Project Interfaith Programs and Trainings 2009-2010

Programs listed are open to the public and are located in Omaha, NE unless otherwise noted. Programs are subject to change. For the most current information on these programs and Project interfaith, visit the Project Interfaith website at www.projectinterfaithusa.com. Contact us at (402) 933-4647 or info@projectinterfaithusa.org.

Whirling Dervishes of Rumi Community Performance
August 12, 2009, 7:00 pm
Rose Theater

“Beyond Fundamentalisms: Theirs and Ours”
A Community Conversation with Dr. Martin Marty,
Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of Modern Christianity in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago
October 4, 2009, 7:00 pm
Countryside Community Church
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Religious Diversity and Public Service: A Training for National Service Members and Non-Profit Leaders
October 27, 2009, 7:45 am- 3:00 pm
OPS Teacher Administrative Center

Religious Diversity Issues in Health Care Community Roundtable
October 28, 2009, 3:30- 4:30 pm
Creighton University Center for Health Policy and Ethics

"All But My Life"
A Community Conversation with Gerda Weissmann Klein,
Holocaust Survivor and Award-Winning Activist
February 4, 2010, 7:00 pm
Location: Countryside Community Church (8787 Pacific Street)
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Interfaith Youth Service Project
February 18 - March 25, 2010
Service Sites: Together, Inc. and Neighbors United
Click here to watch the Youth Service Project participants' video blogs

“Islam & Christian-Muslim Relations in the 21st Century”
A Community Conversation with Dr. John Esposito,
Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University
February 23, 2010, 7:00 pm
Scott Conference Center
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Interfaith Architecture Tour
Theme: Historic Places of Worship in North Omaha
March 27, 2010, 1:00-5:00 pm
St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church & Sacred Heart Catholic Church

“I’m not Anti-Jewish...Am I? Avoiding Anti-Jewish Preaching and Teaching”
A Workshop for Christian Educators and Clergy with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine,
E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School
April 22, 2010, 3:00-5:00 pm
First-Plymouth Congregational Church (Lincoln, NE)

“Jesus the Jewish Storyteller”
A Community Conversation with Dr. Amy-Jill Levine,
E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School
April 22, 2010, 7:00 pm
First-Plymouth Congregational Church (Lincoln, NE)