[Creation Care] 2009 Festival of Faiths - Full Schedule Available Online

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> Dear Friends,
> The 2009 Festival of Faiths - Sacred Water: Sustaining Life
> schedule is now available including more than 30 engaging events  
> exploring the roles of water within our faiths and how these roles  
> inspire us to act.
> Some of the highlights are presented below.
> For a complete schedule see further down this email or click here .
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> The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers
> We are very excited to confirm that six members of the  
> International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers will be  
> presenting at this year's Festival of Faiths.  "The Grandmothers,"  
> are a collection of powerful women from North, South, and Central  
> America, Africa, Asia, and the Arctic Circle, and together they  
> represent a global alliance of prayer, education, and healing. They  
> are women of action who travel the globe to bear witness to the  
> wounds of people and the Earth. During our 14th Annual Festival of  
> Faiths, six members of the International Council of Thirteen  
> Indigenous Grandmothers will be engaged throughout the Commonwealth  
> showing reverence for the essential gift of water.
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> Sunday, November 8
>
> 1:30 pm Community Water Blessing with members of the
> International Council of Indigenous Grandmothers
>  Free and Open to the Public at Waterfront Park
>
> 3:00 pm Film Premiere and Discussion: For the Next
> 7 Generations: the Grandmothers Speak
> at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
> Ticketing information coming soon.
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> 7:00 pm Evening Reception with the Visiting Indigenous
> Grandmothers
>  Free and Open to the Public at LPTS, Gardencourt
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> Monday, November 9
>
> 10:00 am Water Summit Council between local leaders
> and the visiting Indigenous Grandmothers
>  Free and Open to the Public at the Henry Clay Building
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> Masaru Emoto
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> The Hidden Messages in Water - Masaru Emoto performs research that  
> explores water's susceptibility to human words, emotions and  
> thoughts. Emoto freezes water samples that have been exposed to  
> positive or negative words, emotions and music. Through  
> photographs, Emoto has found that water exposed to positive  
> influences produces beautiful, perfectly formed crystals, while  
> water exposed to negativity produces unattractive, malformed  
> crystals. This program will present his latest findings and  
> observations. Mr Emoto has published five best selling books on  
> this subject.
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> Tuesday, November 10 at 6pm
> At the Henry Clay Building
> Ticketing information coming soon.
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> Sonbonfu Some'
> Join Sobonfu Somé, gifted teacher and author, for a powerful  
> experience of discovery. Somé was born into the Dagara Tribe in the  
> African country of Burkina Faso. Even before her birth, tribal  
> elders foresaw her destiny and she was trained from infancy to  
> teach their ancient wisdoms, rituals and practices. Somé uses  
> story, music, dance and experiential rituals to guide participants  
> in a journey to connect spirit and community, and to more fully  
> align with our deep, most authentic selves. Come prepared to move,  
> laugh and sing as Somé weaves a ceremony of true connection and  
> spirit through ritual drumming, song and dance.
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> Her books includes: The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient Teachings in  
> the Ways of Relationships; Welcoming Spirit Home: Ancient Teachings  
> to Celebrate Children and Community; and Falling out of Grace:  
> Meditations on Loss, Healing and Wisdom.
>
> Monday, November 9, 2:30 - 4:30 pm
> Connecting the Spiritual and Material Worlds with Sobonfu Somé
> Henry Clay Building
> Ticketing information coming soon.
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> Hamza Yusuf Hanson
> Shakyh Hamza Yusuf will speak about the significance and meaning of  
> water in the Islamic tradition.  The title of his talk, "Walking on  
> Water: The Wisdom of Jesus from Traditional Arabi Sources"  is  
> taken from his upcoming book, whose introduction was written by  
> Kentucky writer and poet, Wendell Berry.
> Hamza Yusuf was born in Washington State and raised in Northern  
> California. In 1977, he became Muslim and subsequently traveled to  
> the Muslim world and studied for ten years in the U.A.E., in Saudi  
> Arabia, and in North and West Africa. He received teaching licenses  
> in various Islamic subjects from several well-known scholars in  
> these various countries. He has traveled all over the world giving  
> talks on Islam. He also founded the Zaytuna Institute which has  
> developed an international reputation for presenting a classical  
> picture of Islam in the West and which is dedicated to the revival  
> of traditional study methods and the sciences of Islam.
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> Monday, November 9, 5:30 - 7 pm
> At the Henry Clay Building
> Free and open to the public; donations encouraged
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> Coleman Barks
> Rumi & the Sacraments of Friendship
> A poetry reading and discussion with Coleman Barks and Lisa Starr
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> "Rumi's poetry reminds us that deep human friendship is a way into  
> the divine mystery, friendship and conversation.  These are the  
> sacraments we are being called into."
>
> Since 1977 Coleman Barks  has collaborated with various scholars of  
> the Persian language to bring to American the poetry of the 13th  
> Century mystic Jelaluddin Rumi.  This work has resulted in twenty- 
> one volumes, including the best-selling Essential Rumi in 1995, two  
> appearances on Bill Moyers' PBS specials, and inclusion in the  
> prestigious Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces.  Dr. Barks  
> taught American Literature and Creative Writing at various  
> universities for thirty-four years. In May of 2006 he was awarded  
> an honorary doctorate by the University of Tehran.  He is now  
> retired Professor Emeritus at the University of Georgia in Athens.
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> Wednesday, November 11, Noon - 1:30 pm
> Henry Clay Building
> Ticketing information coming soon.
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> Dr. Harold Attridge
> 2009 Interfaith Prayer Breakfast features special guest Dr. Harold  
> Attridge, Dean of Yale Divinity School, speaking on Pools of Water  
> in a Barren Land: The Bible's Ecological Challenge
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> Dr. Attridge will explore the vision of life-giving water as a  
> material and spiritual necessity for humankind found in the sacred  
> texts of the Abrahamic tradition and how that vision calls its  
> readers to responsibility for making that living water flow.
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>  Thursday, November 12 7:30 - 9:15 am
> at the Henry Clay Building
> Ticketing information coming soon.
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>
> Dr. Timothy Keller
>
> Dr. Timothy J. Keller, the author of the best sellers The Reason  
> for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism and The Prodigal God:  
> Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith will be joining us to  
> celebrate the release of his brand new book Counterfeit Gods: The  
> Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that  
> Matters.
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> We hope you will join us for the very timely talk and book signing.
>
> Monday, November 16
> 7:00 pm
> Location to be announced
> Free and open to the public
>
> Tori Murden McClure
> Healing Journeys over Water (a lecture followed by Q and A)
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> During her last year of study in the Masters Divinity Program at  
> Harvard, Tori Murden McClure took a few months to ski 750-miles  
> across the frozen waters of Antarctica to the South Pole. Ten years  
> later, she rowed alone across the Atlantic Ocean. Her new book, A  
> Pearl in the Storm, describes the crises of faith that inspired  
> these physical quests.
> Sunday, November 8
> 12:00 pm- 1:30 pm
> At the Henry Clay Building
> Free and open to the public.
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> Intefaith Prayer Service
> All are welcome for this annual interfaith Festival of Faiths  
> worship service
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> Wednesday,
> November 4, 6:00 pm
> at the Cathedral of the Assumption
> Free and open to the public.
>
>
> James Trosper
>
> Join Native American and medicine man James Trosper for "Our Water  
> is Sacred".
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> Wednesday,
> November 11, 2:00 pm
> at the Henry Clay Building
> Free and open to the public.
>
>
> John Hale
>
> Ancient Gods and Sacred Waters is the theme of this talk with  
> professor Hale.
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> Friday,
>  November 13
> 12:00pm - 2:00 pm
> at the Undercroft of the Cathedral of the Assumption.
> Tickting information coming soon.
>
> Children of Abraham Dinner
>
> For 14 years now Louisville has particpated in this spirit-filled  
> dinner and worship service hosted by the Christian, Muslim and  
> Jewish community.
>
> Wednesday, November 11, 6:00 pm
> at Temple Shalom
> Ticketing information coming soon.
>
>
> Schedule at a Glance
> Click here for printable version
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> All events at the Henry Clay Building unless noted.
>
> Wednesday, October 7
>  6:00 pm Sacred Water: Spiritual Gardens with Dr. Delin Lai
> at The Crane House
>
> Friday October, 16
> 12:00 pm The Burmese Water Festival with Dr. Patrick Pranke
> at The Undercroft of the Cathedral of the Assumption
>
> Sunday, October 19
> 12:00 pm 31st Annual Hunger Walk and Run
> at Waterfront Park Festival Plaza
>
> Monday, November 2
> 6:00 pm A Seder for the Earth
> at The Temple on Hwy 42
>
> Wednesday, November 4
> 6:00 pm Interfaith Prayer Service and Reception
> at The Cathedral of the Assumption
>
> Thursday, November 5
> 6:00 pm OPENING FESTIVITIES
> An inaugural celebration featuring live music, organic
> and local foods, local art, native Kentucky flora, and
> Festival exhibits. Cocktail attire and admission includes
> appetizers, dinner and more.
>
> Friday, November 6
> 12:00 pm Sustainable Investment Luncheon
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> 2:00 pm Healthy Farms, Healthy Water: panel and discussion
>
> 5:00 pm Festival of Faiths joins the First Friday Gallery Hop
>
> Saturday, November 7
> 12:00 pm How Anyone Can Protect Our Waterways, hosted
> by EDGE OUTREACH and Kentucky Water Watch
>
> 2:00 pm Mountaintop Removal Road Show w/ Dave Cooper
>
> 3:15 pm Requiem Mass sung by Hunter Hensley
>
> 3:30 pm Get That Coal Out of My Water panel led by Peter Byck
>
> Sunday, November 8
> 12:00 pm Healing Journeys over Water w/ Tori Murden McClure
>
> 1:30 pm Community Water Blessing with members of the
> International Council of Indigenous Grandmothers
> at Waterfront Park
>
> 3:00 pm Film Premiere and Discussion: For the Next
> 7 Generations: the Grandmothers Speak
> at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts
>
> 7:00 pm Evening Reception with the Visiting Indigenous
> Grandmothers
> at LPTS, Gardencourt Estate
>
> Monday, November 9
> 10:00 am Water Summit Council between local leaders
> and the visiting Indigenous Grandmothers
>
> 12:00 pm A Mighty Stream: LPTS Annual Luncheon with
> Christiana Z. Peppard and Tyler Wigg-Stevenson.
>
> 2:30 pm Connecting the Spiritual and Material Worlds with
> Sobonfu Somé
>
> 3:00 pm Panel Discussion on Water, Faith, and Healing,
> hosted by Kiran Bhatraju, Kindred Health Care
>
> 5:30 pm Walking on Water: The Wisdom of Jesus from
> Traditional Arabic Sources w/ Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
>
> Tuesday, November 10
> 9:30 am EDGE OUTREACH Open House
> at 1500 Arlington Ave.
>
> 12:00 pm You Want Water? Your Motion is Denied! Now Call
> Your First Witness ... Panel discussion hosted by
> Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell
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> 4:00 pm Sacred Waters: An Interfaith Panel on Water Rituals
>
> 6:00 pm The Hidden Messages in Water with Masaru Emoto
>
> Wednesday, November 11
> 10:00 am The Role and Significance of Water in the Garden
> with Emma Clark
> at Yew Dell Gardens
>
> 12:00 pm Poetry Reading and Discussion with Coleman Barks
> and Lisa Starr
>
> 2:00 pm Our Water is Sacred, with Medicine Man
> and Sun Dance chief James Trosper
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> 2:00 pm Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream
> with Father Joseph Mitchell
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> 6:00 pm Children of Abraham Service & Dinner
> at Temple Shalom
>
> Thursday, November 12
> 7:30 am Interfaith Prayer Breakfast with Special Guest
> Dr. Harold Attridge, Dean of Yale Divinity School
> Topic: Pools of Water in a Barren Land, The Bible's
> Ecological Challenge
>
> Friday, November 13
> 12:00 pm Ancient Gods and Sacred Waters with John Hale
> Undercroft of The Cathedral of the Assumption
>
> Monday, November 16
> 7:00 pm Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money,
> Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
> with author Dr. Timothy J. Keller
> Location to be determined
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> Watch our website for updates, ticketing details and full program  
> descriptions in the days ahead
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