“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” – Arundhati Roy
Thinking Religiously Together
Wednesday, July 12, 7:00 - 8:00 pm, Online
This presenter for this month’s Thinking Religiously Together is Chris Dart from the Twin Cities Friends Meeting. Quakers maintain a theological precedence of not having “religious leaders”, but Chris Dart has been a "participant and attender" of the TCFM for decades. He will be presenting on the topic, "Reflections on Quaker Practice." He will share his experience of being a Quaker in the Twin Cities. It should be an informative talk! Please join the discussion on July 12th at 7pm on Zoom.
The gathering will last one hour and will feature a presentation, small group discussions and a larger open conversation around the topic. MnMN intends for “Thinking Religiously Together” to be an open and safe place to learn about the beliefs and practices that shape each other’s lives. We wish to learn from and with each other about the significance of the spiritual, the divine and the sacred in our lives and our relationship with our neighbors. We hope this time will help educate and bring us closer together in understanding the beautiful differences and similarities of our lived experiences.
MnMN Organizational Partners and Individual Members are welcome to submit events and news for inclusion in our newsletter. To make a submission, please email us. Submissions for the next newsletter are due Friday, June 30. If you are not yet an Organizational Partner or Individual Member, we encourage you to join us!
Cultural Heritage Day
Saturday, July 15, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, Hindu Temple of Minnesota, 10530 Temple Drive, Maple Grove, MN 55311
Join us for a celebration of Indian culture and heritage at the Hindu Temple of MN! Our Cultural Heritage Day is sure to be a blast, with tons of fun activities, traditional dances, beautiful music, and more. Save the date and come immerse yourself in the rich traditions of India! ????
Inter-belief Conversation Cafe: Is There Life Beyond Earth?
Monday, July 17, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Online
Is a universe with countless trillions of worlds entitled to only one inhabited planet? Our telescopes detect exoplanets with various possibilities of sustaining life. The building blocks of life are found on a moon of Saturn. The Pentagon must finally release its UFO files. Is the truth out there? Is it that nothing else is out there? Are we “lucky” to live on a Goldilocks planet just hot enough, cold enough, and nourishing enough to sustain thoughtful creatures like us? Or do many other worlds brim with creatures equally capable of critical reasoning? If intelligent life exists should we want to encounter it or dread meeting it? Don’t we have enough problems getting along with intelligent creatures -- including ourselves -- here at home?
Inter-belief Conversation Café will look to the skies to see if anyone wants to make first contact. Our agreements of open-mindedness, acceptance, curiosity, discovery, sincerity, brevity, and confidentiality will help keep us rooted on this planet. But all are welcome; no matter what world you inhabit!
Application Deadline: August 15, 2023 Day Long Retreat: Saturday, October 14, 2023 Overnight Retreat: Friday - Saturday, March 8-9, 2024 Monthly Gatherings: October 2023 - May 2024, second Saturday each month, 8:00am - Noon unless scheduled as a retreat
Learn how to build authentic relationships and give mutual, reciprocal support to BIPOC clergy. Our gatherings will include teaching and learning, sharing around trauma experiences and responses, spiritual direction, healing, and reconciliation through somatic practices and action steps. After 6 months, each participant will be paired with a BIPOC seminarian to connect and support.
Cost: $200/participant (a $2700 value subsidized for clergy) For more information: jiastarrbrown@gmail.com.
If you would like to help fund this effort, please donate here and make a note that the donation is for Clergy Ubuntu.
Mindful Millennials: Self-Care Practices & Community for Young People
Tuesday, August 15, September 19, October 17, November 21, 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Online, $5 per session or $15 for series
As young people, our concerns for the world and ourselves often leave us asking: But what can I do? In this class, we’ll work together to understand our own unique lives and passions while providing an outlet for self-care, specifically designed for younger people (Ages 21-35ish).
In four monthly meetings we’ll feature different activities relating to mindfulness and spirituality including energy practices, creative activities, and more! Created by and for millennials this course provides a safe community to explore yourself and the world around you without judgment. No spiritual or religious affiliation is required or expected.
Spiritual Care and Chaplaincy in Religiously Diverse Societies
Tuesday, October 17, 12:00 - 1:15 pm, Online
The recent open-access volume Complexities of Spiritual Care in Plural Societies: Education, Praxis and Concepts (De Gruyter, 2022) contributes to an emerging field that could be referred to as "plural spiritual care and chaplaincy," by innovatively bringing together contributions from a broad range of contexts and religious traditions. Including empirical work and conceptual explorations, the volume helps to fill the gap between practices and developments related to plural spiritual care and chaplaincy in the scholarly discourse, and their application for practitioners serving religiously diverse populations in health and chaplaincy settings. In this webinar, editor Anne Hege Grung will introduce the book and project, contributor Nazila Isgandarova will discuss female voices in Islamic spiritual care, and contributor Su Yon Pak will explore Buddhist chaplaincy education at a Protestant seminary. Time will be allowed for discussion and questions. Free and open to the public.
The Andrea Scholarship Fund awards one convert Muslim woman each academic year a complete scholarship to enroll in the Ribaat Teacher Certification. Applications accepted until August 15. The successful candidate will be announced September 1st and will begin her courses in the Fall Term September 2023.
Companies generally avoid acknowledging religious differences at work because they fear doing so creates legal risk. This is short-sighted. People’s religious identity is a form of diversity, so religion must be part of any company’s DEI strategy. These seven best practices from Harvard Business Review will help companies embrace religious diversity.
A recent Pew Research Center survey shows that 17% of U.S. adults have unfollowed, unfriended, blocked or changed their settings to see less of someone on social media because of religious content the person posted or shared.
India Association of Minnesota (IAM) cordially invites you to participate in their annual signature event, “IndiaFest 2023,” to celebrate 50 years of IAM. Saturday, August 12, 11:00 am, Minnesota State Capitol Grounds
Friends for a NonViolent World (FNVW), in collaboration with Twin Cities Nonviolent (TCNV) and many other peace and justice groups are organizing a Walk for Peace and Justice. Saturday, September 30, 10:00 am, Brackett Park in Minneapolis
MnMN Seeking Summer 2023 Intern for Interfaith Mapping Project!
The Minnesota Multifaith Network seeks interns to assist staff and volunteers of MnMN with the following tasks:
Gather information about multifaith groups in Minnesota. Information to be gathered includes nature and purpose of the group, leadership and contact information for leaders, activity.
Update and refine MnMN’s website map of multifaith groups, organizational partners and individual members.
Extend invitations to religious leaders, faith communities and organizations to join MnMN.
Gather information about individual participants in various traditions who have an interest in interfaith relations. Help find ways for them to take action in their own faith communities, organizations, interfaith groups or with MnMN. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Jen Kilps.
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