Upcoming Events
Tashlich Service of Renewal
Interfaith Action is invited to join Temple B’nai Shalom’s Tashlich service of renewal on Saturday, September 12 at 3:30-4:00 PM at Lion’s Park Beach, North Pavilion, Saint Joseph. Bring a few pebbles, a handful of birdseed, or natural biodegradable items that will not harm the fish, birds or environment.
For more information about the location and parking, click here.
Rosh Hashana falls on the first day of the year on the Jewish lunar calendar. Rosh Hashana symbolizes G-d’s creation and is celebrated as the New Year and the “birthday of the world.” Jews typically worship together at temple or synagogue on the eve and the morning of Rosh Hashanah. Our prayers on Rosh Hashana emphasize returning to wholeness with the source of creation and being renewed for the next year. We repent for our wrong-doings and mistakes that interfered over the past year with being positive and acting justly.
We symbolically carry out the release of our misdeeds through a special, brief riitual called Tashlich. Tashlich comes from the Hebrew word meaning “to cast.” On the afternoon of Rosh Hashanah, we go to a body of flowing water like a lake, river or ocean. We usually take pebbles, breadcrumbs, or anything that will flow away. We sing hymns and recite prayers as we cast off the negatives fettering us so that they will be carried away and leave us with a clean slate to start the new year.
For more information from differing perspectives, see:
www.washingtonjewishweek.com/tashlich-casting-off-your-sins/
www.myjewishlearning.com/article/tashlikh/
reformjudaism.org/blog/tashlich-clean-slate
Interfaith Action’s annual Celebration of the Harvest and the Harvesters will be held on October 4th at 3:00 p.m. at the Tabor Hill Winery Estate Tent in Buchanan, MI. For more details, click here: Celebration of the Harvest and Harvesters.
Summit on Environment and Spirituality
Faith in Place - a nonprofit dedicated to empowering people of diverse faiths and spiritualities to be leaders in advancing environmental and racial justice, providing resources to educate, connect, and advocate for healthier communities - is hosting their Annual Environment and Spirituality Summit on September 28-29.
This year’s Summit explores the theme Grounded Resistance, with four sessions focused on how we engage the world from a place of deep grounding, collective support, and sustained resistance.
To learn more and to register, please visit the following link: https://aes-summit.org/
Images from Past Interfaith Action Events