Group of Faith Leaders from Multiple Faith Traditions Come Together November 12th for an Evening of Reflection and Commitment to Action Post-Election
The Interfaith Center of New York, Union Theological Seminary, New York Jewish Agenda, St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church, B’nai Jeshurun along with collaborators, to join together for an evening of prayer after a divisive election cycle.
Editor’s note: Staten Islander News has previously covered the InterFaith Center of New York in an article by Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer about the importance of accepting and assisting all New Yorkers, regardless of your own faith or of theirs.
We’re awaiting post event photos, and will add them once they’ve been received.
NEW YORK – A broad-based group of faith leaders and NGO leaders, including Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, Rev. Serene Jones, and Sunita Viswanath, gathered at St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church (W 86th St. & West End) for a joint prayer service and commitment to action after a divisive election cycle. Leaders will share prayers of reflection as well as prayers which call all to action.
The faith communities involved include groups who have worked for years to welcome immigrants, feed and clothe the unhoused, and fight for the marginalized. The service involved both a celebration of that work and a commitment to double down in the coming years.
A unity walk preceded the service, leaving from Union Theological Seminary’s campus (121st & Broadway) at 5:00 PM and walking down Broadway to St. Paul & St. Andrew.
Rev Terry Troia of Staten Island Hunger Task Force will also be offering a prayer.
Banner Image: Interfaith Prayer Service graphic. Image Credit – Interfaith Center NY
Interfaith Center of New York & New York State Council of Churches
The Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY) is a secular non-profit organization with a mission to “overcome prejudice, violence, and misunderstanding by activating the power of the city’s grassroots religious and civic leaders and their communities.” Over the course of 25 years, ICNY has built the most religiously-diverse and civically-engaged network of grassroots and immigrant religious leaders across the five boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and The Bronx. These include Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, Afro Caribbean, and Native American New Yorkers who have either attended one or more of our social justice retreats, participated in our religious diversity education programs for social workers, teachers, lawyers, and NYPD officers, or joined multi-faith advocacy work on immigration and religious freedom. ICNY’s decades of organizing and educating in New York City’s grassroots religious communities have gained us trust, the basis for all our successes, which recently includes increasing turn-out for the 2020 US Census and galvanizing faith-community humanitarian response to the COVID-19. New York State Council of Churches is comprised of eight partner Denominations which are detailed on our Member Denominations page. Each denomination sends representation to our Executive Committee and provides financial support. Other denominations which are members of the National Council of Churches may also have representation to the Council