The Parliament's website says, “Welcome to the Oldest, Largest and Most Inclusive Convening Organization of the Global Interfaith Movement” – and it’s not just boasting. If you believe in the interfaith movement and you enjoy meeting people from all religions and countries, the Parliament of the World’s Religions is a “bucket-list” event. Each Parliament is
Today’s Western psyche can be unaware that deep in the heart of Christianity rests a way handed down from ancient times by those seeking the Divine. Monasticism is the Christian’s way of making a total offering of his or her life to God. For the Eastern Orthodox Church, monasticism is at the heart of its
The Sikh Coalition is excited to announce that CNN’s Emmy Award-winning United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell will feature the first-ever hour-long cable episode exclusively focusing on the Sikh American community. The episode is scheduled to air on Sunday, May 6th at 10 pm ET/PT. W. Kamau Bell interviews Sikh Coalition co-founder, Harpreet
The Table of Faiths event is our annual fundraiser to support our programs and partnerships designed to educate and break cultural barriers among all religious traditions. It is only through your donations that we are able to develop and provide resources, networking, and programs to increase appreciation for cultural and religious diversity. The evening includes
The Table of Faiths event is our annual fundraiser to support our programs and partnerships designed to educate and break cultural barriers among all religious traditions. It is only through your donations that we are able to develop and provide resources, networking, and programs to increase appreciation for cultural and religious diversity.May 8 • 5:30-8:30pm
During the United Nations declared World Interfaith Harmony Week, the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council will sponsor the first Greater Kansas City Interfaith Film Festival, with premier events at the Truman Forum of the Plaza Branch Library, and subsidiary events around the city. All events are free and open to the public. Please check the
Typically when we say “the holiday season” in America we think of Christmas and Hanukkah. But what about religions other than Christianity and Judaism? Do they observe any holidays in the wintertime? Discover what world religions do during the holiday season in this information-packed infographic, which provides a quick snapshot on the holidays as observed
While diversity provides the color, faith is the foundation, the grounding that allows us to revel in these colors, secure in our place in the intricate pattern of life while being a joyful part of an intricate, harmonious, spiritual whole. The Table of Faiths event is our invitation to look within our own faith beliefs
For the past eight years, the Vedanta Society of Kansas City, in conjunction with the AUM Foundation, has presented its Annual Arjun Kumar Sharma Memorial Lecture series. Each time the Society has invited notable scholars to speak on timely topics engaging to anyone with an interest in spiritual life. Vedanta Society events are free and
Join us November 12 at 4:00pm at the Islamic Center of Johnson County in Overland Park. Click HERE for more information, including the address, about the Center. This beloved annual event is sponsored by the Heartland Chapter - Alliance of Divine Love and the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council, in cooperation with the interfaith community.
Following the recent events of vandalism at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in St. Louis, and the bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers across the country, the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council (GKCIC) would like to remind citizens of the greater Kansas City area that we stand in solidarity with our Jewish brothers and sisters during
Kansas City, MO (January 27, 2017) We, the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council, begin all our meetings with words that include the following: “We gather to accomplish this work of service, honor the sacred in each of us, and deepen our relations...” As an organization committed to this with our thoughts, words and deeds, we
This is a tribute to Huston Smith penned by the Chair of the Parliament's Board of Trustees, Dr. Robert Sellers. All of us can look back over our lives as educators and identify people who have been significant role models. One of those persons for me has been Huston Smith. Perhaps the most important American
Cultural Crossroads helped bring to life the world in one short afternoon this past weekend, October 8, 2016. A wonderful crowd of very young to "seasoned professionals" showed up to engage in crafts, learn to dance, watch performances, enjoy stories from different times and places, practice origami... and everyone had a chance to play with coloring books, stickers
JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL TABLE OF FAITHS FUNDRAISER Tuesday, May 9, 2017 • 5:30 – 8:30 pm Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center We live in an exterior world of impermanence… a complex, beautiful and changing world, a world in which each change has the potential to bring humankind ever closer to an ideal of harmony. Every religion has
The Parliament of the World’s Religions has a focused commitment to address issues of violence. It is one of three critical issues that hold priority in our mission and work. The recent rash of egregious violence has been shocking; not only because of the sheer number of incidents, their frequency, their aberrant severity, and the
Geneva Blackmer, intern for the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council, interviews the Rev. Dr. Vern Barnet, founder of the Council, about his new book, "Thanks for Noticing: The Interpretation of Desire." GENEVA BLACKMER: As many Kansas City natives are aware, you have an extensive resume as a Professor of Religion, teaching a variety of classes at
Let the rain come and wash away the ancient grudges, the bitter hatreds held and nurtured over generations. Let the rain wash away the memory of the hurt, the neglect. Then let the sun come out and fill the sky with rainbows. Let the warmth of the sun heal us wherever we are broken. Let it burn away the fog
It was standing room only at the 30th Annual World Peace Meditation, hosted by the Rime Buddhist Center and Co-Sponsored by the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council and American Friends Service Committee - Kansas City Program. All around the world, people gather to meditate for peace on the first day of the year as the
Several months ago the members of the GKCIC agreed that they would like to experience more spiritual substance at the regular monthly business meetings. They agreed that devoting the first hour to faith sharing would set the atmosphere, expand their understanding of the various faiths, provide a forum for guest speakers, and attract the community to the programs.
