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Civic Celebration of Community
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Civic Celebration of Community 2011theme: '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 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.
Venue: The Meadows Community Centre, 1 St Catharine’s Road, Cambridge CB4 3XJ
David Wilman, - phone 01223 276912
An Act of CommitmentThe following act of commitment is part of our Celebration since 2001
Faith community representatives:
All:
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). |
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."