Civic Celebration of Community
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Civic Celebration of Community 2011
theme: 'Faith in Everyday Life'
Sun 20 Nov 2011, 2-3pm
followed by the Faith Fair 3-4:45pm
@ The Meadows Community Centre, Cambridge-Arbury


The Right Worshipful the Mayor, Councillor Ian Nimmo Smith, will be present and give a wellcoming address.

"I am writing on behalf of Cambridge Inter-Faith Group. The Group has arranged a combined Faith Fair and Celebration of Community for Sunday afternoon, 20 November 2011, which is the first day of the national Inter Faith Week.

We are now inviting faith groups and faith organizations to book a stall for the Faith Fair and/or ask to have a speaker included in the Celebration of Community. If you represent a faith group or organization, please let me know in the next week or two if you would like book a stall or ask to have a speaker. If your booking or request is provisional, that is fine at this stage.

The venue this year is the same as in 2010. The Centre has a large car park. There will be no charge for entry to the event or for refreshments or for car parking. Stallholders will be charged £5 per stall. If a non-faith group wishes to have a stall, we will consider it, but the charge will be higher. The room is booked from 1.00 to 5.00 p.m.
We envisage starting the Celebration of Community at 2.00 p.m., with the Mayor of Cambridge as first speaker. The theme this year is “Faith in everyday life.” We envisage that stallholders will set out their stalls during the hour before 2.00 p.m. and that the refreshments will be available as soon as the Celebration speakers have finished. The room is quite large, with plenty of room for stalls.

We would like as many people as possible to know about the event and so we would be grateful for whatever you feel able to do in publicizing it.
David Wilman (Chairman and Secretary)
View and print poster for this double event

Venue: The Meadows Community Centre, 1 St Catharine’s Road, Cambridge CB4 3XJ
View map on Streetmap.co.uk

David Wilman, - phone 01223 276912


An Act of Commitment

The following act of commitment is part of our Celebration since 2001
All present speak this commitment together:

Faith community representatives:
In a world scarred by the evils of war, racism, injustice and poverty,
we offer this joint Act of Commitment as we look to our shared future.

All:
We commit ourselves,
As people of many faiths,
To work together
For the common good,
Uniting to build a better society,
Grounded in values and ideals we share.

Community,
personal integrity,
A sense of right and wrong,
Learning, wisdom and love of truth,
Care and compassion,
Justice and peace,
Respect for one another,
For the earth and its creatures.

We commit ourselves,
In a spirit of friendship and co-operation,
To work together
alongside all who share our values and ideals,
To help bring about a better world
Now and for generations to come.

This Shared Act of Reflection and Commitment was first read on 3 January 2000 at the Palace of Westminster by representatives of Faith Communities of the United Kingdom to mark the beginning of the new millennium (see www.interfaith.org.uk/rcommit.htm).

Sun 21 Nov '10: 10th Civic Celebration of Community, theme: Faith and Prayer, 2-3pm, meadows C C

Sun 25 Oct. '09: 9th Civic Celebration of Community: 'Faith in Times of Crisis' 2-5pm, Guildhall, Cambridge

Sun 19 Oct. '08: 8th Civic Celebration of Community, - Theme: VISION, 2-3pm

Sun 18th Nov. '07: 7th Civic Celebration of Community:
"The Meaning of Life", 2-4:30pm, Guildhall, Cambridge

6th Civic Celebration of Community, theme "The Feminine Side of Religion"
Sunday 29 October 2006, 2-4:30pm, Guildhall, Cambridge

Contributions of the 5th Celebration in 2005, theme "Tolerance",
2-5pm, Guildhall, Cambridge

Sun 17 Oct. 2004: 4th Inter-Faith Celebration of Community - HOPE
2-5pm, Guildhall, Cambridge

Here is what the Cambridge Evening News from 19/10/04 wrote:
Joining Hands in Hope

A sense of unity between different faiths filled Cambridge's Guildhall at an annual celebration of community.

Members of faith groups from across the city joined with one another to take part in the Civic Celebration of Community on the theme of Hope on Sunday.

Mayor of Cambridge Councillor Robert Dryden took part in the event which was organized by the Cambridge Inter-Faith Group and sponsored by Cambridge City Council's Community Development Department.

Larry Navron, of the Beth Shalom Reform Synagogue, said it was "a truly inspiring and dignified gathering, with representatives of many faith communities, including Christian, Jewish, Moslem, Pagan, Buddhist, Hindu and Baha'i, giving illuminating talks on the theme of Hope.

This was done with insight, humour and a spirit of cooperativeness and camaraderie that left a warm glow for all who attended."


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