A community service of gratitude for the earth and our shared life!
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SANTA BARBARA — The annual Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will be held on Tuesday, November 26th, at 7:00 p.m. at the historic, downtown First United Methodist Church. All are invited to gather together in gratitude for our local and global communities, with a special emphasis this year on gratitude for Earth and a call to exercise responsible care for Earth.
Three local youth will share their concerns about the Climate Crisis: Sarah Dent, 9th grade, Congregation B’nai B’rith; Isabella Bowman-Andreatta, 11th grade, Vedanta Society; Briana Rodriguez, High School Intern with Supervisor Das Williams, Girls, Inc. Additionally, Michael Kearney of Mindful Heart Programs will offer spiritual reflections. A free-will offering will benefit the Wilderness Youth Project, a local nature-based mentoring program that takes participants to resource-rich locations in and around Santa Barbara to build naturalist skills and teach principles of conflict resolution, communication, and peacemaking.
The event is sponsored by the Greater Santa Barbara Area Clergy Association, which includes clergy and religious leaders from over 100 local faith communities. Participants will include Chumash elder Art Cisneros and representatives of the Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Quaker, Unitarian, Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions, as well as the Interfaith Choir. Light refreshments will be served in the church social hall immediately following the service.
First United Methodist Church is located at the corner of Anapamu and Garden Streets. Free parking in the church parking lot, entrance on Garden Street. For more information call 805-963-3579, visit our website http://www.fumcsb.org or on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FirstUMCSantaBarbara