| This year’s festival is focused around the theme, “Compassion Through Action: We are in it Together,” and will deliver a program filled with interfaith prayer, music, spiritual meditations, lunchtime webinars about faith, workshops for teachers and spiritual leaders, a panel discussion for youth, and more. Click Here to view the entire 2021 schedule of programs.
In its fourth year and in response to the lingering threat of the pandemic, the Festival will again be presented virtually. More than 50 community leaders joined this year’s Festival of Faiths Co-Chairs Penny Pensak, Afreen Asif, Bishop Marvin Thomas Sr., and Jaipal Singh to create 15 events with broad appeal for communities of faith, families, and all individuals seeking inspiration from the collegial and respectful interfaith relations they will witness throughout the weeklong festival.
The Festival activities will again embrace the 30 faith communities and 13 world religions that have participated in previous festivals. A few highlights include:
- An Opening Interfaith Devotional involving prayers from more than a dozen religious traditions
- Spiritual Meditations practiced by 10 different faith traditions (3 sessions)
- Social Action workshop, ”Faith and Food: Moving from Insecurity to Sustainability”
- Compassionate Conversations: “What is the meaning of GRIT?”
- Workshop on “How to be a Sacred Activist for Racial Justice“
- Beloved Community Youth Panel Discussion on the topic of Food Insecurity
- “People Got to Be Free” – An Interfaith Celebration in Music, Song and Dance, followed by the Closing Interfaith Devotional on August 28th at 4:45 pm.
Registration for all events is available here
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