CRLMC to hold Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Wed, Nov 23 at 12 Noon in Chicago

CHICAGO - Nov. 22, 2016 - PRLog -- The Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago (CRLMC) will hold their annual Interfaith Thanksgiving service on Wednesday, November 23 from 12 Noon to 1pm. The purpose of the event is to bring together different faith communities before the American holiday. Members of more than sixteen religious traditions will offer prayers and songs of Thanksgiving. Donations collected will be used to buy holiday meals for those in need.

WHEN:      12 Noon - Wednesday, November 23, 2016

WHERE:    First United Methodist Church at the Chicago Temple - 77 W. Washington St. (Washington & Clark)

WHAT:       Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

WHO:         Members of more than sixteen religious traditions, including -

LUTHERANISM, Rev. Wayne Miller, Bishop, Metropolitan Chicago Synod Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and President, Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago

AMERICAN INDIAN, Sarah Calabaza

BAHA'I FAITH, Shayda Safapour, Baha'i representative for the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Chicago

JUDAISM, TBD

ANGLICAN CHRISTIANITY, Dominic Barrington, Dean of St. James Cathedral

HINDUISM, Swami Varadananda, Vivekananda Vedanta Society

ZOROASTRIANISM OF METRO CHICAGO, Mobedyar Boman Damkevala

CATHOLIC CHRISTIANITY, Rev. Donald Senior, President Emeritus & Chancellor of Catholic Theological Union

JAINISM, Dr. Hema Pokharna, Jain Religious Society

LATTER-DAY SAINTS, President Spencer Dunn, 2nd Counselor in the Wilmette Stake Presidency

SIKHISM, TBD

BUDDHISM, Asayo Horibe, President of the Buddhist Council of Midwest

ISLAM, Tasneem Osmani, CIOGC Board Member and Treasurer

PROTESTANT CHRISTIANITY, Rev. Dr. Deborah Rundlett, Transitional Executive Presbyter,Presbytery of Chicago

CRLMC, Rev. Paul H. Rutgers, Co-Executive Director, Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago

CHICAGO TEMPLE, Dr. Myron McCoy, Senior Pastor

About the CRLMC: The Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago (CRLMC), a non-profit organization, is comprised of the religious leadership of practically every major religious tradition in the broader Chicago area, representing nearly six million people.

Through its work, the CRLMC speaks with a unified moral voice on issues of the day; creates a climate of better interfaith understanding and cooperation; and, participates in programs which advance its work.

It was founded in 1984, at a time when racial tensions and social injustices were on the rise, and a group of religious leaders in Chicago recognized the growing need to understand cultural and religious differences and learn how to work together.

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