The Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council invites you to join us for a Kansas City Earth Festival workshop, “Embodied Knowledges at Work: Exercising Indigeneity, Indigenous Wisdom Essential for Responses to the Climate Crisis.” The workshop will discuss Indigeneity: Indigenous ingenuity and wisdom derived from millennia of careful mindfulness and attentiveness to place, as well as

The Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council members attended and participated in the “Seven Days” events marking the 10 years of overcoming hate by spreading kindness and understanding since the tragic events at the Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom in Johnson County. Over 500 people attended the April 10 Seven Days Kindness Breakfast at the

The Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council joined in the Iftar Dinner on March 22 hosted at the Precious Blood Renewal Center. More than 100 people participated with members of the Islamic faith and the sponsoring Dialogue Institute in a meal (Ramadan Mubarak) breaking their Ramadan fast after sunset with friends and family members. The institute

During this October 24, 2022 event, panelists from various organizations who work with immigrants or refugees in Kansas City, as well as members from different faiths shared how they view our responsibility towards our new brothers and sisters as they make a home here. Sister Janet Cashman, a member of the Sisters of Charity of

During this October 24, 2022 event, panelists from various organizations who work with immigrants or refugees in Kansas City, as well as members from different faiths shared how they view our responsibility towards our new brothers and sisters as they make a home here. Trinidad Raj Molina, a board member of Advocates for Immigrant Rights

During our October 24, 2022 event, Understanding Our Brothers and Sisters: Immigrants and Refugees in America, panelists from various organizations who work with immigrants or refugees in Kansas City, as well as members from different faiths shared how they view our responsibility towards our new brothers and sisters as they make a home here. Dr.

It may be that part of being human is to feel a connection with nature. For Jews, Christians, and Muslims, God’s Creation can inspire reflection, reverence, and stewardship; for Buddhists, Hindus, and Taoists, followers embrace an invisible spiritual link between nature and humans beings; and for indigenous peoples, the Earth and all life is sacred

Congratulations to our 2022 Table of Faiths Award winner, SevenDays! SevenDays overcomes hate by promoting kindness and understanding through education and Dialogue. SevenDays® was born as the result of a hateful act when a white supremacist murdered Reat Underwood, his grandfather Dr. William Corporon, and Terri LaManno on April 13, 2014, outside of Jewish facilities.

Congratulations to the recipient of our Table of Faiths 2022 Steve Jeffers Leadership Service Award, David E. Nelson, D.Min! As an Appreciative Inquiry Coach, David assisted individuals and groups in a variety of settings. These included the Department of Health and Human Services, Emergency Medicine, Head Start, and Community Action Agencies. He provided training in

The climate crisis is a threat to people of all faiths and each of our faiths call upon us to take action. Panel members, representing diverse faith traditions, will speak to their faiths’ theology that demands climate action, describe concrete work they are doing within their congregations and in society to help reverse climate