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From Inner Peace to Interpersonal Harmony

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Feb 02

From Inner Peace to Interpersonal Harmony

From Inner Peace to Interpersonal Harmony: Benefiting Our Community in the Post-Pandemic Era

By F.S.G.

When and where

Date and time

Thu, February 2, 2023, 9:45 AM – 2:30 PM CST

Location

First Evangelical Lutheran Church 2415 Winnie Street Galveston, TX 77550

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About this event

2023 UNITED NATIONS WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK

Title:

From Inner Peace to Interpersonal Harmony: Benefiting Our Community in the Post-Pandemic Era

Aim:

To foster a better understanding of interfaith values and practices, build friendships among people from diverse religious backgrounds, and promote interfaith harmony in the community.

Background:

This annual event promotes mutual understanding, harmony, and cooperation between all people regardless of their worldviews, religions, and faiths. Over the last three years, the world has been fighting a pandemic that has tested many's faith. The 2020 event discussed the "Five Harmonies" (individual harmony, family harmony, interpersonal harmony, social harmony, and world harmony) and how to heal the mind. The 2021 topic was finding inner joy in what we hoped would soon be a post-pandemic world. The 2022 event focused on creating interpersonal harmony and honoring our shared diversity.

The upcoming 2023 event will be held in person and virtually via Zoom. Please join us to learn and share your insights on how we may work together to promote harmony now and future. Space is limited. Please register now.

Venue:

First Evangelical Lutheran Church, Galveston, Texas, USA

About Parking:

street parking is available but carpool is highly recommended

Agenda

09:30 am-10:00 am

Registration

10:00 am-10:15 am

Opening

Reverend Richard Rhoades, Pastor of First Lutheran Church

10:15 am-10:45 am

Keynote

Reverend Dr. Thomas Colyandro, Orthodox Priest

10: 45 am-11:00 am

Coffee time with light refreshments & mingle

11:00 am-12:15 pm

Panel 1---Interfaith discussion: from seeking inner peace, facilitating interpersonal and family harmonies, to reaching community harmony in the post-pandemic era

Moderator: Reverend Richard Rhoades, Pastor of First Lutheran Church, Galveston

Judaism: Rabbi Peter Kessler, Congregation B’Nai Israel, Galveston

Lutheran: Reverend Michael Rinehart, Bishop of the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, Houston

Islam: Imam Dr. Muhammad N. Haq, American Society for Islamic Awareness; Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, University of Houston

Serbian Orthodox: Reverend Dr. Thomas Colyandro, Orthodox Priest

Hinduism (online): Mr. Rajnish Kashyap, General Secretary, Hindu Council at the United Kingdom

Buddhism: Venerable Dr. Miaolung Shih, Dharma Teacher, IBPS Dallas; Member of Parliament World’s Religions; American Academy of Religion; NGO Committee on Status of Women, New York

12:15 pm-1:00 pm

Working lunch (provided)

1:00 pm-2:00 pm

Panel 2---The success and challenges of achieving interfaith harmony: how do we live harmoniously with different religions in the post-pandemic era

Moderator: Reverend Dr. Thomas Colyandro, Orthodox Priest

Buddhism (video): Dr. Bee Scherer, Chair of the Buddhist Studies Department and Rector of the Buddhist Seminary, Free University (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), The Netherlands

Christianity: Reverend Dr. Duane Larson, the retired president of Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa; Lecturer of Religious Studies, University of Houston

Islam: Imam Dr. Muhammad N. Haq, American Society for Islamic Awareness; Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies, University of Houston

Confucianism and Buddhism (online): Dr. Kenneth W. Holloway, Levenson Chair and Associate Professor, Department of History, Florida Atlantic University

2:00 pm-2:30 pm

Closing

Reverend Richard Rhoades and Venerable Dr. Miaolung Shih

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  • Galveston Seminars
  • Galveston Spirituality Seminars
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