We hope you were able to join us on March 27 for a special evening with national faith leaders of Reform Judaism, Islam and Christianity to discuss peace in our time and peace in our communities.  If not you can watch a webcast of the event — click the link on the top right of the front page, just under the video screen for the Tri-Faith video.

We are planning another “tent event” in the spring of 2010.  We’ll publish the date here as soon as it is finalized.

Dinner in Abraham’s Tent: Conversations on Peace was a remarkable event offering the opportunity for members of our three faith groups and others who support strengthening interfaith relationshiips to come together for worship, celebration and thought-provoking conversation.


Rabbi Peter Knobel, president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, Dr. Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America and Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of The Episcopal Church gathered at the Qwest Center in Omaha, NE to discuss issues of peace.

The evening started with a gathering in sacred space for evening prayer services of all three faiths — a Jewish Shabbat service, an Episcopal Evening Prayer Service and a Muslim Evening Prayer services. Everyone could observe, and was able to follow along with the prayers of all three groups. “Our goal is to respect the authentic traditions of all the faith groups, not to try to find a common denominator,” says The Very Rev. Ernesto Medina who chaired the program committee.

The evening continued with dinner in the main ballroom at 7 p.m. At 8 the featured speakers had a “Conversation on Peace” with moderator Mark Pelavin.

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