Please join us for the annual Interfaith Harvest Dinner on Saturday, November 5, 2016, 6:45 – 9:00 PM at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California 1433 Madison Street, Oakland (near 14th St.). This event, hosted by the Faith Trio, is a wonderful opportunity for people of the three Abrahamic faiths to celebrate community and common ground. View/Download the Harvest Dinner Flyer
We hope you’re interested in attending! Some details are included below; for more information, please contact any member of the Faith Trio team at MPC: David Seigenthaler, Betsy King, Peggy Alter, Jean Mudge, Steve McKiernan and Tom Debley.
What is the Faith Trio?
The Faith Trio is a partnership between three Abrahamic faith traditions: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. The three members (MPC, Kehilla Synagogue, and Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California) celebrate their unity through community events and social action. We have yearly Interfaith Harvest Dinners, work together at the Alameda County Food Bank, and team up to organize a biennial art show. These activities are organized through monthly meetings of representatives from each congregation — the Faith Trio Committee.
Harvest Dinner Evening Schedule
6:20 PM: Evening Maghreb prayer
Non-Muslims are welcome to come & witness
6:45 PM: Potluck vegetarian dinner and discussion at the tables. Blessings from Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders will frame our celebration.
Dishes to Bring (enough for your party plus 8 more servings):
ICCNC members: Main dish vegetarian
Montclair Presbyterian Church members: Desserts
Kehilla Synagogue members: Vegetarian Salads (fish OK)
Please list the ingredients of your food item on a label next to the dish to inform those with food allergies or restrictions. For purchased food, please include the label of ingredients.
Background of the Faith Trio
The Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, Montclair Presbyterian Church and Kehilla Community Synagogue became the Faith Trio as a result of September 11, 2001.
One Sunday weeks after the attack, three Muslim women (a mother and her two grown daughters) visited Montclair Presbyterian Church. After the service one Christian woman asked if she and others could visit an event at the Islamic Cultural Center. That year Muslim-Christian friendships developed as members of both congregations joined in each others’ events leading to annual Harvest Dinners. In 2005 Kehilla Community Synagogue joined, bringing together the three Abrahamic faiths calling themselves the Faith Trio.