Tag: Interfaith Service Festival

IWagePeace Interfaith Service Festival

The Interfaith Service Festival will be held on the International Day of Peace, Sunday, Sept. 21, 12-4 p.m.

Keynote address will be given by Dr. Elias Farah, Executive Director, Jerusalem Peacebuilders.

There will be discussion groups about food scarcity, gun violence, the unhoused, peacemaking, and prison reform.

Events include a beach clean-up with Save the Sound, community billboard painting, a chance to turn guns into jewelry with Swords to Plowshares CT, and films and discussion with Stop Solitary CT.

Enjoy fellowship, service, and a beach walk on Sunday, Sept. 21, from 12-4 p.m. Activities will be by the shoreline on the grounds of St. John Vianney Church, 300 Captain Thomas Blvd., West Haven.

For more information, please go to bit.ly/3Vdn28C.

Interfaith Service Festival on New Haven Green 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday Aug. 4

The Interfaith Service Festival on New Haven Green will take place under the trees behind the churches 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday Aug. 4, 2024. The theme this year is Courageous Love. The schedule of volunteer service projects, discussion groups and learning opportunities and much more will be updated here: https://www.iwagepeace.org. Community involvement opportunities include Swing a hammer and pound guns into Jewelry at the forge: Swords to Plowshares CT; Join a Round table on Gun Violence: Swords to Plowshares CT; Enjoy a Crypt Tour under Center Church (learn our challenging history); Clean a beach with Save The Sound. (shuttle bus provided); Build a house with Habitat for Humanity (advance signup required); Joyfully assemble 875 Blessing Bags for the unhoused with Columbus House and Beth-El Shelter; and many more listed here https://www.iwagepeace.org!