Engaging Faith In the Neighborhood Retreat Registration Closing Soon
Registration closes July 5 for a 3-day intensive interfaith leadership development retreat for adults over July 23 – 25 with Chicago-based Seminary Consortium on Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE).
Parliament of the World’s Religion Board Trustee and SCUPE President Shanta Premawardhana says, “During these times of significant religious diversity in our communities, it is very important that we begin to understand how to relate to people of other faiths. It requires interfaith literacy, interfaith action, and it requires us to come to know each other and build community together. A lot of the time we are not able to do that because we don’t understand theologically how to make it work.”
Dr. Lucinda Mosher of Hardford Seminary will lead workshop participants on site visits to a Sikh gurdwara, a Hindu temple, and a Greek Orthodox Church, enjoying meals and accommodations just outside Chicago. It will be an opportunity to answer critical questions by learning “what moves them, what gives them meaning and purpose of life,” says Premawardhana.
The course will begin with a day-long course in Interfaith engagement, followed by two days of site visits with meals included at houses worship. Registration tiers begin with student commuter rates and cap at full shared hotel accommodations and meals.
Workshop objectives include: empowering interfaith leaders, creating a safe space to learn, equipping the participants with teachable resources, discussing America’s religious diversity, building courage to visit new places of worship, building community among the participants, training in effective speaking about interfaith engagement, teaching the history of modern interfaith movement, practicing interfaith engagement, and developing skills to foster interfaith relationships. For more information please visit SCUPE.com.