of the earth. Our daily schedule will consist of prayer […]
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SURJ CCC Meeting – Racial Disparities in Mental Health Services
SURJ CCC Meeting – Racial Disparities in Mental Health Services
Rates of mental illnesses in African Americans are similar with those of the general population. However, disparities exist in regard to mental health care services. Racial/ethnic minorities often suffer from poor mental health outcomes due to multiple factors including inaccessibility of high quality mental health care services, cultural stigma surrounding […]
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The Human Element: New Film and Discussion
The Human Element: New Film and Discussion
NOTE CHANGE OF FILM Join us for a showing of the film, The Human Element Thanks to a partnership with Earth Vision Institute, Interfaith Power & Light is able to offer us this inspiring film! In an arresting new documentary from the producers of Racing Extinction and Chasing Ice, environmental […]
Sunday Concerts at Presidio Chapel – San Francisco Bay Area Composers
Sunday Concerts at Presidio Chapel – San Francisco Bay Area Composers
Sunday Concerts at Presidio Chapel presents a concert by San Francisco Bay Area composers on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at 4 pm at the historic Presidio Chapel. Admission is free. Limited seating - reservations recommended. Please call 415-515-5681 or email presidiointerfaith@gmail.com.
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Death Cafe at Unity of Walnut Creek
Death Cafe at Unity of Walnut Creek
At a Death Cafe, people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink coffee, and discuss death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support group or a counseling session.
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A Black History Month Mental Health Awareness Event – Mental Health 101 for the African American Faith Community
A Black History Month Mental Health Awareness Event – Mental Health 101 for the African American Faith Community
MH101 flyer template for Solomon Temple 2.22.2020
Current Issues Arising: Our Constitution, Politics & Religion – N2N event
Current Issues Arising: Our Constitution, Politics & Religion – N2N event
N2N Flyer Feb 22, 2020 Final
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Ash Wednesday – Journey to Justice
Ash Wednesday – Journey to Justice
This year for Lent and Passover we invite you to participate in prayer, public witness and ritual as we seek to enter into greater solidarity with our neighbors and communities facing the pain of displacement, homelessness and racism. FAME is working with various faith leaders and congregations to host a […]
Ash Wednesday: Journey to Justice
Ash Wednesday: Journey to Justice
A public witness and interfaith installation inviting consideration, confrontation and confession around injustices of displacement our communities are facing
25th East Bay International Jewish Film Festival
25th East Bay International Jewish Film Festival
The EBIJFF is a celebration of independent and international films in the East Bay. We bring select films from around the world for film lovers of every age, ethnicity, faith and lifestyle. We aim to use film's power to foster greater compassion and build cultural bridges. Visit http://www.eastbayjewishfilm.org
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Interfaith Disaster Preparedness Network Feb. Meeting
Interfaith Disaster Preparedness Network Feb. Meeting
Interfaith Disaster Preparedness Network Thursday, February 27th from 3-4:30 pm Room 16 at Hillcrest Congregational Church 404 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill There will be conversations on how your congregation can become more prepared, including: Congregational Emergency Plans • Security and Intruder Plans • Working with the County, ICCCC and other […]
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VALUING SELF & VALUING OTHERS: Resisting Polarization
VALUING SELF & VALUING OTHERS: Resisting Polarization
Everyone has a story and being heard meets a human need for connection. The simple act of telling your story, and being listened to with depth and attention, can change everything. In light of the current immigration crisis and lapse of empathy on a national level, we feel called to […]
Genocide In India: You can help stop it!
Genocide In India: You can help stop it!
GENOCIDE IN INDIA: YOU can help stop it! Saturday, February 29, 2020 10 am to 4 pm Mehran Restaurant 5748 Mowry Ave., Newark Breakfast & Lunch included Registration mandatory! Donations requested Co-Sponsored by: South Asia Civil Citizens Society of Bay Area Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County Interfaith Council of […]
Temirzhan Yerzhanov Piano Concert at St. Paul’s in Walnut Creek
Temirzhan Yerzhanov Piano Concert at St. Paul’s in Walnut Creek
Temirzhan Yerzhanov, an American musician hailing from Kazakhstan, launched his international career by winning the Gold Medal at the International Robert Schumann Piano Competition in Zwickau, Germany, and now continues performing also as an emerging conductor. Yerzhanov has toured in Germany, Russia, France, Italy, Switzerland, Czech Republic, USA, United Kingdom, […]