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OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF INTERFAITH DIALOGUE SERIES
1. To learn about one another's core beliefs of faith, culture, traditions and community life
2. To ask questions in dialogue that lead to greater understanding
3. To create friendships and build relationships across religious and cultural devides
4. To decrease suspicion and fear of one another
5. To be part of a process that eliminates acts of discrimination and hate against recent immigrants and persons of color
6. To contribute toward building greater respect and opportunity for people in the St Cloud area
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INTERFAITH SACRED TEXTS & COMMUNITIES SERIES
EXPLORING
Jews - Dialogues - Beliefs
SAINT CLOUD, MN
FEBRUARY - MARCH 2004
TUESDAYS 6:00 - 8:00 PM
VISION STATEMENT
To establish a working knowledge of Jews and Judaism
in order to pursue further dialogue and help the community
at large in their understanding of Jews and Judaism
PURPOSE
This educational series is planned to promote an opportunity
for dialogue among people of the Abrahamic traditions and others
who subscribe to diverse beliefs and cultural practices.
Note: This is the second of a set of six Tuesday night winter dialogues among members of world religions living in and around St. Cloud, MN. The first was titled "Muslims - Dialogues - Beliefs" (March - April 2003). The success of our opening series of six dialogues with Islam encouraged CIE/UNIITE and our co-sponsors to prepare our second winter offering to the people of Central Minnesota, this time with Jews.
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Meanwhile CIE/UNIITE also offered a 4-hour Baha'i Peace Event on 18 November 2003 in which representatives of diverse religious and no-religious communities engaged in dialogue on an important Baha'i religious document.
Future dialogue series will similarly address specific themes in an interfaith manner or they will focus on other non-Abrahamic traditions
TIME:
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Pre-dialogue session (30 minutes)
We will screen two 15-minute segments of a Jewish-Christian dialogue video series titled "Walking God's Paths"
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Dialogue Session (90 minutes)
DATES, TOPICS & LOCATIONS
FREE & OPEN TO ALL
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EACH SESSION WILL INCLUDE
Invitation to Dialogue
(Moderator Dr. Dan McKanan)
Opening Prayer
Alternate Christian/Jewish
Presentation by Jewish Presenter
(Dr. Joseph Edelheit, Interim Director, Jewish Studies, St. Cloud State University)
Response by Christian Speaker
(Dr. John Merkle, Department of Theology,
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University)
Dr John Merkle is the editor of
"Faith Transformed:Christian Encounters with Jews and Judaism"
Questions & Answers and Interchange by Participants
Closing Comments by Each Presenter
Jewish Chanting
(Dr. Joseph Edelheit)
followed by silent prayer
Concluding Prayer Led by a Person of a non-Christian or non-Jewish faith
Refreshments and Conversation
LIST OF SPONSORS
UNIITE
Center for Interfaith Encounter
Faith Communities: Building Racial Harmony
Create CommUNITY
Central Minnesota Community Foundation
United Methodist Committee on Relief
SCSU Office of Jewish Communal Activities & Resources
Jewish Studies Program of SCSU
Temple Israel, Minneapolis, MN
First United Methodist Church
CLOSING PRAYER REPRESENTATIVES: Session 1 - Jerry Wetterling (The Baha'i Faith)
Session 2 - Norhashimah Erpelding (Islam)
Session 3 - Frank Chartrand (Native American)
Session 4 - Cristina Seaborn (Urantia)
Session 5 - Jayme Wickman (Celtic Paganism)
Session 6 - Ramalingam Periasamy (Hinduism)
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