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ICS Calendar of Events
Jun 21, 7:00 PM
Chapel at Good Shepard Center
Soulful Kora Music by Foday Musa SusoNative Gambian and Mandingo GriotBenefit concert for Interfaith Community Sanctuary and PEACE CAMP.
Jun 22, 9:00 AM
Interfaith Community Sanctuary
Awakening The Illuminated Heart Workshop - New teachings of Drunvalo Melchizedek.
Learn to live from the Sacred Space of your Heart - Activate your Merkaba (lightbody) - Receive all the tools to walk the path of Ascension.
Saturday, June 22nd through Tuesday, June 25th, 9am – 6pm.
Contact info:Violarose7@gmail.com 503-936-4117
http://DreamTheNewDream.blogspot.com
Jun 23, 10:00 AM
Interfaith Community Sanctuary
“We have forgotten who and what we are, a transcendental self plugged straight into spirit, speaking with the words of God and shining with the radiance of the Goddess.” with Rev. Karen Lindquist (quote by Ken Wilbur..)
This month as part of our Following the Light: The Dance of the Elements theme, we are focused upon air in its mutable aspect, explained this way: “Reflective Consciousness: Working with the relationship of self and other. Balancing of masculine and feminine energies.” For this worship service we shall connect on a deep level and open to our divine inner self for the healing of the world and the enlightened service of others.
Music shared by Chigusa Kitai of Silk Strings, offering traditional and contempory Japanese music.
Jun 26, 7:30 PM
Interfaith Community Sanctuary
UPDATE: RCC is not currently meeting at Interfaith Community Sanctuary.
When gatherings resume, this webpage will be updated. Please check back to learn about future gatherings.
Women's Si.Si.Wiss Circle continues to meet every other Thursday evening here and at other locations. See description below.
Enjoy a YouTube video of members of Red Cedar Circle holding a special event fundraiser for Interfaith Community Sanctuary. Watch Here.
Jun 30, 10:00 AM
Interfaith Community Sanctuary
HEARTSONGS with Musician Celebrant Yanadevi Viniko and Tim Malone, M.Div.
HeartSongs is a participatory all music, chant and song service. Congregants are encouraged to bring a song, short poem or prayer to share.
Tim Malone, M.Div. is a Spiritual Director and Retreat master who has been immersed in interfaith for over 20 years. He is a lineage holder of the Spiritual Exercises (SEEL) of St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuit Order. Tim roots music and chants in a prayerful sacred space which often faciliates participants entering a meditative state. Thus centered we become open to the power of Spirit and Healing Energy in silence, sound and poetry. Read more about Tim on his website: www.timmalone.org.Yanadevi Viniko enjoys sharing the timeless gift of music as an uplifting way to weave community and to touch the mystery of the heart. As a musician-celebrant and composer, she is a long-standing member of ICS as well as a contributor to interfaith gatherings, chanting circles, Dances of Universal Peace and other spiritfilled venues. Yana may be reached at yanadevi@gmail.com206-310-3117.
Jul 01, 7:30 PM
Ballard Odd Fellows Hall
Dear Friends;
We invite you to join us for a prayer gathering! Full details are included below, or visit our new website: http://rumiseattle.org/
Download a.pdf flyer with 2013 dates here.
The Mevlevi Order of America welcomes all to our public Estag'furullah Zikr on the first Monday of the month beginning at 7:30pm in the Ballard Odd Fellows Hall, 1706 NW Market Street in Seattle. Zip 98107. http://rumiseattle.org/
The Seattle Circle of Mevlevi invites you to join us for this beautiful prayer of forgiveness, redemption, music, Love, movement in Unity, reaching out to each other and the entire world in the spirit of inclusion, grace and beauty of Hazrati Pir Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, peace and blessings upon him and his worldwide family.This special prayer in movement and music is from the inspiration of Postneshin Jelaleddin Loras, founder of the Mevlevi Order of America. Throughout the evening we invoke the Forgiveness of God for all of our shortcomings by singing the word "Esta'furullah." This expression is similar to the asking of Forgiveness within the Christian Lord's Prayer, and the annual Yom Kippur request of God to Forgive humanity within the Jewish tradition. Many other spiritual traditions also practice prayers of Forgiveness.
This gathering is welcoming of all people of any spiritual path or no spiritual path.Dress modestly, yet comfortably for ease of movement, wear thick socks for floor movement as this gathering is fully participatory... If you cannot physically participate, do not worry, there are many comfortable benches around the room that you may rest upon while still being included within the prayer circle.Follow this link to the Mevlevi Order of America website to discover more about Rumi's spiritual tradition: www.hayatidede.org. The MOA is a not-for-profit educational organization.Cost: Love Offering
We offer an open invitation to anyone of any faith and spiritual tradition to study Spiritual Development in the Path of Rumi with us. We meet weekly for evening classes. Let our teaching circle know of your intention by calling: Scott Hofmann 206.784.1532, Michael Douglas 206.769.1980, Karen Lindquist 206.888.3753, Jason Bennett 206.300.4146. Download class flyer here.
Jul 04, 7:00 PM
Interfaith Community Sanctuary
Women's Si.Si.Wiss CircleWe meet every other Thursday evening at 7:00pm in the Fellowship Hall of Interfaith Community Sanctuary and in private homes.
This gathering shares First Peoples Northwest Coast traditions and teachings with song, story, dance. Bring drums, rattles, bells... If your way is open, please bring a potluck dish to share. All Women and all children welcome. Please Note: This is a clean and sober gathering. Facilitator: Siswinklae Katrina Laurel Boucher.
Download a flyer here.
Image credit: A Northwest Coast woman digs for root bulbs on Vancouver Island using much the same methods employed throughout the Pacific Northwest and Canada. Library of Congress. Native American Stewardship.
Jul 07, 10:00 AM
Interfaith Community Sanctuary
2013 “Honoring the Guest ~ Interfaith Worship Series"welcomes with Moss Magill and the Circle of Collfor “A Druidic Celebration of the Sun.”
Please join us for an interactive ceremony, honoring the strength of the Summer Sun and the Mighty Oak King, both Druidic symbols of strength and power. Here, we will come together to honor a great mystery, creating sacred space, calling the archetypal elements, and celebrating the power of light, warmth, and Summer. Partake of the magic of this time and bring with you the reaffirmation of a vow, an announcement of a life change, or a call for inspiration to be presented before the Oak King who will bear witness.
Moss Magill is an Occupy Chaplain, a teacher, an Ovate student in the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids and co-founder of the Circle of Coll Druidic Seed Group in Seattle. Email: mmagill@nwlink.com. Website: http://circleofcoll.org and http://www.meetup.com/druid-232/
"Honoring the Guest ~ Interfaith Worship Series" is the interfaith ministry of Rev. Karen Lindquist and is co-sponsored with United Religions Initiative Cooperation Circles, "Interfaith Circle of Love" and "The Interfaith Network" www.theinterfaithnetwork.org.
Jul 07, 12:00 PM
Interfaith Community Sanctuary
Healing Circle with Tsukina Blessing:
Join us strengthening our own wellbeing through meditation, breath, and sound, then offering ourselves as a vessel for the healing power of the ultimate to pour through for people, places, and the planet in a Sufi healing ritual.
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Tsukina Blessing is a healing conductor in both the Sufi and Dervish Healing Orders. She has studied healing for more than 25 years, including acupressure, Raphaelite Work and Reiki.
May we be of service in healing others and the world.
Flyer available here: {CCM:BASE_URL}/index.php/gatherings/devotional/
"Consciously or unconsciously, every being is capable of healing himself or others." - Hazrat Inayat Khan
Jul 14, 10:00 AM
Interfaith Community Sanctuary
Universal Worship "Developing Emotional Intelligence:Attaining inner equilibrium. Using the subconscious consciously."
with Cherag Michael Douglas & Rev. Karen Lindquistjoined by Rev. Linda Stern, Sally Jo Gilbert de Vargas, Vanessa Newell
The Universal Worship celebrates the essential unity of all religions. We light lamps on the altar to represent the diversity of faiths and offer prayers to honor all traditions. We invoke the messengers of God, known and unknown, who have appeared in all times and all places to serve and enlighten humanity. By the practice of uniting in meditation, we allow this one message to enter our lives and change our being. Bathing in the presence of these living streams of revelation, we express and deepen our community's interfaith commitment. Using this ritual as a foundation, we will explore our relationship to Divine Unity, share the songs and scriptures of various faith traditions & learn to recognize the energy of divine guidance in our lives.
Michael Douglas is a Cherag (minister) in the Sufi Order International and a teaching initiate in the Mevlevi Order of America. Karen Lindquist is co-founder and co-minister if Interfaith Community Sanctuary.Linda Stern is Associate Minister of ICS. Sally Jo Gilbert de Vargas is ICS Guiding Council treasurer. Vanessa Newell is ICS Guiding Council secretary.
Jul 18, 7:00 PM
Interfaith Community Sanctuary
First & Third Tuesdays each monthOngoing study group for variety of course related topics.All are welcome whether you are new to the course or a long time student.There are no fees or dues. A Love offering for use of the sacred space at Interfaith Community Sanctuary is collected at each gathering.
For more info, contact one of the facilitators:Theressia phone: 206.999.6987email: theressia (at) rosehedge (dot) org, or Jonathan phone: 206.713.1237email: jonathanvanvalin (at) hotmail (dot) com.
Jul 21, 10:00 AM
Interfaith Community Sanctuary
with Imam Jamal Rahman.Jamal Rahman shares from his Islamic Sufi spiritual tradition with insights and teachings from the Eastern wisdom traditions. To read more about Jamal and his interfaith work, view his minister’s page, (www.jamalrahman.com). To read more about The Interfaith Amigos, visit: (www.interfaithamigos.com).
Inspirational music shared by
Our monthly community Potluck follows the morning worship. If possible, please bring a prepared dish of nutritious, healthy food to share.
Sep 15, 1:00 PM
Interfaith Community Sanctuary
"Reality Is But a Dream" workshop with Helen Vandeman: The world is simply the out-picturing of our inner state of mind...