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HISTORY PAGE 2018 - 2019 - some notes on past
events
some are placed
here so people have the contact info-
( Does anyone actually read this page? Maybe it
needs to be replaced by a blog, or discussion, for example.)
2018
January 1. Open house at the
Indian Cultural Center and Temple.
Food available (charge) 9 am to 8
pm. Prayers start at 6 am.
A
wonderful opportunity to visit;
dress well covered, no jeans. A
good chance to socialize.
January 2 First
Tuesday evening: Catholic
Ministry to Gays and Lesbians, Pot
Luck supper, all welcome. 6;30 PM.
Speaker follows. Marian Hall, under
the sanctuary at Immaculate
Conception Cathedral. 1695
Central Ave.
Parking lot is at the rear, around
the block.
January
3, Wednesday.
8 AM - New
Year's
Eucharist, St.
Mary's
Cathedral
(And, of
course, a
service and
breakfast with
the homeless
every
Wednesday
morning)
Jan 5, 2918.
Tranquility retreat for Women
(Roman Catholic sponsorship.) suggested donation $210.
Info http://www.olqpretreats.com/retreats/spa-spirituality.html.
(731) 548-2500 debbie.voyles
(at) olqp.cdom.org
Sunday, January 7, noon-2 PM.
Unity Church of Practical
Christianity. Initial
meeting of a "Master Mind"
group.
http://www.unitychurchofpracticalchristianity.org/whats-happening/begin-2018-with-the-power-of-the-master-mind-principle
Sunday Jan. 7, 2018
The Memphis "Let People
Vote" group meets at
6:30PM at Shady Grove
Presbyterian Church.
TYhis group is meeting the
second and fifth Mondays in
January, instead of the usual
second and fourth)
Jan 7, 6 PM Feast of Lights
service at St Mary's
Episcopal. (Youth program
at 4 PM)
January 8, Memphis Lynching
Sites Project meeting
at First Baptist Church (200
East Parkway North) from 5:00 -
7:00pm. Join us as we
install officers, board, and
staff for 2018.
January 9, Second
Tuesday: Pax Christi, the Roman Catholic
peace group, pot luck supper at 6:30 PM,
meeting at 7. Friends Meeting House, Walnut Grove at
Prescott.
http://www.paxchristimemphis.org
January
10, Wednesday,
Shady Grove
Presbyterian
Church. 6
PM Supper.
Edward Ordman
will speak
about some
Jewish-Christian
similarities
and
differences.
Jan 10, 8
PM. Temple
Israel
Fundraiser. A
major Jewish comedian,
at the
Orpheum. $75
and up
Tickets https://www1.ticketmaster.com/event/1B005376A6CA5DC1?artistid=702598&majorcatid=10002&minorcatid=51&utm_source=Temple+Israel+News&utm_campaign=dd34c11d0a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_12_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70ba279f7f-dd34c11d0a-92698110
Thursday Jan. 11,
2018 Art/Race/Violence:
Panel Discussion at
Crosstown Arts Galleries (1350
Concourse Ave., Suite 280)
from 6:00 - 8:00pm. Tom
Carlson will be one of the
panelists to reflect on the
art exhibit now showing there
on race and violence and
inspired by work on uncovering
lynching stories. The
exhibit was organized by
Professors Earnestine Jenkins
and Richard Lou of the
University of Memphis Art
Department, both of whom have
been important friends of the
LSP.
January 14, St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Rabbi
Micah Greenstein will teach at 10 AM and preach at 11
AM. "Finding
and Sharing the Light"
January 14, noon-2pm. Unity
Church of Practical Christianity. Cosmic Clock Workshop
http://www.unitychurchofpracticalchristianity.org/whats-happening/cosmic-clock-workshop3553991
January 15, 2018, Martin Luther King,
Jr. Holiday
Celebrating the life and legacy of Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr., the National Civil
Rights Museum will host daylong
performances, youth-centered edutainment,
the museum experience, and opportunities for
community service.
34th International Blues Challenge
January 16, 5:00 pm-January 20, 10:00
pm
Beale Street
http://ilovememphisblog.com/event/34th-international-blues-challenge/
January 17, Wednesday, 7:30
PM Memphis Islamic Center, Panel
discussion about a visit to Jerusalem.
"Please
join us WEDNESDAY at 7:30 for a special
panel reflection with Sh. Yasir Qadhi and
members who traveled with him from Umrah
to Jerusalem this past winter. Panelists
will feature Sh. Yasir, Dr. Alim
Khandekar, Dr. Muhammad Nizar, and Br.
Abdi, who are local here in our
community."
Jan 19, Friday,7-10 PM.
Habitat Memphis, fundraising dinner, music, whiskey
tasting, auction, etc.
At Crosstown Concourse. $75 each, $125
couple, if reserved by Jan 18, higher at
door.
reserve at https://www.memphishabitat.com/toolboxbash
January 19, evening, Masjid
As-Salaam, Annual
Congregational Business Meeting and dinner.
(starts with brief prayer service about 5:30
PM)
January 19, Special Cantorial service
(Hebrew religious music), Chabad. Also a
dinner.
Service 6 PM,
Dinner 6:30, please reserve for dinner by
the 17th, $25 dinner
https://jewishmemphiscom.clhosting.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3901529
January 20, 2 PM. Indian Cultural Center
and Temple. Annual
Congregational Business Meeting.
January 20. Saturday
11 AM. Masjid As-Salaam. Edward Ordman will participate in
a panel discussion of shared aspects of
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The main
subject is "Justice". Lunch follows.
January 20, 5-7 PM. Nation
of Islam, Mosque 55, Annual Savior's Day
Banquet. $20. http://mosque55.com/
873 Vance Ave.
January 20, Saturday noon. The Juvenile
Justice Project is hosting bi-monthly
meetings with community members to discuss
issues in Hickory Hill that are affecting
our youth and how we can come together to
solve them. As time goes on we will be
building a youth cohort who will work with
us to tackle these issues. Our next meeting
will be Saturday, January 20 at 12:00 pm at
Leonard's BBQ (5465 Fox Plaza Dr, Memphis,
TN 38115). Please RSVP to
faith@midsouthpeace.org if you or someone
from your organization can attend this
meeting so we know how big of a table to
get. We are also open to discussing
alternative times and days for future
meetings to ensure as many of you can
participate as possible.
January 21, Indian Cultural Center and
Temple. Prayers
for Saraswathi. 10 AM, 6 PM (refreshments
after)
"Goddess Saraswathi is the
Goddess of learning, who is divine knowledge
personified. The sound of Her celestial
Veena awakens the notes of the sublime
utterances of the sacred monosyllable, "OM".
She bestows the Knowledge of the supreme,
mystic sound, clarity of thought and
nobility of ideas as represented by Her pure
dazzling white clothes, with the hands
holding the veena and books seated on the
white lotus. We worship Goddess Saraswathi
to gain knowledge, dispassion, devotion and
prosperity."
January 22, Launch
of Hillel at Rhodes College. Hors d'oevres at 4:45, program at
5:30
2nd floor, Palmer Hall, Rhodes
College. RSVP crichardson at
jcpmemphis.org
There is a bus available from 6560 Poplar
(Jewish Community Center), 4 PM, if you
reserve by Jan 18.
Jan 22. Moral Mondays
in Memphis
Monday, January 22 • Hope Presbyterian
Church, 8000 Walnut Grove Road
Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. – Speaker
(Formerly Pastor of Riverside Church, NY)
TABLE TALKS, dinner and discussion, 6:15 –
7:15pm
MASS GATHERING with guest speaker, 7:30 – 9
PM
The dinner will fill up, register
early. https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eesjlu955c5d1bdd&oseq=&c=&ch=
Register for the
speaking at 7:30: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eesjnuhu00a1ea8c&oseq=&c=&ch=
January 25, 5:30-7:30. Neighborhood meeting,
Klondike Smokey City, at Dave Wells
Community Center, 915 Chelsea Ave.
Food provided. Discussion of mapping
the neighborhood with a view to campaigning
for more or better school bus routes.
January 25, Thursday,
Hour?? Unity Church of Practical
Christianity.
On January 25, we will be showing the John of God film.
The next 3 days (Jan 26-28), we will have the rare opportunity to
have a John of God Crystal Healing bed on our campus, with the
appropriate trained practitioners. booked here.
John of
God film. Appointments will be
necessary and can be booked
here.
January 28th, 4:00 pm “Citizens Check an Unchecked
President: How Tennessee Can Help Prevent War with North Korea”
- a public talk by Diane Randall,
Executive Secretary of FCNL(Friends Committee on National
Legislation), a Quaker lobby in the public interest. At First
Congregational Church 1000 Cooper St. Memphis 38104.
Sponsored by Memphis Friends Meeting (Quakers).
Monday Jan. 29, 2018 Memphis Lynching Sites
Project meeting at
First Baptist Church (200 East Parkway North) from 5:00 - 7:00pm
Jan 30, 3 PM. Winter Term Recital. Beethoven Club, 263
S. McLean.
(This seems not to be on their website at http://www.beethovenclubmemphis.org/;
get on their mailing list!) Clarinet, Violin, Piano. Works
by Khatchaturian, Ysaye, Rosza. more.
Feb 1-28, Art Exhibit by photographer John
Noliner, "A peace of my mind", Memphis Theological Seminary
Gallery talk by the artist, Feb 16, Friday, 11:30-1, Great Hall,
Founders Hall, Memphis Theological Seminary
February 1, New Interim Rector
arrives at St, John's Episcopal. Rev.
Charles “Dean” Taylor of Atlanta, Georgia
February 2, 8:15 PM -Musical service at Temple Israel.
"Join us for Unplugged Shabbat, a new way to experience Shabbat
through a music-centric, relaxed service. Held at a later time
than our traditional services, February's Unplugged Shabbat will
feature the incredibly talented Nefesh
Mountain! Pioneers of a
new sound - where Jewish Spirit and Soul meet with Bluegrass and
Old-time musical traditions - husband and wife team Eric Lindberg
and Doni Zasloff, blend their love for both of these rich
traditions and create a new genre."
Feb 4, Sunday, 1-4 Jewish Historical Society of
Memphis - Historical Bus Tour of Memphis.
Leaves from Memphis Jewish Community Center Parking Lot. $18
for members, $25 for nonmembers.
Limited to one busload. Contact Phyllis Griskind at 573-5701 or
lorrainedwolf at gmail.com
Feb 5, 7:30 PM. Monday. Organ Concert, St. Mary's Episcopal. "From a blank staff to performance and
publication" The compositional process: a
recital-presentation on transforming preliminary concepts into
music that is played.
Feb 6. First Tuesday. 6:30 PM supper, 7 PM speaker. Catholic Ministry to Gay and Lesbian Persons.
(All are welcome to attend, no need to bring food on your
first visit.) Marian Hall, under the sanctuary at
Immaculate Conception Cathedral (parking in rear is
easiest)
"
Dr. John Kaltner will be leading us in a discussion on
biblical interpretations next Tuesday at 6:30 in
Marian Hall. As in previous years, Dr. Kaltner has
selected specific topics for the group to discuss together and
this year's topic is: "What the Qur’an
has to say about human sexuality with particular attention
paid to how it presents the Lot story".
Come and join us for an enlightening conversation from an
excellent presenter with vast knowledge on the topic. You
will not be disappointed!"
February 7, 6:30 PM, Memphis
Campaign for Nonviolence, meeting at the Commons on Merton
http://www.cnvmemphis.org/ http://www.ctcmidsouth.org/thecommons
258 N. Merton St. Memphis, TN 38112
Feb 7, 7 PM free film, Brooks Museum. A person is more important than
anything else... (29 minute film)
…, is driven by the cadence and intonation of James
Baldwin’s voice, for Baldwin was also an orator whose
delivery was almost as forceful as his ideas.
Artist Hank Willis Thomas weaves various audio, images,
and video together including news clips, speeches, and
interviews, in a fluid-moving, digital stream of
consciousness that connects Baldwin’s 20th century
discourse with the concerns and urgencies of the 21st,
highlighting issues of race, gender, class and sexuality.
Commissioned in 2014 by NY Live Arts for the Year of James
Baldwin, this multi-channel installation brings history to
the fore, inspiring us to re-imagine our relationship to
the contemporary moment.
February
9, traditional Jewish Sabbath dinner at Chabad.
Charge. (also a wedding dinner) RSVP by Feb 7.
https://jewishmemphiscom.clhosting.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3570846
Feb 10 11 AM. Baron Hirsch Synagogue. Rabbi
Hayyim Angel, who teaches at Yeshiva Univ., will
lecture on "Biblical Archaeology and Torah - Do they
Have to Agree?" (This will be part of a
service staring at 9 AM. It is OK to just come for the
talk at 11.) Rabbi Angel is a traditionalist, but
my experience is that Jewish creationists and Muslim
creationists rarely see any conflict with science.
Rabbi Angel will give two more talks, Saturday at 4:15
pm and after the brief 5 PM service (with
refreshments). Enter the driveway at 500 S. Yates
Rd.
February 10, 5 PM, Concert,
Beethoven Club, 263 S. McLean, Memphis, TN. Adam Bowles,
pianist.
program at https://mailchi.mp/31120ed8dd73/concertsfive-tomorrow-december-1282641?e=053a4e2a7d
February 10, 8:00 PM, The Halloran Center at the
Orpheum. Jewish comedian Robert Klein, fundraiser
for Temple Israel. $100 Orchestra, $75 Balcony. http://orpheum-memphis.com
http://ticketmaster.com
901-525-3000
Feb 11, Sunday, 4 PM. Luna Nova Concert,
St. Mary's Episcopal.
Feb 11, 1 PM, First Congregational Church.
Reception for art exhibit by John Noltner, "A
Peace of My Mind",
sponsored by Memphis Theological Seminary. 1000
Cooper St. Light Refreshments.
<<"A Peace of My Mind" is a
multimedia arts project built around the simple
question, “What does peace mean to you?” Founded in
2009 by award-winning Minnesota photographer John
Noltner, the project began as his effort to rediscover
humanity in an increasingly polarized
world....>>
Feb 11, 1 PM. Jewish Community
Center,. film, Sammy Davis Jr.,
I've Gotta Be Me. 100
Minutes
$7, less for members.
http://www.jccmemphis.org/culture/morris-and-mollye-fogelman-international-jewish-film-festival/
Feb 12 - I'm not sure I'd regard this as "interfaith
comfortable" but note it is happening. 6:30 PM,
Woodmont Bible Church Pastor Lyndon Allen speaking
at the U of Memphis University Center, Fountain View
Room, event entitled "A night to honor Israel".
Sponsored on campus by the Young Americans for
Freedom.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1915644012086776/
Monday Feb. 12, 2018 Memphis Lynching Sites Project
meeting (speaker change)
at First Baptist Church (200 East Parkway North) from
5:00 - 7:00pm. Historian Zann Nelson of Culpeper,
Virginia will be speaking. She is an award-winning
journalist authoring investigative feature articles and
more than 600 columns entitled "Buried Truth" and
"Zann's Place". Ms. Nelson has been doing research
on a major project in African American history which
includes a lynching in Virginia. She will share
the tragic account of young Allie Thompson's arrest,
kidnap and murder by lynching in Culpeper County.
Virginia in 1918, She will be in Memphis on a tour
of Southern States.
Feb 13, 7:30 PM. Jewish Community
Center,. film, The Exception
107 Minutes (WW II, German soldier falls in love
with Jewish woman in the Netherlands. See link for
trailer.)
$7, less for
members.
http://www.jccmemphis.org/culture/morris-and-mollye-fogelman-international-jewish-film-festival/
Feb 13, 5:30 PM. Mardi Gras supper, St. Mary';s
Episcopal. "We will be fundraising for Latino
Memphis. Food, music, beads, FUN for people of all ages!
Bring your tastiest dessert for the dessert competition. Save
the date to join us! More details to follow..."
Feb 13, 5:45 PM. Chili dinner at Holy Communion Episcopal
(Shrove Tuesday). $10, $25/family. Chili contest.
Music.
Burn last year's palm branches in the patio.
Feb 13, Hooks Institute Documentary Viewing, Hooks
Documents. Orange Mound Community Center,2572 Park
Avenue. Q&A to follow the films.
February 14 Shen Yun
Dancers at Orpheum. (CHANGED - used to be both Feb 13
and 14. If you reserved for the 13th, call the box office.
Ticketmaster issues automatic refunds for Feb 13) A
spectacular show, highly recommended, but on the expensive
side. I understand this to be a Fundraiser for Falun Gong, a
Chinese Christian group opposed by the PRC government.
(Postponed)
Tuesday? 7:00pm to 9:00pm, Beth Sholom Synagogue. Lecture
and discussion, Steve Haynes (Prof
at Rhodes College) - “The Battle for Bonhoeffer: Debating
Discipleship in the Era of Obama and Trump.” (IO am tiold
that this is likely to be an excellent discussion of
theologian Bonhoeffer's reaction to Hitler (Bonhoeffer was a
minister the Nazis executed for treason), not primarily a
talk about American politics. https://www.bsholom.org/events
February 14, Wednesday. ASH WEDNESDAY, the start of the
Christian season of Lent. Many churches have
special services this day; in many it is the custom to put a
spot of ash on the forehead of the worshipers, often the ash
is made by burning pal;m leaves saved from the previous
year's Easter celebration. This is a period of
semi-mourning or at least somber reflection, recalling
Jesus' time in the wilderness before he went to Jerusalem
where he was executed.
Service at Balmoral Presbyterian 6:45 PM
Holy Communion Episcopal 7 AM, Noon, 6:30 PM
Immaculate Conception Cathedral 6:30 AM, 8:30 AM, 7 PM
(The ADDRESS PAGE here has links to many other house of worship
home pages,
many church home pages show service times or have links to
event calendars etc.)
Feb 15, 6 - 8:30 PM. Nonviolent Communication Skills
Workshop. by Mid South Peace and Justice Center, at the
Crosstown Concourse. Fee (if you can afford it).
Preregistration required.
https://midsouthpeace.org/event/nonviolent-communication-feb18/
Feb 15. Hooks Institute Documentary Viewing. Ida B. Wells
Documentary Focus Group Viewing. Hattiloo Theater, 37 S.
Cooper St. RSVP's required, available starting January
16.
February 16. Artist's talk, see Feb 1.
February 18, Sunday, Jewish Community
Center, Movie at 5 PM "Hummus The Movie"
Movie $7, less for members, Israeli, mixed language,
English subtitles, 72 minutes. People of multiple faiths and
nationalities find a shared love for hummus. DINNER at 6:15 PM,
must RSVP for dinner by Feb 12.
Dinner $23, discount for members.
http://www.jccmemphis.org/culture/morris-and-mollye-fogelman-international-jewish-film-festival/
February 21, Third Wednesday. Words3, the writers group
at Holy Communion Episcopal. 5 PM
February 22, 9 AM- 3PM Youth & Adult Grassroots Leadership
Conference, (by MidSouth Peace and Justice Center)
at Wooddale Middle School, 467 Castleman St, Memphis 38118
Free, but register by Feb 22. https://midsouthpeace.org/event/youthadult2018/
February 22-25, Second Presbyterian Church - World Missions
Conference. Several days of programs, see
https://worldmissionsannualreport.com/2017-world-missions-conference-2/
I think some talks are free, there is a charge for meals?
The main speakers has experience with mission work in Saudi Arabia
and in China
Feb
22, 7:30 PM. Jewish Community Center,. film, Big Sonia.
93 Minutes. US, English $7, less for
members.
Adventures of a 91-year-old businesswoman with a
history... Info and Trailer at
http://www.jccmemphis.org/culture/morris-and-mollye-fogelman-international-jewish-film-festival/
Feb 22, Thursday, 7 PM. Concert,
Acoustic Eidolon "Music for the Soul", Balmoral Presbyterian
Church
\http://acousticeidolon.com
February 23 - Lynching Sites of Memphis will be attending an event
at 1 PM, a "Community Remembrance" event for Madison county - I
think this will be at Jackson State Community College, but no
doubt more information will arrive.
February 24, I AM A MAN March, to honor the Sanitation Workers
of 1968. City Hall, Registration starts 9 AM, event at 10
AM. Live entertainment, speakers, fellowship.
http://iammemphis.org/reversemarch
February 24, 2-5 PM at MIFA, Youth Workshop by Facing
History. Sponsorship by MIFA, BRIDGES, 901 Ummah (a Muslim
group.) (An event for 50 Muslim Youth, reported here for the
record. Legacy of MLK, writing letters to Meals on Wheels
Recipients, etc.)
Feb 4, 11 AM.
Music at Jewish Home and Rehab. Nefesh Mountain. Funny
Music wit ha Jewish Twist, for kids, seniors, and all in
between. Free and open to everyone. 36 Bazeberry Rd,
Cordova (way out Walnut Grove...)
Feb 9-25, play opening Friday Feb 9, "The Elephant's
Graveyard", at First Congregational Church.
The odd circumstances leading to the lynching of an
elephant in Tennessee in 1916.
Fridays and Saturdays 8 PM, Sundays 4 PM, through Feb
25. Spirituals by the Memphis Christian Ensemble 30
mimutes before the show; discussion afterwards on Sundays.
Tickets $15-20, earn more and reserve at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/elephants-graveyard-tickets-42237942824
Feb
14, 7:30 PM. Jewish Community Center,. film, Fever
at Dawn 114 Minutes.
Hungarian, English subtitles. Recovery from war and
disease. Trailer at link.
$7, less for members.
http://www.jccmemphis.org/culture/morris-and-mollye-fogelman-international-jewish-film-festival/
Feb 17,20,23,24
events for Black History Month at GPAC/
See https://www.germantown-tn.gov/Home/Components/News/News/5134/30
February 25, Purim Carnival at Temple
Israel, starts 11:30 AM. No admission, children's
game pass starts at $2.50, lunch $5.00
Monday
Feb. 26, 2018 Lynching Sites of Memphis
meeting
at First Baptist Church (200 East Parkway North) from 5:00 -
7:00pm.
February 27, Civil Rights Museum. Free. Reception
6:00, talk and panel 6:30. The Poverty Report: Memphis
Since MLK. Brad Watkins of MSPJC, Wendi Thomas of
MLK50, Rev Stacy Spencer of MICAH and New Directions,
others.
Feb 27-28, Holmes Lecture Series of Memphis Theological
Seminary. Nonviolent Social Change, 50 Years Later.
Bernard Lafayette, Jr. (Freedom Rider, SNCC, etc.)
Tues Feb 27, 7:30 PM, St Paul Baptist Church, 2124 E Holmes
Rd, 38116.
Weds Feb 28, 11:10 AM, Lindenwood Christian Church 2400 Union
(at East Parkway).
Open to all. Free. Colloquia Credit available. http://www.MemphisSeminary.edu
Feb
27, 7:30 PM. Jewish Community Center,. film, Monsieur
Mayonnaise 94 Minutes
$7, less for members.
English language, film-noir style, Australian artist
travels seeking his family's past
http://www.jccmemphis.org/culture/morris-and-mollye-fogelman-international-jewish-film-festival/
Feb 28th, PurimSpiel at Temple Israel.
Purim in a minor Jewish holiday commemorating events in the
Old Testament Book of Esther. It is a fun holiday but
not taken very seriously (remember that Ian Fleming, the
author of James Bond, said that James Bond was based on Esther
- it is fun to reread Esther with that in mind.) Temple Israel
puts on a Purim Play (a comedy, "Spiel" has the same double
meaning as "play" in English) which is one of the highlights
of the musical year in Memphis - all music lovers should come.
This year it will not as directly follow the Purim story, but
will be a revue and take-off on music of the Beatles.
Refreshments start 5:45, babysitting form 6, costume parade
and show at 6:30. Free,
open to all. Arrive early for good seats.
The orthodox synagogues will have a joint Purim meal (dressing
in costumes encouraged) March 1 at Baron Hirsch Synagogue.
"'Round the World Grand Buffet". $25 per adult, $10 per child,
$100 family cap. Reserve at synagogue office, 683-7485. Likely
to be sold out, so reserve.
Wed, Feb 28th, 7:00 PM @ National Civil Rights Museum.
Indie Memphis (the independent film group) presents a program
of Memphis short films related to Martin Luther
King. (I have been told, second-hand, no charge) One of
the eleven short films concerns a local lynching.
https://indiememphis.eventive.org/films/5a63b8388ea796001443cfae
https://indiememphis.eventive.org/schedule
(Need I also mention that there is a Wednesday
evening 2/28 program at Calvary, Rev Winnie Varghese of
Calvary, 6:30,
and a wonderful talk on Biblical interpretation at the Weds. night
dinner at Holy Communion? What an evening.
Five events I wish I could go to all of...)
March 1, Thursday, Purim party and dinner, Chabad.
March 1. reception 5:30, lecture at
6 Marcus Orr Lecture,
"Zakhor", "Never Forget" and the meaning of
commanded memory. Prof Marjorie Hass of Rhodes College, at
University of Memphis, Memphis Room, 340 Univ Center (parking
garage on Zach Curlin)
March 1. Hooks Institute Fundraiser, ticket charge. Hooks
African American Male Initiative Benefit. U of M Holiday
Inn, 3700 Central Ave. Ticket link at http://www.memphis.edu/benhooks/
Friday March 2, 2018 Bryan
Stevenson, from the Equal Justice Initiative will be
speaking at Hope Church (8500 Walnut Grove Rd) from 7:30 -
9:30pm
"... Shelby County
Public Defender Stephen Bush and Just City CEO Josh Spickler
praised the work of social rights activist and author Bryan
Stevenson. He will join author Brian Fikkert (When Helping
Hurts) at 7 p.m. Friday, March 2 at Hope Presbyterian in
Germantown. CHC is partnering with Agape Child & Family
Services in the event. If you would like a sponsor ticket,
contact Sherry Murphy at 324-8998. Additional tickets are
available, $15-30, at agapemeanslove.org. "
March 3. Open house at all local Mosques. A chance to
visit and talk with your Muslim neighbors. 10 AM - 3 PM.
Middle east food. Free. The list of mosques is on the poster at
http://Memphisirg.org/3-3-2018.jpg
http://www.MUSLIMSINMEMPHIS.org
March 3. Saturday, American Association of University Women.
Meet & greet, 10:15 AM, speaker 10:35 AM.
(Meeting open to all) Poplar-White Station Library, 5094
Poplar (in front of the skyscraper)
March 3, 1-4 PM.
Meet Local Candidates. (County, State, US candidates invited)
Sponsored by TENNESSEE NURSES ASSOCIATION DISTRICT 1 AND
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS MEMPHIS/SHELBY COUNTY
FREE and Open to the Public
1:30 p.m. Introduction of Candidates Emcee: Greg Hurst, WREG-TV
News Anchor
Where: University of Memphis University Center Ballroom, 3rd floor
499 University St., Memphis, TN 38152
Parking: FREE at the Zach Curlin Parking Garage, 505 Zach Curlin
Street
flier: 3_3_2018.pdf
http://www.lwvmemphisshelby.org/
Sunday, March 4. Installation of Rabbi Sarit Horwitz at
Beth Sholom Synagogue. Torah study at 9:30 AM,
installation at 10:15, followed by a "reservations-only"
brunch.
March 6, Sunday, 8AM-7PM. Islamic
Art Exhibit, Cordova Library 8457 Trinity
Rd. Memphis, TN 38018
March 10 (New Date) Mid-South Peace and
Justice Center annual fundraising dinner.
Living the Legacy of Nonviolence, with Rosa Clemente
First Congregational Church. Reserve
at http://midsouthpeace.org 725-4990
suggested donation $35 with dinner, $10 general admission, no
one turned away.
March 11, Sunday, 2 PM. Women of Achievement,
Social and awards meeting (refreshments),
University of Memphis Holiday Inn, Central at University of
Memphis. $35, RSVP.
http://www.womenofachievement.org/
March 12, Monday, 5:30-8:30 PM. MORAL MONDAYS IN MEMPHIS.
Temple Israel • 1376 East Massey
Road 5:30pm Gathering Reception
6:30pm Worship led by Rabbi Micah Greenstein, Rev. Traci
Blackmon, guest preacher
7:10pm Living the Legacy Today Panel sponsored by Yale Divinity
School
Flier at http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Moral-Mondays-in-Memphis--March-12-at-Temple-Israel.html?soid=1110009660710&aid=w4C7NM_lUxs
RSVP at https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07ef2v14301feac9af&oseq=&c=&ch=
Tuesday March 13m 7 - 8:30 PM MICAH monthly meeting
at Idlewild Presbyterian Church
ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATE PLUS A SPOTLIGHT ON VOTERS'
RIGHTS. 1750 Union Avenue Memphis, TN 38104
Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope. https://www.micahmemphis.org/
March 15, Thursday reception 5:30,
lecture at 6 Orr Lecture, The Discourse of Crime and Gang
Violence in the Urban Landscape of Central America
by Prof Susan
Berk-Seligson of VanderbiltUniv. At U of Memphis, Shelby
Room, 342 Univ Center.
March 15 - Rhodes College Lecture
ISLANDOLOGY: Geography,
Rhetoric, Politics
(7pm, Blount Auditorium; 6:30pm reception)
MacArthur Fellow Marc Shell will discuss
his recent book Islandology, from literary islands to
contemporary environmental catastrophes.
March 15, 6 PM. Prayers at India Cultural
Center and Temple, Eads. Masa Shivaratri - Shiva Abhishekam
March 17, 10 AM Saturday. Health and Legal Clinic. free
screenings and advice.
Gaston Community Center.
1046 S 3rd
St, Memphis, TN 38106 (Part of the 16th Annual
Muslims in Memphis program)
March 17, 5 PM Family
Night, Masjid Ar-Rahman. All welcome. (Part of
the 16th Annual Muslims in Memphis program)
Imam Anwar is an excellent speaker, very
clear English. The topic of the talk is "Family Rights".
Potluck supper (if it is your first time, noi need to bring
anything.)
March 17. How can one miss St. Patrick's Day at
St. Patrick Catholic Church?,
477 South 4th St,
http://stpatsmemphis.org
Mass 10 AM followed by pot luck brunch;
7 PM Organ Concert to benefit the organ restoration fund - one of the
great historic organs of Memphis
March 18 (part of 10 AM Sunday Service)
Calvary Episcopal - the bell choir from Texas,
http:/dorothyshawbellchoir.org
MARCH 18. Sunday FEED THE HUNGRY. meal
packaging event.
One of the highlights of the interfaith year in Memphis!
Starts at Noon at Pleasant View School. People
from many faiths and all over the city assemble to package
emergency food packets for refugees. Several hours;
it's fine to come after church even if you arrive
late. (Part of
the 16th Annual Muslims in Memphis program)
1888 Bartlett Road, Memphis. Directions on the address page.
March 18. 7 PM. India Cultural Center and Temple. Ugadi/Guti
Padwa (The New Year, in many parts of India)
Prayers at 7 PM followed by refreshments, hence a good
chance to visit with people in addition to seeing the
Temple.
March 19. Monday Holy Communion
Episcopal, Come Hear Father Greg Boyle;
His Work with Gangs is Among Most Ambitious on the
Planet!
Father Greg Boyle, a Jesuit priest in Los Angeles, will
speak at Holy Communion at 7 p.m. March 19.
He founded Homeboy Industries, which employs and trains
former gang members through a range of businesses the
nonprofit owns.
March 20 - 3rd Tuesday. Pax Christi, the Roman Catholic
Peace group (all are welcome!) meets at the Quaker meeting
house, Walnut Grove at Prescott. Potluck supper 6:30,
speaker at 7.
February 15 - March 23, Lenten Lecture Series at
Calvary Episcopal downtown. Talks 12:05-12:40 Tuesday
through Friday, breakfast or lunch 11 - 1:30, also speakers
Wednesday evenings with soup and salad (charges for meals.) Park
free and free shuttle bus from St. Mary's Episcopal on Poplar, if
you don't want to drive or park downtown. Here are just a
few of my personal favorites - look at the online list at http://www.calvarymemphis.org/lentenpreaching
and tell me who else I need to mention here.
Tours of the church 11:30-11:45 Tuesday and Friday.
Have you missed one you want to hear? On line (also previous
years!) at
http://calvarymemphis.org/lpssermonarchive#!/swx/pp/media_archives/202604/channel/3477
Dan Matthews, Feb 15&16; Barbara
Lindblad evening Feb 21, noon Feb 22&23.
Sunday evening,
March 7 - poets evening. (Change, Buddy Stallings has an illness
in the family)
Micah Greenstein, March 8&9.
Becca Stevens, March 15&16, evening
March 15.
Gregory Boyle S.J., March 19 7 PM at Holy
Communion Episcopal, March 20 noon Calvary
Bashar Shala noon March 21 and March
21 evening; Steve Stone March 22.
(Steve may have to be
out of town the evening of March 21, but will be there March
22.)
Rev, Naomi Tutu (daughter of
Desmond Tutu) March 23.
March 9 - April 24, Mid South Woodturners Guild exhibit at Ross
Gallery, Christian Brothers University Library.
M-Th 7:45 AM-11 PM; Fri 7:45-4:30, Sat 12-4,
Sun 1-11 PM
March 9 - May
2, Claudia Tullos-Leonard, Looking at the World,
exhibit at Ross Gallery, Christian Brothers University
Library.
M-Th 7:45 AM-11 PM; Fri 7:45-4:30, Sat
12-4, Sun 1-11 PM
March 10. 11 am. Interfaith Trilogue at
Masjid As-Salaam. Love and Compassion. Muslim, Christian, Jewish
panelists. Brief presentation, then discussion. Then lunch
(free, open to all) (Edward Ordman on panel)
March 23, Friday. 7:30-9:30 PM. America, The
Land for You and Me. A program on the Civil
Rights Legacy, Main speakers are Yasir Qadhi, one of the great
Muslim teachers (a Memphian) and also the daughter of Muhammad
Ali. The Great Hall, Germantown. RSVP needed. If you haven't
gotten to a few other "Muslims in March" events, don't miss this
one. Qadhi is a remarkable speaker.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/america-the-land-for-you-and-me-the-legacy-of-civil-right-leaders-tickets-44134910706?aff=ebdsorderfblightbox
March 24. 10 AM "March for our Lives" -
in sympathy for the Florida shootings, so in a sense an
anti-gun march.
From Clayborn Temple (290 Hernando Street) to Civil Rights
Museum, 10 AM-Noon.
https://www.facebook.com/events/189849031747182/
March 24- 25 India Cultural Center and Temple invites
your family and friends to Akhanda Tulasi Ramayan Parayanam
(Continuous 24 hour recitation) Saturday, 10:30
AM to Sunday, 10:30 AM 12006 Hwy 64 E, Eads
March 24-25 On TV "Hope and Fury:
MLK, the Movement and the Media" airs Saturday night (March 24) at
7pm Central on NBC and Sunday night (March 25) 8pm Central on
MSNBC.
March
24, Saturday, Muslim Fest10 AM - 6 PM, Agricenter. 7777 Walnut Grove, at Germantown Rd.
Food, speakers, entertainment, vendors.
(Part of the 16th Annual Muslims in Memphis program)
Followed at 6 PM by COMEDY NIGHT (Charge
for the comedy show)
https://muslimsinmemphis.org/
March 25. Jewish
Historical Society. Lecture. Jewish Community Center (2 PM)
"Age Proof: Living Longer Without Running our of money or
breaking a hip"
(Dr Ruizen, Chief Wellness Officer,Cleveland Clinic) http://www.jhsmem.org
March 26, Monday, 5-7 PM, Lynching Sites of Memphis project at
First Baptist Church.
(200 East Parkway North)
March 26. Movie at Clayborn
Temple. Indie Memphis, "The Quiet One" 7
pm
https://www.claybornreborn.org/indie-memphis-mlk50-film-series-the-quiet-one/
March 28, Wednesday, 12-1:30 Memphis Theological Seminary. Dr
Henry Logan Starks Awards ceremony and luncheon (fundraiser), at
Graceland Guesthouse. Fundraiser, $120. Sponsorships,
tickets, etc., call 901-458-8232
http://memphisseminary.edu/event/henry-logan-starks-institute-faith-race-social-justice-scholarship-luncheon-awards-ceremony/
March 31. Saturday 4 PM Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche will be
leaving for a year returning to Namdroling Monastery in
South India on April 1st. There will be a Bon Voyage party
for him on Saturday, March 31st at Pema Karpo from 4:00 to 5:30
PM.
3921
Frayser Raleigh Road, Memphis, TN 38128
Easter & Passover come at the
same time this year, as is not uncommon/ (Jesus went to Jerusalem
to celebrate Passover, leading to the Easter events, but modern
church/synagogue calendars don't always agree so smoothly.)
Like the Christmas season, there are far too many events for me to
list; I'll put a very small sample here.
Maundy Thursday, March 29, 6:45 PM. Service at Balmoral
Presbyterian. Dr. Phyllis Blackstoner, Storyteller.
Good Friday, March 30. Noon. There is an outdoor
"Stations of the Cross" service, walking to places downtown
significant in the last days of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Meet at noon at St. Patricks, near FedEx Forum)
AT 5:30 PM March 30 there is a remarkable interfaith
(Christian) service at Lindenwood Christian Church, based on
the "Seven last words", seven last sayings of Jesus, with
orchestral and choral pieces in between the brief talks by
ministers of different Christian groups. Program at http://www.lindenwoodcc.com/our-ministries/worship-and-music/good-friday-service
Saturday March 31. Easter egg hunt, 3rd grade and under,
10-11 AM, Second Presbyterian Church (many others, elsewhere)
March 31. Saturday 6 PM Passover Seder at Temple Israel.
This annual dinner is fascinating to visitors, with a lot of
Jewish stories and songs. This year it will also contain a lot
of Martin Luther King references. RSVP by March 23. Charge.
Register at https://wrjtempleisraelsisterhood.wildapricot.org/event-2807327
Sunday April 1. 6:30 AM
(check this) Sunrise service at Memphis Botanic Garden. Also a
Sunrise Mass at the Catholic cemetery.
April 2, Campaign NonViolence
Memphis.
Well be gathering
tomorrow evening, Monday, April 2nd at
Jasons Deli, 3473
Poplar Ave Memphis 6pm.
We'll continue our conversation
on conducting our one on one meetings as part of
MICAH's "listening
campaign", to
listen to each other's stories, passions, motivations,
and priorities in terms of justice issues in Memphis.
April 3, First Tuesday, Catholic Ministry to Gay and Lesbian
Persons (everyone is welcome, the food, fellowship, and
speakers are wonderful, you don't have to be gay to come!)
Pot Luck supper, all welcome. 6;30 PM. Speaker follows. Marian
Hall, under the sanctuary at Immaculate Conception
Cathedral. 1695 Central Ave. Parking lot
is at the rear, around the block.
April 4, 2018, will mark the 50th anniversary of the
tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the
Lorraine Motel here in Memphis
There
is a very useful listing of April 4 events
at https://mailchi.mp/calvarymemphis/a-service-of-remembrance-and-reconciliation?e=2f75c3ec8d
Civil Rights Museum events:
April 2-3, 2018, MLK50: Where Do We
Go From Here? Symposium
The first day will be a legal symposium, a
joint venture with the University of
Memphis, Cecil B. Humphreys School of Law.
The second day will be led by thought
leaders and scholars.
Monday April 2
& Tuesday April 3, 2018
MLK50:
Where Do We Go From Here? Symposium
The
two-day MLK50 Symposium will convene
scholars, historians and thought leaders
from across the country to present on the
state of civil and human rights issues and
racial and economic equity 50 years after
the death of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. The Symposium will take place April 2-3, 2018, and
will culminate with a commemorative
ceremony on April 4, 2018, of the
50th anniversary of Dr. King’s
assassination at the historic Lorraine
Motel. Click here to
register for the April 2panel
discussions and purchase tickets for the
Keynote lunch with Eric Holder, and click here to
register for the day two symposium.
April 4, 6:01 PM. Bell
Tolling, throughout the US. Is
your church participating? Contact the Civil Rights Museum.
April 4, "I AM 2018" March, United
Education Assn of Shelby County, 9 AM - 2 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/161166237843924/
April 4, 2018, 50th Anniversary
Commemoration MLK 50
Scholars, lawyers, practitioners,
celebrities, icons and new movement makers
be present for the tribute on the 50th
Anniversary Commemoration.
Wednesday
April 4, 2018
New
Historic Marker to be Unveiled at Site of
Forrest Slave Mart. The dedication
of the marker will occur as part of a
“Service of Remembrance and
Reconciliation,” to be held at Calvary
at 12 p.m. on April 4.
April 4, 2018, An Evening of
Storytelling A night with Civil Rights
Icons who worked closely with Dr. King
and New Movement Makers who are motivated by
his work.
Wednesday
April 4, 2018
Tim
Wise, author of Dear
White America,
will be at the #MLK50 event
co-hosted by Memphis Leaders
for Kids & New Leaders.
This takes place at 6:00pm at
the New Olivet Worship
Center, 1000 Woodland Hills
Drive, Cordova
April 6-8. Clayborn Temple.
"Union", a new musical. $20 and up. "...three preview
performances of “Union: A Musical” and a
community conversation that brings
together community members, activists,
artists, influencers, and civic leaders to
discuss the ongoing work of democracy in
our city and in our nation." https://www.claybornreborn.org/union/
Tickets https://www.eventbrite.com/o/clayborn-reborn-12123265951
http://mlk50.sitewrench.com/calendar-of-events?edl=all
April 6-8 Memphis Islamic Center, Family Enrichment Weekend.
Stress on Animal Rights. We encourage you to
join us for this exciting weekend and hope you and your family will
enjoy yourselves in the company of other community members while
learning about an important contemporary topic. Only
the workshop requires registration. All other programs are free.
Please see schedule below.
Friday
April 6: Bonfire,
Community Dinner & Pinewood Derby
- 6-8 pm Pinewood
race car derby for children 7 - 12
organized by the Muslim Boy Scout. There will be prizes for
design and speed. Car design session and practice date TODAY
Saturday March 31st at 6pm
- 7:30 - 8:30 pm Dinner
& Bonfire with short lecture
by Sh Yasir Qadhi (Bonfire Cancelled due to
weather forecast)
Saturday
April 7:
Workshop
with Sh Yasir & Youth Bonfire (register)
- 10:30 am-2 pm: Animal
Rights in Islam with Sh Yasir Qadhi
- 7:30 - 8:30 pm Youth
Bonfire with Br Safi Khan
Sunday
April 8: Sisters'
Halaqa
- 3-5 pm:
Sisters' Halaqa with Sh Yasir Qadhi
Saturday April 7, 2018 All Day
March from St. Mary's Cathedral to City Hall in
commemoration of Ministers March from Cathedral to City Hall,
April 5, 1968. On April 7 2018 from 11am to 4pm, there will be a
full day of celebration venerating the historic gathering and
march. At 11am, a Jubilee Block Party with food and fellowship in
the Courtyard. At 1pm, an Inter-Faith Worship service with a
wide variety of participants including Rev. Dr. James M. Lawson,
Rev. Dr. James Netters, Father Nicholas Vieron, Rust College
Choir, St. Mary's Cathedral Choir. At 2pm, march to City
Hall (rally follows at 3pm). Mayor Strickland is scheduled
to meet and welcome us in a different fashion than Mayor Loeb 50
years ago.
As Rev Dr Lawson has moved to California (active e.g.
with migrant farm workers) it is a rare opportunity to see him in
Memphis; he was perhaps the most major voice inducing MLK Jr. to
come to Memphis.
(St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, 700 Poplar)
April 7 (tentative). Saturday, American Association of
University Women. Meet & greet, 10:15 AM, speaker 10:35
AM.
(Meeting open to all) Poplar-White Station Library, 5094
Poplar (in front of the skyscraper)
April 8 , 3 PM The University of
Memphis Chamber Singers at St. John's Episcopal
This Sunday,
April 8th at 3:00pm The
Chamber Choir from the University of Memphis will be presenting
their Spring choral program at Saint John's. Under the direction
of Dr. Ryan Fisher, the choir will perform a variety of works
including works with organ and oboe.
April 8, 1 PM. Kick It 5K, Shelby Farms Park. Festival, 1
mile walk, 5K race, plenty of other activities.
Enter Gate 10, Mullins Station Road. To benefit Kosten Foundation
for Pancreatic Cancer Research. https://www.kickit5k..comracesonline
Monday April 9, 2018
Lynching Sites of Memphis Project
LSP Monday meeting at First Baptist
Church (200 East Parkway North) from 5:00 -
7:00pm.
This usally has wonderful bits of local history; this
meeting may well inlude a discussion of tyhe relationship
with local group MICAH.
April 10, Second Tuesday. 7 PM Monthly
meeting of MICAH, the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action
and Hope.
Structurally, this is a grouping of representatives of
about 50 local religious-and-other organizations seeking common
projects to work on - they are presently surveying members to help
choose projects, the choice to be made about June 24. (1) Is your
organization involved? (2) Everyone is welcome at meetings,
even if not in a member organization. (Voting is by
organization representatives.) Location varies, and is
announced at https://www.facebook.com/MICAH901/
April's monthly meeting will be at
Memphis Center for Urban Theological Studies' (MCUTS) new location inside the Union Avenue
Baptist Church.
April 11 Wednesday Speak901 Gala from 5:30pm to
7:30pm at the Benjamin J. Hooks Library. Have
you ever wondered about other people's experiences and how those
experiences shape who they are? Join us in a community
conversation where different Memphians share their stories.
Light refreshments will be provided.
April 12. 7 PM Vanderhaar Symposium. (One of the
major Memphis Interfaith events)
Stephanie Teatro, Tennessee
Immigrant and Human Rights Coalition, speaking on
"Who Gets to be an American? University Theater, Christian
Brothers University
(easiest place to drive in is from Central Avenue opposite
Mid-South Fair Grounds; the theater is
near the corner of Central and East Parkway). http://www.gvanderhaar.org
April 12
6:00 PM Memphis Jewish Community Center.
Yom HaShoah (Commemoration of the Holocaust)
Speaker at 6:30 PM: Roger Brooks, President of Facing History, speaking about the Lodz Ghetto and the Holocaust.
(photographs)
April 14. Fundraising dinner for Pleasant View School (The
Muslim Day School)
April 14, 2-9 PM. American Cancer Society, Relay for Life.
http://relay.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLCY18NCR?fr_id=87341&pg=entry&_ga=2.165827966.1171077917.1522635184-1335716313.1522635184
Sunday April 15, 2018
Reading of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham
Jail" by Dr. Ernest L. Gibson III, Assistant
Professor of English, Rhodes College at 4:00pm in the Idlewild
Presbyterian Church Sanctuary.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 5:00 p.m. Beethoven
Club, 263 S. McLean, Memphis, TN
Free admission – Reception to follow. Program at https://mailchi.mp/21c3ee120836/concertsfive-tomorrow-december-1305757?e=053a4e2a7d
April 17, Third Tuesday. Pax Christi, the Roman Catholic Peace group (all
are welcome!) meets at the Quaker meeting house, Walnut Grove
at Prescott. Potluck supper 6:30, speaker at 7.
April 18-22. Africa in April. Festival, Robert R. Church Park
at Fourth and Beale.
April 20 Friday 6 PM Indian Cultural Center and Temple.
Sri Adi Shankaracharya's birthday is
celebrated as Shankara Jayanthi. Sri Adi Shankaracharya is
considered an incarnation of Lord Shiva and the greatest Guru (Jagad
Guru). He purified Vedic knowledge by teaching discernment and
instituted the worship of deities as worshiping different forms of
the one God.
(As many of you know, I love carrying stories from one house of
worship to another. Shankara stories are among my favorites. with
universal appeal.)
ICCT also has a new Yoga class, Saturdays 11 AM
-12. $5 per class, starting May 5. info amy.morse@me.com
April 20, 7-10 PM, Memphis Islamic Center. $20. A
special program on the legends of Abu-Bakr, by visiting scholar
Mufti Husain Kamani.
Abu-Bakr was the first Muslim Calif, that is, the
first leader after the death of Muhammad.
April 21, Calvary Episcopal Church parking lot downtown. All
day (5 am - 5 pm). Teams warming up for the Barbecue
championship. Free to come visit, $10 adults/$5 kids to sample.
No charge for teams to participate. Educational talks
about barbecue. Proceeds support the community breakfast for the
homeless.
April 22 2 PM Sunday Jewish Historical Society at the
Jewish Community Center.
Panel discussion: Elvis and the
Jewish Connection. Several local Jews with Elvis
connections - e.g. Lansky the clothier, a band player,
memorabilia dealer, etc. free, open top everyone.
April 23, Monday 7 PM. Boy Choristers
from St. Paul's Cathedral, London, at Calvary Episcopal. Free
doors open 6:30./ Calvary is one of eight
stops on their US tour, designed to celebrate the 60th
anniversary of the American Memorial Chapel in St. Paul’s—a
tribute to US servicemen who gave their lives in World War II.
April
27, 7:00 PM.
“A
Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet”- A sweeping
history of the environmental movement. This documentary, Part
II will be shown in the Chapel of The St. Patrick office complex
at 7pm on
April 27. At 6:30there
will be refreshments available while participants gather for the
conclusion of the film shown a week ago.
Saturday April 28, 2018, 7:30 PM
79th Anniversary of the lynching of Jesse Lee Bond
in Arlington.
Candlelight prayer service to commemorate
the 79th anniversary of the lynching death of Jesse Lee Bond in
the town square, Depot Square, 12020 Walker St., Arlington at
7:30 p.m.
Driving Directions: From
I-40, take the Arlington, Airline Rd exit and drive
northward on Airline for until it ends into US Highway 70
(about 5-6 miles). Turn right on Hwy 70 and go about
one-half mile to the next light which is Chester St. Turn
right on Chester and drive a long block around a curve and
over the railroad tracks and the Square will be on your
right. The exact address is 12020 Walker, Arlington.
April 28. 10 AM Conference on
Immigration, at the Stephen Olford Center,
4000 Riverdale Road. Organized by the group Presbyterian
Women. Conference itself is free but if you want there is
a lunch for $20. For
details or to reserve lunch call Balmoral Presbyterian Church
767-7510
April 28, Prayers at Indian Cultural Center and Temple, 10:30 AM
and 6 PM
Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Jayanthi
April 28. Emmanuel Center Carnival. 12- 2 PM, A carnival
for neighborhood kids byu onme of Memphis's best charities
for poor inner-0city education. Donations wanted of
children's books and art supplies.
604 St. Paul Avenue, http://www.emmanuelcentermemphis.org/
April 29. The Pema Karpo Meditation Center has a studygroup, "The
Way of the Bodhisattva" meeting Sundays at 12:30PM (after their
regular Sunday morning service) until 1:30 or 2 pm.
April 29, Sunday 11 - 1:30 pm. Memphis Islamic
Center. Town hall meeting and report of building progress.
Anyone welcome to come visit. Have you ever wondered about the
process of building the Muslim equivalent of a "megachurch"?
April 29, noon-4 PM. Joint Spring Festival. Heartsong
Church, Memphis Islamic Center, Memphis Friendship Foundation.
10225 Humphreys Rd, Cordova (just north of the eastend of Walnut
Grove, a very pretty drive.) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Fun for kids,
games, food to purchase, barbecue, etc.
April 29. 5 PM Mary and Martha, The Musical. Balmoral
Presbyterian Church. Potluck supper follows at 6 PM. (meat and
drinks will be provided.) An original piece, readers theater
style, done by the choir. Written by Fran Addicott.
May 1. Primary election for local offices.
May 1, First Tuesday, Catholic Ministry to Gay
and Lesbian Persons (everyone is welcome, the food,
fellowship, and speakers are wonderful, you don't have to be gay
to come!) Pot Luck supper, all welcome. 6;30 PM. Speaker
follows. Marian Hall, under the sanctuary at Immaculate
Conception Cathedral. 1695 Central Ave.
Parking lot is at the rear, around the block. This week's speaker
will be an early
founder of this group and a discussion of the history of
this very unusual organization.
The calendar for Memphis in May is now
online, at http://www.memphisinmay.org/
May 2, Noon, Temple Israel. Lunch and Learn. Great
Jewish Renegades. Bring lunch, drinks provided; free.
May 2, 7:30 PM. "Ramadan Revival", Memphis Islamic
Center. Learn all about the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
All welcome.
May 3, 2016. "Lag B'Omer" is a minor Jewish holiday, having to do with a pause in a plague many centuries
ago, often celebrated with picnics. Chabad (the orthodox but
very open to visitors Jewish group on south Kirby, 2570 Kirby)
is having a barbecue dinner, beer, kid games, etc., at 5:30
PM. $12 adults, $10 for age 11 and under. info
chabad@jewishmemphis.org
May 4-6, Beale St. Music Festival
May 4 - 6 to 9 PM Cinco de Mayo Fundraiser for Church Health
Center. $65, at the Concourse.
In this interactive cooking class, Chef Joshua House and his
team from L'Ecole Culinaire will guide you through new, delicious
dishes in our beautiful teaching kitchen at Crosstown Concourse.
Come with an appetite and your favorite wine or beer! Menu
featuring:
Holy Moly Guacamole with Tortillas
Elotes: Grilled Corn with Cotija
Shrimp Tostadas with Black Beans and Anaheim Salsa Fresca
Lemon Carlota
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-art-of-dinner-interactive-cooking-class-cinco-de-mayo-tickets-35239103106
Starting May 5, INDIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL at the Indian Cultural
Center and Temple. Tickets to individual events are
typically $25 or $35 and up.
Poster at https://icctmemphis.org/events/2018-05/
(click on May 5)
Tickets https://icctmemphis.org/e-services/payment-links/pay-now/?id=188
May 5, 5:30 May 11 6:30, May 13
3:30 June 23 3 PM,
May 5, 5:30 PM Indian Cultural Center and Temple. Concert of
Vocal Music (Carnatic Music)
May 4 - 6 John
Pavlovitz (well known blogger, "Stuff that needs to be said")
in Memphis for workshops with several organizations. Church
and advocacy group leaders interested in a workshop May 4 at 6
PM call Julianne by April 27 at 753-5042 or email
office(At)unitymemphis.org Public events, highly
recommended, are
May 5, 1 PM. Avoiding Compassion
Burnout, A conversation
with John Pavlovitz.
At Lindenwood Christian Church (2400 Union, at
East Parkway), sponsors include Memphis Theological Seminary and
Unity Church of Practical Christianity. Followed at
6
PM: Building a Bigger Table with John Pavlovitz. (same
place and sponsors.)
May 5 (tentative). Saturday,
American Association of University Women. Meet &
greet, 10:15 AM, speaker 10:35 AM.
(Meeting open to all) Poplar-White Station Library, 5094
Poplar (in front of the skyscraper)
May 6, 4 PM. Rutter's Requiem, at St. Mary's Episcopal
Cathedral.
St. Mary's Cathedral choir and
members of Bartlett United Methodist Church choir will present
the REQUIEM in its entirety on Sunday, May 6 at 4pm. Bill Skoog will conduct the
choirs along with an orchestral ensemble and organ
Two good exhibits
at the Memphis Jewish Community Center, May 1-31.
"I am your protector" This powerful storytelling and
photography exhibit will be displayed to share diverse stories
of people who have been a “protector” of someone who is
different than them.
"Barrier
Free" Barrier Free is a socially-engaged art
installation created by Memphis-based artist Yancy
Villa-Calvo about the impact of barriers. This large
installation includes three main elements: a physical
barrier with portraits of families and individuals, free
standing life-size mirror and cut-out silhouettes of
families surrounding the wall, and an actual fence in
which people can express a wish, a frustration, a
solution, a thought or a prayer.
May 6. 7 PM. Beth Sholom Synagogue Concert and dessert, Steve
Katz and Graham Warr. "From Beethoven to Bacharach".
$10. . reservations 601-683-3591 or
cheryl(at)bsholom.org
May 7, 7:30 PM, Belvedere Concert Preview, Beethoven
Club, 263 S. McLean. Free
Program https://mailchi.mp/49364f0e9c26/belvedere-festival-preview-concert-monday-may-7-730-pm?e=c6777cf3dc
May 8, Second Tuesday, meeting of MICAH (Memphis
Interfaith Coalition for Hope and Action.)
Structurally, this is a grouping of
representatives of about 50 local religious-and-other
organizations seeking common projects to work on - they are
presently surveying members to help choose projects, the
choice to be made about June 24. (1) Is your organization
involved? (2) Everyone is welcome at meetings, even if
not in a member organization. (Voting is by organization
representatives.) Location varies, and is announced
at https://www.facebook.com/MICAH901/
May 10, 10 AM. Temple Israel. Prime
Timers coffee and conversation. Special guest Liz
Marlow will discuss: Chaim Rumkowski, Chief Elder of the
Łódź, Poland Ghetto, 1940-1944.
May 10. Major Memphis In May event at the
Orpheum. For many other events see http://www.memphisinmay.org/
May 10, May 12, start of summer events
program in Germantown. See https://www.germantown-tn.gov/home/showdocument?id=2378
May 11. Concert, Indian Cultural Center and Temple.
Flute and Vocal. Tickets https://icctmemphis.org/e-services/payment-links/pay-now/?id=188
May 12, Saturday. Workshop, Masjid Ar-Rahman.
Gain the Healing Benefits of Fasting. Free.
2-3 PM (presented by a registered dietician.)
May 13. Concert, Indian Cultural Center
and Temple. Carnatic music. Tickets https://icctmemphis.org/e-services/payment-links/pay-now/?id=188
May 13, Sunday, 10 AM
Indian Cultural Center and Temple. Special
prayers to Shiva. Shiva Sahasra Kalasa Abhishekam
is an exceptionally (visually)
colorful ceremony well worth seeing. Visitors
welcome, dress conservatively. Directions on the
address page. Click Addresses
May
14 - Temple Israel Brotherhood golf tournament (fund
raiser). details adevans22@gmail.com.
May 14, Lynching Sites of Memphis Project (2nd and 4th
Mondays) 5:00pm - 7:00pm at First Baptist Church (East
Parkway) All are welcome! There are some excellent
essays online at
https://mailchi.mp/a003f3f0d570/reflections-from-ejis-museum-and-memorial-grand-opening?e=d430cebda2
and a New York Times piece at
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/magazine/a-lynchings-long-shadow.html?emc=edit_th_180429&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=426960110429
May 15, third Tuesday, Pax Christi,
the Roman Catholic Peace group (all are welcome!) meets at the Quaker meeting
house, Walnut Grove at Prescott. Potluck supper
6:30, speaker at 7. Msgr Kirk will be discussing
the consequences of Pax Christi joining MICAH.
May 15 - Check the Concerts List Page! Click on
Concert
Listing
May 16. Memphis Islamic Center. 9 PM Ramadan starts in a few days, with a lot
of additional programs at the mosques for the next
month. For anyone who would like to look in for a
sample,
Join us Wednesday evening
for a study of Surah Yusuf hosted
by Br. Safi Khan, where students will extract
lessons from its meaning, commentary, and context.
We look forward to seeing everyone on Wednesday at 9 pm for
our first session inshaAllah.
May 16-24 Indian Cultural Center and
Temple. 6 - 8 PM. Discourses by Sri Swami Abhishek
Chaitanya Giri Maharaj
(Lectures on Vedanta) Free,
all are welcome.
May 18, Jewish Holiday of Shavuot, also known as
Pentecost. "The feast of
weeks", seven weeks of seven days after Passover - hence
50 days, hence identical in origin with the Christian
holiday of Pentecost, 50 days after Easter, when the
disciples returnedt o Jerusalem for Shavuot.
Temple Israel will have a noted
singer, Dan Nichols, leading services Friday at 8:15 PM
and Saturday 5-7 PM. Other synagogues will have other
events -Of course Chabad will have its traditional
spectacular party. And of courses some churches
have special Pentecost events.
May 20, 10 AM. Shavuot Service at Chabad. Ceremonial
reading of the ten commandments (in Hebrew) followed at
11 AM by an Ice Cream Party and lunch with Blintzes,
Cheesecake, etc. (Dairy dishes are
traditional for Jewish Pentecost celebrations. Y'all
come!)
Foreign Languges wanted - St Mary's Episcopal
Cathedral.
Pentecost Voices Needed
May 20, 8 & 11 am
If you speak another language we would like
to have you be part of a group of voices to read the Acts passage
for Pentecost Sunday on
May 20. Both services
need readers! If you can contribute, email
epratt@stmarysmemphis.org
May 20, 4 PM Texas Boy Choir at St. Mary's
Episcopal Cathedral.
May 20, 4 PM "Peace Like a River". A massive
Presbyterian Choir will perform at Rhodes College/Bryan
Life Center.
Followed by a reception and then
a massive FOOD PACKING planning to
pack 10,000 meals (I'm not sure, but suspect this is similar
to the annual programs at the Muslim Pleasant View
School.) It would help a great deal if they have an
estimate of how many will come - leave a message at a
participating Presbyterian Church, e.g. Balmoral P.C.-USA
901.767.7510
Sunday, May 20, 2018 5:00pm - Brief
prayer service at the Ell Persons site near Summer Ave and Wolf
River, for the 101st anniversary of his lynching. (I
believe people park at the Crossroads Center, Summer and I-40
interchange, and walk or carpool from there.)
May 21, Third Monday, Pax
Christi, the Roman Catholic Peace Group (all are welcome). At
the Friends Meeting House, Walnut Grave at Prescott. Pot luck
supper 6:30, speaker 1t 7.
May 22, MIFA (Metropolitan Interfaith Association) Join us for MIFA’s Founders
Day celebration on May 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
at Church of the Holy Communion’s Cheney Hall located at 4645
Walnut Grove Road. THIS IS A MAJOR INTERFAITH
EVENT AND WELL WORTH THE COST,
$35 Each
Reservations https://www.mifa.org/foundersday
or (901) 529-4569.
The event, entitled MIFA at 50: Celebrating God’s Tapestry, will
pay tribute to MIFA’s interfaith legacy. The keynote speaker will
be The Reverend Ollie V. Rencher. In addition, we’ll
recognize outstanding donors and volunteers. The City of Memphis,
Memphis Islamic Center, St. Peter Catholic Church, Temple Israel,
and Church of the Holy Communion are sponsors of the
event. More details http://Memphisirg.org/MIFA50.pdf
May 26. Memphis Islamic Center Fundraiser - Woodland Hills
May 28, 2nd and
4th Mondays, Lynching Sites Project
LSP Monday meeting at First Baptist Church (200 East Parkway
North) from 5:00 - 7:00pm.
June 1 The Art of Dinner Cooking Class: Spanish
Tapas $65, to support Church Health Center
Nutrition program.
Friday, June 1, 2018 | 6-9 p.m. Church
Health Nutrition Hub 1350 Concourse
Ave. | Memphis, TN | 38104
June 2, Saturday. 11:30 Am. Annual luncheon of the
League of Women Voters. Open to the public, $25
luncheon. These people have excellent speakers and often local
politicians pay attention to them. Well worth going to meet
them. RSVP to lwvmemphisshelby@gmail.com. Luncheon will
be at Seasons52
June 2. Saturday Feast of St. Columba. (Fundraiser, camp and
retreat center "in the woods")The Feast of St.
Columba
Save the date! The
annual Feast of St. Columba will be
June 2 at 6PM. Tickets
are $75 each, purchase at
https://www.saintcolumbamemphis.org.
Don't miss this evening of fellowship, fun and food!
June 3. St John's Episcopal Church has announced as a
sermon title "Are Muslims Saved?". I do hope a few of
my Muslim friends will turn up to hear what is said or talk with
people afterwards.
3245 Central. The main service is at 10:45 AM.
For anyone interested, there will be a 9 AM presentation by the
Memphis police, "Active Threat Training."
June 3, Sunday, 4PM BealeCanto concert at St. Mary's Episcopal
Cathedral.
June 3, 5 PM Evensong and supper (low country boil, charge) at
Calvary Episcopal Church.
JUNE 3. ANNUAL RAMADAN IFTAR DINNER. One of the main
interfaith events of the year, always full so register
early! Free but you must reserve by the deadline.
With great
pleasure we announce the scheduling of our 12th Annual
Ramadan Memphis Interfaith Dinner. We would be honored if you
and your guests could join us for this event on Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 at 6
PM.
Please be sure to RSVP by Sunday,
May 19th, 2018.
You may register in one of the
follwing ways:
· Call (901)
878-2047 and
leave a voicemail with your name and contact information.
June 5, first Tuesday, 6:30 PM. Catholic
Ministry to Gay and Lesbian Persons (but they have great
speakers, on many issues, and everyone is welcome.) 6;30 PM.
Speaker follows. Marian Hall, under the sanctuary at
Immaculate Conception Cathedral. 1695 Central
Ave. Parking lot is at the rear, around the
block.
June 5, 12, 19. Temple Israel Movie Nights, 7 PM. Free. RSVP
appreciated at
https://timemphis.wufoo.com/forms/x111cfmt1ubdtad/
(Also - kids movies for various ages on June 5, see list at
https://mailchi.mp/timemphis/holy-kvetching-wrj-installation-movie-nights-and-more?e=0b2f5806a0
Tuesday, June 5: Wendy’s Shabbat and Lives
Well Lived
Tuesday, June 12: Keep The
Change
Tuesday, June 19: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
June 6, Wednesday. Lunch and Learn, Temple
Israel. (Bring your lunch, drinks provided). Rabbi
Feival Strauss will speak about Bob Dylan.
June 5-7, Facing History Seminar, Holocaust and Human
Behavior. Intended for teachers, $400.
https://www.facinghistory.org/calendar/s2018tn1-holocaust-and-human-behavior
June 7, 8:00 PM Youth
Interfaith Iftar ("Breaking Bread" after the day-long
Muslim Fast), Memphis Islamic Center. The "regular" guests at
this are the youth of Farmington
Presbyterian Church. Others are
welcome.
June 7, Facing History, start of online course, new way
to teach with "To Kill a Mockingbird".
https://www.facinghistory.org/calendar/oc2018nat4-new-approach-teaching-kill-mockingbird
June 9, Fundraiser ($100, $125 at the door) Civil Rights Museum.
"A night at the Lorraine."
7 PM. Dancing, entertainment, etc. https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/
June 9, Friday, 7:00 AM, 8:30 AM, 9:30 AM, Indian Cultural Center
and Temple. Special prayers to to Lord Sri
Venkateswara. The picture in the e-mail is an unusual
picture of the interior of the main temple building here in
Memphis, suggesting how colorful this ceremony will
be. Look at the picture online at https://icctmemphis.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Shiva_Sahasra_Kalasa.jpg
June 9 deadline to get tickets to go to a June 10 REDBIRDS game
with Memphis Theological Seminary.
https://groupmatics.events/event/memphisseminary
Monday June 11, 2018 2nd and 4th Mondays. Lynching Sites of
Memphis Project
LSP Monday meeting at First Baptist Church (200 East Parkway
North) from 5:00 - 7:00pm.
June 11. Join the Memphis Boychoir & Girlchoir in a
joint performance with the Mobile Singing Children. If you are
interested in joining the Memphis Boychoir & Girlchoir,
contact Brian Campbell, bcampbell@stjohnsmemphis.org.
Rehearsals are Mondays and Wednesdays after school.
June 12. Opening of new exhibit at the Temple Israel Museum.
" Holocaust Survivors: A Pictorial Project"
Opening reception 4:30 - 6 PM Friday June 15.
June 12. Second Tuesday. Monthly meeting of MICAH, check
their Facebook page for details (Memphis Interfaith Coalition
for Action and Hope.)
June 12, 19. Temple Israel
Movie Nights, 7 PM. Free. RSVP appreciated at
https://timemphis.wufoo.com/forms/x111cfmt1ubdtad/
Tuesday, June 5: Wendy’s
Shabbat and Lives
Well Lived
Tuesday, June 12: Keep
The Change
Tuesday, June 19: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr
Story
June 14 (possible) June 15
(probable). Eid El-Fitr, major Muslim holiday. Events at
Agricenter International. Prayers at 9:00 am. Parking (all
day, in-and-out) $10, arrive early as parking will be a slow
process due to the large crowd at 9 am. If you just want to join
the festivities later (e.g. non-Muslim visitors are welcome),
come later. Food, free kids bounce toys,
child-oriented ($5 admission) at 12:30, 3 PM, 5 PM.
June 15, 8:30 AM - Noon, St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral. Feast
of Evelyn Underhill, poet, novelist, pacifist, mystic,
saint.
She was the English language's most widely read writer on
prayer, contemplation, spirituality, worship, and mysticism in
the first half of the 20th century. This morning of June
15 will have two meditations (8:30 & 10 am) and teachings of
her writings with quiet time of reflection, Holy Eucharist at
11:15 am and light lunch following. $8 (or do volunteer work).
June 15, 5 PM, Calvary Episcopal. Special choral
evensong to see the choirs off to a trip to Bristol,
England.
June 15-17.
Juneteenth Urban Music Festival, Robert Church
Park. Juneteenth the holiday commemorates the ending of
slavery in the United States and is tied to the June 19, 1865
announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of
Texas.
https://tri-statedefender.com/plan-ahead-the-juneteenth-urban-music-festival-is-set-for-june-15-17/06/07/
June 17. Play Preview, "King and the 13 Hundred." Billed as an “urban
socio-drama” honoring the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers,
“King and the 13 Hundred” is slated for a presentation at
the Cannon Center for Performing Arts on Sunday night
(June 17). Directed by Ike Griffith, the presentation is
set to begin at 6 p.m. Admission is three canned goods or
one jar of peanut butter. https://tri-statedefender.com/play-preview-king-and-the-13-hundred/06/15/?mc_cid=d32c1dc4b3&mc_eid=fbe7bf3555
June 17. Circle of Faith (a largely African-American
church sharing the building of Balmoral Presbyterian Church.)
The Rev. Stanley Gates will be retiring in June. On
Sunday June 17, 2018, Pastor Gates will be giving his last
sermon at Circle of Faith at the 8:00am service. On
Friday, June 29 at 7:00pm, there will be a special Service for
Pastor Ashley Davis, the incoming pastor of Circle of Faith,
and the service will include special accolades for Stanley
Gates. The installation for Pastor Ashley Davis will be at
10:00am on Saturday, June 30th.
June 18. Lynching Sites of Memphis project invites
people to the Funeral Service for Mr. Charlie Morris (1921 -
2018) at Golden Gate Cathedral, located at 3240 James Rd.
Memphis, TN 38128. Visitation will be from 9am - 11am, and the
funeral service will begin at 11am. (Mr Morris was the
half-brother of a man lynched in 1939.)
June 19, Tuesday, 10 AM Juneteenth.
Historical Marker Unveiling Honoring US Color Troop and
Civilians that died during the Fort Pillow Massacre of 1864 at
10am at the Memphis National Cemetery. This ceremony
will give honor to the African American soldiers and civilians
that died in order to help end slavery. June 19, 1865 is
the date that the last group of slaves in Galveston, Texas
found out that they were freed. Buried in
Memphis National Cemetery are the remains of 248 mostly
unknown Union officers and soldiers—including 109 graves
representing the U.S. Colored Troops—who fell at nearby Fort
Pillow. In the spring of 1864, the Union outpost, located on a
bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, included some 600
soldiers and an unknown number of civilians.
June 19, Third Tuesday. Pax
Christi, the Roman Catholic Peace group (all are welcome!) meets at the Quaker
meeting house, Walnut Grove at Prescott. Potluck
supper 6:30, speaker at 7. The speaker this week, on
problems of immigrants in Memphis, is my good
friend Daniel Connolly. He is a reporter for the
Commercial Appeal but who has also written an
excellent book about the life of an Hispanic school
student in Memphis. (The Book of Isaias: A Child of
Hispanic Immigrants Seeks His Own America -
highly recommended).
June 20-23 Concerts at
Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Belvedere Chamber
Music Festival, Free.
1720 Peabody. http://www.belvederefestival.org/
June 19. Temple Israel Movie
Nights, 7 PM. Free. RSVP appreciated at
https://timemphis.wufoo.com/forms/x111cfmt1ubdtad/
Tuesday, June 5: Wendy’s Shabbat and Lives Well Lived
Tuesday, June 12: Keep The Change
Tuesday, June 19: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr
Story
June 20 -23 Belvedere
Chamber Music Festival, Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal, 1720
Peabody.
free concerts each evening at 7:30 and Thursday and Friday
afternoons at 3:30
http://www.belvederefestival.org/
June 20-24. Indian Cultural Center and Temple, 24th
Anniversary Celebration. https://icctmemphis.org/events/
June 24, Sunday 3 PM. The major issues conference of
MICAH, deciding what issues it will concentrate on.
at Lindenwood Christian Church. This is an extremely
important meeting, as MICAH has the possibility of being a
major force in the city. Each organization has been allowed to
put up to three issues on the ballot, and (if I understand
correctly) each organization will receive up to forty votes
depending on how many people show up and sign as members of
that organization.
June 24-July 1 Hattiloo Theatre is running "Raisin", the
Musical version of "Raisin in the Sun". Review at
https://tri-statedefender.com/catch-hatiloos-production-of-raisin-before-it-ends-july-1/06/17/
Monday June 25, 2018 2nd and 4th Mondays. Lynching Sites of
Memphis Project
LSP Monday meeting at First Baptist Church (200 East Parkway
North) from 5:00 - 7:00pm.
June 26. 7 PM The Mystic: Discussion at Crosstown. Crosstown
concourse, Church Health Center Community Room.
A monthly gathering to find connection through music, story,
and dialogue. All are welcome. Stop by. Bring a friend. Hosted
by Rabbi Micah Greenstein, Dr. John Kilzer, Chris Miner, Dr.
Scott Morris, and Kirk Whalum. The Mystic is held on the
last Tuesday of each month.
June 28, The Volunteer Memphis Awards is celebrating and
recognizing the city’s volunteers as a way to say "thank you."
The reception will be held on June 28 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00
p.m. at the FedEx Event Center at Shelby Farms.
June 29. Chabad Memphis periodically hosts a traditional
Jewish Sabbath Dinner. RSVP by June 27. It's a very nice
evening program. Afternoon prayers (in Hebrew) at 6:40,
evening service (Hebrew) 7 PM, dinner 7:30 PM. $25 person, $50
family.
https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3570846
June 29-30 Circle of Faith, the Black church meeting at
Balmoral Presbyterian, has a change of minister. Rev Stanley
Gates is retiring, Rev Ashley Davis is incoming.
Services 7 PM June 29 (emphasis on Rev Gates) and 10 Am June
30 (emphasis on Rev Davis).
June 30 Saturday 10:30 AM. St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral.
Ordination of Miranda Griffin Culley as Deacon. Reception to
follow. Wearing red is encouraged.
June 30 10 am - noon, "Families Belong Together" Rally,
Gaisman Park (Macon Rd west between Graham and Perkins).
https://www.facebook.com/events/2145523479003698/
I know that the national Action Committee of Reform Judaism
has called for nation-wide demonstrations on this day, I don't
know what other organizations are sponsoring these. See
also the National Civil Rights Museum blog at
https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/news/posts/how-are-the-children
July 1 to July 7, Indian Cultural Center and Temple. Special
prayers and lectures (in Hindi.) Some details at
https://icctmemphis.org/event/srimad-bhagwat-katha/
July 2, 11 AM. Naturalization Ceremony at the Benjamin Hooks
Library, 3030 Poplar. If you've never witnessed a
Naturalization Ceremony you really need to. It'll touch your
heart. If you want a parking place
you might consider arriving early. The
ceremony starts at 11am and is over around 12:30pm.
Afterwards, the League of Women Voters has a few tables to
register naturalized citizens. If you'd like to help with
that, contact Peg Watkins, lwvmemphisshelby@gmail.com
July 6. Friday 6-9 PM Church Health Center Cooking Class
(fundraiser) Happy Birthday, America: The July Art of Dinner
celebrates Independence Cooking! Church Health
Nutrition Hub $65
https://churchhealth.org/event/the-art-of-dinner-interactive-cooking-class/
July 8, 7:30, Levitt Shell, Free Music Concert, Israeli band
"Yemen Blues",
July 9, 2nd and 4th
Mondays. Lynching Sites of Memphis Project
LSP Monday meeting at First Baptist Church (200 East Parkway
North) from 5:00 - 7:00pm.
Bridge
Lessons (beginners) Jewish Community Center Weds July 11 -
Six Wednesdays, 1-3 PM, $80
Thurs. July 12 - Sun. July 15, 2018
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Social Justice Weekend at
the Eddie Lee Smith Multi-Purpose Building in Holly
Springs Mississippi. This event is sponsored by the Ida B.
Wells-Barnett Museum, the city of Holly Springs, and Rust
College and admission is free. Michelle Duster, the
great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells will be present.
235 N Memphis St., Holly Springs.
more info idabwellsmuseum@gmail.com.
July 15, 10 AM. A World Cup watching party with
light refreshments at the Memphis Islamic Center. I doubt
that you'll find a mmore "international" group for this
actuivitty anywhere in the city!
July 15 11:30 AM (after Sunday Service)
Calvary Episcopal. A report on the doings
of the just-concluding General Convention of the
Episcopal Church (a once every three years annual
major meeting).
5 PM also at Calvary,
a special choral evensong to see the choir off on a choral
residency at Bristol Cathedral, England.
I can't help but note
that one of the SUnday School classes at Calvary
this summer (through Auguist 5, drop in any Sunday about
11:30) is discussing Short Stories by Jesus: The
Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi. by
Amy-Jill Levine, is the (Jewish) professor of New
Testament at Vanderbilt and has been extremely popular
whenever she has spoken in Memphis. A few of her talks are
on Youtube.
Speaking of major church conventions, there is a
summary report on the recent Presbyterian Church USA
convention in the Balmoral Presbyterian Church Newslatter
online at http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102752268720&ca=2739c60a-3bed-4773-b3f1-96c2f4b5a619
July 16, Beethoven Club Concert, 5 PM https://mailchi.mp/993046226cde/beethoven-club-july-2018-events?e=053a4e2a7d
July 17. Starks Institute for Faith, Race, and Social
Justice (Memphis Theological Seminary Program)
1:45 am - 1 pm. Free, open to everyone. First of a
series of discussion on these issues and how they affect
attendees.
Light refreshments served.
July 17, third Tuesday, Pax Christi (Roman Catholic
sponsored peace group, all welcome) meets at the
Quaker Meeting House, Walnut Grove at Prescott, potluck
supper 6:30 PM (no need to bring anything if it is your
first time there), speaker at 7 PM (discussion of
Hiroshima/Nagasaki and nuclear war.)
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July 17 - 18 Initial
MICAH TASK FORCE MEETINGS
I hope that as many people as possible will get to one
of these. These are the most serious effort in some
years for interfaith activism to have a real impact in
Memphis!
MICAH events can always be
found at micah901.eventbrite.com and
on their
website, micahmemphis.org.
Economic Equity Task
Force Meeting
Tuesday,
July 17th at 6:30pm
Shady Grove Presbyterian Church, 5530 Shady Grove Rd.
RSVP by clicking here
Education Task Force
Meeting
Tuesday,
July 17th at 7pm
MCUTS, 2181 Union Avenue (inside Union
Avenue Baptist Church)
RSVP by clicking here
Immigration &
Intercultural Equity Task Force Meeting
Wednesday,
July 18th at 6pm
Neshoba Unitarian Universalist
Church, 7350 Raleigh Lagrange Rd., Cordova
RSVP by clicking here
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July 17 or 18, whichever doesn't conflict with your MICAH
group -
Elaine Blanchard will be
performing "Good People" on Tuesday evening, July 17 at 7:00pm at
St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral and on Wednesday afternoon, July 18, at 1:30 at
Theatre Memphis. Laurence Albert,
bass-baritone, sings 6 pieces in the show. Anna Neal
will accompany him on piano. "Good People" is based on
Ms. Blanchard's childhood introduction to racism,
violence and injustice. Suggested donation: $5 min.
July 18. Crosstown Reception and
Movie. 6:00 pm: Reception 7:00 pm: Movie
Enjoy a pre-movie reception at Temple Israel Crosstown, and
then the 2018 Academy Award® winning film, Heaven is a
Traffic Jam on the 405, will be shown at Crosstown Arts. No
cost to attend. RSVP below by Monday, July 16. Limited to
the first 50 people who sign up.
http://heavenisatrafficjamonthe405.com/
RSVPhttps://timemphis.shulcloud.com/form/Heaven-is-a-Traffic-Jam-on-the-405-July-18-2018?utm_source=Temple+Israel+News&utm_campaign=0f84bb598b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_7_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70ba279f7f-0f84bb598b-92698110
July 19. Thursday. Just one mention
of this group, unless people want to hear it more often,.
The "Dudes of St Mary's" will meet on
Thursday, July 19th @ 7:30am, at The Cupboard (on Union),
and the discussion will be the James Joyce chapter of the
book God: Stories. His piece is entitled "Grace."
July 19 and just to further illustrate the
variety of things Memphis has, a class for women on
"Parenting from a Muslim Perspective", Memphis Islamic
Center, 7 - 8 PM
Sunday July 22, 2018
125th Anniversary of the lynching of Lee Walker north of
downtown Memphis
7 PM 463 N Front Street - unveiling of historical marker.
Details and history at https://lynchingsitesmem.org/event/125th-anniversary-lynching-lee-walker
July 22, 10 AM. Special prayers at the Indian Cultural
Center and Temple. (Vishnu)
"Sudarsana Homam"
"Maha Sudarsanam is the divine weapon of
Lord Vishnu. Performance of Sudarsana Homam confers
health, wealth and prosperity on the seeker. Performing
Sudarsana Homam keeps all negativity at a distance and
brings in divine and auspicious energies. Couples desiring
children will be blessed with children by performing
Sudarsana Homam. Jobless persons will get jobs by simply
performing this Homam. Devotees seeking good health will
be blessed with good health, those seeking wealth will be
blessed with wealth. Performing Sudarsana Homam helps in
the removal of astrological flaws and annihilates all evil
forces. Suffering caused by incurable diseases, sorcery or
enemies are dispelled by Lord Sudarsana. All kind of
problems will be eradicated by performing this powerful
and effective Homam."
July 22. Tisha B'Av is a minor Jewish Holiday, a
day of m,ourning for the destruction of teh Temple in
ancient times.
Temple Israel at 7 PM Temple will commemorate Tisha B'Av
with a special showing of the film, The Last Suit. In this
bittersweet movie, an aging Jewish tailor leaves Argentina
to embark on a journey to find the man who saved him from
certain death at Auschwitz.
Film trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DLFthdpizk
RSVP https://timemphis.shulcloud.com/form/Tisha-B'Av-Special-Showing-of-The-Last-Suit-July-22-2018-7:00-pm?utm_source=Temple+Israel+News&utm_campaign=a30e6670f9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_07_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70ba279f7f-a30e6670f9-370111449&utm_source=Temple+Israel+News&utm_campaign=0f84bb598b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_7_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70ba279f7f-0f84bb598b-92698110
July
23 6 PM Beethoven Club Concert.https://mailchi.mp/993046226cde/beethoven-club-july-2018-events?e=053a4e2a7d
July 23. 5-7 PM Lynching Sites of Memphis
Project, meeting at First Baptist Church (200 E
parkway North).
July 10 -- June 19 - August 7, Tuesdays, 6:30 PM. Baron
Hirsch Congregation - Video series with Rabbi Meir
Soloveitchik, "Jewish Ideas and American Founders." $20
for the series.
July 22 and alternate Sundays, 8:30 PM, Memphis Islamic
Center. "Sacred Scrolls".
"A BRAND NEW series for college students and
young professionals: Sacred Scrolls this semester will
look to dive into the Ihya Uloom-Uddeen, one of the most
famous works of Imam Ghazali.
This Sunday Ust. Safi Khan will
look to read through the preface and the authors note and
talk about a few virtues of pursuing knowledge in
Islam. This is open to anyone 18 and above,
food will be provided"
July 24-25 Annual Visit of Israel Scouts to
Memphis. (Israeli song and dance)
july 24 2 PM Performance at Pink
Palace, 6:30 PM Memphis Jewish Community Center
July 25 12:30 PM Crosstown
Concourse, 7 PM Christ United Methodist Church (Poplar near
Perkins)
July 26-28. St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral is
organizing a pilgrimage to the Equal Justice
Initiative Peace and Justice Museum and Memorial in Montgomery,
Alabama. Please contact Justin Merrick:
jgmerrick@stmarysmemphis.org or Laura Gettys
lgettys@stmarysmemphis.org for more details and to get on
the list! MORE DETAILS AT 2018_7_26_Pilgrimage.pdf
July 26, 10 AM. Senior Coffee and Conversation at
Temple Israel. (This time,
discussing "Love" in the context of the Jewish fast day
Tisha B'Av)
July 26. Church Health Center has a variety of
valuable short courses. One example:
Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to teach adults
who regularly interact with young people how to help an
adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health
or addiction challenge or is in crisis. Church Health
Behavioral Health is offering this 8-hour course on
Thursday, July 26, 2018, at Church Health. There is no
charge, but you must register as space is limited. Register
online at http://ChurchHealth.org/Event/YouthMHFAJuly.
For questions, contact MHFA@churchhealth.org.
July 26 - August 6. National Civil Rights Museum - "I am
a Child" exhibit, Human Rights Exhibit on Immigrant
Family Separation
(included with cost of museum admission) Th exhibit is
intended to shine a light on the inhumane practice of
separating immigrant children from their parents at the
U.S.-Mexican border. The brainchild of creative director
Paola Mendoza and photographer Kisha Bari, the display of
over 30 black-and-white images of protesting children ages
3-10 peering into a camera lens evokes a visceral reaction
to their sheer innocence and is a direct appeal to society’s
humanity.
https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/i-am-a-child
July 27, 6-8:30 PM (Trolly Night on Main St.) Art Exhibit
opening, "Generations of Faith", Disciple Gallery, 200
South Main
Poster at 2018_07_27Faith.jpg.
I gather that one of the photographs is this
remarkable photograph of Rev Steve Stone and Dr Bashar
Shala. When Rev Stone was miniter at Heartson =ng Church and
Dr Shala was president of the Memphis Islamic Center, the
founded and became co-leaders of the Memphis Friendship
Foundation, which is fundraising to build a world-class park
between those two houses of worship.
July 27, 6:30 PM Game Night at Unity Church of Practical
Christianity.
http://www.unitychurchofpracticalchristianity.org/events--activities/julys-game-night
July 27, 6 and 6:30 PM, special prayers at Indian
Cultural Center and Temple. "Guru Purnima is a
spiritual tradition dedicated to spiritual teachers, who are
evolved or enlightened humans, ready to share their wisdom,
with very little or no monetary expectation, based on Karma
Yoga. This festival is observed to revere one’s chosen
spiritual teachers / leaders and express their gratitude.
2018 marks the centenary year of Sri Saibaba taking Maha
Samadhi."
July 27 CHABAD - traditional orthodox Jewish Sabbath
Dinner. Charge, Reserve by July 25.
Info and RSVP at https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3570846
July 28. Saturday, 7 PM. Family night at Masjid
Al-Noor (near U of M Campus, 3529 Mynders (just
off Highland). Dinner, chance to visit a mosque and meet
people. The talk will involve details about the Hajj
(pilgrimage to Mecca). All welcome. (For those who
have not done this - the mosques in Memphis are just as
friendly as the Methodists or Presbyterians but make less
effort to convert you opr "join our church." By all
means, visit if you have not.)
July 31 6 PM Prayers at Indian Cultural Center and
Temple. Sankata Hara Chaturthi - Ganesha Abhishekam.
(Ganesh, the elephant-headed "god," is often regarded as
imprtant to bringing finacial success).
August 2, 6 PM Unintended Consequences:
The Death Penalty's Impact on Corrections Staff.
Join Evergreen Presbyterian Church (1567 Overton Park
Ave, Memphis, TN 38112) at 6:00pm for a town hall style
event featuring Frank Thompson. Mr. Thompson served as
the Superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary
(1994-1998) and oversaw the state's only executions in the
modern era of the death penalty.
August 2 - Sept 13, Thursday nights, Course in Dealing
with People with Dementia. Methodist Le Bonheur
Healthcare
600 Jefferson, 1st Floor, Conference Room 2, 8/2/18 –
9/13/18 (Thursday nights).6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Call 516-8637 to register by telephone. This may be of
interest especially to religious groups that might want to
start their own programs or train one of their staff.
August 3. 6 - 9 PM Church Health Center Fundraiser,
$65. The
Art of Dinner , a very fancy "interactive
cooking class", dinner, and delightful evening.
August 4, Saturday. The Calvary Episcopal Church book
club is going on a field trip! On Saturday, August 4,
all are invited to meet at Grecian Gourmet Taverna on South
Main at noon for lunch and a discussion about A Spy in
Canaan. The author, Marc Perrusquia, will be present
to discuss his book. After lunch and the book discussion,
the group will visit the Withers Collection Museum and
Gallery on Beale St. A bit more info online at
https://mailchi.mp/calvarymemphis/060717-181549?e=2f75c3ec8d
(The book is about FBI infiltration of the Civil Rights
Movement).
August 5. ASBEE (synagogue) breakfast with Penny
Hardaway. Men's
Club sponsors this, Free, open to all (men and
women) but must RSVP
Prayers (Hebrew) 8 am, breakfast 8:45, Penny speaks
at 9:30. RSVP 682-1611 or
http://www.asbee.org
August 5, 10 and 11 - Pema
Karpo Meditation Center. Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche
will be back in Memphis for a short visit and everyone is
invited to welcome him at the airport. (United Express,
August 5, 9:56 AM). He'll be leading the regular
services Friday evening and Sunday morning while in
Memphis.
August 6 - AN INTERFAITH EVENING AT RHODES
COLLEGE. "The Fight For Racial Equality Through Interfaith
Traditions".
6:30 - 8:30 PM, Panel discussion, Hardie Auditorium,
Palmer Hall. (The gate man at University Ave north of North
Parkway will give directions if needed.) Poster at 2018_8_06.jp
August 6 and 9 - Anniversaries of the atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only time nucear
explosions have actually been used in warfare. (That's
phrased carefully, given pecetime explosions and the use of
depleted uranium in ammunition.) SOme people
commemorate these occasions with black armbands, display of
sunflowers, or the folding or displaying of paper-folded
cranes.
August 9, 7 PM, Holy Communion Episcopal (Walnut Grove
between Perkins). Book signing and Program
Cindy McMillion spent weeks recording the histories of women
recovering from addiction and prostitution in the Lisieux
Community in Memphis. She has written their poignant stories
in a book she illustrated with her own photography. The book
will be for sale as part of a program at Holy Communion. It
will include comments from Memphis Police Department, the
District Attorney's Office, and Sandy and Hester.
The book is $16. All proceeds will go to the Lisieux
Community, which includes a residential living facility.
August 5, 10 and 11 - Pema Karpo Meditation
Center. Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche will be back in
Memphis for a short visit and everyone is invited to welcome
him at the airport. (United Express, August 5, 9:56
AM). He'll be leading the regular services Friday
evening and Sunday morning while in Memphis.
August 11, 9:30 AM-4PM. Unity
Church of Practical Christianity, Workshop with
Peter Woodbury. Regression Therapy, Edgar Cayce, etc. $65 in
advance, $75 at door. Poster at
http://www.unitychurchofpracticalchristianity.org/events--activities/peter-woodbury-coming-to-ucpc
August
12, 2 PM Movie at Mississippi Blvd. Christian
Church. (FACING HISTORY EVENT)
All are invited to a special
screening of “Whose History?” an episode of the
docu-series America Divided on
Sunday, Aug. 12, from 2 to 4 p.m. at
Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, 70 N. Bellevue,
38104. “Whose History?” featuring
correspondent Jussie Smollett explores how Tennessee and
Memphis, in particular, have faced our legacies of
racism and white supremacy with a focus on the removal
of Confederate monuments and the recognition of
lynchings. The film includes interviews with Memphis
activists and organizations working to create a more
just and equitable city. Calvary’s new marker project
and Calvary parishioner Tim Huebner are part of this
film. The screening is free, but RSVP is required at facinghistory.org/america-divided-whose-history.
August 12, Sunday, following the 10:30 AM
Service, St. John's Episcopal Picnic - Parish Family
Picnic and Ministry Fair- plans for the Fall.
BBQ. Ice cream, and more. $7 person, $35 family
August 12, 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM. Rummage Sale at the
Episcopal Bookshop, 700 Poplar. Big Discounts.
August 13 9 AM And 7 PM. Indian Cultural Center and
Temple
Andal Jayanti, is the
celebration of Bhudevi's birthday and is dedicated to
Andal or Bhudevi (Godadevi), who is believed to be an
incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi. This day is also known
as Aadi Pooram. Aadi Pooram is celebrated with great
enthusiasm and fervor during the Tamil month of ‘Aadi’.
The day is also observed as the day of Goddess Shakti.
It is believed that the Goddess comes to the Earth on
this auspicious day, to bless the devotees. She is one
of the twelve Alwars elevated as a Goddess after uniting
with Lord Vishnu. She is renowned for her steadfast
devotion for Sri Ranganatha (Lord Vishnu). Thiruppavai
and the Nachiyar Thirumozhi are two of Her literary
compositions praising Lord Vishnu.
August 13 (2nd and 4th Mondays 5-7 PM. Lynching Sites of
Memphis Project.
LSP Monday meeting at First Baptist Church
(200 East Parkway North) from 5:00 - 7:00pm.
Monday August 13, 2018 5 PM Lynching Sites Project.
LSP Monday meeting at First Baptist Church (200 East
Parkway North) from 5:00 - 7:00pm.
Excellent speakers and programs.
August 14, monthly Meeting of MICAH, all welcome.
This month at St. James AME Church, 600
N. 4th St.
Always Second
Monday of the month at 7-8:30 PM. Location rotates.
There will be a major public meetinmg, to try to influence
policy, on October 21, the job now is planning for that,
and recruiting support. The hope is to have over 1500
attending in October. A major interfaith effort.
August 14, 6 PM Starks Institute for Faith, Race,
and Social Justice (Memphis Theological Seminary
Program)
Free, open to everyone. Second of a series of discussion
on these issues and how they affect attendees.
August 15, 5:45 Wednesday, Dinner and Music, Church of
the Holy Communion (Walnut Grove between Perkins).
followed at 6:30 by the writers group meeting. (change in
writers group meeting) The writers
group topic is "obituary" - real or fictitious. If you
want to read one, contact jroberts@holycommunion.org.
Listeners are also welcome.
August 16, 6-7:30 PM Church Health Center,
Jewish Cooking (start of a series, intended
apparently for mainly young adults age 21+) $15
https://churchhealth.org/event/jewishcookingaug2018/?bblinkid=106176706&bbemailid=9011425&bbejrid=688774321
August 17-18 Civil Rights Museum. "Drop the Mic".
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Museum-August-September-Events.html?soid=1110009660710&aid=QItu1RCLktI
August 17, 5:30. St Mary's Cathedral. Picnic. Attention
Parents: Got a closet full of games? Twister, Croquet,
Horseshoes, Volleyball, and more? Dust off the games,
bring a dish, and meet us at the Rainbow Lake Playground
area of Overton Park on Friday, August 17, at 5:30pm.
We'll start with a very brief prayer service, share our
food, and have time for children to play and parents to
fellowship (and play as well.) All parents with children
of all ages welcome!
August 19, 8:30 AM - 1 PM, Bloodmobile at Temple
Israel.
August 19, 4 PM Brian Campbell to Play at American
Guild of Organists Recital (note from St John's
Episcopal)
The Memphis Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Presents its Summer Recital Series on Sunday, August 19th
@ 4pm at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. A Reception will
follow in The Columns-next door to the church.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church at the St. George’s School
Memphis campus:
3745 Kimball Avenue-between Prescott Rd and Getwell Rd.
August 21, Eid El-Adha, one of the two most important
Muslim Holidays. "The feast of the
Sacrifice" commemorates the willingness of Abraham to
sacrifice his son. (In the Quran this is Ishmael; in the
Bible it is Isaac.) Since the turnout is too large
to fit in most of teh memphis Mosques, it is celebrated by
a unified giant service at the Cook Convention Center, at
9:30 AM Tuesday August 21. The principal speaker
will be Dr. Bashar Shala. There will be a picnic August
25, below. (For those wanting to wish friends a good
holiday, the proper greeting is "Eid Mubarak", "blessings
of the feast".)
August 22, 6PM, Grace-St.Lukes Episcopal,
Installation of Rector Reverend Ollie Rencher. Bishop
Johnson presiding.
August 23-26. baron Hirsch Synagogue will have as
a guest Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Chief Rabbi of the British
Commonwealth.
Dinner August 23 (reservations, charge); talks at services
August 25, 9 AM and 6 PM (open no reservations needed).
Sunday he will be at Anshei Sfard-Beth el Emeth, 8 AM
Service, 8:45 am breakfast . talk at about 9:30 AM, Meet
and Greet with pastries at 10:30 AM. No charge but please
RSVP for breakfast, 682-1611.
August 22-26. The Indian Cultural Center and Temple will be observing a special prayer cycle with
prayers and recitations continuously, 24 hours a day.
Training sessions for those willing to help recite are
every Saturday until then, noon to 1 PM. Some further
information at "Ashtadasa
Shakthi Peeta Sahitha Sri LALITHA Maha Yagnam"
August 23, 7 PM, Civil Rights Museum, "Preserving
Your Treasures"
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Museum-August-September-Events.html?soid=1110009660710&aid=QItu1RCLktI
August 24, 6 PM. Game night at Unity Church of
Practical Christianity.
August 24, 6:30 PM. Indian Cultural Center and
Temple.
Suvasini Puja is traditionally conducted
at India Cultural Center and Temple during major
events like Kumbhabhishekam and Devi Yagnam’s. This
year it will be conducted on Friday, Aug 24, 2018 @
6.30 pm, during the Astadasa Shakthi Peeta Sahitha Sri
Lalitha maha yagnam in a grand manner. Friday, August
24th is also very auspicious as its the Friday in
Shravana masam when Varalakshmi puja and Vratam is
performed.
It is
believed that the Goddesses Durga, Lakshmi and
Sarawati shower their blessings on those who worship
them on this day, and help one to achieve what one
needs. Suvasini puja involves worshipping a married
woman, “Sumangali”, considering her as a manifestation
of Goddess Durga. Suvasini Pooja is a powerful ritual
performed to eliminate all sorts of relationship
problems.
August 25, Picnic at the Memphis Islamic Center, to
celebrate Eid El-Adha (see Aug 21 above). 3-7 PM. All
are welcome, a nice chance to visit informally with
Muslim friends and neighbors.
August 25 Church Health Center. Family Baking.
$10. 9 AM or 11 AM.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-baking-class-aug-25-9am-tickets-48130133525?bblinkid=106176695&bbemailid=9011425&bbejrid=688774321
or
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/family-baking-class-aug-25-at-11am-tickets-48170429050?bblinkid=106176696&bbemailid=9011425&bbejrid=688774321
August 26. Memphis Jewish Newcomers
Brunch. contact ltaube (at) jcpmemphis.org
August 26. Prime Timers of Church of the Holy Communion
have a tour of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, 1:30 PM
(reserve at church office.)
Monday August 27, 2018 5 PM
Lynching Sites Project.
LSP Monday meeting at First Baptist Church (200 East
Parkway North) from 5:00 - 7:00pm.
Excellent speakers and programs.
August 28. Church Health Center annual
Giving campaign.
August 28, 7 PM, The Mystic at Crosstown
Concourse. Crosstown Arts.
Join the Crosstown community for The Mystic, a monthly
gathering to find connection through music, story, and
dialogue. All are welcome. Stop by. Bring a friend. Hosted
by Rabbi Micah Greenstein, Dr. John Kilzer, Chris Miner,
Dr. Scott Morris, and Kirk Whalum. The Mystic is held on
the last Tuesday of each month.
August 28, 7 PM. Women's Dinner at Chabad
(pre-Rosh Hashanah, with lots of attention to recipes, I
gather.) Details at
https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3782387
RSVP by Aug 22
August 29, 2018. Wednesday dinners resume at
Calvary Episcopal. 5:3-7:30 PM, Brats and Beer (and
stuff for kids.)
$7 adults, $3 kids, $20 family
maximum. The August-September newsletter (concerts
and other events) is online at
https://www.speakcdn.com/assets/1981/chronicle_augsept_18_web.pdf
Feb
3 - August 19, Brooks Museum, exhibit of Civil Rights
photographs by Earnest Withers. "Black Resistance"
Usual museum admission charge ($7)
Sept
1,2,3,8,9 COMMUNITY ACTION DAYS - MIFA.
Faith Groups partner with specific projects to meet
community needs. Contact Linda Marks at 901-529-4560 for
planning.
Sept 3 LABOR DAY.
Monday Sept. 3rd we'll
assemble at Clayborn Temple at 10:00 am, and march to
AFSCME 1733's union hall on Beale. The BBQ will
kick-off when we arrive at 11:00 am and run till 2:00
pm.
Your
union should bring banners and signs for the parade,
and all unions are invited to enter in the cook-off to
compete in any or all the categories: chicken (wings),
pork shoulder, and pork ribs.
There
will be hamburgers and hotdogs for everyone and we'll
also have a DJ, bounce-house, water slide and other
fun. This is a day to celebrate Labor and Labor Unions
and admission is free.
Sept 3, Indian Cultural Center and Temple. 8 PM
Prayers. Shravan Somvar - Shiva Abhishekam
Sept 4. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception,
Ministry to Gay and Lesbian Persons.
We look forward to seeing you next week for CMGLP 1st
Tuesday Potluck on 9/4 the day after Labor day.
Our speaker will be Jan Kidder from Memphis Interfaith
Coalition for Action and Hope. Dinner begins at 6:30
in Marian Hall!
(under the sanctuary. Parking is easiest in back of the
cathedral. Always great people and excellent speakers. All
are welcome, no
need to bring food on your first visit.)
Sept 5 10:30 AM "Small but Mighty".
Children's storytelling at the Civil Rights Museum
(Underground railroad stories for ages 2 to 5)
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Museum-August-September-Events.html?soid=1110009660710&aid=QItu1RCLktI
Sept 5 5:30-6:30 PM Campaign Nonviolence.
Hope you can
join us this Wednesday evening, 5:30pm at Jason's Deli on
Highland and Poplar as we finalize the plans for
this year's Campaign Nonviolence Week of Action September
15-23rd!
A listing of
events can be found on our website www.cnvmemphis.org and
the flyers are attached. Please share and help spread the word!
Sept 5. Wednesday suppers have resumed at Calvary Episcopal.
Sept 6 6:30 PM MICAH Economic Equity Task Force meeting. New
Direction Christian Church. address etc. in the MICAH
events listing at
https://www.facebook.com/pg/MICAH901/events/
Sept 7, 14,21,28 6 PM. Civil Rights Museum, MLK Soul Concert
Series
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Museum-August-September-Events.html?soid=1110009660710&aid=QItu1RCLktI
Sept 7 and Nov 30, 9 AM - 12:30 PM, Quiet Retreats at
Pinecrest, the Presbyterian campground an hour or so from
Memphis. Led by Rev. Anne Hagler, well known to many of us.
(Retired Presbyterian Minister, Teacher at Memphis Theological
Seminary, assists at Balmoral Presbyterian. More online in
Balmoral Church Bulletin at http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102752268720&ca=1a71e1b7-551f-42ba-828c-c6ba7e441840
Sept 7, 7 PM Memphis Ukulele Band at
Calvary Episcopal Church (downtown). Suggested donation $10
https://www.speakcdn.com/assets/1981/chronicle_augsept_18_web.pdf
Sept 7. 7 PM. St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral.
Concert - the Yellow Fever Epidemic.
A remarkable piece of Memphis History, highly recommended.
St. Mary's Choir concert: The
Story of Sr. Constance and 1870s Yellow Fever Epidemic Told
in Letters & Music
Reception to follow in
Martyrs' Hall
Recall that St. Mary's has a museum-quality
exhibit on the history of the Memphis Yellow Fever Epidemic.
(related event the next day, a few entries down.)
Sept 7 - 8. Indian Cultural Center and Temple. As part of
the major annual Ganesh celebration with many September events,
there will be workshops to make clay figures of Ganesh Fri,
September 7 (5:00 pm - 7.30 pm) and Sat, September 8 (12:00 pm -
6:00 pm) Kids welcome. These figures are brought back to teh
temple for immersion on Sept 22.
MIFA Community Service days has about 70 events going, I think.
I can only mention a couple of them here:
Sept 8. 9 am to noon: MIFA Community Service Days has
an unusual and very interfaith service opportunity, helping
with clean-up and gardening at the Pema Karpo Meditation Center.
The invitation comes from the Unity Church of Practical
Christianity, a mainstay of hosting interfaith events reaching out
to another group, so let's be supportive! Web site at
http://www.unitychurchofpracticalchristianity.org/outreach--community-service/september-community-service-outreach
3921 Frayser-Raleigh Road. RSVP requested, link at the link
above.
Sept 8. In honor of Sister
Constance and the Martyrs of Memphis, St. Mary's Cathedral,
Collins Chapel, Springdale Baptist Church and Victorian Village
are sponsoring a neighborhood event on Saturday, September 8th
from 11AM-1PM.
8:30am Youth Event. Constance gravesite beautification project at
Elmwood Cemetery led by Justin Merrick
11 am-1 pm Song of the Sisters--Hope & Healing in Morris
Park 747 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN 38105
Fun, food, music, along with community resources for jobs,
education and health will be offered in historic Morris Park,
named for James Craik Morris, Dean of St. Mary's from
1901-1916.
Fun, food, music, along with community resources for jobs,
education and health will be offered in historic Morris Park,
named for James Craik Morris, Dean of St. Mary's from 1901-1916.
Sept 8-9 Germantown Festival.
https://www.germantown-tn.gov/Home/Components/News/News/5496/30
Sept 8-9 Family Weekend, Memphis Islamic Center. flier at 2018-09-08.jpg
Sept 8 - 9 Charity Bicycle ride. Note from the
Temple Israel Brotherhood, but obviously other groups will be
involved:
Saturday, September 8 and Sunday, September 9
The Brotherhood Bicycle Club, made up of both sexes, will be
taking part in the Multiple Sclerosis ride from Southaven to
Tunica and back over the weekend of September 8 & 9. The MS
150 has both 45 and 75 mile routes and will take the riders
through the lovely country roads of Mississippi. For more
information about the ride and training programs, contact Vic
Butcher.
September 9. Start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year
5779, special services at Temple Israel on Sept 9 7:30 PM
and Sept 10 10 AM are open to all. More traditional synagogues
have more services but often restrict seating due to the large
crowds. This is the start of the "ten days of repentance" (e.g.
good deeds count double, as they do during ten days in Ramadan for
Muslims) culminating in Yom Kippur, the Day of Repentance, the
most solemn Jewish fast day, sunset of Sept 18 to sunset of Sept
19.
Sept 9 evening meal at Chabad, $25 ($50 family) RSVP by Sept
5 https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3765525/jewish/Rosh-Hashana-Dinner-5779.htm
Sept 10. Lynching Sites Project of Memphis.
LSP Monday
meeting at First Baptist Church (200 East Parkway North)
from 5:00 - 7:00pm.
Sept 11. 7 PM. MICAH monthly meeting Neshoba
Church, 7350 Raleigh-Lagrange Rd.
Listing of other MICAH groups at https://www.facebook.com/pg/MICAH901/events/
Sept 11. Tuesday 9am-2:30pm there will be a senior expo
and health fair held at Brown Missionary Baptist Church located
at 7200 Swinnea Road in Southaven. There will be health
screenings, flu shots, door prizes, fashion parade, and
information for seniors. Admission is free.
Sept 12-13, sunset to sunset- World Day of Prayer. The
Unity Church of Practical Christianity is observing this
day.
Wednesday Sept 12 at 6:45 PM Livestream of opening music
from Unity Village
7:00pm Livestream of Opening Service from Unity Village
Following the opening ceremony we will begin our observance of 24
hours of silent prayer and meditation.
Sept 13 Indian Cultural Center and Temple. Narasimha Abhishekam, 9 AM
Naturalization ceremonies are interesting to visit.
There is a Naturalization Ceremony
this Thursday Sept. 13 at the Federal Building downtown at
10am. If you can help with voter registration please contact
Sharon Fidler at sasfidler@aol.com or 901-454-1603. You can park
across the street at the Mud Island parking lot. We can always
use volunteers.
Sept 13. Think Tennessee, a discussion of
"Civic Health in Tennessee". Thursday from 6 p.m. until
7:30 p.m. at the Memphis Urban League at 413 North Cleveland
St. Details at
https://tri-statedefender.com/is-tennessees-civic-health-at-risk-lets-talk-about-it/09/12/?mc_cid=6833885c04&mc_eid=fbe7bf3555
Sept 14, 10 AM, 910 Vance Avenue.
MIFA - unveiling of an historical marker commemorating
the founding of MIFA,
Sept 15, 5:40 PM Lecture of
the subject of "repentence", in preparation for the Jewish
holiday of Yom Kippur.
Rabbi Shai Finkelstein, The Role of Shame and Guilt in the
Teshuva Process. Congregation Anshei Sphard - Beth El
Emeth
120 East Yates Rd North
(north of Walnut Grove).
Sept
15-16 50th Anniversary
celebration of Balmoral Presbyterian
Church.
Saturday - open house
lunch 12 -2, Time capsule placement at
12:30
Sunday service at
11, reception following
RSVP (or just
to be on the list to keep informed)
balmoral@balmoralpc.com
Sept 15, 8 AM. 5K run through downtown
Memphis. Benefit for Porter-Leath's
pre-K programs. Start at
Temple of Deliverance C.O.G.I.C. at
369 East G.E. Patterson Avenue.
https://www.porterleath.org/5k-for-prek
Saturday September 15, 2018
B.L.I.N.D. presents Stranger Fruit -
The Official Memphis Screening at
2:00pm.
(Movie about lynching)
This event is free and open to the
public. Michael Brown, Sr is a special
guest speaker, and he will be joined
by the families of Justus Howell and
Alton Sterling for a panel discussion.
This event will be held at Hattiloo
Theater (37 Cooper Street Memphis,
TN) Poster 2018-09-15.jpg
Sept 16. "Book It"
fundraiser at Church of the Holy
Communion. This year it is a
picnic with line dancing etc. rather
than a run. Details at
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1101552278430&ca=8976f346-d8db-45e4-a8fd-c660872e7285
CAMPAIGN NON-VIOLENCE WEEK OF ACTION
starts Sept 17
The
Action News 5 posting at http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2018/09/11/memphis-celebrate-week-nonviolence/
lists the events
Sept 17 6 - 8:30
PM Nonviolent Communication
Training with Gio Lopez
Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave
Suite 451
A Step Ahead Foundation.
Gio has worked at the Mid-South
Peace and Justice Center since June
2010 and became the Training Director
in 2014.
Contact Gio Lopez at (901) 725-4990
for more information.
Sept 17. 6 PM. MICAH Task force on
immigration etc. Evergreen
Presbyterian Church
https://www.facebook.com/pg/MICAH901/events/
Sept 18, third Tuesday, Pax
Christi, the Roman Catholic Peace
Group, will not have its usual
meeting and instead urges everyone to
attend the event below at the National
Civil Rights Museum. Pax Christi will
be back at the usual time and place
(Quaker Meeting House, 6:30 PM) the
third Tuesday in October.
Sept 18. 6 PM Tuesday. Restorative
Justice Practices and Conflict
Resolution in the Classroom
National Civil Rights Museum 450
Mulberry St, Memphis, TN
Sept 19, 6-8 PM, Film
at Civil Rights Museum, The Rape of
Nancy Taylor.
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Museum-August-September-Events.html?soid=1110009660710&aid=QItu1RCLktI
Sept 19, 7 PM (arrive 6:30) Malco
Paradiso, Film, Pope Francis, A Man
of his Word. $10
includes small popcorn and
drink. Sponsors include Campaign
Nonviolence Memphis and St Peters
Church.
Tickets need to be purchased
in advance through St. Peter Church
or call the St. Peter Church
office at 901-527-8282.
Sept 20. 6:30 PM Music
for a Nonviolent World. At the
Gazebo near the entrance to Freeman Park
2629 Bartlett Boulevard, Bartlett, TN.
Join local singers, songwriters and
musicians and sing along to your favorite
songs of peace and love. Bring your lawn
chairs and enjoy an evening of mellow
entertainment. If you're a performer,
you're welcomed to participate. Contact
Paul Crum (bartart@bellsouth.net) or call
901-266-2464 for more information.
Sept 21
Friday 6 PM until ??. 108 Sun
Salutations for Peace,
Enlightenment and Nonviolence
Friday, Sept. 21st • 6 pm until
completion
St. Timothy's Episcopal
Church 8245 Getwell Road •
Southaven, MS 38671
Bring a yoga mat or towel and a
loving heart! For more
information, contact Debbie Burch
dburch@earthlink.net
Sept 22. Fall Equinox.
I haven't seen very many church
programs specifically based around
this, but in addition to the Yaga
at St. Timothy's, the Unity
Church of Practical Christianity
has a 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
workshop
with questions such as "What if
God loves and accepts us just as
we are, no matter what we think,
say, or do?"
Link at http://www.unitychurchofpracticalchristianity.org/events--activities/what-if
Sept 22, 11:30 AM - 7 PM.
Indian Cultural Center.
Ganesh Nimmajan. An
extremely colorful day, well worth
a visit. A major show by local
Indian groups, especially
children's groups. Dance, Music,
Singing, Fashions, etc.
Vendor registration form is at
https://icctmemphis.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ICCT_Ganesh_Nimajjan_2018_Booth_Regn_Form.pdf
Sept 22, Church of the Holy
Communion- Prime Timers. The group
is planning a self-guided tour of the National Civil
Rights Museum, starting at 10 a.m. Afterward,
it's off to lunch in the South Main district. Carpools
will leave from the church. Cost is $14 for 55 and older;
$16 for others. Sign up with the Church Office
Sept 22, 2:30 PM Trombone and
Organ Recital, Church of the
Holy Communion (Walnut Grove
between Perkins.)
details way down at
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1101552278430&ca=8976f346-d8db-45e4-a8fd-c660872e7285
Sept 22 2 PM. Drum
Circle for Peace and Nonviolence
"Find us near the Levitt Shell and
Walkway"
Sept 22. St Jude Walk/ 5K
Run.
http://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/Walk/Walk?pg=entry&fr_id=89703
(Link provided by 901 Ummah, the
youth group of Memphis Islamic
Center. Many other local faith
groups participate. The youth at
MIC try to raise $5000. Their link
is at
http://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/Walk/Walk?pg=team&fr_id=89703&team_id=220851)
Sept 22. Church Health Center
Workshop on Depression, in
Spanish
Are
you or a loved one feeling
anxious, overwhelmed, tense,
fearful or in pain? Church
Health will present a lecture
on Depression in
Spanish at
6 p.m. on Thursday, September
27 in the Church Health
Community Room, 1350 Concourse
Ave. This lecture is free and
open to the public.
Recommended for adults only.
The Community Room is located
in the hallway between the the
West and Central Atria at
Crosstown Concourse.
The
Jewish Holiday of "Sukkot"
(also spelled "Sukkoth")
runs from Sundown Sept 23 to
sundown Sept 30. It is one of the
three major "pilgrimage festivals"
Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot,
(distinct from the "High Holy
Days" of Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur, just ended).
These three are feasting holidays
that were days of pilgrimage to
the temple in ancient times.
Passover celebrates freedom from
bondage in Egypt; Shavuot
(=Pentecost) the Giving of the Law
at Sinai, and Sukkot celebrates
the 40 years in the wilderness. So
Sukkot is properly
celebrated by eating (and
sometimes sleeping) outdoors in a
booth or temporary shelter.
(It is a big occasion for
picnics.)
Perhaps the
local public celebration most fun
for visitors is the celebration at
Chabad, Weds., Sept 26, 5 PM, at
Chabad 2570 Kirby Parkway (closer
to the Bill Morris Freeway than to
Poplar Ave.) (kosher) Spaghetti
and Meatball dinner, dessert,
etc., in the booth, music,
children's entertainment.
$15/person, Info and RSVP at
https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/4133894/jewish/SukkahFest-2018.htm
Sept 23, 3 PM Faculty Concert
Series at Rhodes College.
Brian Ray on piano, works by
Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn,
and Ravel. This concert is free
and open to the public. Rhodes
College McNeil Concert Hall (the
former Evergreen Presbyterian
Church, opposite the college on
University Avenue.)
Sept 23. 3:30 or 4 PM
Mindfulness/Nonviolence Walk
Rainbow Lake at Overton
Park 1914
Poplar Avenue
4 PM:A peaceful, contemplative
stroll in the greenspace near the
lake during Peace and Harmony
Days. Gather at the Veterans’
Memorial. Drum Circle
begins at 3:30 pm.
Sept 24. Monday.
Lynching Sites
Project.
LSP Monday meeting at First
Baptist Church (200 East Parkway
North) from 5:00 - 7:00pm.
Drive-thru voter
registration events
- Parks with
Drive-Thru
Registration
9/25/18 – 11:00 A.M. –
7:00 P.M.
9/29/18 – 10:00 A.M. to
4:00 P.M.
Audubon Park –
Poplar/Perkins – Enter
from Perkins Road (East
Memphis)
Charjean Park – 2601
Ketchum Rd. (South
Memphis)
Douglass Park – 1616 Ash
Rd. (Southwest Memphis)
Heroes Park – 4580
Riverdale Rd. (Hickory
Hill)
Johnson Road Park – 2970
Johnson Road (Germantown)
Polly Williams Park – 3888
Auburn Rd. (North Memphis)
Oakhaven Park – 3875
Bishops Bridge Rd.
(Whitehaven)
I have no news from the
Shelby County Election
Commission on exact
procedures, but it might
be a good idea to bring
along some evidence of
citizenship (birth,
naturalization, passport)
and residence (a utility
or tax bill might well do
this, for example.)
https://www.shelbyvote.com/
Sept 25, 7 PM. Beethoven Club
Concert, Lobby of Memphis Public
Library, 3030 Poplar.
Aaron Brock, Classical Guitar.
https://mailchi.mp/63492d05a4e2/classical-guitar-concert-at-the-memphis-public-library?e=053a4e2a7d
Sept 25, League of Women
Voters (I'm posting
this in part out of a strong
desire to get more diversity in
membership in the League of Women
Voters. But also - if your
organization has immigrants, new
citizens, new arrivalas, etc, you
need to know about them.)
" We plan to host
a voter registration event at
the Crosstown Concourse in
Memphis. This location houses
over 25 different businesses, a
high school complex and
residential apartments.
Hundreds, if not over a thousand
ethnically diverse individuals
pass through this concourse
every day coming and going to
work, school, or just visiting
our city. We will be set up in
the foyer ready to assist them
with NVRD materials."
Sept 26 Sukkot party, see the note
above Sept 23.
Wed,
September 26, 2018 5:45 PM –
7:45 PM CDT The annual joint
dinner between St Luke's
United Methodist and Masjid
al-Noor. Free with RSVP.
Register
at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/8th-annual-joint-dinner-iagm-masjid-al-noor-st-luke-umc-tickets-49724547460
Sept 27. League of Women
Voters.
"
we plan to host a voter
registration event at Playhouse
on the Square in Memphis.
Partnering with the
administration of the theatre,
we will service patrons before
the performance and during
intermission with voter
registration materials."
Sept 27, 6:30 PM
Movie. "Persona Non Grata".
"Don't miss the Tennessee
premiere of this incredible
film. A true story, Persona Non
Grata follows the life of a
Japanese diplomat who saved over
6,000 Jews during World War II.
Temple Israel’s Rabbi Micah
Greenstein will open the
evening, and Japanese
Consul-General Kobayashi will be
a featured guest. Seating is
limited, so sign up today!"
AT
Malco Paradiso, 584 S. Mendenhall. Memphis, TN 38117.
RSVP at
https://timemphis.shulcloud.com/form/Persona-Non-Grata-Movie-at-Malco-Paradiso-9-27-18?utm_source=Temple+Israel+News&utm_campaign=ab948286c4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_Persona+Non+Grata&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70ba279f7f-ab948286c4-92698110
Sept 27.
Lecture, "Divine
Donations: Animal Mummies
in Ancient Egypt". Egyptian
Institute, University of
Memphis.
Reception 6:15 PM,
Lecture 7 PM, in the
Art and Communication
building, room 310. Both
events are free and open to
the public. Pay parking is
available in the Innovation
Drive Garage (lot 40), next
to the Fogelman Executive
Center.
Sept 28
Facing History and
Bridges - Youth Summit,
Grades 9-12, at the
Bridges Center.
Let your organizations youth
group know! Free, RSVP
needed, info at http://info.facinghistory.org/join-us-for-a-youth-summit
Sept 29, 9:30 AM -
4 PM. Memphis Peace
Conference (with Swamiji)
Withers Collection, 333 Beale
St.
9:30 doors open; 10:30 interfaith
panel; 12 lunch / music; 1 PM
Community Panel; 3 PM
networking/music.
Poster at 2018-09-29.jpg
Sept 29, Pride Parade on
Beale Street. Many
groups involved. Feel free to join
one. I've had notices from many
groups reported on here, but I'll
quote the League of Women Voters
notice:
"This year the
projection of participants is
over 5,000 people. This event is
free and open to all, regardless
of sexual orientation, gender
identity, or age. It is a huge
event each year with retail and
community information booths,
food trucks, etc. We will
participate in the parade,
holding our League banner, and
inviting people to visit our
voter registration booth as we
go along. Our National Voter
Registration Day booth will be
active throughout the event to
provide individuals with voter
registration materials and
assist them with the
registration process."
after the
parade, consider going on to
Sept 29, 3-6 PM GIVE
H.O.P.E. fundraiser (for
programs for the homeless) at St
Mary's Episcopal Cathedral.
Dinner, entertainment, door
prizes, buttons, t-shirts and the
Bridge street paper for
sale. $20, tickets at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/give-hope-tickets-48204166961
Sept 30. Swamiji visits the
Civil Rights Museum
(Visits by Swamiji have
regularly been a remarkable
occasion for interfaith visits.
Highly recommended.)
Presentation & Interfaith
Candle Light Vigil with Swamiji
Sunday, September 30th,
Presentation at 5 pm.
Candlelight Prayer Vigil at 6
pm
Join others of all faiths as
we come together to pray for peace
and harmony.
At 5 pm, Swamiji will present the
National Civil Rights Museum with
a gift to mark the 50 Year
Anniversary of the martyrdom of
Dr. Martin Luther King and tour
the museum. Prayer service will
begin at 6.
Poster at 2018-09-30.jpeg
October 2, 6 PM. League of Women
Voters - Gubernatorial Forum on
U of M campus.
"We are currently
assisting with the Gubernatorial
Forum scheduled for October 2nd
at 6pm at the Rose Theatre on
the UofM campus. \
The League is accepting
questions from the public for
the Gubernatorial Forum. Please
submit a question(s) for the
candidates Bill Lee and Karl
Dean at
League@lwvmemphisshelby.org."
Art Exhibit,
"The Memphis I
Love", exhibit
can be viewed each weekday
at Gallery Ten Ninety-One
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Description at https://tri-statedefender.com/the-memphis-i-love-exhibit-shows-self-taught-photographer-pushing-past-fear/
October
3, 7 PM, Islam
in South Africa.
Memphis
Islamic
Center,
lecture by
Yasir Qadhi.
(part
of a weekly
lecture
series, also
streamed
online via
MIC's Facebook
and Youtube.)
October
4, 9:30 AM.
Media
Briefing,
National Civil
Rights Museum.
The Civil
Rights Museum,
Facing
History, and
Bridges
jointly launch
an empathy
campaign to
“Spark A
Connection”
around
difficult
topics to draw
people
together.
October
4, 12:30 PM
Memphis Jewish
Community
Center. Rabbi
Feival Strauss
of Temple
Israel speaks
on "Jewish
Mysticism" to
a group of
seniors. (This
follows the
usual weekday
lunch there,
11:30 AM
Mon-Fri
(reservations
the day before
for the lunch,
$2) (I think
the talk has
interfaith
interest, not
usually the
lunch).
Thursday
October 4th, MICAH
Task Force on Economic
Equity, at First
Congregational Church
(1000 S. Cooper St.),
6:30pm https://www.facebook.com/events/2196078770606117/
October 4
(First
Thursday) 5:30
PM.
Potluck
supper, "Faith
Series", St.
Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral. Brief
service in the
Sister's
Chapel,
potluck
supper, each
table will
discuss a
faith question
of the
night.
Monthly event.
Friday,
October
5. Temple
Israel
is moving its
Friday evening
service to 6
PM.
Social hour
(minor
refreshments)
at 5:30 PM.
(New regular
schedule).
THIS FRIDAY
they will also
stream the
service to
Crosstown
Concourse and
have wine,
challah,
candlelighting,
etc. at
Croostown; all
are welcoem.
(I don't know
how often they
will do the
Crosstown
Concourse
program.)
October
7, Memphis
Jewish
Community
Center,
Wellness Fair,
open to all.
October 7, 11
AM. Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple.
Pitru
Paksha Puja
(prayers
related to
ancestors.)
Monday,
October 8 •
National Civil
Rights Museum.
Movie, El
Canto del
Colibrí
(The Song
of the
Hummingbird)
Free.
Reception 6pm
• Screening
7pm
This
documentary
gives an
intimate and
deeply
personal look
into immigrant
Latino fathers
across the
U.S. as they
recount the
impact of
their
children’s
coming out.
Part of a week
(October 8-12)
of events that
highlight our
LGBTQ+ Latinx
community, the
documentary is
hosted in
partnership
with
OUTMemphis.
CLICK FOR MORE
INFO
October 8,
Monday
John
Reyer
Afamasaga will
screen his
documentary,
The Yard at
the Lynching
Sites of
Memphis Monday
meeting at
First Baptist
Church (200
East Parkway
North) from
5:00 - 7:00pm.
This
documentary is
based on the
collective
efforts of Dr.
Timothy
Huebner and
many others to
erect a Nathan
Bedford
Forrest marker
that
accurately
represents the
facts about
Forrest's
slave
yard.
Trailer at https://videopress.com/v/c8f1eZwB
October 9,
2nd Tuesday,
MICAH, Memphis
Interfaith
Coalition,
https://www.micahmemphis.org/
7 -
8:30 PM,
Clayborn
Temple. https://www.claybornreborn.org/
294 Hernando
St.
October 11,
MIFA GOLDEN
GALA.
Major
fundraising
dinner at the
Memphis
Hilton. For
sponsorship
information,
contact Angela
Bledsoe at
901-529-4571
(as of Sept
26, a few
seats left at
$150.)
October 12,
Unity Church
of Practical
Christianity,
Concert,
Sounds of
Latin America.
http://www.unitychurchofpracticalchristianity.org/events--activities/marcella-pinilla-in-concert-at-ucpc
October 13,
National Civil
Rights Museum,
Rock for Human
Rights
Concert.
10:30
AM- 11 :30 AM.
Free.
Rock for Human
Rights (RHR)
has been
launched to
bring human
rights
awareness to
tomorrow's
leaders using
the power of
music, visual
media, and
social
networking.
Touring the
country from
October 1- 30
in celebration
of the United
National
Universal
Declaration of
Human Rights
60th
anniversary,
RHR combines
live music
from veteran
musician Wil
Seabrook and
his band along
with the award
winning short
film "The
Story of Human
Rights" and 30
accompanying
Public Service
Announcements
that
beautifully
illustrate
each of the
basic rights
fundamental to
every person
on earth.
October
13 and 27, 8
PM. Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple.
Garba-Ras, two
nights of
Indian Folk
Dances. Free.
October 14,
10 AM- 5 PM.
Memphis
Israel
Festival,
Agricenter
International.
$5 admission,
12 & under
free.
Memphis
Friends of
Israel, http://memphisfoi.org
October 15,
third Tuesday,
Pax Christi,
the Roman
Catholic Peace
Group, meets
at the Qucker
Meeting House,
Goodlett and
Prescott.
All welcome.
Potluck supper
6:30, speaker
and discussion
at 7 PM.
October 16,
noon,
Crosstown
Concourse.
Rabbi Feival
Strauss of
Temple Israel,
speaking about
"Jewish
Renegades:
Sigmund
Freud."
Lunch and
Learn; free,
bring your own
lunch.
October 16,
Pax
Christi, the
Roman Catholic
peace group, pot
luck supper at
6:30 PM,
meeting at 7.
Friends
Meeting House,
Walnut Grove
at Prescott.
Everyone
welcome, good
speakers and
discussion.
http://www.paxchristimemphis.org
October 16,
7 PM. Program
on Mindfulness
at Temple Israel.
please rsvp to
rabbifeival
(at)
timemphis.org
October
16, Tuesday, 7
PM. Mrs. Eva
Schloss,
stepsister of
Anne Frank,
will speak at
the University
of Memphis'
Rose Theater.
(She was
also in
hiding,
captured, but
survived
Auschwitz-Birkenau.)
Chabad
sponsorship.
Admission $10
for students,
$25 advance,
$35 at the
door, more
expensive
option
includes VIP
reception at 6
PM.
Info at https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/section_cdo/aid/4107777/jewish/Anne-Frank-Event.htm
October
17, 5:30 - 7
PM. Interfaith
Dinner, Farmington
Presbyterian
Church and
Memphis
Islamic
Center.
8245
Farmington
Blvd,
Germantown.
October 17,
Civil Rights
Museum,
Freedom Award
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Museum-August-September-Events.html?soid=1110009660710&aid=QItu1RCLktI
This is an
expensive
fundraiser.
Tickets at
https://www1.ticketmaster.com/2018-national-civil-rights-museum-freedom-memphis-tennessee-10-17-2018/event/1B00550A8B674344?artistid=2536813&majorcatid=10005&minorcatid=0&brand=orpheum&camefrom=EMCL_2441742_109187649
October 18,
Marcus Orr
Lecture. ‘Set
the World on
Fire’: Black
Nationalist
Women and the
Global
Struggle for
Freedom
Dr. Keisha
Blain,
University of
Pittsburgh
Reception at
5:30 PM,
Lecture at
6:00 PM
River Room,
300 University
Center,
University of
Memphis
October
18-19 History
convention at
U of Memphis,
speakers on
Sexuality and
Race, African
American Women
and
Resistance,
Memphis State
Eight, are
scheduled
Friday, 8:30 -
4 PM,
University
Center
October
19. 6:30 - 9
PM Calvary
Episcopal
Church,
downtown,
Block Party
(adults).
Light supper,
entertainment,
fund appeal.
(Tent
provided, rain
or
shine)
Weather looks
good, Valet
parking free
provided off
Adams, RSVP to
estimate
numbers would
help at
rsvp@calvarymemphis.org
October 19,
6:30 PM.
AFRICA RELIEF
DINNER, $20.
tickets at http://www.hhrd.org.
Muslim
sponsorship,
comedian, and
speaker, a
great chance
to attend a
Muslim social
event if you
don't feel
comfortable at
a
mosque.
Fedex
Event Center,
415 Great View
Drive East,
Cordova, TN
38018
October 19,
7 PM, St
Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
On The
Row,
A Staged
Reading From
Arkansas Death
Row Inmates.
Stories from
Death Row
Inmates, read
by actors.
October 20,
MLK 50-Award
for leadership
and activism
in the
Memphis, TN
community oat
the 23rd Stone
Awards
Presentation
at the Buckman
Performing
Arts Center.
October
21, MICAH mass
meeting at
Mason Temple.
4:30 - 6 PM,
930 Mason
Street,
Memphis 38126.
The goal is to
get a very
large meeting
with very
strong
interfaith
representation
- PLEASE GO!
https://www.facebook.com/pg/MICAH901/events/
Many of the
constituent
groups
mentioned on
this list are
organizing
group
attendance,
for example
Temple Israel
and Beth
Sholom are
organizing a
bus group from
Temple Israel
starting at
3:15 PM,
anyone welcome
to sign up for
the bus at
https://timemphis.shulcloud.com/form/MICAH-meeting-registration
(present
estimate is
over 1000
attendees, and
at least 27
public
officials and
candidates
have said they
will be
there.)
"We will
be asking
public
officials to
commit to
working with
MICAH on the
three voted
justice
issues:
Economic
Equity,
Intercultural
Equity and
Education.
There is power
in numbers and
together we
can make a
difference! "
October 21.
The annual
Kosher
Bar-be-que
competition at
ASBEE
(Anshei Sfard
- Beth
El-Emeth
Synagogue.
Pork lovers
are welcome to
attend, but
the samples
and
available-to-buy
and
competition at
this one are
about kosher
beef and
chicken (oh,
they are
Hallal too and
often the
Muslims enter
the contests.)
Great fun and
a much more
reasonable
size crowd
than the big
downtown
Bar-be-que
competition,
and it is
nice to
see Jews and
Muslims mixing
socially.
Shalom, Y'All!
October 21,
7 PM. Jewish
concert at the
Levitt Shell.
https://timemphis.shulcloud.com/form/nefesh
October 22.
5-7 PM
Lynching Sites
Project
meets at First
Baptist
Church, Poplar
and East
Parkway.
October 24,
Wednesday 6
PM. University
of Memphis, UC
Ballroom/
"Muslims of
the World"
Festival,
an
international
student
festival
celebrating
Muslim
diversity in
religion,
nationality,
etc. Speaker,
free dinner,
exhibits. The
talk by Shaykh
Abdul Nasir
Jangda will be
on the
distinction
between
religions and
culture.
October 25,
Thursday, 5:30
- 9PM. Bishop
candidates at
St. Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
Called a
"Walkabout",
it is a chance
to mingle and
talk with the
candidates for
Episcopal
Bishop of West
Tennessee.
October 27
- Halloween
events at
a number of
churches
around this
time. Unity
Church of
Practical
Christianity
has a "Trunk
or Treat" on
Oct 27
announced as
early as late
August.
Calvary
Episcopal has
a "Monster
Mash" party
6-8 PM; adults
are welcome to
come in
costume and
pass out
candy.
October
13 and 27, 8
PM. Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple.
Garba-Ras, two
nights of
Indian Folk
Dances. Free.
October
27 - 28,
Advent
supplies open
house at the
Episcopal
Bookshop, 700
Poplar (at St.
Mary's)
9:30 - 4
Saturday, 9-4
Sunday.
Sunday,
Oct. 28th at
7pm Phantom
Phavorites
Halloween
Concert at St
Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral
Featuring
Bach's Toccata
& Fugue
and spooky
tunes
including
Webber's
Phantom
Dennis Janzer,
organ with
vocalists
Amanda Quinn,
Joshua Quinn
and Paul
Murray
October
29
Facing History
and Ourselves
Annual Benefit
Dinner. Expensive
Fundraiser but
always a
fabulous
speaker and
one of the
major
interfaith
events of the
year. Details
are now online
(and you can
sign up for
tickets - this
is expensive
but well worth
supporting and
can get sold
out).
https://www.facinghistory.org/get-involved/benefit-dinners/memphis?utm_campaign=Benefit%20Dinners
November 1,
5:30 PM.
first
Thursday of
the month.
Potluck supper
at St Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
Eat around a
table and
discuss a
question of
faith posed by
the leader.
Intergenerational.
Do bring a
dish!
November 1
Today,
TN for
Alternatives
to the Death
Penalty will
hold a vigil
for death row
inmate Edmund
Zagorski at
6:30 p.m. @
MTS, 168 E.
Parkway
November
1-5 Indie
Memphis Film
Festival.
An interesting
new feature is
the "Black
Creators
Forum", Hattiloo
Theater,
Nov 1-2.
Not really a
specifically
interfaith
thing, but I
can't resist
mentioning it
so others can
research
it.
http://indiememphis.com/
https://festival2018.indiememphis.com/schedule
I do
mention the
Korean Film
"Claire's
Camera." Nov
2, 7 PM
See also the
article at
https://tri-statedefender.com/indie-memphis-film-festival-to-reflect-intentional-diversity-2/10/01/?mc_cid=0eb2eef0fd&mc_eid=fbe7bf3555
Nov 2,
Nibbles at
5:30PM,
service 6-7:15
PM Temple
Israel - I
don't normally
list regularly
scheduled
religious
services here,
but Calvary
Episcopal sent
out a notice
that Temple
Israel is
doing a
"Community
Sabbath"
service "as
they dedicate
this week’s
Shabbat
evening to all
victims of
hate and
senseless
violence. May
their memories
be a blessing
and may our
love light the
way."
November
2, Church
Health Center.
Party on the
Plaza (Crosstown
Concourse).
https://churchhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/POTP-Sponsorship-opps-2018rgb.pdf
(Fundraiser,
$250)
7-10 PM
Nov 3 ,
India
Fest at
Agricenter
International.
10 AM - 7 PM
Nov 3, Rhodes
MasterSingers
Concert, at
former
Evergreen
Presbyterian
Church
(University
Ave just north
of North
Parkway.)
$15. https://squareup.com/store/rhodes-college/item/masters-singers-concert
The
Rhodes
MasterSingers
Chorale and
Memphis
Symphony
Orchestra in
Concert:
Gioachino
Rossini's
STABAT MATER
and the World
Premier of
Robert G.
Patterson's
REQUIEM
Special
Guests: Rhodes
Women's Chorus
and CoroRio
Children's
Choir.
Nov 3, 6-9
PM , Bridges
Center Salute
to Alumni, $30.
30th
Anniversary of
Bridges.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/30th-anniversary-celebration-alumni-awards-tickets-50614006857
Learn more
about Bridges
at https://bridgesusa.org/news/
November 4
early AM -
clocks back
one hour.
Nov 6, 6
-10 PM,
Election night
watch party at
the Civil
Rights Museum
November
6, First
Tuesday
evening:
Catholic
Ministry to
Gays and
Lesbians, Pot
Luck supper, all
welcome. 6;30
PM. Speaker
follows.
Marian Hall,
under the
sanctuary
at
Immaculate
Conception
Cathedral.
1695 Central
Ave.
Parking lot is
at the rear,
around the
block.
Nov 7. Soul
Supper and
speaker, St.
John's
Episcopal.
speaker: Worth
Morgan
November 8.
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Build Downtown
Block Party,
Downtown
Commission.
Free.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/builddowntown-launch-party-tickets-50614712969
November
9-11 SOULWORKS
weekend, St.
John's
Episcopal
November 11,
Calvary
Episcopal
Church,
5 p.m. A cappella
ensemble VOCES8 tours
extensively throughout
Europe, North
America, and Asia with a
repertoire that includes
Renaissance music, jazz
standards, and recent pop
tunes. “Above all, it is the
on-stage presence,
character and connection
with the audience that has
made it so successful.” (The
Telegraph). Sponsored by
Friends of Music at Calvary,
$25 tickets will
be available on
Eventbrite.com beginning
Sept. 1. VOCES8 is
exclusively represented by
Opus 3 Artist
November 12
and November
26. 5-7 PM
Lynching Sites
of Memphis
Project. Meeting
at First
baptist
Church, East
Parkway North
at Poplar.
Excellent
discussions
and speakers,
highly
recommended.
November
13, Second
Tuesday.
monthly
meeting of
MICAH
Our
next monthly
meeting is Tuesday,
November 13th
at 7pm, at the
Blount
Auditorium on
the south east
corner of
Rhodes College
Campus (campus
map).
(Enter on
University
Avenue, the
date attendant
can give
directions)
Nov
14 - several
church suppers
and other
evening events
cancelled due
to weather,.
Check!
Nov
15, 5 PM.
Beethoven Club
concert.
https://mailchi.mp/ebcd3da5f860/beethoven-club-concertsfive-nov-15?e=053a4e2a7d
Nov.
15 - 6 PM
Writers Group,
Holy Communion
Episcopal. Meets
in a home.
Nov
15 6-7:30.
Church Health
Center: Jewish
Cooking Class.
$15. https://churchhealth.org/event/jewishcookingnov2018/
November
16, 6:30 PM
Sabbath Dinner
at
Chabad.
Very
traditional
Jewish, lots
of Hebrew, but
if you've
never been to
one by all
means go.
RSVP by Nov
14, $25
individual,
$50
family.
https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3570846/jewish/TGIS-Dinner.htm
November
18-19. Holiday
Gifts and Arts
Market (think
Chanukah) at
Memphis Jewish
Community
Center
9:30-5 Sunday,
9-6:30 Monday
Nov18, 3 PM,
Barbecue
Social at
Memphis
Islamic
Center. High
school,
college, young
professionals.
Nov
12, 19, 26,
Dec 3, 6 PM.
Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple,
"Karthik
month is
dedicated to
Lord Shiva.
The whole
month is
considered
auspicious to
seek the
blessing of
Lord Shiva /
Rudra. Rudra
Abhishekam is
being
performed with
a variety of
objects like
flowers, curd,
sugarcane
juice, milk,
coconut water,
honey,
bilpatra, etc.
This kind of
Abhishekam
gives
prosperity,
achievement of
all desires,
eliminates
negative
forces,
getting rid of
negative karma
and will give
you joy and
success in
life."
November 20, Pax
Christi, the
Roman Catholic
peace group, pot
luck supper at
6:30 PM,
meeting at 7.
Friends
Meeting House,
Walnut Grove
at Prescott.
Everyone
welcome, good
speakers and
discussion.
http://www.paxchristimemphis.org
Given the news
of recent
weeks, a
discussion of
the process of
lamentation.
November
20 7 PM
Interfaith
Thanksgiving
Service at
Emmanuel
United
Methodist
Church,
2404 Kirby
Road.
(this is the
"old" Kirby
Road, corner
of Messick,
one block west
of the larger
Kirby
Parkway.)
Sponsors
include
Balmoral
Presbyterian,
Church of the
Holy Spirit,
Cumberland
Presbyterian
of Germantown,
Emmanuel
United
Methodist,
Freedom's
Chapel
Christian
Church,
Kingsway
Christian
Church, Lord
of Life
Lutheran,
Memphis
Islamic
Center, Second
Baptist, St.
Louis Roman
Catholic and
Temple Israel.
Nov
21, 8 AM
St Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral,
700 Summer,
invites
everyone to
come pray and
have breakfast
with the
homeless every
Wednesday at 8
am, but they
are having
their special
Thansgiving
program, this
morning. "Join
us for a
special
Thanksgiving
week Eucharist
A Cornucopia
of Gratitude
at 8 am in the
nave,
featuring
music by Jim
Johnson,
Claire Valine
and Justin
Merrick. Let's
gather
together to
give praise
and
thanksgiving
to God for all
our gifts and
blessings!
Community
breakfast to
follow in
Martyrs'
Hall."
November 22,
Thanksgiving
Dinner, $22,
11:30- 1 PM at
Pinecrest, the
Presbyterian
campground
about an hour
east on
Poplar. RSVP
Monday,
pinecrestrc@wildblue.net
or
901-878-1247
http://camppinecrest.org/
21430 TN-57,
Moscow, TN
38057
Nov 25.
Porter-Leath
party for 6th
graders at
Memphis
Botanic
Garden, 6 - 8
PM .
Fundraiser,
$40
https://www.porterleath.org/reindeer-rockout
November
12 and
November 26.
5-7 PM
Lynching Sites
of Memphis
Project. Meeting
at First
baptist
Church, East
Parkway North
at Poplar.
Excellent
discussions
and speakers,
highly
recommended.
November
29
Porter-Leath
Holiday Party
benefits Books
from Birth 5-7
PM. hors
d’oeuvres,
wine and
margaritas.
$35
Millstone
Marketplace,
Germantown.
https://support.porterleath.org/event/porter-leaths-books-from-birth-frosty-fiesta/e199621
December
1. St. Jude
Marathon.
Among
places where
people will
gather to
cheer the
runners - St.
Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral,
passed at
miles 11 and
25.
December
1. Magician at
Beth Sholom
(fundraiser,
$50)
https://www.bsholom.org/
http://www.lawrencehass.com/
December
2, 3 PM.
Movie,
"Romero", on
the life of
Archbishop
Romero.
Free. Braganza
Room of the
St. Patrick
Outreach
Center. Starts
promptly at 3
PM, running
time 105
minutes.
Conter of 4th
and Pontotoc
Street.
This
substitutes
for the
monthly
meeting of Pax
Christi.)
This
Archbishop of
El Salvador
was
assassinated,
and recently
sainted.
December 2, 4
PM. Concert of
Lessons and
Carols,
Calvary
Episcopal
Church.
December
2, 6-8 PM
Porter Leath
parties for
7th grade at
Memphis
Botanic
Garden; for
8th grade at
the Memphis
Racquet Club
Fundraiser,
$40
https://www.porterleath.org/reindeer-rockout
December
2 Deck
the
Gingerbread
House for
Church Health,
Sunday,
December 2,
2018 | 2-4
p.m.
Church Health
Welcome
Center, 1350
Concourse Ave.
| Memphis, TN
| 38104
Gingerbread
house package
$25
2/$40.
for kids from
2 to 92, but
other ages are
also welcome.
December 2,
6:30 PM
Bonfire at
Memphis
Islamic Center
(High
School -
College age.)
December
2, 7:30
PM, Masjid
Ar-Rahman. The
Muslim
Businessmen
Association
meeting
will take
place this
coming Sunday
Dec 2, 2018 at
Masjid
Ar-Rahman
right after
Isha prayer
(Iqama is at
7:30 pm). "We
have some
experts in the
field who will
show our
business
community how
we could
benefit from
the
association by
lowering the
cost of
running the
business and
sustaining
profitability."
December 3,
6
PM
Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple. Final
ceremony of
the month
of
Karthik
"Karthik month
is dedicated
to Lord Shiva.
The whole
month is
considered
auspicious to
seek the
blessing of
Lord Shiva /
Rudra. Rudra
Abhishekam is
being
performed with
a variety of
objects like
flowers, curd,
sugarcane
juice, milk,
coconut water,
honey,
bilpatra, etc.
This kind of
Abhishekam
gives
prosperity,
achievement of
all desires,
eliminates
negative
forces,
getting rid of
negative karma
and will give
you joy and
success in
life."
December
4, 4-5:30 PM
Jewish
Community
Center,
Chanukah Party,
free, open to
all.
Autographs by
Omri Casspi,
the Israeli
powerhouse
player of the
Memphis
Grizzlies.
December
4. Second
Tuesday
Potluck
Supper,
Catholic
Mission to Gay
and Lesbian
Persons.
(Everyone is
welcome, this
group gets
excellent
speakers!)
6:30 PM,
Marian Hall,
under the
sanctuary at
Immaculate
Conception
Cathedral.
(Parking in
the rear is
easiest).
Potluck Supper
at 6:30,
speaker
7 PM Sr. Cathy
Galaskiewicz,
about the
advent season,
dessert, music
and singing.
This will be a
great party!
December 6,
5:30-&:30
PM, Habitat
for Humanity
unveils a
photo
exhibition,
"Nicaragua, A
Global Village
Experience."
7136
Winchester
Rd., Memphis
38125.
RSVP http://memphishabitat.com/photoexhibit
December
7. Temple
Israel.
Chanukah
Dinner.
$8. RSVP
by December 5.
https://timemphis.shulcloud.com/form/Congregational-Chanukah-Dinner
December 8,
9-10:30 AM,
Germantown
Baptist
Church.
CommUNITY
breakfast with
the mayor.
https://www.germantown-tn.gov/Home/Components/News/News/5618/30
December 8, 2
PM Chrismas
Concert,
(Barber Shop)
Memphis Men of
Harmony
with
Santa Claus.
St Benedict at
Auburndale
High School,
8250 Varnavas
Dr., Cordova,
TN
28016. $15,
less for
seniors.
December
8, 2 PM,
Germantown
Holiday Parade
https://www.germantown-tn.gov/Home/Components/News/News/5632/30
December
8, 7 PM
Balmoral
Presbyterian
Church,
Christmas
concert by
Beale Canto.
Free.
Sample
at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu4IM33aVR4&feature=youtu.be
December 9, 11
AM - 12:30 PM.
Memphis
Islamic
Center, Town
Hall Meeting
Report on
construction
progress, new
construction
at the Memphis
Islamic
Center,
December 9,
2 PM. Memphis
Jewish
Community
Center, Jewish
Historical
Society
Lecture.
"The
Suitcase",
storytelling
and music. The
history of a
German
family's life
before World
War II and
their
remarkable
survival.
December 9,
2 PM. St
John's
Episcopal
Church 1207
Peabody. The
Memphis
Concert to
Protect the
Aquifer. (Fundraiser,
$50
up.)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/acoustic-sunday-live-the-memphis-concert-to-protect-our-aquifer-tickets-48071199251
December 9,
6:30 PM, Great
Hall,
Germantown -
fundraising
dinner for
Masjid
Ar-Rahman,
which is in
the send phase
of fundraising
for a day
school and
large
community
hall.
Memphis is a
good city for
what are
called
"Megachurches",
and it is of
interest that
one should
probably count
Temple Israel,
The Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple, the
Memphis
Islamic
Center, and
Masjid
Ar-Rahman in
that category,
the last two
still very
much in their
building
phases (And
the ICCT still
building
also).
The dinner is
free but there
will be a fund
appeal.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-a-prayer-hall-building-community-masjid-ar-rahman-phase-ii-dinner-tickets-52541834040?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR2m0PkVLExnb_2iJI8cs-TvuSlBI3m8oEQFok1Oh-2FDeaMWazFsrGvgJg
December 10,
5:30-7:30 PM
Jewish
Community
Center,
Exhibit
Opening.
70
FACES. The
stories of 70
community
members in
Memphis and in
partner city
Shoham, Israel
December
11, Second
Tuesdays,
7 PM, MICAH
(Memphis
Interfaith
Coalition for
Action and
Hope) meeting
at St Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral, 700
Poplar.
(location
varies each
month)
Numerous
Christmas
concerts this
weeks - see
the
"Christmas"
list above.
December 12
- 9 AM and 6
PM prayers at
the
Indian
Cultural
Center
and Temple, "Subramanya
Shasthi, also
known as
Skanda
Subramanya
Shasthi is an
important
festival for
that is
dedicated to
Lord
Subramanya
(Skanda). It
is observed on
the ‘Shashti’
(6th day)
tithi during
the Shukla
Paksha (the
bright
fortnight of
moon) in the
month of
‘Margashira’.
Subramanya
Shashti holds
special
significance
for Lord
Kartikeya
followers as
it marks the
triumph of
Lord
Subramanya
over the demon
named
Tarakasura."
December 13
- 5:15
PM Gun
Violence
Vigil,
anniversary of
the Sandy Hook
shooting. By
"Moms demand
Action."
First
Congregational
Church, 1000
South Cooper
st., Memphis
38104 "Light
Up the Night
For
Peace,"
Light
Refreshments
after the
vigil. Nursery
care 5 - 7 PM
for ages 6 mo
to 5 years.
https://act.everytown.org/event/moms-demand-action-event_attend/18258
December
16 2 PM
(for toy train
fanatics) A member of Balmoral Presbyterian Church has a
"Choo-choos
and cookies"
Christmas
party showing
off his
spectacular
collection of
Lionel trains
(smallish room
tightly packed
with train
track, trains,
accessories.)
Admission - a
jar of peanut
butter for the
food
bank.
Private home,
e-mail me or
phone me for
directions
(Edward
Ordman,
edward@ordman.net,
327-9735)
December 18.
PAX Christi
normally meets
the third
Tuesday, but
this month
they had a
movie earlier
in the month -
no meeting
tonight.
December
18, Third
Tuesdays, 7
PM, Care
Partner
Support Group
(for
people dealing
with someone
with
dementia).
Jewish
Community
Center,
conference
room. Info
Adina Samberg,
372-4585
December 19.
PRIZM concert
at De La Salle
Elementery
SChool (3rd,
4th, and 5th
grade
students.)
December
7-13 (except
Monday) The
Singing
Christmas
Tree, Bellevue
Baptist
(Charge, I
think in the
$6-$26 range.
Unusual enough
to be worth
it.)
https://www.bellevue.org/singing-christmas-tree/
December
8 - two
Christmas
concerts, see
usual list at
Dec 8
December 14 7
PM. St
Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
Memphis
Camerata
Christmas
Concert, Free.
THE
WOLF RIVER
SINGERS
present free
CHRISTMAS
CONCERTS:
Sat., Dec. 15,
7:30pm, at Our
Lady of
Perpetual help
in Germantown
and Sun., Dec.
16, 3:00pm, at
St. Peter
Church in
downtown
Memphis.
December 16, 4
PM. A Beale
Canto
Christmas
V. A
men's choir of
professional
musicians,
performing
free
(donations
welcome.)
St. George's
Episcopal
Church.
This is a
professional
choir far
beyond most of
the Christmas
music you'll
hear in
Memphis, Not
to be missed.
2425
S Germantown
Rd
Germantown,
Tennessee
38138
December
16, 6- 7:30 PM
Second
Presbyterian,
(Poplar-Goodlett-Central)
Festival of
Carols
http://www.2pc.org/event/1223987-2018-12-16-festival-of-carols/
Wednesday, December 19th, 5:30pm: Saint John's
Episcopal Church
Blue Christmas liturgy (for those who mourn
loved ones especially during Christmas)
"It's the most wonderful time of the year... unless it isn't.
For many, this season is not a joyful one, but a time that
highlights loneliness, depression or loss. Our Blue Christmas
service is a liturgy that creates space to hold the places of
our sorrow, pain, burdens, fears, worries, and losses. We will
have a candle-lit service with music, poetry, prayers, silence
and scripture. All are welcome."
A FEW Advent
and Christmas
events - there
is no way I
can list them
all, so
I'll mention a
few of the
more
exceptional or
unusual as I
hear of them.
There is an
interesting
list at https://www.10best.com/destinations/tennessee/memphis/attractions/holiday-attractions/
I've been
really
impressed by
the Music
Department at
Second
Presbyterian
Church, http://2pc.org
Their "Nine
Lessons and
Carols" will
be December 23
at 8:15 and 10
am.
December 24 4
PM Family
Service with
Children's
message;
Communion
w/candlelight
5:30, 8, and
11 PM
Their
spectacular
"Festival of
Carols" was
recorded and
will be on
WKNO
Television
Dec 24 at 8 PM
and Dec25 at
65 PM and
midnight.
It will be on
WKNO2 on Dec25
at 8 PM.
December 24 Monday, Christmas Eve: Saint John's
Episcopal Church
4:30pm: Family & Children’s Pageant and
Christmas Eucharist.
11:00pm: Festal Eucharist with full choir and
instrumental music.
Dec
24 at
Church of the Holy Communion -
Pageant (w/children) 4:30 PM; service
at 6, music at 10:30 PM, service at 11
PM, Dec25 service at 10 AM (all
services include communion)
December 24, Balmoral Presbyterian,
4:45 PM Music, 5 PM candlelight
service.
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Christmas list)---
December 22, PRIZM concert at Hutchison
School (classical and soul works the
students learned at Winter Camp.)
December 28 - Fourth Friday -
6:30-10:30 PM. Contra Dancing at St
Mary's Episcopal
Cathedral.
2019
By way of experiment, I'm listing a few
events at Crosstown Concourse
found
at https://crosstownconcourse.com/visit
I'd like feedback on whether this is
helpful.
January 3, 4-5 PM. Free public tour of
Crosstown Concourse.
Meet
at the reception desk, Central
Atrium (Every First Thursday)
Jan 4 6-9 PM. Church Health Center
Interactive Cooking Class. Vietnamese
and Thai food.
At
Crosstown Concourse
Tickets are $65, with proceeds
benefiting nutrition programming at
the Church Health Nutrition Hub.
Tickets here: churchhealth.org/event/the-art-of-dinner-interactive-cooking-class-vietnam-thailand/
Jan 6, Epiphany party at Calvary
Episcopal
January 8, 12-1. Lunch and Learn with
Rabbi Feivel Strauss of Temple Israel
at
Crosstown Concourse
January 8, 7-9 PM
(doors open 6:30). Panel
discussion, Shoot & Splice:
Hybrid Filmmaking.
Crosstown Arts, Crosstown Concourse,
East Atrium
January 8. "First Tuesday" Dinner
of the Catholic Ministry to Gays and
Lesbian Persons (to which
everyone is welcome - they get great
speakers) meets the second Tuesday
this month, and is catered ($10)
instead of potluck.
The
menu will consist of: Chicken
Cacciatore, 2 sides, salad and rolls.
Our
presenter for January: Dr. Victor
Santana, oncologist at St. Jude.
Dr. Santana will share with us his
personal story and journey from
growing up in Puerto Rico, attending
medical school to his current role as
oncologist at St. Jude. He will share
with us how his faith life and purpose
have been influenced by working at St.
Jude. Marian Hall, under the
sanctuary at Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception.
1695 Central, parking lot in the rear
(around the block.)
January 8, 2nd
Tuesday, MICAH monthly meeting,
7-8:30 PM, Beth Sholom
Synagogue, 6675 Humphreys Blvd
at Kirby Parkway (North end of
Kirby) The MICAH schedule is at
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=sara%40micahmemphis.org&ctz=America%2FChicago
January 9. Church
suppers at Calvary Episcopal, Church
of the Holy Communion, where else?
(charge)
Jan 10, St Mary's Episcopal
Cathedral, Noon, Healing Eucharist
(Second Thursday each month)
Jan 11 Congregational
Supper, Temple Israel, $12.
https://mailchi.mp/timemphis/new-hebrew-learning-at-crosstown-adult-shabbat-dinner-bowling-with-the-brothers-and-more?e=0b2f5806a0
January 11, 7:30-9:30
PM. Crosstown Arts Theater, movie at
Crosstown Concourse
"Daydream Nation", Sonic Youth (I think
this is a movie about an album released
in 1988)
Admission by donation while tickets
last. Details at https://crosstownconcourse.com/visit
Jan 12 is a "Kids Sabbath" at Chabad
(ages 5-10 and their families, service
11-12, lunch following.
Chabad usually runs
a very orthodox (Hebrew) service, I don't
know what they'll do with kids.
Jan 12,
7 PM, Cannon Center and January
134, 2 PM, GPAC
PRIZM alumni performances, half
an hour before the Memphis Symphony
Orchestra concerts.
January 12-14, Indian Cultural Center
and Temple
Makara Sankranti / Pongal /
Lohri Celebrations. Saturday 9 am
Sunday 9,10,10:30,5
Monday 10:30, 4, 6
January 13, Godparent Day at Church of the Holy
Communion
Jan 13 St Mary's
Episcopal Cathedral, after 11 AM
service, farewell reception for Dean
Andrews and his family.
January 14, 5-7 PM Lynching
Sites of Memphis meeting, First
Baptist Church (Poplar and East
Parkway).
For the Fellowship Hall park behind the
church.
January 15 (Third Tuesday), Pax
Christi (The Roman Catholic Peace
Group) meets at the Friends
Meeting House, Walnut Grave at Prescott.
All welcome, usually an excellent
speaker and discussion. Pot luck
supper at 6:30 (no need to bring
anything your first time coming),
speaker at 7 PM.
January 16, 6 - 7 PM. Talk at Crosstown
Concourse, Memphis as a global village
Rabbi Micah Greenstein of Temple Israel.
January 16, 7 PM, Chabad. "Babka Baking", a Jewish
baking class. $25
https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/4236748/jewish/The-Big-Babka-Bake.htm
January 19, The Women's March, 10:00 AM
140 Adams Ave, Memphis, TN 38103
https://www.memphiswomensmarch.com/events/memphis-womens-march-2019
January 19, 6:30-8:30 PM. Martin Luther King
evening sponsored by the Atlantic Institute (that
is, the Turkish community.) Poster at 2019-01-19.jpg
Carol Whittaker will speak on "Segregation, Desegregation, and
Integration" (corrected poster)
The correct address is
7829 Wingate Park Cove, Memphis 38119
Refreshments (in the past, these have been Turkish and excellent).
Free, all invited. Our chance to meet the local
Turkish community. RSVP by e-mail to
memphis@turkishhouse.org
January 20 "The World Religion Day" 2-4
PM
World Religion Day was established in 1950
by the Baha'i Spiritual Assembly and is
celebrated every January to celebrate
harmony among the religions and paths.
World Religion Day Memphis Event is
scheduled!
Sunday, January 20th 2pm-4pm
Caritas Village-Upstairs Event Center
CELEBRATE religious harmony and meet your
neighbors.
Please join us for the worldwide event,
celebrated each year. This year our
program includes music, entertainment and
meeting the faith/path groups. Open and
free to the public. ADA access elevator
and downstairs cafe is open to the public
for purchasing beverages and food. For
more information, please email us at
wrdmemphis@yahoo.com c/o Saci (Sydney C)
Roy
January 21, 7 PM Martin
Luther King Panel Discussion, Jewish
Community Center.
Benjamin Hooks Institute Sponsorship.
Rabbi Micah Greenstein and Jocie Wurzburg
January
23, Supper and
speaker, St.
John's
Episcopal
January 23,
Point in Time
Count
(The
annual census
of the
homeless.
Training at
Calvary
Episcopal.
Work in groups
to interview
the homeless,
4 to 10 am.)
January 23,
Facing
History, 7
PM, U of
Memphis
University
Center
Theatre,
RISING
OUT OF HATRED,
A Conversation
with Eli
Saslow.
rsvp required,
(attendees get
a free copy of
the book,
while supplies
last). https://www.facinghistory.org/calendar/c2019tn3-rising-out-hatred-conversation-eli-saslow
January 24,
10 AM. Temple
Israel. Rabbi
Feivel
Strauss,
senior
citizens group,
An
Open and
Inclusive
Discussion on
Sex, Gender,
and
Transgender in
Jewish Thought.
January 24,
5:30 PM.
Friends
Meeting House,
Friends
Advocacy
Team.
3387 Walnut
Grove, corner
of Prescott,
enter on
Prescott.
"Food, Facts,
and Fun"
Soup and
salad
5:30-6,
6-6:30 report
on activities
of the Friends
Committee on
National
Legislation.
January 25-26.
Memphis
Islamic
Center.
Visiting
clinical and
family
therapist Imam
Yassir Fagaza
will have
several talks,
all free.
Friday, January 25th, 2019 @ 1:00PM: Jummah Khutbah at MIC
(The sermon at the Friday service, well worth doing if you have
not. I'd expect 40 minutes of his sermon, 10 or 15 minutes
of Arabic prayers. Ask for a folding chair if you are
uncomfortable sitting on the floor or joini8ng the prayers. The
other events are normal lectures.
Friday, January 25th, 2019 @ 7:00PM: "Depression
in the American Muslim Community"
Saturday, January 26th, 2019 @ 12:30PM: "Why
Don't Parents Just Understand" (talk mainly for teenagers)
Saturday,
January 26th, 2019 @ 5:30PM: "Having
Difficult Conversations With Your Kids" (talk mainly for parents.)
January
25, 6 PM, Temple Israel. Rick Recht, a well-known
Jewish musician/singer, will be here too
help lead the regular Friday evening
service. Reception beforehand,
5:30 pm, very light refreshments.
January 25, 7:30 PM. Organ Concert
and reception, Calvary Episcopal,
free. Four hands and four feet on one
organ. Reception follows. The Chenault
Duo.
January 26 7 PM, Buckman Performing
Arts Center, PRIZM, Cordova High
SChool Orchestra, Ballet on Wheels, "Youth
Classical Concert"
January
27 (date was changed), Jewish Historical
Society Speaker , Jewish Community
Center at 2 PM
Dr Josh Parshall, The Workman's
Circle in Southern Cities
January 28, 5:30-6:30 PM, Campaign
Nonviolence
"Our next Campaign Nonviolence meeting is
this Monday, 1/28 from 5:30-6:30pm at
Caritas Village (2509 Harvard Ave
38112) to reflect on last year's week of
nonviolence, partnering with other groups
for nonviolence education in the schools,
MICAH and other ideas for the new year.
Hope you can join us! Monica Juma"
(Caritas Village is,
among other things, an excellent
restaurant. Eating during the meeting is
optional.)
January 30, Wednesday, 6:30 PM. A free
conversational Hebrew class in the
Temple Israel Room, fourth floor,
Crosstown Concourse. Casual, with a
visiting Israeli. RSVP helpful to bayleel
(at) timemphis.org
February 5 "First
Tuesday"
Dinner of the
Catholic
Ministry to
Gays and
Lesbian
Persons. Everyone
welcome; there
is no
presumption
that you are
gay etc. but
you'll meet
some
people who
are. Potluck
supper 6:30
(no need to
bring anything
your first
time), speaker
at 7. Usually
they have
excellent
speakers.
Marian Hall,
under the
sanctuary at
Cathedral of
the Immaculate
Conception.
1695 Central,
parking lot in
the rear
(around the
block.)
February
speaker: a
professor of
religion from
Rhodes
college,
speaking on
biblical texts
about gender.
February
8-9
Visiting
scholar Shaik
Md. Faqih at
Memphis
Islamic Center.
Talks 1 PM and
7 PM Feb 8, 6
AM and 7 PM
Feb 9.
February
8-10. 7:30 PM
each
evening
U of Memphis,
Guitar
Festival.
I'm a big fan
of Lily Afshar
(Friday
evening), who
does a
remarkable job
of using both
classical and
Iranian music
in her guitar
work. (She has
a guitar with
extra frets do
she can use
differing
musical
systems.)
February
10,
Masjid
Ar-Rahman.
Assalamu
Alaykom Wa
Rahmatullahi wa
Barakatuh,
Join us
this Sunday,
Feb 10th between
Maghrib (5:45PM)
& Isha
(7:45PM) for
special program
to discuss the
importance and
role of Masjid
in the Islamic
World and the
West. There will
an open
discussion about
what mosques can
do to increase
the number &
participation of
congregation.
The
program will be
led by Imam
Anwar Arafat
along with
special guests
coming from
Salem, Oregon to
talk about their
goal of
establishing the
first mosque in
the Capital city
of Oregon.
Dessert
will be served!
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February 13, 6 PM, National Civil
Rights Museum. Distinguished Speaker
Series
"Founder and lead
counsel for The Decarceration Collective
law office, Attorney MiAngel Cody is
nationally recognized for her dedicated
defense of men and women sentenced to
die in federal prison. Between 2013 and
2017, she has won presidential clemency
and freedom for six prisoners serving
life sentences for drug crimes. She will
talk about "Safe Houses” and the ways
black women have created a roadmap for
survivorship through mass incarceration,
whether as inmates or as family members
separated from those imprisoned."
February 15-16. Visiting Scholar
at Anshei Sfard-Beth El Emeth
Synagogue. Rabbi Dr David Berger,
an authority on Messianism and relations
between Judaism and the Roman Catholic
Church. Talks after 5:25 service and
Dinner on Friday, at 11:30 AM and
7:30 PM Saturday. Charge for dinner,
reserve at 682-1611
February 22, Friday, 7 PM. Acoustic
Eidelon concert at Balmoral
Presbyterian Church.
Free, donations accepted. Promotioanl
video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=cbI6Zl9k6rU&feature=youtu.be
February 22-23, Visiting Scholar
at Baron Hirsch Synagogue. Rabbi
Yahuda Sarna. Saturday morning 11
AM talk on "Why Jews move to Arabia."
Friday dinner and talk "Being Jewish
on Campus: Challenges in Keeping the
Faith." at 6:45 PM,
charge for sdinner, reserve at 683-7485.
Saturday 4:30 PM. "Freedom of Speech on
Campus and in the Synagogue"
Feb 29, Indian Cultural
Center and Temple. Prayers 10:30 AM
and 5:30 PM. Refreshments and socialize
after the 5:30 service. A nice chance to
visit with Hindu neighbors.
"Goddess Saraswathi is the
Goddess of learning, who is divine
knowledge personified. The sound of Her
celestial Veena awakens the notes of the
sublime utterances of the sacred
monosyllable, "OM". She bestows the
Knowledge of the supreme, mystic sound,
clarity of thought and nobility of ideas
as represented by Her pure dazzling
white clothes, with the hands holding
the veena and books seated on the white
lotus. We worship Goddess Saraswathi to
gain knowledge, dispassion, devotion and
prosperity."
February
12, Second
Tuesday,
meeting of
MICAH, the
Memphis
Interfaith
Coalition for
Action and
Hope.
Meeting location
varies, see https://www.micahmemphis.org/
or
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MICAH901/
for locations
and other
committee
meetings.
February 18
is
"President's
Day", sort
of an attempt to
amalgamate the
old holidays of
Washington's
Birthday and
Lincoln's
Birthday.
When I was a
math professor,
of course,
Washington's
Birthday was
always an
occasion for an
interesting
discussion of
the
Calendar.
Lincoln was born
on February 12.
Washington's
birthday was
originally
established as
Feb 22, but he
himself
celebrated it on
February
11. He was
born on February
11, 1731 on the
Julian Calendar,
which was still
observed in
England and its
colonies,
although m,any
parts of the
world saw that
day as February
22 because they
observed the
Gregorian
Calendar - which
is what most of
the world uses
today.
Yes, this is
actually of
"interfaith"
relevance:
the old Julian
calendar in use
for centuries
had drifted from
the correct
solar date, Pope
Gregory issued a
correction, but
England did not
recognize the
authority of the
Pope and kept to
the old calendar
for some years.
(This is also
why the old
"Soviet Union"
celebrated the
"October
Revolution"
which took place
in
November.)
For those who
enjoy obscure
questions: when
is the next year
divisible by 4
(the next US
Presidential
Election year)
that is NOT a
leap year?
I'll spare you
the more precise
mathematics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar
February
19 (Third
Tuesday), Pax
Christi (The
Roman Catholic
Peace Group) meets
at the Friends
Meeting House,
Walnut Grave
at Prescott.
All welcome,
usually an
excellent
speaker and
discussion.
Pot luck
supper at 6:30
(noi need to
bring anything
your first
time coming),
speaker at 7
PM.
February 21,
7 PM, Jewish
Historical
Society Film,
Jewish Community
Center, "Who
will write our
history?"
February 22,
Friday, 7 PM.
Acoustic
Eidolon
Concert at
Balmoral
Presbyterian
Church. Free,
donations
accepted.
Feb 24, 11
AM. Last
Sunday of each
month, prayers
at Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple,
"Naga
Devatha Abhishekam"
February
24, Sunday,Informational
session on
Alzheimer's. after
church (around
noon). Balmoral
Presbyterian
Church. ,
discussion
leader is Laura
Pate. Manager of
Programs and
Education for
the Alzheimer's
Association.
(I don't often
mention things
directly
associated with
a regular church
service on this
page, but it
occurs to me
that other might
want to know
that such
speakers are
available.)
February 24,
3 PM Evensong
at St John's
Episcopal.
Music will
include Charles
Stanford’s
Magnificat and
Nunc Dimittis in
B-flat, Craig
Phillips’
Responses, and
anthems from the
English
Renaissance, as
well as
congregational
hymns. All are
invited -
February
24,. 4 PM.
LeMoyne Owen
College Choir
at St Mary's
Episcopal.
Feb 25. Meeting
of Lynching
Sites group will
not take place,
people are urged
to attend:
Monday,
Feb. 25 at
6:00
pm
Hattiloo
Theatre
Production of
"Lest We
Forget:
Dramatic
Reading of
Slave
Narratives",
which will take
place at the
Hattiloo on
Monday, Feb. 25
at 6:00
pm.
Feb
25, 5:30- 6:30
PM, Campaign
Nonviolence at
Caritas
Village
(dinner
available if
desired).
Meeting to
continue
planning for
this year’s
week of action
in September
and
collaborating
for
nonviolence
education in
the schools.
Hope you can
join us.
2509
Harvard Ave,
(Binghampton
neighborhood)
March 2,
Saturday,
OPEN HOUSE at
Masjid
As-Salaam, 10
AM -
3PM.
This is an
important
chance to meet
Muslim
neighbors, tour
the mosque
(NOT an effort
to convert
anyone.)
1065 Stratford
Road (corner
of McCrory, at
the foot of
Covington
Pike.)
March
2-7
Lord Shiva
celebrations
at the Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple. (Maha
Shivarati)
10 AM, 5 and 6
PM each day;
some others.
https://icctmemphis.org/all-events/yearly-events/maha-shivaratri/
March 5,
Shrove Tuesday
Pancake dinner
and Mardi Gras
Concert, Saint
John's
Episcopal
Church
March 5,
Shrove Tuesday
party at St
Mary's
Cathedral,
$7 per person,
max $20
family, fried
chicken, red
beans and
rice, etc.
March 5,
Shrove Tuesday
- 5:30 -
8:30. 1st
Annual Krewe
of Calvary
Gumbo
Cook-Off.
10 different
Gumbos.
Free
admission,
contribute to
vote for your
favorite
gumbo.
Pancakes and
sausages for
the children.,
March 5,
"First
Tuesday"
Dinner of the
Catholic
Ministry to
Gays and
Lesbian
Persons. Everyone
welcome; there
is no
presumption
that you are
gay etc. but
you'll meet
some
people who
are. Potluck
supper 6:30
(no need to
bring anything
your first
time), speaker
at 7. Usually
they have
excellent
speakers.
Marian Hall,
under the
sanctuary at
Cathedral of
the Immaculate
Conception.
1695 Central,
parking lot in
the rear
(around the
block.)
March
6, 12 - 1.
Lunch and
Learn at
Temple Israel.
(bring
your bag
lunch.) Debbie
Friedman as
Jewish
Revolutionary,
presented by
Rabbi Feival
Strauss.
March
6, Wednesday.
United Way of
the Mid-South,
Impact Town
Hall. "At
this annual
event, you
will hear some
of the best
practices in
creating
economic
prosperity
from around
the country. "
(Helping to
fight
poverty.)
Christian
Brothers
University,
Canale Arena,
650 East
Parkway South.
Free,
donations to
thye United
Way accepted.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-impact-town-hall-tickets-54668503967
March 7 -
April 12,
Tuesday
through
Fridays -
Lenten Lecture
Series at
Calvary
Episcopal
(noon
Tues-Friday,
Wednesday
evening.) Also
lunch and
Wednesday
supper at the
Waffle Shop.
http://calvarymemphis.org/learn/lenten-preaching-series/2019-lps-speakers/
Mar 7 Buddy
Stallings, Mar
8 Stacy
Spencer, Mar
12-13 Dan
Mathews,
Mar
13(eve),14,15
Omid Safi
(Muslim), Mar
19-20-20(eve)
Brian McLaren
(Borg
Lecturer)
Mar
19-20-20(eve)
Brian McLaren
(Borg
Lecturer)
March 21
Kirk
Whalum,
Mar 22 Dr
Marjorie Hass
Mar 26
John Pitzwe,
Mar 27 Hester
Mathes, Mar 28
Diana Butler
Bass
Mar 29 Val
Handwerker
April 2
Kenneth
Robinson,
Apr 3 Barkley
Thompson,
April 4-5
Micah
Greenstein
March 8,
Friday
National Civil
Rights Museum.
A free concert
in connection
with the new
photo
exhibit about
historically
Black
colleges,
"Without
Regard to Sex,
Race, or
Color." 7
PM (wine and
beverages at
6). In
partynership
with IRIS
orchestra.
Live stream at
https://livestream.com/NCRM/withoutregard
To attend
preregister by
March 5
5 PM at http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/an-evening-of-art-music
March
8-10
ASBEE (Anshei
Sphard - Beth
El Emeth synagogue,
North Yates
north of
Walnut Grove.)
Rabbi
Menachem
Nissel
will be
scholar-in-residence.
The general
theme will be
"Purim Power -
unleashing the
Hidden Secrets
of an
Enigmatic
Festival.") He
will speak
Friday after
dinner (charge
for dinner,
advance
reservation
required,
682-1611),
give the
sermon at the
8:45 AM
service
Saturday
morning, ,
speak at 4:35
Saturday
afternoon.
At 7:30 PM
Sunday March
10 there will
be a program
open to all,
"Growing with
Your
Children."
March 9, 10
- 3:30 PM.
Seminar
(preaching?)
at Unity Church
of Practical
Christianity.
An all-day
free seminar
by Patricia
Cota-Robles
which may give
a sense of how
they differ
from the
"mainstream"?
See the poster
at
http://www.unitychurchofpracticalchristianity.org/events--activities/patricia-cota-robles-free-seminar
March 9,
Muslim-organized
Block Party,
all invited,
Fuller State
Park, 1500 W
Mitchell Rd.
Food trucks,
music, fun.
March 9.
Muslim event
"Let's just
talk about
it." Rose
Theatre, Univ.
of Memphis.
(parking
garage on Zach
Curlin).
Doors open
5:30, event at
6:15.
Atheletes
including
former NBA
player Mahmoud
Abdul Rauf and
weight-lifter
Kutsoom.
Comedian.
$8.80.
Details and
tickets click
through from https://muslimsinmemphis.org/
March 9.
Film Festival
at Baron
Hirsch
synagogue.
A collection
of short
films.
$10/person
Wine, hrs
d'oeuvres,
three short
films from the
Ma'aleh School
of Film in
Jerusalem.
Reservations
optional at
683-1485
March 11
Monday 7:30
PM. Lecture at
ASBEE by Rabbi
Yona Weiss.
Open to
all, free.
"Halachic
Issues
Regarding
Self-Driving
Cars." (loosely,
for the
benefit of
non-Jews,
I'll translate
"Halacha" as
"Canon
Law." I
expect the
talk will
fascinate
lawyers and
anyone
interested in
religious laws
and "natural
law".
What does
Jewish
tradition say
about
responsibility
and liability
concerning
self-driving
cars?
March 11,
5-7 PM
Lynching Sites
of Memphis, regular
meeting, First
Baptist
Church.
East Parkway
and Poplar.
These usually
have
outstanding
speakers and
discussions.
March 12
Second
Tuesday,
meeting of
MICAH, the
Memphis
Interfaith
Coalition for
Action and
Hope.
Meeting
location
varies, see https://www.micahmemphis.org/
or
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MICAH901/
for locations
and other
committee
meetings.
Mar 12, 7:00
PM – 8:30 PM
New Direction
Christian
Church -
Hickory, 6120
Winchester Rd,
Memphis, TN
38115
March 16 10 AM
Health and
Legal fair
(open to all,
Muslim
organized).
Family and
Community Day.
Gaston
Community
Center, 1046
S. Third.
774-3156
March 17,
Sunday,
Jewish
Historical
Society
Speaker (
Jewish
Community
Center at 2
PM)
Steven
Weisman, "The
Chosen Wars:
How Judaism
Became an
American
Religion"
March
17, Purim
Carnival at
ASBEE
synagogue. 11
Am - 3 PM. Adult
and child
activities,
food
available, the
Bloodmobile
will be there
for donations.
March
17, Purim
Carnival
at Temple
Israel 12 -
1:30. "
Bring the
whole family
and enjoy
games, prizes,
food, fun, and
more!"
March
19 (Third
Tuesday), Pax
Christi (The
Roman Catholic
Peace Group) meets
at the Friends
Meeting House,
Walnut Grave
at Prescott.
All welcome,
usually an
excellent
speaker and
discussion.
Pot luck
supper at 6:30
(noi need to
bring anything
your first
time coming),
speaker at 7
PM.
PURIM
is a
relatively
minor Jewish
holiday, commemorating
the events of
the Book of
Esther (Old
Testament.)
Many Jews view
the book as
fiction and
not to be
taken too
literally. Ian
Fleming, the
author of the
James Bond
books, stated
that James
Bond was based
on the Book of
Esther, the
main
differences
being (a) the
sexy secret
agent in the
Bible is
female, (b)
M's full name
is given, and
(c) the race
to kill the
bad guys,
before they
can kill the
good guys, has
to be done on
fast horses,
as the modern
sports car has
not been
invented.
Everything
else in the
book will be
familiar in
story-telling
style to
James Bond
fans.
Since part of
the story is,
shall we say,
"adult",
children
attending the
synagogue
services are
issued
noisemakers to
use during the
Bible reading
(Yes,
I'm telling
the truth, but
simplifying
slightly for
effect. The
Brewery Tour
organized by
Chabad March
20 is not out
of keeping
with the
Jewish reading
of the book.)
March
20, 6:30 PM,
Purim Play at
Temple
Israel
(light
refreshments
at 6) (usually
The Book of
Esther, done
as musical
comedy.)
An outstanding
humorous
musical
program.
Highly
recommended
for any
audience that
wants to see
the
celebration in
English
instead of
Hebrew. Always
great fun and
good music.
(changed
date and time
from an early
save-the-date
announcement)
March 20,
Young Adults
Purim Party
(by Chabad),
Wiseacre
Brewing Tap
Room, 2783
Broad, 7:45.
(Book of
Esther read,
probably iun
Hebrew, Happy
Hour and
Brewery Tour.
March 21,
(family,
including
children)
Purim Party at
Chabad.
Bible reading
(Book of
Esther) 5 PM,
dinner 5:30
PM.
March 21,
Benjamin Hooks
Institute,
The Wives of the 1968 Sanitation
Workers Strike
Thursday, March 21 | Reception 5:30 p.m. | Program 6
p.m.
University of Memphis University Center River Room (300)
March 21, 7:30 PM. University of the South
Choir at St John's Episcopal Church
March 23, 7:30 PM, repeated March 24, 3
PM. Wolf River Singers 25th
Anniversary Concert
at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 8151 Poplar
Avenue, Germantown
March 23, 10 - 1. Women's
Empowerment Event, Free. Sponsors
incl. INAC and TILMW-Memphis.
March 23. Memphis Grizzlies Islamic
Heritage Night.
Tickets $25 and up.
https://www.facebook.com/events/197011841252091
March 23-24 (Saturday
morning, repeated Sunday afternoon).
Activist training by MICAH
https://www.micahmemphis.org/calendar
https://mailchi.mp/5875606d9e76/register-now-micah-organizing-101-201?e=7add143518
March 24 4 PM Choral Evensong at St Mary's
Episcopal
March 24, 2-3 PM, class on Social
Security disability benefits and
qualifications, by an attorney, Jewish
Community Canter, call 767-8511, class
5476 (free)
Monday, March 25, 2019 Lynching
Sites Monday meeting at First
Baptist Church (200 East Parkway North)
from 5:00 -7:00pm.
March 25, MICAH Memphis Task Force on
Economic Equity. See https://www.micahmemphis.org/calendar
March 26, 6-8 PM, Dinner and
discuss public issues, organized by
the League of Women Voters.
"We hope you will mark your calendars
today and plan to attend the Memphis
Soapbox Dinner on Tuesday, March 26th 6pm-
8pm. An evening of political conversation
over dinner. It will be held at the
Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave. Ste.909,
Memphis, TN 38119. Tickets are
$35.00 and individuals can send a check in
to our P.O. Box 383291, Memphis,TN 38183,
or go to our Facebook page or
website http://www.lwvmemphisshelby.org
and purchase tickets.(Eventbrite)"
March 27, Wednesday. Speaker on the
problems of being a teenage girl, at
Church of The Holy Communion, Walnut Grove
between Perkins. Lisa Damour, a nationally
known expert, talk for teenagers, parents,
grandparents, friends. Talk is at 7 PM
following a 5:30 PM supper. Free talk,
modest charge for the dinner (I think $8)
March 27 - Passover Cooking with Temple
Israel and the Church Health Center.
$15 class at Crosstown Concourse.
Matzo Ball Soup. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jewish-cooking-series-passover-march-2019-tickets-53816223774?aff=efbevent&fbclid=IwAR3j2VQzwyrmJI5AYKKbS3zqvQ0xxCxGWCVGMcjEyiLZatpKtlBfSz1IJ_w&utm_source=Temple+Israel+News&utm_campaign=033cb5aa1f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70ba279f7f-033cb5aa1f-92698110
March 30 - 10 AM to 6 PM. The
climax of Muslims in Memphis' month of
activities with an all-day program
at Agricenter International. Admission
free, many booths, events, discussions,
food, etc. Not to be missed!
March 30. (Saturday) 10-11:30. Community
Life Forum (Muslims in March
sponsorship, all invited.) Hoiw the Media
impacts you and your family.
March 30, evening. Muslims in March
grand finale
banquet. 6:30 reception, 7:00
banquet.
Holiday Inn Airport, 2240 Demorat Rd. $55
adults, $35 17 and under. phone 332-1130
March 31, 6-8 PM retirement party for
Episcopal Bishop Don Johnson,
Memphis Botanic
Garden. RSVP to
celebratebishopjohnson@gmail.com or
(901) 849-9090
April 2
First Tuesday CMGLP (Catholic
Ministry to Gap and Lesbian Persons)
potluck supper 6:30
and speaker 7 PM, Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception.\(Marian Hall,
under the sanctuary. All are
welcome. Enter from the rear parking
lot.)
April 4, 6:30 PM "Taste of Israel",
Memphis Botanic Garden. Fundraiser,
$50,
limited ticket sales start Feb 25.
Kosher food, wine, etc.
Saturday,
April 6, 2019 Lynching Sites
Project
LSP Featured in "Memphis Matters"
performance by Playback Memphis
7:00 pm at Theater South (entrance at
the southwest corner of First
Congregational Church - 1000 S. Cooper)
Sunday, April 7, 2019
MEMPHIS CARES AGAIN!
3:00 pm at Crump Stadium (next to
Central High, Memphis)
A revisiting of the
April 7, 1968 worship service brought
together in the immediate aftermath of
the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Over 5,000 persons from the
Memphis Faith Community attended under
the leadership of Dr. James Lawson and
Mr. John T. Fisher. One of the
fruits of the gathering was the eventual
founding of MIFA (Metropolitan
InterFaith Association).
Leadership on 4-7-2019 will include Dr.
Lawson and the daughter of Mr. Fisher,
Ms. Suzannah Fisher Ragen.
This event is sponsored by Voices for
Justice Mid-South (VFJM). Contact
Dr. Mark Matheny (memtheny@gmail.com) or
(901) 428-4633 with any questions.
<<Note
about April 11
originally the
speaker at
Vanderhaar was
top be Morris
Dees. As a
reported
scandal about
SPLC finances
escalated. it
was changed to
Richard Cohen
after Dees
left SPLC.,
the cancelled
after Richard
COhen left
SPLC. So the
following
entry was
deleted on
April 8:
The
Annual Gerard
Vanderhaar
Symposium - a
major
interfaith
event, not to
be missed. Speaker
is Richard
Cohen,
President of
Southern
Poverty Law,
title: "With
Justice for
All in a
Changing
America." 7 PM
at the
University
Theater of
Christian
Brothers
University,
650 East
Parkway South
(easiest
entrance is
from Central
Ave just east
of East
Parkway.)
free but
preregistarion
is requested
so they can
estimate crowd
size.
http://cbu.edu/vanderhaar>>
March
7 - April 12,
Tuesday
through
Fridays -
Lenten Lecture
Series at
Calvary
Episcopal
(noon
Tues-Friday,
Wednesday
evening.) Also
lunch and
Wednesday
supper at the
Waffle Shop.
http://calvarymemphis.org/learn/lenten-preaching-series/2019-lps-speakers/
April 9
Sam Teitel,
Pastor, Church
of the River
April
10, Phoebe
Roaf, Bishop
Elect,
Episcopal
Dioceses of
West Tennessee
April 11,
Marie Howe,
Poet
(also Weds
evening April
10)
April 12,
Dorothy Wells,
ST Georges
Episcopal
Church,
Germantown
April 8-10.
Westberg
Symposium. The
Church Health
Center is home
to the "Parish
Nursing
Program",
supporting
houses of
worship than
have a nurse
available to
assist their
members. This
is its annual
program. On
April 8,
Monday, 6:30
PM, Philip
Yancey
(Distinguished
Christian
author,
journalist,
and editor)
will speak at
First Baptist
Broad, 2835
Broad
Ave.
$25, register
at http://ChurchHealth.org/Event/PhilipYancey
April 9,
Catholic
Ministry to
Gays and
Lesbians (usually
the first
Tesday, but
2nd Tuesday
this month)
Marian Hall
under the
Cathedral of
the Immaculate
Conception.
Catered dinner
this month,
$10 (but no
one turned
away for lack
of $10.)
Fr. Robert
Marshall,
pastor of the
Cathedral,
will speak to
us on the
celebrations
of Holy
Week. In
addition, Fr.
Marshall will
share with us
a little of
his background
and his
vocation story
which is quite
an interesting
one in that he
also holds a
law
degree.
Come and join
us for a
delicious
catered meal
by Dino's and
hear the faith
journey of
lawyer
-to-priest
from Fr.
Marshall.
April 9
Second
Tuesday,
meeting of
MICAH, the
Memphis
Interfaith
Coalition for
Action and
Hope.
Meeting
location
varies, see https://www.micahmemphis.org/
or
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MICAH901/
for locations
and other
committee
meetings.
This meeting
- 7 PM
at First
Congregational
Church
April 9, 6
PM
Temple Israel,
Meet
the Author.
HOLY ENVY by
BARBARA BROWN
TAYLOR: In
Conversation
with Rabbi
Micah
Greenstein
New York Times
bestselling
author of An
Altar in the
World and
Learning to
Walk in the
Dark recounts
her moving
discoveries of
finding the
sacred in
unexpected
places while
teaching the
world's
religions to
undergraduates
in rural
Georgia...
April 9,
6:30 PM. Rabbi
Lehrfield of
Baron Hirsch
Congregation
delivers a
preparing-for-0Passover
lecture at the
synagogue, "29
things to say
at the
Seder"
(The Seder is
the service
typically done
over dinner in
the home, the
first two
nights
of Passover.)
April 10.
St. Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral. The
The Christ
Community
Health
Services
van will be in
the parking
lot beginning
at 8am, with
intake
sessions
taking place
in the Crypt.
(This is in
connection
with the 8 AM
service and
breakfast)
CCHS offers:
FREE acute and
primary
care
Screenings for
common health
problems
Diagnosis of
medical
problems and
health
needs
Treatment and
management of
specific
diseases
Treatment of
minor
injuries
Vision and
Dental
screenings by
appointment
April 10, 7
PM. Temple
Israel
program,
"Reclaiming
our
Matriarchs". "A
program to
reclaim our
famous Jewish
women from
Biblical to
modern times
in a relaxed,
fun
environment.
Drinks and
snacks will be
provided. This
program is
designed for
women or
anyone who
identifies as
a
woman."
RSVP requested
https://timemphis.shulcloud.com/form/reclaiming-our-matriarchs
April 10, Supper
and speaker,
St. John's
Episcopal
Mingling
and fellowship
begins at 5:30
in the Parish
Hall, dinner
served at 6,
followed by
our speaker,
Rev. Dr. Lee
Humphreys,
former head of
the Dept. of
Religion at UT
Knoxville.
Rev. Humphreys
is author of
several books
on the Old
Testament:
"The Character
of God in
Genesis,"
"Joseph and
his Family,"
and the Old
Testament
textbook, "The
Story of God's
People."
Register by
clicking the
link below:
https://stjohnsmemphis.wufoo.com/forms/w1hu8qvc12n80qp/
April
10, 7 PM,
Jewish
Community
Center, Author
Talk. Nathan
Englander.,
His most
recent book is
a novel,
"Kaddish.com"
April 11, The
Vanderhaar
Symposium has
been
canceled
(there
have been
administrative
changes and
accusations of
problems at
the Southern
Poverty Law
Center, which
was to provide
the speaker.)
April
11, 7 PM
Concert at
Temple Israel.
free. Joe
Buchanan. This
is advertised
as
"Country/America
steeped in
Torah" and
"The Jewish
Cowboy."
He'll also be
in a special
Friday evening
(Sabbath)
Service at 8
PM Friday
April 12 and
other events
this weekend
in the Jewish
community.
April 12,
10 AM. Wreath
Laying at the
graves of the
Fort Pillow
Massacre.
National
Cemetery,
north end of
National
Street (2568
Townes Avenue,
for map
programs).
This will also
mark the 155th
anniversary of
the Massacre,
400 years of
the first
recorded
history of
slavery and
the 200th
anniversary of
Memphis.
Saturday,
April 13, 2019
from 10 am --
4 pm the
Descendants of
Union Soldiers
Who Survived
the Massacre
at Fort Pillow
on April 12,
1864 cordially
invite you to
"Remembering
Fort Pillow
". The
event will be
held at the
Fort Pillow
State Historic
Park.
April
12. Indus
Hospital
Dinner Pakistan Association of Memphis is hosting
a beautiful
evening with
Pakistani
legend Anwar
Maqsood to
raise
awareness and
funds for
Indus Hospital
in Pakistan.
Please come
out and
support.
The Great Hall
&
Conference
Center
7:00PM -
11:30PM
Tickets price:
$20 per
Person/Under
10 - FREE
FREE Childcare
will be
provided.
Buy tickets at
http://friendsofindushospital.com/event-registration/
April
13-14 Sri Rama
Navami
Celebrations,
Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple.
9 am
and 5:30 PM
Saturday, 10
AM Sunday.
April
14 is Palm
Sunday, the
beginning of
Christian
"Holy Week"
leading to
Good Friday
and then to
Easter on
April 21. Many
churches have
special events
on some or all
of the days of
Holy Week. Look
at the church
websites,
found on our
"address
page."
Bishop-Elect
Phoebe Roaf
will be
presiding at
several events
at St Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
Outgoing
Bishop Don
Johnson will
preach at 11
AM Easter Day.
St John's
Episcopal will
be celebrating
its 70th
anniversary on
April 14
April 14, 2
PM, Jewish
Historical
Society, at
the Jewish
Community
Center.
Roots
- Resistance -
Renewal:
Polish Jews
1975 to the
Present.
by Chuck
Fishman,
internationally
known
photographer
April 16 (Third
Tuesday), Pax
Christi (The
Roman Catholic
Peace Group) meets
at the Friends
Meeting House,
Walnut Grave
at Prescott.
All welcome,
usually an
excellent
speaker and
discussion.
Pot luck
supper at 6:30
(no need to
bring anything
your first
time coming),
speaker at 7
PM.
April
17-21, Africa
in April. The
official
country
honored this
year is
Nigeria, but
I'm told there
will also be
events or
participation
about Togo and
Benin. Draft
flier is at 2019_Africa_in_April.jpg
April 18, 6
PM. Spring
ceremony at
Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple.
Vasantotsavam
is an annual
seva to
celebrate the
arrival of the
Spring season.
Vasantotsavam
is the
combination of
two words – “Vasantha”
(Spring season
in Sanskrit)
and “Utsavam”
(Festival in
Sanskrit).
This event
welcomes the
spring season
in the
Mid-South. On
the final
evening,
Pravathi Devi
is offered
worship and
taken out for
a celestial
ride on a
finely
decorated
swarna ratham.
April
18, 9:15 PM,
Masjid
Ar-Rahman.
Talk by Imam
Anwar
about 9 days
he spent in
New Zealand
visiting the
attacked
mosque in
Christchurch.
April
19, Good
Friday. Lots
of special
church
services.
After
the 11:45 PM
service at
Calvary
Episcopal
downtown they
will do a "Way
of the Cross
Procession"
through
downtown
streets. (And
another inside
the church, if
you don't want
the outside
one.)
April
19
(evening)
is the start
of Passover,
an eight day
holiday.
This is a
major Jewish
holiday
commemorating
the departure
of the Jews
from Egypt and
freedom from
slavery.
The most
important
celebration is
the "Seder", a
ceremony
enacted at the
dinner table
the first two
nights. Many
Jewish
families do
this in the
home, often in
extended
family groups
or with
guests.
Several
synagogues
offer large
group seders
on one of the
first two
nights. As it
is also a
fancy dinner,
there is a
charge for it,
but outsiders
are definitely
welcome, and
if you can't
afford it,
call and ask.
Baron
Hirsch
will have a
very
traditional
seder (lots of
Hebrew, I
expect) April
19, $45 for
non-member
adults, less
for members
and children,
call
683-7485
(call soon, it
may sell out).
Temple Israel
runs a much
more informal,
more English,
musical Seder
on April 20.
Register by
April 15 at
https://wrjtempleisraelsisterhood.wildapricot.org/event-3260179
Brit Hadasha
(The Messianic
Jewish
Congregation -
the group that
says they are
Jews but
believe in
Jesus, some
Jews think
they should
call
themselves"James
Christians"
after the
Church of
James in
Jerusalem,
which was
wiped out by
the Romans),
has a Seder
April 19 but
reports it is
sold out.
https://www.brithadasha.org/
April
19. 5:30
PM.
Lindenwood
Christian
Church. Good
Friday Service
of the Cross.
Wide
participation
from other rea
clergy makes
this a
significant
interfaith
event.
This annual
service offers
seven
meditations
from noted
area clergy
who each
provide
reflections on
one of the
Seven Last
Words of
Christ.
The Lindenwood
Chancel Choir,
Chamber
Orchestra,
Pianist Mark
Ensley and
Organist-Conductor
Chris Nemec
provide Lenten
music by
Mozart,
Dubois, Faure,
Rutter and
others. Free,
non-ticketed.
April 19-20
Imam Candidate
visit.
(not really an
interfaith
event, but
included so
others can see
how this is
done, and
visit if
they'd like.)
Please
join this
weekend for a
program
conducted by
Elhadj Mamadou
Aliou Bah,
Imam Candidate
for Masjid
Al-Muslimeen[3131
Director Rd
Memphis, TN
38131]
1 PM Friday
sermon and 7
PM Saturday
program at
Masjid
Al-Muslimeen,
9:15 PM Friday
talk at Masjid
Ar-Rahman
It is noted
that the
candidate is
fluent in
Arabic,
French,
English, and
Fulani, born
in Guinea,
studied in
Medina and in
Delaware.
April
20 10:30 AM special
ceremonies at
Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple.
According
to Vedic
Astrology, the
transition of
heavenly
bodies like
Saturn (Shani)
and Jupiter
(Guru) have an
effect on the
individuals
born under
certain
Nakshatara/Rasi.
These effects
could be
charaterized
as being
either
positive or
negative
depending on
Rasi (Moon
sign) of the
individual. To
mitigate the
negative
effect and to
enhance the
positive
effects of the
transition,
ICCT is
performing the
NAVAGRAHA
SHANTHI
(HOMAM).
Performing
Navagraha
Homam and
pooja after
Ugadi (New
Year) is
important and
beneficial for
the following
Rasi-Nakshatara’s:
(continues....)
April 20,
3-5 PM.
Opening of
"Divine
Diversities",
an exhibit of
religious
artifacts, at
the Art Museum
of the
University of
Memphis.
April 22 MICAH
ISSUE NIGHT
6:00 - 8:00 pm
FIRST
CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH
To build
synergy in our
work, the
Education,
Economic, and
Immigration
and
Intercultural
Equity Task
Forces meet in
the same
location on
the fourth
Monday of
every month.
April 22,
5-7 PM.
Lynching Sites
of Memphis
Project,
meeting at the
Fellowship
Hall of First
Baptist
Church, E.
Parkway and
Poplar.
The county has
approved
wording for a
new historical
marker on the
1851 lynching,
to be placed
in Market
Square,
probably this
Fall.
This group
usually has
excellent
speakers and
discussions,
all welcome.
April 23
Temple Israel.
Noon
Lunch and
Learn - Rabbi
Feival Strauss
and a
discussion of
"the history
of Jewish
guilt"
(bring
your own
lunch)
April
23 7 PM
LGBT-JEW
PASSOVER
SOCIAL
TI
CROSSTOWN
(The Temple
Israel room in
the Crosstown
Concourse)
Join us for an
evening of
LGBTQ+
community
building at TI
Crosstown! We
will make
colorful,
yummy matzah
pizzas in
celebration of
Passover and
spark new
connections
with our
fellow
members.
Wednesday
April 24th,
The First
Annual Memphis
Friendship
Foundation
Award Banquet
will be
held April 24,
2019 at Opera
Memphis (6745
Wolf River
Blvd, the
north end of
Kirby) at
6pm.
Fundraising
dinner, $100
and up
MFF will
present Daryl
Davis with the
First Annual
Memphis
Friendship
Award. (This
is the joiunt
enterprise
started by
Heartsong
Methodist
Chuirch and
the Memphis
Islamic
Center. Highly
recommended.
Tickets
at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-annual-memphis-friendship-foundation-award-banquet-tickets-55738453214
April
25 5-8 PM,
April 26 9
AM-noon.
Church Health
Center, Meet
the Artists
and Art
Sale. Jill
Steenhuis and
Sergio
Ruffalo.
The art
will be
exhibited on
three floors,
accessible
from the West
Atrium of the
Crosstown
Concourse
http://www.artinprovence.com
http://www.sergeruffalo.com
April
25 7 PM
Temple Israel
at Crosstown.
TI Talks:
Let's Talk
About
Anti-Semitism
In response to
the rise of
Judeophobia
and the
massacre in
Pittsburgh,
ConnecTI will
host this open
space for
diverse
audiences to
learn,
converse, and
connect
regarding
prejudice and
identity in
America. This
final session
will begin
with a
moderated
discussion by
Stacy
Jacobson,
reporter for
WREG Channel 3
News, and
Professor
Jonathan
Judaken of
Rhodes
College, and
will end with
a Q&A
period and
networking.
April
26. 165th
Anniversary of
Temple Israel.
5:00
pm: Annual
Meeting
5:30
pm: 165th
Anniversary
Preneg
6:00
pm: Shabbat
Service with
Guest Speaker
Edward
Felsenthal,
Temple Israel
Confirmation
Class of 1982
and CEO
of TIME
April 27 10 AM
- 3 PM.
Peacemakers
retreat,
Christian-Muslim
understanding.
Organized by
Doug Barr of
Farmington
Presbyterian
and Sameer
Mansour of
Memphis
Islamic
Center.
At
the
Presbyterian
campground,
Pinecrest,
21430 TN 57,
Moscow, TN.
(about
a one hour
drive). Free,
all
invited.
further info
from doug (at)
farmingtonpres.org
or
901-606-6292
April
27. 10 am 2
PM. County
Health
Department.
National
Prescription
Drug Take Back
Day April
27, 2019, in
the Kroger
parking lot
at 3444
Plaza Ave,
Memphis TN,
38111 located
in the Poplar
Plaza Shopping
Center.
you may turn
in unwanted or
expired drugs
for proper
disposal.
April
28, 8:30
am - 1
pm
Bloodmobile at
Temple Israel
April 28, 3
PM.
Beethoven Club
Brass Quintet
at Elmwood
Cemetery. $20.
Tickets
are $20 and
are available
at the Elmwood
Tickets Site here.
April 28 Noon
to 4PM.
Relieve
Hunger, Spread
Peace. The
annual meal
packing event
at the Muslim
day school,
Pleasant View
School, 1888
Bartlett
Rd. A
wonderful
opportunity to
be useful and
feel useful
while visiting
with a large
variety of
people from
many faiths
(and a chance
to see the
school, if you
have not.
HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED
Registration
requested:
http://www.memphisinterfaith.org/event-directory/meal-packing-event-with-rise-against-hunger/
April
28 Steve
Katz -
organized
concert at
AMRO Music,
2918 Poplar,
second floor.
A Cabaret
to benefit
Church Health
Center,
$15 suggested
donation.
Flier online here
.
April
30. West
Tennessee
Opioid Summit.
8:30 AM - 1:45
PM. Invitation
from Common
Table Health
Alliance.
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102490406310&ca=a8b1185d-59eb-49c0-a2cd-a2cf1251d4d9
April
30, 7 PM.
Lecture at
Beth Sholom
Synagogue.
Rachel
Shankman.
The daughter
of a holocaust
survivor, Mrs.
Shankman has
been a major
leader of
educational
programs. "Mrs
Shankman's
life work has
been dedicated
to building
bridges and
understanding
between
diverse
peoples..."
May 1. Noon.
Temple Israel,
Lunch &
Learn
Rabbi
Feivel Strauss
will continue
his series,
“Jewish
Revolutionaries.”
May's Jewish
Revolutionary
is Rabbi James
A. Wax. Please
bring a brown
bag lunch;
drinks will be
provided.
There is no
charge or
registration
required.
May 1 12-1.
Charles
Belenky
invites people
to a May
Day Rally in
front of City
Hall, 125
B Main Street,
Suite 308
The web site
suggests there
will be an
interesting
turnout.
https://www.facebook.com/events/834943863525768/
May 1, 1:30
PM Mark
Twain
performance at
Theatre
Memphis,
Senior Arts
Series.
Minimum
donation $5.
Poster
at SeniorArtsSeries.jpg
(all events on
the poster are
at 1:30 PM)
https://www.creativeagingmidsouth.org/senior-art-series
May
1 Wednesdays
at 7:30 PM,
Memphis
Islamic
Center. A
series of
lectures
by Yasir Qadhi
on "Mothers of
the Believers"
A more
complete
schedule of
MIC activities
is
at
http://www.memphisislamiccenter.org/
May 2. Planned
Parenthood
Fundraiser,
performance of
"Cabaret", $50
and up.
http://www.cabaret.pptnmm.org
or call Darci
at
901-725-3008.
May
2, Memphis
Jewish
Community
Center, 6:30
PM. Yom HaShoah,
commemoration
of the
Holocaust.
Speaker,
Rachel Goldman
Miller,
"Stolen
Innocence."
Doors open 6
PM. Open to
all.
May 3,
Church Health
Center -
fundraiser
cooking class,
$65. This
month, Mexican
cooking for
Cinco de Mayo.
https://churchhealth.org/event/the-art-of-dinner-interactive-cooking-class-cinco-de-mayo/
May
4, 11 AM, Hope
Church.
Ordination of
Phoebe Rauf as
Episcopal
Bishop of West
Tennessee.
(8500 Walnut
Grove Rd.)
This is an
extremely
colorful
ceremon yand
all are
welcome.
Strongly
encouraged!
May
5 at Chabad.
Speaker from
the Jerusalem
Post: "Red
States, Blue States,
and the Jewish
State."
Election
commentary,
recent Israeli
election.
Lecture at 7
PM is free,
there is a
dinner at 6 PM
with a $25
charge for
Israeli buffet
dinner.
https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/4362944/jewish/Red-States-Blue-States-The-Jewish-State.htm
May 5, 2-3
PM free class
on healthy and
beneficial
eating habits
for
elders and
special needs
people. Jewish
Community
Center. Call
767-8511,
class 5477
May 6, Men
of Reform
Judaism,
Annual Golf
Tournament,
Charity
Fundraiser.
May 6
Or Chadash
Conservative
Synagogue
has made
arrangements
to establish a
new Jewish
cemetery
within the
historic
Elmwood
Cemetery.
There will be
an
informational
meeting at Or
Chadash (6629
Massey Lane)
May 6 at 7 PM.
May
7 First
Tuesday,
CMGLP. Catholic
Ministry to
Gays and
Lesbian
Persons.
Everyone
welcome; there
is no
presumption
that you are
gay etc. but
you'll meet
some people
who are.
Potluck supper
6:30 (no need
to bring
anything your
first time),
speaker at 7.
Usually they
have excellent
speakers.
Marian Hall,
under the
sanctuary at
Cathedral of
the Immaculate
Conception.
1695 Central,
parking lot in
the rear
(around the
block.)
Thursday,
May 9th
ST Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral,
Healing
Eucharist
at 12 pm in
the nave. This
short (30 min)
service with
piano
accompaniment
is offered the
second
Thursday of
each month.
Folloiwed by a
potluck lunch.
May 10,
6:30-8:30.
Calvary
Episcopal
Church. Feast
and Follies:
a choir
concert, heavy
hors
d'oeuvres,
fundraiser
$25. Tickets
in advance via
http://calvarymemphis.org.
http://calvarymemphis.org/event/feast-and-follies-a-choir-cabaret/
May 14, 11
AM to 1:30 PM.
Common Table
Health
Alliance
Awards
Luncheon.
Notice is at
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1102490406310&ca=0dd4829d-87c8-40b9-8b11-ded7ed7fc0d2
May 14 Second
Tuesday,
meeting of
MICAH, the
Memphis
Interfaith
Coalition for
Action and
Hope.
Meeting
location
varies, see https://www.micahmemphis.org/
or
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MICAH901/
for locations
and other
committee
meetings.
May
16. 7:30 AM,
class ($15
or $20 charge,
CEUs) States
of Mind: Elder
addiction and
its impact on
the client and
the family.
Jewish
Community
Center
767-8511
http://jccmemphis.org/jfsprograms
May 16,
Playhouse on
the Square,
performance of
Cabaret! to
benefit Facing
History and
Ourselves.
$75
fundraiser. 6:30
PM reception,
8 PM
curtain.
https://www.facinghistory.org/calendar/rc2019mem3-cabaret-performance-playhouse-square
May 17,
Temple
Israel.
Send-off
dinner for
Rabbi Katie
Bauman, as she
prepares for
her new role
as Senior
Rabbi of Touro
Synagogue in
New Orleans.
May
18, Memphis
Islamic Center
Annual
Fundraiser
May 19, The
Annual IFTAR
Dinner.
This is a
major annual
interfaith
event
sponsored by
the Muslim
community.
Speakers will
be Rev Dr.
Stacy Spencer,
Rabbi Micah
Greenstein,
Shaykh
Dr, Yasir
Qadhi.
6-9 PM
Free but it
fills up fast,
reserve
early! http://www.memphisinterfaith.org/
and click on
May 19
Ongoing Museum
Exhibit: 70
Faces of
Memphis,
Memphis Jewish
Community
Center.
Articles about
some of these
people are at
https://jcpconnect.org/tag/70-faces-of-memphis/
May 21 (Third
Tuesday), Pax
Christi (The
Roman Catholic
Peace Group) meets
at the Friends
Meeting House,
Walnut Grave
at Prescott.
All welcome,
usually an
excellent
speaker and
discussion.
Pot luck
supper at 6:30
(no need to
bring anything
your first
time coming),
speaker at 7
PM.
May 22 will be
Imam Anwar
Arafat's last
day at Masjid
Ar-Rahman.
There will be
a farewell
reception with
refreshments
at Sunset
(9:30?)
(He will be
going to a
mosque in
Nashville. He
does
outstanding
English-language
sermons and
talks and will
be much missed
in Memphis.)
May 23,
L'ag B'Omer
Picnic at
Chabad. 5:30
PM. L'ag
B'Omer is a
very minor
Jewish holiday
celebrating
the end of a
plague in the
middle ages,
traditionally
celebrated by
going on a
picnic. Join
your neighbors
(everyone is
invited.) $15,
$10 for
Children, BBQ
dinner, sno
cones, cotton
candy, bounce
toys, frisbee
fun, disk golf
clinic. RSVP
helpful at
764-0404 or
JEWISHMEMPHIS.ORG/BBQ
(Kosher, hence
also Halal.)
May 23, 5 PM
Beethoven Club
Concert, 263
S.
McLean.
Free. Bach,
Bloch, Brophy,
Piazzolla.
Details
https://mailchi.mp/6e63fb721392/beethoven-club-concertsfive-nov-1403305?e=053a4e2a7d
May 23, news
of the
Episcopal
Church
Thursday, May 23rd 6:30 - 8 pm Railgarten 2166 Central Ave.
May 25,
2 PM, Memphis
Men of Harmony
Concert
"Attic
Memories"
St
Benedict at
Auburndale
High School,
8250 Varnavas
Dr., Cordova
38016
Reserved
seating - $15,
$12 for
Seniors,
Students,
Military.
Call
901-870-8629
or email
jamclan1682(at)gmail.com
If you'd enjoy
joining a
barbershop
quartet or
similar
group,.
rehearsals are
at
Balmoral
Presbyterian
Church, 7:30
PM Tuesdays
May
25, after
evening
prayers (about
9:30 PM, but
call and ask?)
; May 31 after
1:15 PM
prayers.
Construction
update and
fund appeal on
the major
building
project at
Masjid
Ar-Rahman.
If you've
never been to
a Muslim
Friday "noon"
sermon, or are
interested in
how building a
mega-mosque /
Muslim school
compares with
building
institutions
in other
faiths, this
would be a
great
experience to
visit. All are
welcome.
(If you are
not
comfortable
sitting or
kneeling on
the floor, ask
anyone to
bring you a
folding
chair.)
7906
Lowrance Road,
Memphis, TN
38125 901-756
-4794
Near I-385 and
Hacks Cross
http://masjid-arrahman.org/
May
27 (second and
fourth
Mondays)
Lynching Sites
Of Memphis
meeting
cancelled due
to Memorial
Day. Next is
June 10
May 31, 9:45
PM.
Annual
Fundraiser at
Masjid
As-Salaam.
Non-Muslims
may be
noticing the
tendency of
Muslims to run
Fund-raising
events during
Ramadan, when
people get
extra credit
for good deeds
(like Jews do
between Rosh
Hashanah and
Yom Kippur.)
The
complication
is that since
Muslims fast
from sunrise
to sunset, the
events have to
be at odd
hours in the
years when
Ramadan is in
the hot
season!
It is promised
that this
event will end
by 11:30 PM,
including the
extra
concluding
prayers held
during
Ramadan.
Yes,
non-Muslims
are invited to
some by, enjoy
the
refreshments,
and see how
the Muslims do
things! No one
will try to
convert you or
expect you to
contribute.
June 1, 7:30
PM, Wolf River
Singers, 25th
Annual Pops
Concert and
Silent Auction
Our
Lady of
Perpetual
Help, 8151
Poplar Ave.,
Germantown
Sunday, June
2 MICAH
Economic
Equity Public
Meeting
3:00pm-4:30pm
Promise Land
Church 3430
Overton
Crossing
St
Memphis TN
38127
"The Economic
Equity Task
Force has been
diligently
working to
ensure
institutions
and officials
are held
accountable to
the promises
made at the
MICAH Public
Meeting in
October 2018.
This Public
Meeting will
be an
opportunity to
show the power
of our
organization
and to hear
from elected
officials and
business
leaders how
they are
upholding
their public
promises to
Memphis.
Regarding
Wealth
Equity.
..... "
June
4, First
Tuesday
CMGLP. Catholic
Ministry to
Gays and
Lesbian
Persons.
Everyone
welcome;
there is no
presumption
that you are
gay etc. but
you'll meet
some people
who are.
Potluck supper
6:30 (no need
to bring
anything your
first time),
speaker at 7.
Usually they
have excellent
speakers.
Marian Hall,
under the
sanctuary at
Cathedral of
the Immaculate
Conception.
1695 Central,
parking lot in
the rear
(around the
block.)
June
4, End of
Ramadan (may
vary a day
depending on
moon sighting)
is the
occasion of
the very major
Muslim holiday
Eid-el-Fitr
(feast of the
completion.)
Details of the
holiday
forthcoming.
Like Jewish
holidays, it
starts the
sunset before
(tentatively
June 3)
June
4, Temple
Israel Movies.
Free, all
invited. 7
PM
Refreshments
at 6:30.
Tuesday, June 4 | Henri Dauman: Looking Up
Tuesday, June 11 | Satan & Adam Dr. Adam Gussow, a star of the film, will be present.
Book sale/signing optional
Wednesday, June 26 | The Samuel Project
RSVP requested
by May 30,
details and
link at https://mailchi.mp/timemphis.org/thisweekattemple?e=0b2f5806a0
PENTECOST
is June
9. The
Jewish holiday
is called
Shavuot, or
"The Feast of
Week", but is
also called
Pentecost.
(Seven weeks,
a week of
weeks, the
next day is 50
days after
Easter or
Passover,
respectively.)
This is the
only holiday
that has
preserved as
an English
name the same
name as the
exactly
corresponding
Christian
Holiday. In
French, for
example,
Easter and
Passover also
have the same
name, both
taken from the
Hebrew word
for the
holiday. For
Jews, it
celebrates
both the
giving of the
Torah (the
law) at Mt.
Sinai, 50 days
after the
exodus from
Egypt, and the
beginning of
the harvest
season ("first
fruits").
It is a
Christian
holiday since
this is when
the apostles
reunited after
they left
Jerusalem to
get away from
the Romans,
after Easter -
they reunited
on the
occasion of
the Jewish
pilgrimage to
Jerusalem to
celebrate this
Jewish
holiday. The
apostles
received "the
gift of
tongues", the
directive to
preach in all
languages,
which is the
motivation for
so many Bible
translations.
(Traditional
Jews still
read the Bible
lessons at the
Saturday
morning
service in
Hebrew, and
Muslims insist
that only the
Arabic Qur'an
is the one
that
counts.)
The
holidays don't
fall on the
same day most
years - the
two religions
use somewhat
different
lunar
calendars).
The
Temple Israel
celebration
will be June
8, reception 5
PM, Songs and
Storeis from
Sinai, 5:45
PM. There will
be other
Jewish and
Christian
celebrations.
This is a
great holiday
to visit other
celebrations
and see how
"the other
religion" does
it. Jews
run to Ice
Cream parties,
if you like
ice cream.
June
9, 4 PM Beale
Canto at St
Mary's
Episcopal
June 10. Second and Fourth Tuesdays. Lynching Sites
Project. LSP Monday meeting at First Baptist
Church (200 East Parkway North) from 5:00 -7:00 pm. Usually
excellent discussions and speakers.
June
11, Second
Tuesday, meeting
of MICAH, the
Memphis
Interfaith
Coalition for
Action and
Hope.
Meeting
location
varies, see https://www.micahmemphis.org/
or
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MICAH901/
for locations
and other
committee
meetings.
June
10-16 Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple. Silver
Jubilee
Celebration
June 15
events include
prayer
ceremonies all
day through 6
PM. Lunch
following the
11:30 prayers
(all invited)
I do encourage
people to
visit this
beautiful
temple
complex, a
half hour ride
from midtown,
which
continues to
grow in size,
beauty, and
complexity.
There is
another event
at 7AM June
16, I'm not
sure after
that.
June 14,
Friday,
refreshments
5:15 PM,
service 6 PM.
Temple Israel
is doing a
"Pride
Shabbat", LGBTQ
especially
welcome. Come
meet some
people you
might not
otherwise
meet.
June 15
10-12 AM.
Liturgical
Writing Group
meets at St
Mary's
Cathedral.
http://www.stmarysmemphis.org/sites/574/uploaded/files/Memphis_Liturgy_Writing_Group.pdf
June 15, 8:25
PM. Memphis
Islamic
Center.
Program on
Emotionally
Intelligent
Parenting.
June 18, Third
Tuesday Pax
Christi (The
Roman Catholic
Peace Group) meets
at the Friends
Meeting House,
Walnut Grave
at Prescott.
All welcome,
usually an
excellent
speaker and
discussion.
Pot luck
supper at 6:30
(no need to
bring anything
your first
time coming),
speaker at 7
PM.
June
18, 7 PM.
Memphis Jewish
Community
Center.
Annual
meeting of
Jewish
Community
Partners, the
local Jewish
umbrella
charity group.
Selected
Reports on
charitiable
activities
during the
year.
All
welcome.
https://jcpconnect.org/
June 19. Call
from Micah
Educational
Equity Task
Force.
- PUBLIC PRESS RALLY at
12:30 PM on June 19th before Shelby County Commission: 2nd
Reading of Tax Ordinance at 1:30 PM, 160 N. Main. We
hope to have Commissioners who will sponsor us. We will invite
the press - WE NEED THE MOST PEOPLE HERE!
- Shelby County Commission:
Third Reading of the Tax Ordinance -
June 24th, 1:30-3:30 PM, 160 N. Main
June 19, 7 PM.
Calvary
Episcopal
Church - Movie
Night, "Toy
Story 3". All
ages
welcome.
http://calvarymemphis.org/events/
June
20, short
course, Legacy
Planning
Reimagined
After Tax
Reform -
continuing ed
credit for
professional
tax advisors
(possibly also
of interest to
those who
itemize very
large
deductions)
registration
7:45-8:30 AM,
program
8:30-10:30 AM.
Community
Foundation of
Greater
Memphis, 1900
Union Avenue.
$20, less fopr
members of The
Planned Giving
Council
June
20, 11 AM St
Mary's
Cathedral,
Potluck Lunch
and Faith
Discussions. Bring
a dish to
share. Older
children
welcome.
Contact Canon
Patrick
Williams:
pwilliams@stmarysmemphis.org
June
21. Summer
Solstice. The
Unity Church
of Practical
Christianity,
home to many
interfaith
activities,
has a
celebration at
7:30 PM
(as well as
the Equinox
Sept 23 and
Winter
Solstice Dec
23, all at
7:30 PM)
June 22.
"Bikes for
Perfect
Attendance"
School program
Saturday, June 22, 2019 9 Am. Pipkin Building,
Fairttgraounds, 940 Early Maxwell . For information,. e-mail
Each child will receive a free
bicycle, helmet and t-shirt.
June
23, Church
Health Center
- Craft Food
and Wine
Festival
June 23, St
John's
Episcopal
Church. "Please
join us for a
reception
welcoming our
new Rector,
Rev. Jay
Biedenharn and
his family on
Sunday,
June 23rd
following the
10:30am
service in the
Parish Hall."
Stephanie
Brown
officially
retired this
week after 19
years as Saint
John's Parish
Administrator
June 24. Second
and Fourth
Mondays.
Lynching Sites
Project.
LSP Monday
meeting at
First Baptist
Church (200
East Parkway
North) from
5:00 -7:00 pm.
Usually
excellent
discussions
and speakers.
June 24, 6-8
PM MICAH
Meeting .
See the
MICAH website
Issue
Night: June
24th, 6-8 PM,
Location TBD
June 26. The
Lynching Sites
Project of
Memphis points
out that the
film "True
Justice: Bryan
Stevenson's
Fight for
Equality",
will premier
at 7 PM on HBO
and will be
available
through the
summer and
fall. "An
intimate
portrait of
this
remarkable
man, True
Justice: Bryan
Stevenson’s
FIght for
Equality
follows his
struggle to
create greater
fairness in
the system and
shows how
racial
injustice
emerged,
evolved and
continues to
threaten the
country,
challenging
viewers to
confront it."
June
26. Movie
Night at
Temple Israel.
Snacks 6:30,
movie at 7 PM
THE
SAMUEL PROJECT
Eli (Ryan
Ochoa) gets to
know his
grandfather
Samuel (Hal
Linden) for
the first time
when he makes
him the
subject of an
animated art
project for
school. With
dreams of
becoming a
professional
artist, Eli
discovers that
his
Jewish
grandpa, a San
Diego dry
cleaner, was
heroically
saved from
Nazi capture
in Germany by
a young woman
when he was a
boy.
June
27. MICAH
Planning
meeting.
(Planning
major
September
event)
The
next planning
meeting will
be June 27,
2019 at 6:15
PM at Shady
Grove
Presbyterian.
June
27-30.
National
convention in
Memphis, "Men
of Reform
Judaism"
Friday, June
28th at 7pm:
Land of Lakes
Choirboys At
St John's
Episcopal
The
Concertare is
the primary
performing and
touring choir
of the Land of
Lakes
Choirboys
program in
Minnesota.
Performing
music from
Gregorian
chant to the
recent
compositions,
they will make
a stop at
Saint John's
Friday, June
28. You won't
want to miss
this wonderful
opportunity!
June
29 6-10
PM
Memphis
Islamic
Center.
Farewell Party
for Yasir
Qadhi, Outdoor
event.
Speakers,
Children's
Activities.
Yasir
Qadhi is an
extremely
prominent
Muslim scholar
and his
presence here
in recent
years has
really put
Memphis "on
the map" in
national and
evben
international
Muslim
circles.
Everyone is
invited to the
good-bye
party.
(He'll deliver
the sermon at
1 PM June 28
at MIC, if you
haven't yet
heard him
preach in
person.)
http://www.memphisislamiccenter.org/
Memphis
Islamic Center
has hired a
new
Imam,
Shaykh
Mohammed
Faqih. He
will begin
July 1.
If anyone is
interested in
what the
process or
recruiting an
Imam looks
like and what
the
qualifications
might be, you
might be
interested in
the current
opening posted
by another
Memphis
mosque,
at https://files.constantcontact.com/98c2aa0a001/533f6b44-5c91-45ca-bf6e-d01517cce601.pdf
June 30,
1-4 PM. The
Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple will
get part of
the proceeds
of sale of a
home and
contents at
2532 Ingleside
Farm Road West
Germantown, TN
38139. I think
there is
interesting
Indian art and
furniture to
see.
July 2.
First
Tuesday,
Catholic
Ministry to
Gay and
Lesbian
Persons
(everyone is
welcome, the
food,
fellowship,
and speakers
are wonderful,
you don't have
to be gay to
come!)
Pot Luck
supper, all
welcome. 6;30
PM. Speaker
follows.
Marian Hall,
under the
sanctuary
at
Immaculate
Conception
Cathedral.
1695 Central
Ave.
Parking lot is
at the rear,
around the
block.
In July,
instead of a
speaker, there
will be story
sharing. All
welcome to
come, listen,
share
stories.
"We
can all recall
people in our
past who were
instrumental
in giving us
the courage,
love and
support we
needed to be
the person we
were created
to be in the
world."
July 3,
Naturalization
ceremonies at
the main
library on
Poplar, 10:30
AM and 1 PM. Volunteers
are needed to
help with
voter
registration.
Find the
League of
Women Voters
table to the
left as yo
uenter the
library.
July 5.
Sabbath Dinner
at
Chabad.
(these
occur more
frequently
than I report
them here,
this looks
especially
interesting.)
This will be
the 25th
anniversary of
the death of
the
Lubavitcher
Rebbe Menachem
Mendel
Scheerson, the
longtime
leader of the
international
Chabad
movement. (For
the benefit of
non-Jews, I
explain that
this is one of
the more
colorful and
friendly
orthodiox
Jewish sects,
not that they
would describe
themselves
that way.)
There will be
interesti8ng
reminiscences
of the Rebbe,
as well as a
wonderful
traditional
Sabbath
dinner.
$25. RSVP by
July 3 at
https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3570846/jewish/TGIS-Dinner.htm
(Menachem
Mendel
Schneerson had
a considerable
influence on
my own
religious
development.)
July
8
Second
and Fourth
Mondays.
Lynching Sites
Project.
LSP Monday
meeting at
First Baptist
Church (200
East Parkway
North) from
5:00 -7:00 pm.
Usually
excellent
discussions
and speakers.
July
9. Second
Tuesday,
meeting of
MICAH (Memphis
Interfaith
Coalition for
Hope and
Action.)
Structurally,
this is a
grouping of
representatives
of about 50
local
religious-and-other
organizations
seeking common
projects to
work on (1) Is
your
organization
involved?
(2) Everyone
is welcome at
meetings, even
if not in a
member
organization.
(Voting is by
organization
representatives.)
Location
varies, and is
announced
at
https://www.facebook.com/MICAH901/
July 14,
Sunday, 1 PM.
The Notre Dane
Children's
Choir performs
at St Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
(They will
also be in the
worship
service at 11
AM)
July
16
third
Tuesday,
Pax
Christi, the
Roman Catholic
Peace group (all
are welcome!)
meets at the
Quaker meeting
house, Walnut
Grove at
Prescott.
Potluck supper
6:30, speaker
at 7.
July 17. 1:30
PM. Creative
Aging program
at Theatre
Memphis.
"Ladies and
Legends, Songs
of Stage and
Screen"
Minimum
donation $5,
cash or
check. https://www.creativeagingmidsouth.org/
June
27. MICAH
Planning
meeting.
(Planning
major
September
event)
The
next planning
meeting will
be June 27,
2019 at 6:15
PM at Shady
Grove
Presbyterian.
June
27-30.
National
convention in
Memphis, "Men
of Reform
Judaism"
Friday, June
28th at 7pm:
Land of Lakes
Choirboys At
St John's
Episcopal
The
Concertare is
the primary
performing and
touring choir
of the Land of
Lakes
Choirboys
program in
Minnesota.
Performing
music from
Gregorian
chant to the
recent
compositions,
they will make
a stop at
Saint John's
Friday, June
28. You won't
want to miss
this wonderful
opportunity!
June
29 6-10
PM
Memphis
Islamic
Center.
Farewell Party
for Yasir
Qadhi, Outdoor
event.
Speakers,
Children's
Activities.
Yasir
Qadhi is an
extremely
prominent
Muslim scholar
and his
presence here
in recent
years has
really put
Memphis "on
the map" in
national and
evben
international
Muslim
circles.
Everyone is
invited to the
good-bye
party.
(He'll deliver
the sermon at
1 PM June 28
at MIC, if you
haven't yet
heard him
preach in
person.)
http://www.memphisislamiccenter.org/
Memphis
Islamic Center
has hired a
new
Imam,
Shaykh
Mohammed
Faqih. He
will begin
July 1.
If anyone is
interested in
what the
process or
recruiting an
Imam looks
like and what
the
qualifications
might be, you
might be
interested in
the current
opening posted
by another
Memphis
mosque,
at https://files.constantcontact.com/98c2aa0a001/533f6b44-5c91-45ca-bf6e-d01517cce601.pdf
June 30,
1-4 PM. The
Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple will
get part of
the proceeds
of sale of a
home and
contents at
2532 Ingleside
Farm Road West
Germantown, TN
38139. I think
there is
interesting
Indian art and
furniture to
see.
July 2.
First
Tuesday,
Catholic
Ministry to
Gay and
Lesbian
Persons
(everyone is
welcome, the
food,
fellowship,
and speakers
are wonderful,
you don't have
to be gay to
come!)
Pot Luck
supper, all
welcome. 6;30
PM. Speaker
follows.
Marian Hall,
under the
sanctuary
at
Immaculate
Conception
Cathedral.
1695 Central
Ave.
Parking lot is
at the rear,
around the
block.
In July,
instead of a
speaker, there
will be story
sharing. All
welcome to
come, listen,
share
stories.
"We
can all recall
people in our
past who were
instrumental
in giving us
the courage,
love and
support we
needed to be
the person we
were created
to be in the
world."
July 3,
Naturalization
ceremonies at
the main
library on
Poplar, 10:30
AM and 1 PM. Volunteers
are needed to
help with
voter
registration.
Find the
League of
Women Voters
table to the
left as yo
uenter the
library.
July 5.
Sabbath Dinner
at
Chabad.
(these
occur more
frequently
than I report
them here,
this looks
especially
interesting.)
This will be
the 25th
anniversary of
the death of
the
Lubavitcher
Rebbe Menachem
Mendel
Scheerson, the
longtime
leader of the
international
Chabad
movement. (For
the benefit of
non-Jews, I
explain that
this is one of
the more
colorful and
friendly
orthodiox
Jewish sects,
not that they
would describe
themselves
that way.)
There will be
interesti8ng
reminiscences
of the Rebbe,
as well as a
wonderful
traditional
Sabbath
dinner.
$25. RSVP by
July 3 at
https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3570846/jewish/TGIS-Dinner.htm
(Menachem
Mendel
Schneerson had
a considerable
influence on
my own
religious
development.)
July
8
Second
and Fourth
Mondays.
Lynching Sites
Project.
LSP Monday
meeting at
First Baptist
Church (200
East Parkway
North) from
5:00 -7:00 pm.
Usually
excellent
discussions
and speakers.
July
9. Second
Tuesday,
meeting of
MICAH (Memphis
Interfaith
Coalition for
Hope and
Action.)
Structurally,
this is a
grouping of
representatives
of about 50
local
religious-and-other
organizations
seeking common
projects to
work on (1) Is
your
organization
involved?
(2) Everyone
is welcome at
meetings, even
if not in a
member
organization.
(Voting is by
organization
representatives.)
Location
varies, and is
announced
at
https://www.facebook.com/MICAH901/
July 14,
Sunday, 1 PM.
The Notre Dane
Children's
Choir performs
at St Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
(They will
also be in the
worship
service at 11
AM)
July
16
third
Tuesday,
Pax
Christi, the
Roman Catholic
Peace group (all
are welcome!)
meets at the
Quaker meeting
house, Walnut
Grove at
Prescott.
Potluck supper
6:30, speaker
at 7.
July 17. 1:30
PM. Creative
Aging program
at Theatre
Memphis.
"Ladies and
Legends, Songs
of Stage and
Screen"
Minimum
donation $5,
cash or
check. https://www.creativeagingmidsouth.org/
July
22 Second
and Fourth
Mondays.
Lynching Sites
Project.
LSP Monday
meeting at
First Baptist
Church (200
East Parkway
North) from
5:00 -7:00 pm.
Usually
excellent
discussions
and speakers.
July
27. World
Religion Day
planning
meeting.
"
Please join
us
for a
special World
Religion Day
Memphis
meeting on
Saturday, July
27th, 2019
from
1:30-3:00pm at
Caritas
Village, 2509
Harvard, 38112
(Binghampton
area, off
North
Hollywood and
Sam Cooper).
We want to
thank everyone
that
participated
in our annual
event in
January, and
an opportunity
to tell you
about
our
exciting plans
for 2020.
If you have
not attended
our yearly
event or
meetings,
please join us
for cake and
coffee and
meet your
Interfaith
neighbors. All
are welcome.
If possible,
please RSVP at
wrdmemphis@yahoo.com,
or call
201-759-8617
if your group
would be
interested in
participating
for next year.
Our regular
meetings will
resume the
third
Thursdays of
each month
starting in
August.
*World
Religion Day
Memphis is an
event
organization
celebrated
every January.
We are not a
religious
organization,
but a local
group of
Interfaith
groups
celebrating
with a event
locally. World
Religion Day
was started in
1950 by the
Bahai
Spiritual
Assembly and
established to
recognize and
celebrate the
faiths,
religions and
paths for
harmony and
peace.
July 30 Last
Tuesday. On
the last
Tuesday of
each month,
join Crosstown
Concourse
neighbors and
friends for
The Mystic.
So,
what is The
Mystic?
The
Mystic is a
catalyst;
through music,
story, silence
and dialogue,
we hope to
strengthen our
attachment to
hopes and
dreams. In the
mystic,
diversity is a
prerequisite
for all
creativity,
which is why
Crosstown
Concourse is
the perfect
home. In The
Mystic, the
world is
far-better
served by
different
beliefs than
it could ever
be if limited
by rigid
uniformity.
August 6
First
Tuesday,
Catholic
Ministry to
Gay and
Lesbian
Persons
(everyone is
welcome, the
food,
fellowship,
and speakers
are wonderful,
you don't have
to be gay to
come!)
Pot Luck
supper, all
welcome. 6;30
PM. Speaker
follows.
Marian Hall,
under the
sanctuary
at
Immaculate
Conception
Cathedral.
1695 Central
Ave.
Parking lot is
at the rear,
around the
block.
Hope to see you Tuesday at
the Cathedral!
we will be watching a short reflection from Fr. James
Martin on "What the Emmaus story has to say
to LGBT Catholics" followed
by discussion and prayer. If you would like to
view the video ahead of time, you can find it on U Tube at
the link below:
August 7.
Noon. Temple
Israel Lunch
&
Learn
(bring
your own
lunch)
Rabbi Feivel
Strauss will
continue the
Jewish
Revolutionaries
series with a
discussion on
Hannah Arendt.
August 7. 4
PM Unity
Church of
Practical
Christianity.
"Wednesday,
August 7th
begins
Metaphysics: A
Deeper
Conversation.
A discussion
group
facilitated by
Mona
Winfrey
covering a
variety of
topics and
other
disciplines as
they relate to
metaphysics
and
spirituality.
NOTE NEW CLASS
DATES! Click
the link for a
full list." http://www.unitychurchofpracticalchristianity.org/events--activities/metaphysics-a-deeper-conversation
August 8.
Temple Israel
Coffee &
Conversation
10 AM
Join Rabbi
Feivel Strauss
for a
discussion on,
"What do Jews
Think About
Islam?"
August 8,
6-8:30 PM
Community
V.O.I.C.E.
Meeting 38105,
ST Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral, in
Martyrs' Hall.
Organizing,
Planning &
Community
Awareness
Meeting,
hosted by
Center for
Transforming
Communities
(CTC). Connect
with neighbors
through
stories, food
& fun!
Questions?
Need a ride?
Contact Lenell
at
731.267.4474
or
lenell at
ctcmidsouth.org
August
9, 5:30 PM, St
Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
Potluck
picnic,
a
family fellowship gathering at Rainbow Playground in Overton
Park. Join us for prayer, games, and a potluck picnic. Please
bring lawn games!
August
9 9 AM and 7 PM prayers,
Indian Cultural Center and Temple.
"Varalakshmi Vratam is a festival to propitiate the Goddess
Lakshmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu. Varalakshmi is one who grants
boons (“Vara”). It is an important pooja performed by many women.
It is typically celebrated on the Second Friday or the Friday
before the day of the full moon (Poornima) in the month of
Sravana. Varalakshmi Vratam is performed by married woman
(Sumangali’s) for the well being of all their family members,
especially the husband, to get progeny etc. It is believed that
worshipping the Goddess Varalakshmi on this day is equivalent to
worshipping Ashtalakshmi – the eight goddesses of Wealth, Earth,
Wisdom, Love, Fame, Peace, Contentment, and Strength."
August 11
is the major
Muslim Holiday
Eid
Ul-Adha
https://www.learnreligions.com/eid-al-adha-2004304
This
marks the end
of the Hajj
(pilgrimage)
season and
commemorates
the
willingness of
Abraham to
sacrifice his
son.
As a day of
extremely high
mosque
attendance, it
is too many
people to fit
in any of the
mosques. This
year prayers
will be held
at the Pipkin
Building on
the Mid-South
Fairgrounds,
940 Early
Maxwell Blvd.,
there will be
two prayer
sessions, 8 AM
with sermon by
Sheik Md.
Zagdloul, and
10 AM with
sermon by
Sheik Hamzah
Abdul-Malik.
There will be
an Eid
Carnival
(a great
chance to
visit
informally
with Muslim
neighbors) at
1245 N.
Germantown
Parkway,
Cordova,
11 AM - 5 PM,
$10 / person
includes Halal
Buffet, $5
game card,
kids rides.
August 11 is
also the minor
Jewish holiday
of "Tisha
B'av", the
ninth day of
the month of
Av. It
commemorates
the
destruction of
the temples in
Jerusalem.
Temple Israel
will have an
11 AM program,
"Art as
spiritual
revolt"
August 11 -
St. John's
Episcopal
annual picnic
/ ministry
fair. Charge.
https://stjohnsmemphis.wufoo.com/forms/qhlv9uy1i2bibs/
August 11.
MICAH College
& Young
Adult Interest
Group Meeting:
Sunday, August
11, 4:00PM, Lindenwood
Christian
Church: 2400
Union Ave,
Memphis, TN
38112. If you
are a young
adult between
the ages of
18-24 and have
been involved
in MICAH,
would like to
be involved
with MICAH, or
are someone
who works with
young adults,
please join us
at this
interest
meeting to
discuss the
formation of a
MICAH
College/Young
Adult Group.
August
12 Second
and Fourth
Mondays.
Lynching Sites
Project.
LSP Monday
meeting at
First Baptist
Church (200
East Parkway
North) from
5:00 -7:00 pm.
Usually
excellent
discussions
and speakers.
August 12 -
Mondays in
August, Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple.
Ceremonies
about Lord
Shiva, 6 PM
"Shravan
month is
dedicated to
Lord Shiva.The
entire month
is considered
auspicious to
seek the
blessings of
Shiva. Shiva
Abhishekam is
performed with
milk, curd,
honey, ghee,
sugarcane
juice, coconut
water,
bilpatra,
flowers etc.
This kind of
abhishekam
gives
prosperity,
achievement of
all desires,
eliminates
negative
forces,
getting rid of
negative karma
and will give
you immense
joy and
success in
life."
August
13, Second
Tuesday,
meeting of
MICAH (Memphis
Interfaith
Coalition for
Hope and
Action.)
St John's UMC,
1207 Peabody
Structurally,
this is a
grouping of
representatives
of about 50
local
religious-and-other
organizations
seeking common
projects to
work on (1) Is
your
organization
involved?
(2) Everyone
is welcome at
meetings, even
if not in a
member
organization.
(Voting is by
organization
representatives.)
Location
varies, and is
announced
at
https://www.facebook.com/MICAH901/
August
14, Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple,
special
prayers 6 AM,
10:30 AM, 6
PM. Sri
Vikhanasa
Maharishi
Jayanthi &
Yajurveda
Upakarma.
" Upakarma is
conducted once
a year during
the Shravana
masam or
Dhanista
nakshatara of
Shravan month,
when Brahmins
ritually
change their
upanayanam
thread
accompanied by
relevant
Srauta
rituals,
making Sraddha
offerings to
the Rishis who
composed the
Vedic hymns."
"Vikhanasa
Maharishi, a
human form
aroused from
Sri Maha
Vishnu’s mind,
arrived at
Naimisaaranyam
on the purnima
day of Sravana
masam at
Sravana
nakshatara.
Hence, every
year this day
is observed as
His birthday
called
Vikhanasa
Jayanthi. Saga
Vikhanasa got
instructions
from Sri Maha
Vishnu,
preached
Vaikhanasa
Bhagavath
Shastras to
his disciples
Bhrugu,
Mareechi, Atri
and Kasyapa
Rishis. His
disciples in
turn have
given a
physical form
to these
divine
Shastras as
number of text
books
containing
four lakh
slokas, which
are together
referred as
Sri Vaikhanasa
Agama."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaikhanasas
August
15, 6 PM.
National Civil
Rights Museum.
Beale Street
Dynasty:
Sex, Song and
the Struggle
for the Soul
of Memphis
with author
PRESTON
LAUTERBACH
Free &
Open to the
Public
August 15,
Vigil for
Stephen West
6:30 pm at
First
Congregational
Church, 1000
South Cooper.
(Many people
consider his
pending
execution an
inappropriate
use of the
death
penalty.)
August
16, Muslim
Legal Fund of
America,
speaker and
dinner
(free), The
Great Hall,
Germantown
RSVP and
details
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/build-legal-power-for-american-muslims-with-linda-sarsour-germantown-tn-tickets-65557240471?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR2LPO_of1J1bY9i1u-ECxc1xzMdVf6ip6IrsVAQBXJEnzbgNwpFOslCWME
August 17,
Rally for Gun
Sense in
America.
(at Fedex
Forum)
MOM'S
DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA
TENNESSEE - MEMPHIS RALLY DAY OF ACTION
Saturday,
August 17, 2019
10:00am
You need to register for this
event on line in order to attend:
August 18,
Temple Israel.
The
bloodmobile
will be on
hand 8:30 AM -
1 PM.
Cheek swabs
for bone
marrow
donation also
available.
(bone marrow
donation
information -
https://www.giftoflife.org/
The Career
Transition
Group meets
9:30 -11.
speaker about
LinkedIn
Sisterhood
Bazaar 9 am -
1 pm
More
Sisterhood
events
https://tisisterhood.org/?utm_source=Temple+Israel+News&utm_campaign=f4adb7d099-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70ba279f7f-f4adb7d099-92698110
August 18, 3
PM. St Peter
Missionary
Baptist
Church, 1410
Pillow St.
Annual
Musical
presented by
the St. Peter
Women’s
Chorus, with
invited
musical groups
and soloists.
A
Sunday, August
18, 2019,
Monday, August
19, 2019, and
Tuesday,
August 27,
2019
Honoring the
Ancestors and
400 years of
African
American
Resilience!
8/18/19
3 pm "A
Commemoration
in Music,
Poetry, and
Dance" at
Second
Congregational
Church (764
Walker Ave.)
8/19/19 12 pm
"High Noon
Gathering at
the Amistad
Bell" at
LeMoyne-Owen
College (807
Walker Ave.)
8/27/19 6 pm
Talk About it
Tuesday:
“Remembering
Trials,
Celebrating
Triumphs” at
Withers
Collection
Museum (333
Beale Street)
ASALH’s 400th
Commemoration
Committee
seeks to
educate
America and
the global
community
about the
arrival of
Africans in
the Virginia
Colony and
tell the story
of the
resilience of
the African
American
family, their
contributions
to America,
and most of
all African
American
perseverance.
August 20
third
Tuesday,
Pax
Christi, the
Roman Catholic
Peace group (all
are welcome!)
meets at the
Quaker meeting
house, Walnut
Grove at
Prescott.
Potluck supper
6:30, speaker
at 7.
August 22,
Jewish
Community
Center,
"Death and
Dying Customs:
Social Work
Issues by
Faith -
Cultural
Diversity" 7:30
am, charge $15
or $20 at
door, NAWTN
CEUs
expected,
767-8511
August 22, 7 PM COncert at Srt Mary's Episcopal
Cathedral. Basil
Alter,
violinist and
composer, is
presenting a
concert of his
original music
for
violin/piano,
violin/bass
and String
quartet.
August
23, 7:30 PM.
St Mary's
Cathedral goes
to baseball.
"Friday,
August 23th
7:00 pm Bishop
Phoebe will
join us in
supporting the
Memphis
Redbirds!
Contact
Autozone Park
to purchase
your tickets,
and let them
know that
you're part of
the Episcopal
Diocese of
West Tennessee
group.
Everyone who
purchases a
ticket to this
event will
receive a free
Redbirds ball
cap, hot dog
and soda. All
welcome!"
August
26, MICAH Task
Forces,
6-8 PM,
Lindenwood
Christian
Church, 2400
Union
August 26 Second
and Fourth
Mondays.
Lynching Sites
Project.
LSP Monday
meeting at
First Baptist
Church (200
East Parkway
North) from
5:00 -7:00 pm.
Usually
excellent
discussions
and
speakers.
(note: they
change meeting
place in
September, to
Idlewild
Presbyterian.)
August 27
Last
Tuesday. On
the last
Tuesday of
each month,
join Crosstown
Concourse
neighbors and
friends for
The Mystic.
So,
what is The
Mystic?
The
Mystic is a
catalyst;
through music,
story, silence
and dialogue,
we hope to
strengthen our
attachment to
hopes and
dreams. In the
mystic,
diversity is a
prerequisite
for all
creativity,
which is why
Crosstown
Concourse is
the perfect
home. In The
Mystic, the
world is
far-better
served by
different
beliefs than
it could ever
be if limited
by rigid
uniformity.
August
27, Last
Tuesday.
Planning
meeting for
World Religion
Day 2020,
6:30 - 8 pm.
Caritas
Village, 2509
Harvard Ave
(Binghampton).
The speaker
at this
meeting will
be Dr. Mohammad
Moiuddin, one
of Memphis's
leading Muslim
interfaith
activists.
"Can you
kindly remind
the Interfaith
groups that
World Religion
Day Memphis
will begin the
pre-planning
meetings
tentatively
the last
Tuesday of
each month at
Caritas
Village. We
will be
confirming
that date with
you shortly.
"Please reach
out to any
religious
faith/paths
that might be
interested in
participating
in our
pre-planning
meetings or
become a part
of the World
Religion Day
Memphis 2020
events, please
contact us at
saciranidd
(at) yahoo.com
or call
201-759-8617
(Saci Roy). "
Sept
2, 11 - 2:15
Chabad
(Jewish)
Farmers Market
for Kids.
"We will make
our
own:
Shana Tovah
cards,
Artisanal
Challah, Apple
Mocktails,
Carrot Cake
Pops and Rosh
Hahshana Fruit
Salad, as we
prepare for
the new
year."
Suggested
donation
$10/kid
Sept 2.
Campaign for
Nonviolence
planning
meeting for
Week of
Nonviolence
September
15-22 -
5:30 6:30 PM,
Central
Library
New Facebook page - https://m.facebook.com/groups/336112063931670
Sept 2. First
Tuesday,
Catholic
Ministry to
Gay and
Lesbian
Persons
(everyone is
welcome, the
food,
fellowship,
and speakers
are wonderful,
you don't have
to be gay to
come!)
Pot Luck
supper, all
welcome. 6;30
PM. Speaker
follows.
Marian Hall,
under the
sanctuary
at
Immaculate
Conception
Cathedral.
1695 Central
Ave.
Parking lot is
at the rear,
around the
block.
Sept 3. 9
am prayers at
Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple. "Sri
Astamukha
Gandabherunda
Lakshmi
Narasimha
swami
abhishekam is
performed
every month on
Swati
nakshatara.
This kind of
abhishekam
gives
prosperity,
achievement of
all desires,
eliminates
negative
forces,
getting rid of
negative karma
and will give
you immense
joy and
success in
life." 6
PM Prayers "
Shashti
(Sanskrit:
षष्ठी, Ṣaṣṭhī,
literally
“sixth”) is a
Hindu folk
goddess,
venerated as
the benefactor
and protector
of children.
She is also
the deity of
vegetation and
reproduction
and is
believed to
bestow
children and
assist during
childbirth.
The worship of
Shashti is
prescribed to
occur on the
sixth day of
each lunar
month of the
Hindu
calendar. She
is often
depicted to be
close to
Skanda
(Subramanya)
and considered
as Skanda
Mata. On
Shasthi and
Kruthika
tithi’s every
month, Sri
Subramanya
abhishekam is
performed at
6:00
PM.
Sept 4.
AIPAC. The
American
Israeli Public
Affairs
Committee
is having an
informational
meeting at
Beth Shalom
Synagogue. I
can't regard
this as an
inter-faith-friendly
event, as
AIPAC is a
major lobbying
group
supporting the
current
Israeli
administration
and US
armaments
shipments to
Israel. But
people may
like to know
that such
events happen
or may want to
go
listen.
(I am not
recommending
asking hostile
questions).
RSVP needed at
a link
suggesting you
have been
invited by me,
at
https://aipac.secure.force.com/web_app?utm_source=Temple+Israel+News&utm_campaign=5b4bbd7f84-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_70ba279f7f-5b4bbd7f84-92698110#/register/EV173285
Sept 4,
5:30 PM.
Lynching Sites
of Memphis
meets at
Cafe Eclectic
(603 N. McLean
Blvd) to
discuss the
Shelby County
Lynching
memorial in
Montgomery and
how to move it
to or
dublicate it
in Memphis.
Sept
4, 6:15-7:15
Calvary
Episcopal
Church.
Wednesday
evening
programs after
supper. For
six weeks Rev
WAlters will
lead a
discussion of
: Flannery
O'Connor's
"Grace and the
Grotesque" .
Sept
5-8. Martyrs
Weekend at St
Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
Programs
remembering
the Sisters
who served in
Memphis in the
Yellow Fever
epidemic.
Among
the
activities:
Thursday,
September 5th
5:30 pm
"Connecting
Communities"
service of
Holy Eucharist
at the
Cathedral led
by Bishop
Roaf.
The Rev. Becca
Stevens of
Thistle Farms
will preach.
We invite
other
communities
and their
members to
make a
connection
with us in
worship.
Saturday
2-4 PM Health
fair /
Popsicles in
the cathedral
parking lot,
700
Poplar.
Saturday, 8-10
AM.
Youth
meet at
Elmwood
Cemetery for a
Cemetery
clean-up.
Sunday 11:45
AM: Graveyard
Eucharist and
BBQ lunch,
Elmwood
Cemetery.
Bring a side
dish or
dessert.
Sept
6, 6 PM, Ummah
901
(Muslim
regional
group, mainly
youth/young
adults)
Fundraising
Dinner.
Location:
Fedex Event
Center at
Shelby Farms
Park
Details /
RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/strengthening-faith-empowering-leaders-the-901-ummah-fundraiser-tickets-67787238455 Sept
7. HealthyShelby
5K, Shelby
Farms Park.
Sept 8,
Chabad. "25"
Gala with
Dinner
honoring Rabbi
and Mrs. Klein,
entertainment.
($100-180+)
Poster
at https://gala.jewishmemphis.com/2019/
Sept 8,
Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple 11 Am-
7 PM. The
annual Ganesh
festival,
one of their
most colorful
events. an all
day festival,
a great time
to visit and
meet Hindu
neighbors.
Sept 9, 5-7
PM. Lynching
Sites Project
has a new
meeting place.
They will now
meet at
Idlewild
Presbyterian
Church
Highly
recommended -
excellent speakers
and
discussions of
Memphis
history.
Sept 9-12
COGIC
statement on
weapons.
Tennessee
Jurisdictional
Bishop David
Allen Hall in
the Church of
God in Christ
(COGIC) calls
the church
“the last
great hope” to
address the
violent mass
shootings
erupting
across the
country. And,
he’s ready for
the church to
take action.
he has called
foe people to
fast part of
each day from
Sept 9 to 12,
and to call
and write
legislators in
Nashville to
ban automatic
weapons in
Tennessee.
details
at
https://tri-statedefender.com/ministers-call-for-movement-against-weapons-of-warfare/09/06/
Sept
10 - October
9. STORY CORPS
visits
Memphis.
https://storycorps.org/stops/mobile-stop-memphis-tn/
"A
StoryCorps
interview is
40 minutes of
uninterrupted
time for
meaningful
conversation
with a friend
or loved one.
What are the
questions you
want to ask
and the
memories you
want to
preserve? No
matter how
well you know
your
storyteller, a
little
preparation
will improve
the quality of
your interview
enormously."
A copy for
you, a copy
for the
American
Folklife
Center at the
Library of
Congress.
Sept 10, 6 PM.
MIFA Public
Forum.
Homelessness
Here and Now.
6 PM. Second
Baptist Church
4680
Walnut Grove
Road
Admission
is free,
tickets
required.
Click
here for
more
information
and
to reserve
tickets.
Sept
11 MIFA
Fundraising
Luncheon
Do
Good, Love
Well
Luncheon
SEPTEMBER
11 at
NOON - Tickets
$50
Holiday
Inn University
of
Memphis
3700
Central
Avenue
Click
here for
more
information
and to
purchase
tickets.
Sept
11, St John's
Episcopal.
5:30pm: Join
us for our new
Rector
Installation
Bishop
Phoebe Roaf
will be
present to
install the
Rev. Jay
Biedenharn as
Saint John’s
5th Rector. A
festive
reception will
take place
immediately
following in
the Parish
Hall.
Sept
11-12. World
Day of Prayer,
Unity Church .
Live stream
starts at 6:40
PM, continues
until 6 PM on
the 12th.
https://www.unitymemphis.org/events--activities/world-day-of-prayer-2019
Sept
12, 6 PM.
Balmoral
Presbyterian
Church. Otis
Sanford will
speak on
"Troubles I've
Seen"
(Sanford,
former
Managing
Editor of the
Commercial
Appeal, holds
the endowed
Chair of
Excellence in
Journalism at
U of Memphis)
Free, open to
all.
Sept 12,
6:30 - 8
PM.Bornblum
Jewish Day
School,
6641 Humphreys
Blvd. Parent
and Community
Awareness
Seminar -Recognizing
and dealing
with
emotionally
fragile
children.
RSVP
helpful
required if
you need child
care -
info@bornblum.org
Poster
click here.
Sept 12, 6:30
PM "The Voices
of Yellow
Fever: History
Comes Alive"
Presented
by the Elmwood
Players at
Elmwood
Cemetery
Chapel
Special
musical
performances
will accompany
this
production and
are sponsored
by St. Mary's
Cathedral, the
spiritual home
to the Martyrs
of Memphis.
$20 per
person.
Advance
ticketing is
required--this
event is
likely to sell
out soon! Call
901-774-3212
(Elmwood
Cemetery) or
click for
information
/registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-voices-of-yellow-fever-history-comes-alive-tickets-63586164931
Elections:
(Town of
Arlington,
Municipal,
2019 Sept 19,
details
omitted here)
City of
Memphis
Municipal
Election, 2019
October
3
Registration
Deadline Sept
3
early voting
Sept 13-23
Last day to
request
absentee
ballot Sept 26
Further
details
https://www.shelbyvote.com/sites/default/files/documents/elections/2019/Memphis%2010.3.19/Offices%20and%20Key%20Dates.pdf
Continuing
to October 5,
2019
If I Had A
Camera | Art
Shay:
Activism,
Civil Rights
& Justice
Art Museum of
the University
of Memphis
The
exhibition,
which is open
to the public
from June
24—Oct. 5
features the
photographs of
Art Shay
(1922–2018) a
Chicago-based
freelance
photographer,
whose work
appeared in
Time, Life,
Sports
Illustrated
and many other
national
publications.
During the
1960s, Shay
photographed
America’s
landmark civil
rights
movement,
reflecting a
struggle that
is not
history, but
continues
today.
Parking at
meters in the
center of the
lot north of
campus
(usually full
mornings!), or
pay for the
garage on
Innovation
Drive.
Sept
14. The
Memphis City
Sound Chorus.
"In My
Dreams".
$15. Bartlett
Performing
Arts and
Concert
Center, 3663
Appling Rd.
(one of
several
musical groups
that rehearse
at Balmoral
Presbyterian
Church.)
Sept
15 - start of
Campaign
Nonviolence
Week of
Action.
Sept
15 10:30 AM.
Prayers at
Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple.
"Maha
Sudarsanam is
the divine
weapon of Lord
Vishnu.
Performance of
he Sudarsana
Homam confers
health, wealth
and prosperity
on the seeker.
Performing
Sudarsana
Homam keeps
all negativity
at a distance
and brings in
divine and
auspicious
energies.
Couples
desiring
children will
be blessed
with children
by performing
Sudarsana
Homam. Jobless
persons will
get jobs by
simply
performing
this Homam.
Devotees
seeking good
health will be
blessed with
good health,
those seeking
wealth will be
blessed with
wealth.
Performing
Sudarsana
Homam helps in
the removal of
astrological
flaws and
annihilates
all evil
forces.
Suffering
caused by
incurable
diseases,
sorcery or
enemies are
dispelled by
Lord
Sudarsana. All
kind of
problems will
be eradicated
by performing
this powerful
and effective
Homam."
Sept
15 11 AM - 3
PM. Annual
Kosher
BarBeQue
contest at
Anshei
Sfard-Beth El
Emeth
A
remarkable fun
event for both
adults and
children, all
welcome, not
to be missed.
(Since
"kosher" and
"halal" rules
are very
similar, there
is usually
also at least
one Muslim
team
competing.)
A few free
samples may be
available, but
there are also
lunches to
purchase if
you wish.
120 East Yates
Road North
(just north of
Walnut Grove,
just inside
the
expressway.)
Sept
15, 3 PM.
Beethoven Club
concert at
Elmwood.
$20 "The
Swedish
Nightingale"
https://files.constantcontact.com/cd54d562101/ee1c679d-1e53-479b-b498-cac5669c8cb3.pdf
Sept 15, 4
PM
Concert for a
Nonviolent
Memphis.
Halloran
Center, 225 S.
Main St.
Poster
at http://www.cnvmemphis.org/
Sept
15. Major
public meeting
of MICAH 4-6
PM
Event: Second Public Meeting
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
620 Parkrose Ave, Memphis, TN 38109
Please join us for a very important public
conversation & discussion with both current (active) city
leaders and prospective city leaders (including all mayoral
candidates) about the future of our great city. We hope to
find answers & solutions on major issues such as education,
economic & transportation equity as we will also do a "deep
dive" on the relationship between city residents and law
enforcement and immigration officials.
Sept 16, 6:30-8 PM Flash Mob for Peace,
Crosstown Concourse.
http://www.cnvmemphis.org/
Sept 16. Civilian
Response: Active Shooter Event
Monday, September 16 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
Memphis Jewish Community Center MJCC Belz
Social Hall
Memphis Jewish Federation invites the entire Jewish community to
join a special active threat training session based on FBI best
practices. Learn a skill set and thought process that will
empower you to react during critical moments to help you and
others survive an active shooter situation. Direct any questions
to the program's instructor Stuart Frisch, Regional Security
Director for Secure Community Network/Jewish Community Partners.
Sept 16 Free Concert at U of Memphis
Luna Nova Concert for Winds, Guitar and Soprano
Monday, September 16, 7:30 p.m.
University of Memphis - Harris Concert Hall
FREE ADMISSION
(All Luna Nova concerts are free and open to the public.
Contributions are welcome)
https://mailchi.mp/570adadf1ac0/luna-nova-concert-at-the-university-of-memphis-next-monday?e=c6777cf3dc
Sept 17 - Lecture at Memphis Theological
Seminary. Founders Hall 201, 168 E.
Parkway South • Memphis 38104.
Frank Cordaro will talk on Drone
Warfare and Resistance . (This also serves as the September meeting of Pax Christi)
Sept. 18. Annual Joint Dinner, St Lukes
United Methodist and Masjid
Al-Noor. Anyone interested in interfaith
activituies, and seeing one of Memphis wonderful ongoing
traditions (now in its 9th year) is welcome. Free but RSVP is
requested. Register at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-joint-dinner-iagm-masjid-al-noor-st-luke-umc-tickets-70455689865
Sept 19, 5 PM. Veterans for Peace plant a
Peace Pole at First Congregational Church, 1000 S Cooper.
http://www.cnvmemphis.org/
Sept
19, 6 PM.
Rhodes College
- Communities
in
Conversation (an
outstanding
series!)
Memphis,
200 Years
Together -
Panel
Discussion and
Concert
(enter off
University
Avenue, the
gate attendant
will give
directions.)
Click
for Poster
"At
Rhodes College
on Thursday,
September 19th
at 6 p.m.
panelists
Charles
Hughes, Geoff
Calkins, and
Zandria
Robinson will
help celebrate
Memphis’
bicentennial
by discussing
the book, Memphis:
200 Years
Together.
The panel will
be moderated
by Shelby
County Mayor,
Lee Harris.
Free and open
to the public,
the event will
be held in
McNeil Concert
Hall on the
college’s West
Campus and
will be
followed by a
concert by
Motel Mirrors,
featuring Amy
LaVere and
John Paul
Keith. The
event is part
of the
college’s
“Communities
in
Conversation”
lecture series
and is
co-sponsored
by Memphis
Reads. "
Sept 20, 1-4 PM. Workshop on Creatinmg
Nonviolence in Schools, homes, Communities.
Inservice hours
available for teachers. See http://www.cnvmemphis.org/
Harding
University •
W.B. West
Auditorium
1000 Cherry
Road • Memphis
38117
Sept 21. 9 AM -
3PM Annual Gandhi-King Conference. National Civil
Rights Museum
http://www.cnvmemphis.org/
Sept 22, 10
AM. Canoe or
Kayak the Wolf
River with
Temple Israel
Brotherhood.
https://tibrotherhood.org/event-3500481
Sept 22, 2:30-5 PM. PINK Palace Museum and
many other sponsors.
I AM US - Peace and Unity Festival, a major interfaith
event.
Representatives of many faiths present for
informal discussion. Talk by Sri Viswayogi Viswamjee
Pink Palace Museum Mansion Theater. 3050, Central
Ave.
Poster is (click
here)
"This Multicultural & Interfaith Festival for
Peace and Unity is being held Sept 22nd from 2:30 to 5 pm
at the Pink Palace Museum's Mansion Theater as part of the
Campaign Non Violence's week of action for Peace and
Unity.
This will be a collaborative effort with Viswayogi
Foundation, Unity Church of Practical Christianity, and
C.H.A.N.G.E Inc. and 10 faith traditions and 7 cultural groups.
Sri Viswayogi Viswamjee Maharaj (Swamiji), will be
traveling here from India to be our keynote speaker. This
event will have speakers representing various faiths, and
cultural musical and dance performances. We will have speakers,
performers and participants that reflect the rich diversity of
the cultural and religious make of Memphis as part of US,
(United States) as each one of us,comes together for Peace and
Unity. Thus our logo "I AM US".
We will have an opening ceremony whereby each
Spiritual Leader or Cultural representative symbolically lights
a candle for their tradition with a prayer for Peace and Unity,
placing it around the central Candle representing the totality
of Allah, of God, of Great Spirit, of Supreme
Oneness.
It is our sincere belief that actions like this
Festival creates an energetic shift in the consciousness that
transcends the human consciousness far beyond the day of the
event.
We also will have Compassionate Community Sharing
tables to provide information, share and/or receive resources.
The non profit organization will also be sharing
information on what they do to help the community.
We hope that the Festival will result in two
things:
(1) bring the diverse groups together as ONE,
and (2) help us share resources with each other to serve this
community we call our home.
The time is now for US to stand as One people for
Unity and Peace.
Anjana Challa, Mona Winfrey & TM Garrett,
Organizers"
Sept 23. 5-7 PM Lynching
Sites Project meets at Idlewild Presbyterian
Church. Highly
recommended - excellent speakers
and discussions of Memphis history.
Sept 23
Equinox.
The Unity
Church of
Practical
Christianity,
home to many
interfaith
activities,
has a
celebration at
7:30 PM
There
will be a
Native
American Flute
Concert at 6
PM, free
admission,
offering
collected.
Flute workshop
the day
before, see
https://www.unitymemphis.org/events--activities/armand-and-angelina-return-to-unity
Sept 24 6-7
PM Last
Tuesday. On
the last
Tuesday of
each month,
join Crosstown
Concourse
neighbors and
friends for
The Mystic.
So,
what is The
Mystic?
The
Mystic is a
catalyst;
through music,
story, silence
and dialogue,
we hope to
strengthen our
attachment to
hopes and
dreams. In the
mystic,
diversity is a
prerequisite
for all
creativity,
which is why
Crosstown
Concourse is
the perfect
home. In The
Mystic, the
world is
far-better
served by
different
beliefs than
it could ever
be if limited
by rigid
uniformity.
The
Mystic is
hosted by a
rotating panel
including
Rabbi Micah
Greenstein,
Chris Miner,
Dr. Scott
Morris, Dr.
Sonia Walker
and Kirk
Whalum.
Sept 25. Soul
Supper at St.
John's
Episcopal
Church. Dr
Scott Morris
of the Church
Health Center
will speak.
Sept
27. Marcus Orr
event at
University of
Memphis. (An
outstanding
lecture
series).
Memphis 3.0
and the
Digital Divide
September 17,
4:30pm
University of
Memphis
Arts and
Communications
Bldg, Room 314
Free and open
to the public
Shamichael
Hallman
(Fourth Bluff,
Cossitt
Library)
Earnestine
Jenkins
(University of
Memphis, Art
History and
Visual
Culture)
Andre Johnson
(University of
Memphis,
Rhetoric and
Media Studies)
Sept 27.
Calvary
Episcopal.
Guitar Concert
by Lily
Afshar. 7:30
PM Born
in Iran to a
musical
family,
she has also
arranged and
published
Persian and
Azerbaijani
folk music for
guitar. This
remarkable
woman is
Professor of
Guitar at
The University
of Memphis. A
festive
reception
follows this
free
concert.
Reserve in
advance!
http://calvarymemphis.org/event/an-evening-with-lily-afshar-2/
Sept 28.
Fundraiser
($75 up) for
Common Table
Health
Alliance.
Underground
Low Country
Seafood Boil.
https://901tix.com/events/Vintage-901s-Low-Country-Boil--9-28-2019
Sept 29. Start
of Rosh
Hashanah, the
Jewish New
Year. Traditional
Jews celebrate
from sunset
Sept 29 to
sunset of
October 1.
These are the
first days of
the ten "days
of
repentance".
In a common
tradition,
good deeds
count double
in this
period.
The period
ends with Yom
Kippur, the
Day of
Atonement,
sunset October
8 to sunset
October 9, a
25-hour
fast (no
eating or
drinking.)
The services
in synagogues
tend to be
very crowded
for Rosh
Hashanah and
Yom Kippur.
Many
synagogues
have 24 or 25
hours of
programs on
Yom Kippur -
classes,
discussion
groups,
speakers, as
well as
prayers.
By all means
drop by Temple
Israel if
you'd like a
sample. For
security
reasons, it is
now a good
idea for
newcomers to
call in
advance.
Schedules and
details at
https://mailchi.mp/3e9e51c480de/temple-israel-security-update-2134175?e=0b2f5806a0
The evening of
the 29th there
is a fancy
dinner at
Chabad, $25
($50 family).
https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3765525/jewish/Rosh-Hashana-Dinner-5780.htm
October
1
Benjamin Hooks
lecture,
5:30
reception, 6
PM lecture
"Creating a
Civil, Just,
and Inclusive
Society"
https://www.memphis.edu/benhooks/events/index.php
October 4-10
Gandhi Movie
at Hollywood
20
Cinema.
Free tickets
available.
School groups
(and
presumably
church and
similar youth
groups)
welcome.
Free tickets
available. https://www.gandhiking.org/
October
5. 11 AM - 1
PM A major new
interfaith
event in the
heart of
Memphis.
The Memphis
Friendship
Foundation
presents "Ask
me Anything",
music, food
trucks, and
representatives
of many faiths
to answer
questions and
discuss their
faiths, at the
Health Science
Park, Madison
and S.
Dunlap.
(Yes, that's
the park where
they took down
the equestrian
statue.)
Let's make
this a new
Memphis
tradition!
Poster click
here
October 6, 2
PM. Jewish
Historical
Society talk
at Memphis
Jewish
Community
Center.
Steve Stern
talks about
his books
which weave
Jewish
Folklore with
Memphis
settings. A
formet
Memphianm whop
teaches at
Skidmore
College, h=e
has won
numerous
awards
(Guggenheim,
Fulbright, O.
Henry,
National
Jewish Book
Award.)
Sunset October
8, start of
Yom Kippur,
Jewish
holiday.
October 12, 2019: Lynching
Sites Project is the featured non-profit with Playback Memphis
October 19, 2019: Lynching Sites
Project will hold a dedication for two
markers of lynching victims \
October
14-20, Jewish
Holiday of
Sukkot. A
fall harvest
holiday,
celebrated
with fruit.
It
commemorates
the 40 years
in the
wilderness
after leaving
Egypt, and is
traditionally
celebrated by
eating
outdoors in a
"booth" or
temporary
shelter.
October 23. 6
PM National
Civil Rights
Museum talk.
"How to be an
anti-racist"
https://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/how-to-be-an-antiracist
Wednesday,
Oct. 23 | 7
PM
Temple Israel
at Crosstown
ConnecTI's
monthly social
action panels
return this
month with a
focus on the
trauma
families face
from
ICE/Immigration
policies and
what we as
Memphians can
do to support
this
community. We
will be joined
by the
Executive
Director of
Las Americas
Youth
Development
Center Greg
Diaz,
immigration
attorney
Elissa Taub,
KIPP Memphis
Academy Middle
teacher
Michelle
Fuentes, and
Rhodes student
and activist
Alyen Mercado.
We will also
be joined by
Christina
Swatzell and
Luis Melean of
Mid-South
Immigration
Advocates who
will discuss
their Asylum
Initiative
Project in
Tallahatchie,
MS.
Refreshments
will be
provided.
October
24 Temple
Israel, bring
your own
lunch, noon.
Rabbi Feivel
Strauss will
be joined by
Temple member
and lead
archivist
Jennifer
Kollath for,
“Treasures
from the
Temple
Archives,
Treasures from
your Jewish
Archive."
Learn more
about Temple’s
rich archives
through some
of its oldest
documents and
bring in one
of your own
Jewish
mementos to
share with the
group.
October
27, Deepavali,
the Hindu Festival
of
Lights.
Celebration at
the Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple
Deepavali
/ Diwali
(meaning “row
of lamps”) is
the festival
of lights,
which is
celebrated
every year
usually in the
months of
October or
November. One
of the most
popular
festivals of
Hinduism,
Diwali
symbolises the
spiritual
“victory of
light over
darkness, good
over evil and
knowledge over
ignorance. In
the lead-up to
Deepavali,
celebrants
will prepare
by cleaning,
renovating,
and decorating
their homes
and
workplaces.
During the
final day,
revellers
adorn
themselves in
their finest
clothes,
illuminate the
interior and
exterior of
their homes
with diyas
(oil lamps or
candles),
offer puja
(worship) to
Lakshmi, the
goddess of
prosperity and
wealth, light
fireworks, and
partake in
family feasts,
where mithai
(sweets) and
gifts are
shared
Schedule of
Events
Sri Lakshmi
Abhishekam
9:30 AM
Deepotsavam
5:30 PM
Special
Alankaram
6:00 PM
Laksha
Kumkumarchana
6:00 PM
Dhana Lakshmi
Puja
(Kanakabhishekam)
6:30 PM
FIREWORKS
7:30 PM
Fireworks
available for
sale
-Temple
provided
fireworks ONLY
allowed due to
Fire
department
regulations
October 27.
Book signing
at NOVEL (the
bookstore,
Perkins and
Poplar)
Beloved:
A View of One
of the South's
Oldest Jewish
Cemeteries as
Photographed
by Murray
Riss. You can
also join
Rabbi Micah D.
Greenstein,
Susan Thorp,
and Murray
Riss at a book
signing at
Novel on
Sunday, Oct.
27 at 3 pm.
Stay tuned for
details about
a book signing
in the Temple
Israel Museum
later this
year.
October
27 7 PM
Hallowe'en
program at St
Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
Music from
Phantom of the
Opera.
October 27,
Anniversary of
the attack on
the Tree of
Life Synagogue
in
Pittsburgh.
There
are on-line
and Facebook
commemorations;
probably
synagogue
sermons the
Sabbath
following. So
on-line things
of interest:
The Memphis
Jewish
community is
joining a
national
effort to
remember the
11 lives lost
and to stand
up together,
as one Jewish
community,
against rising
anti-Semitism
at home and
abroad.
How you may
participate:
--Join a
JFNA-sponsored
global moment
of
remembrance:Sign
up to receive
a text on
Sunday,
October 27, at
4:00 pm CST
with a video
of a mourning
prayer, the
names of the
11 lives lost,
and a
livestream
link to join
Pittsburgh’s
local memorial
service.
pausewithpittsburgh.com
--#ShowUpForShabbat
The Shabbat
after the
attack saw
people of all
faiths come
together at
synagogues
across the
nation to
pray, mourn,
and strengthen
one another in
what became
the
largest-ever
expression of
solidarity
with the
American
Jewish
community.
This year, to
commemorate
the one-year
anniversary of
the tragic
attack,
national and
local Jewish
organizations
are calling on
our community
to
#ShowUpForShabbat.
Let us come
together on
Friday night
October 25,
and Shabbat
day October
26, to honor
the victims
and raise our
collective
voice for a
world free of
anti-Semitism,
hate, and
bigotry. Join
our Facebook
event
#MemphisShowUpForShabbat2019.
--Light a
candle in
memory of the
11 victims:
Joyce Fienberg
(Yehudit
Bultcha bat
Aba Menachem),
Richard
Gottfried
(Yosef ben
Hyman), Rose
Mallinger
(Raizel bat
Avraham),
Jerry
Rabinowitz
(Yehudah ben
Yechezkel),
Cecil
Rosenthal
(Chaim ben
Eliezer),
David
Rosenthal
(Dovid ben
Eliezer),
Bernice Simon
(Beila Rachel
bat Moshe),
Sylvan Simon
(Zalman
Shachna ben
Menachem
Mendel),
Daniel Stein
(Daniel Avram
ben Baruch)
Irving Younger
(Yitzchak
Chaim ben
Menachem),
Melvin Wax
(Moshe Gadol
ben Yosef).
--In the wake
of the recent
attack in
Halle,
Germany, send
a Message of
Solidarity to
Germany’s
Jewish
Community
through the
AJC - Global
Jewish
Advocacy at
Halle,
Germany.
October 28, Benjamin
Hooks
lecture,
5:30
reception, 6
PM lecture
"Land,
Economic
Mobility, and
Race"
https://www.memphis.edu/benhooks/events/index.php
Monday,
October 28,
2019 FACING
HISTORY ANNUAL
DINNER.
Fundraiser,
Expensive, but
one of the
highlights of
the interfaith
year in
Memphis. Save
the
Date.
Sign up for
sponsorship
arrangements
starting June.
6:00-6:45 PM -
Cocktail
Reception
6:45-9:00 PM -
Program and
Dinner
Memphis
Hilton
939 Ridge Lake
Boulevard
Memphis, TN
38120
reserve
at
https://give.facinghistory.org/secure/2019-memphis-benefit
October
28, Lynching
Sites Project
of
Memphis
The time is
from 5-7 p.m.
in the Jones
Building, 3rd
floor at
Idlewild
Presbyterian.
Tuesday,
Oct. 29| 6 PM
The
Mystic @
Crosstown
Save the date
for this
month's
gathering at
Crosstown.
Through music,
story,
silence, and
dialogue, The
Mystic acts as
a catalyst to
strengthen our
attachment to
hopes and
dreams. Hosted
by a rotating
panel
including
Rabbi Micah D.
Greenstein,
Chris Miner,
Dr. Scott
Morris, Dr.
Sonia Walker,
and Kirk
Whalum, The
Mystic meets
on the last
Tuesday of
every
month.
(In the Temple
Israel room at
Crosstown)
October 30,
Civil Rights
Museum -
National
Freedom Award.
see
http://freedomaward.org/
I believe
adult tickets
are $200 and
up. But be
aware of a
student forum,
free for
school groups
grade 5-12.
October
30- Nov 4.
Indie Memphis
Film Festival.
https://festival2019.indiememphis.com/welcome?mc_cid=ed6961ab0c&mc_eid=fbe7bf3555
October 30,
Hallowe'en at
Calvary
Episcopal.
Trunk-or-treat
6 PM ,
refreshments
5PM
($5), Monster
Mash 7 PM
(contribute
food to MIFA).
More info at
http://calvarymemphis.org/event/trunk-or-treat-and-monster-mash/
Nov
4, Film,
(Indie Memphis
Festival),
JUST MERCY at
the Malco
Paradiso, 7 -
9 PM. See
Oct 30 above
for link.
November
7
Benjamin Hooks
lecture,
5:30
reception, 6
PM lecture
"An
American
Odyssey
provides a
telling
biography of
the artist
Romare
Bearden, whose
iconic
collages
transcended
the visual
stereotypes of
African
Americans and
conveyed the
richness and
complexity of
African
American life
in the civil
rights era.
Campbell is
the tenth
president of
Spelman
College."
https://www.memphis.edu/benhooks/events/index.php
November
7, Bornblum
Judaic Studies
Lecture, 7
PM, Fogelman
Executive
Center, U of
Memphis, Room
123
Dr Jodi
Magness, The
Archaeology of
Qumran and the
Dead Sea Scrolls.
Monday,
Nov. 11, 2019
Lynching Sites
Project. These
people usually
have speakers
worth going
out of your
way to hear,
and this is an
exceptional
one. Meeting
at Idlewild
Presbyterian
Church from
5:00 pm to
7:00 pm.
We are honored
to have Bishop
Phoebe Roaf,
of the
Episcopal
Diocese of
West
Tennessee, as
our guest
speaker at
this
meeting.
Jones
Building, 3rd
floor at
Idlewild
Presbyterian.
November
13 Soul
Supper at St
John's
Episcopal.
5:30 - 7:30.
Speaker about
homelessness.
$10
November 13.
last day to
sign up for
the Sabbath
supper at
Chabad on Nov
15. $25
https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3570846/jewish/TGIS-Dinner.htm
November
15, Calvary
Episcopal
Church. Fisk
Jubilee
Singers in
Concert.
Reserve
tickets at
eventbrite.com
after Sept.
15.
November 17,
Artist tour
for anyone
over age 50. 12:30
PM. for the
following
exhibit:
Until Nov
29.
Photography Exhibit,
At Jewish
Community
Center,
photography by
Cindy
McMillion
of Holy
Communion
Episcopal
Church.
Her
exhibit, Within
Thy Gates, O
Jerusalem,
taken over a
period of six
weeks in the
Old City,
depicts daily
life where
adherents of
three world
religions
exist in a
sometimes
uneasy
peace.
Jewish
Community
Center
6560 Poplar
Avenue,
Memphis, TN
38138
Shainberg Art
Gallery • Free
Admission
Gallery hours:
Mon.-Thurs. 8
a.m-9:30
p.m.
Sunday 8 a.m.-
5:30 p.m.
Nov
17, Book
signing at Temple
Israel, 3 PM.
Pick up your
copy of
Beloved: A
View of One of
the South's
Oldest Jewish
Cemeteries as
Photographed
by Murray Riss
in the
WRJ-Sisterhood
Judaica Shop
and join us
for a book
signing with
Rabbi Micah
Greenstein,
Susan Thorp,
and Murray
Riss in the
main lobby.
Light
refreshments
will be
served.
November 17.
Steve Katz
Concert at
AMRO. 2-3:30
PM "A Whole
New World".
Donations
go to Mariposa
Collective,
which provides
food and
clothing toi
immigrant
families as
they pass
through
Memphis.
Hosted by
Rabbi Feivel
Strauss;
performances
by Arteh
Samberg, David
Bearman, Rusty
Graber, Fuller
list at poster
at 2019-11-17
2918 Poplar,
enter at rear.
November 18
and 25, 6 PM.
Services at
Indian
Cultural Center
and Temple.
Karthik month is dedicated to Lord Shiva.The entire
month is considered auspicious to seek the blessings of Shiva.
Rudra Abhishekam is performed with milk, curd, honey, ghee,
sugarcane juice, coconut water, bilpatra, flowers etc. This kind
of abhishekam gives prosperity, achievement of all desires,
eliminates negative forces, getting rid of negative karma and
will give you immense joy and success in life. Devotees are
advised to biring milk, fruits and flowers for Abhishekam
November
19. Pax
Christi, the
Roman Catholic
Peace Group,
meets at the
Quaker Meeting
House, Walnut
Grove and
Prescott. Meet
to socialize
at 6:30 PM -
no potluck
this month as
they fast to
pray for the
reduction of
nuclear
weapons. AT 7
PM the speaker
will be Rev.
Steve Stone, a
major local
leader noted
especially for
huis work in
Chriustian-Muslim
relations.
He'll report
of the present
plans for the
Memphis
Friendship
Park, which
started as a
joiunt
Methodist-Muslim
project.
Tuesday Nov
19, 7 PM.
Memphis
Islamic
Center.
Workshop about
the Pilgrimage
to Mecca. Anyone
interested in
learning about
the basics of
Islamic
pilgrimage
is invited.
(Sh. Mohammad
Faqih)
November 19, 6
PM U of
Memphis,
Muslim Student
Association:
Muslims of The
World Event,
Celebrating
Diversity in
Islam.Guest
Speaker, Free
Food.
Rose
Theater,
University of
Memphis.
(Easiest
Access is from
Zach Curlin
St.)
Nov
21 Thursday.
THANKSGIVING
DINNER, joint
between
Heartsong
Methodist
Church and
Memphis
Islamic
Center.
At Heartsong
Church, $7.
6:30 PM, 800
N. Houston
Levee. I
recommend
calling
Heartsong
Church or MIC
for
reservations.
November
21 5
PM
Beethoven Club
concert Free.
263 S. McLean,
NW corner of
Peabody and
McLean
Nov 22-24, Rabbi Josh Weinberg, visiting speaker at
Temple Israel./ Multiple talks. https://timemphis.org/event/weinberg/
November
23. Trail of
Tears
Walk.
The forced
migration of
the Cherokee
Nation passed
through this
area
November 21 -
25 1838. Under
sponsorship of
the American
Indian
Association of
West
Tennessee,
there will a
commemorative
walk through
Bartlett on
November
23.
Please join
the walk or
come watch
along the
sideline.
Your support
will be
greatly
appreciated.
The walk will
begin at
sunrise, about
7:00 am, at
Stage Road and
Highway
70. The
walk will
travel west
down Stage Rd.
to Bartlett
Blvd., then
turn south to
Freeman Park.
November
25, 5 -7 PM.
Lynching
Sites Project.
Jones
Building, 3rd
floor at
Idlewild
Presbyterian.
November 25, 6
PM. Services
at Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple.
Karthik month is dedicated to Lord Shiva.The entire
month is considered auspicious to seek the blessings of Shiva.
Rudra Abhishekam is performed with milk, curd, honey, ghee,
sugarcane juice, coconut water, bilpatra, flowers etc. This kind
of abhishekam gives prosperity, achievement of all desires,
eliminates negative forces, getting rid of negative karma and
will give you immense joy and success in life. Devotees are
advised to biring milk, fruits and flowers for Abhishekam
NOVEMBER
26, Tuesday
INTERFAITH
THANKSGIVING
SERVICE. 7 PM
at Temple
Israel. Many
Churches
participate;
one of the
major
interfaith
events. Temple
Israel has its
entrance on
East Massey;
the easiest
way in is to
enter Massey
Lane off Kirby
Parkway just
south of
Humphreys
Boulevard.
West on Masey
Lane, it turns
left (south)
to become East
Massey, Temple
Israel is at
the top of the
hill on the
left. For GPS
users:
1376 E. Massey
Road, Memphis,
TN 38120
November
28,
Thanksgiving.
Among
other
services: Holy
Communion
Episcopal, 10
AM, Choir and
full music.
Come as you
are.
November
29 - at Masjid
Ar-Rahman, a
candidate for
Imam is
giving sample
talks and
sermons.
Sheikh Amro
Mahmoud
Elaswalli will
speak noon
Friday at
Ar-Rahman,
7:30 PM at
Al-Noor, 7:30
PM Saturday at
Ar-Rahman,
Pizza dinner
provided, 5:45
and 11 AM
Sunday at
Ar-Rahman.
More
information
at https://files.constantcontact.com/98c2aa0a001/5ad4057c-d2ca-4e50-a5d4-64bef7f352a0.pdf
November
29 - 30
speaker at
Memphis
Islamic
Center.
Ustadh Safi
Khan will
speak Friday
at 1 PM and 8
PM
("Gratitude"),
Saturay 12:30
PM "How to
Talk to your
Teen (RSVP), 8
PM
Hadith
study for
College and
Young
Professionals.
(Hadith,
roughly, is
the study of
what Mohammad
said that is
not in the
Qur'an.)
December
1, 4 PM.
Calvary
Episcopal
Church.
Service of
Lessons and
Carols.
December 1 8
PM Memphis
Islamic
Center.
Visiting
speaker Imam
Zaid Shakir
December
2, 11:45 AM.
Women's Lunch
and Learn
at Chabad.
(Orthodox
Jewish
organization).
"Flowers or
Weeds. Is this
crazy world
really
beautiful?
Lesson 1:
Changing of
the Garden."
Rivky Klein
hosts. $18, or
$99 for seven
of the
lessons. (I
can testify
she is a
wonderful
hostess!)
Register at https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3839662/jewish/Rosh-Chodesh-Society.htm
December
3
First
Tuesday
evening:
Catholic
Ministry to
Gays and
Lesbians, Pot
Luck supper, all
welcome. 6;30
PM. Speaker
follows.
Marian Hall,
under the
sanctuary
at
Immaculate
Conception
Cathedral.
1695 Central
Ave.
Parking lot is
at the rear,
around the
block.
Rabbi Micah
Greenstein
will speak.
December
3, Tues, 7 PM
- St Mary's Episcopal
Cathedral.
Christmas
music.
Rhodes
Singers. Free
December
4, Wednesday,
5:30 PM St
John's
Episcopal. A
Service for
any one
regardless of
gender or age
who has
experienced
grief and loss
related to
children. This
liturgy offers
an honest and
necessary
space for
prayers of
lament,
Scriptures for
healing, and a
Eucharist of
hope. We
believe, as in
the words of
Isaiah, that
those who have
seen the
darkness of
death will
eventually see
the dawn.
December 4,
11,18 St
John's
Episcopal, 12:10
PM. A brief
Eucharist (30
minutes)
followed by a
bible
discussion
(Isaiah and
Matthew);
bring a sack
lunch.
December 4
- 7, Toy 13
&14 Fill
the Toy Truck
for
Porter-Leath.
Donate new
unwrapped toys
for local
children under
age 5.
4615 Poplar
(at Perkins
Extended)8Am -
6 PM
Weds-Friday
Dec 4-6, , 8 -
4 Saturday Dec
7.
Details, later
dates, Santa
visit
schedule, at
http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?m=1120878379071&ca=5e636b2d-2cb8-4817-a098-67eae6ba8404
December 5,
5:30 PM St
Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
Potluck Faith
Meal.
Thursday, Dec
5th 5:30 pm in
Sisters’
Chapel Join us
for a brief
prayer
service,
potluck meal,
& faith
conversation.
Each table
will engage in
discussion,
based upon a
faith
question(s).
Older children
welcome and
encouraged to
attend. Bring
a dish to
share! For
questions,
contact Canon
Patrick
Williams:
pwilliams@stmarysmemphis.org
December 6,
Crosstown Arts
Open
House
Friday, Dec.
6, 5-8
pm
Crosstown
Arts, 1350
Concourse
Ave., Suite
280
All Crosstown
Arts spaces —
galleries, The
Green Room,
Crosstown
Theater, the
cafe, Art Bar,
Shared Art
Making, and
artist studios
— will be open
to the public.
Live music,
hot cocoa,
performances,
tours, art
exhibitions,
and more.
During this
event,
Crosstown Arts
fall 2019
session
resident
artists will
open their
studios to the
public for a
behind-the-scenes
look at the
residency
program.
Residents will
present
musical
performances,
readings,
visual art,
and more.
Free and open
to the public.
This event is
happening
concurrently
with the
annual
Crosstown
Concourse
holiday
lighting
party.
December 7,
3:45 PM, Baron
Hirsch
Congregation,
guest speaker
Seth Davis,
director of
IsraAid USA
which provides
global relief
in disaster
situations and
long-term
recovery aid.
December
7,
7:00pm
Balmoral
Presbyterian
Church.
BealeCanto
Christmas
VI
The Men of
BealeCanto
invite you to
celebrate the
most wonderful
time of the
year at our
most popular
concerts in
our performing
season. Join
us for this
concert of
traditional
carols and new
favorites to
usher in a
season of joy,
light, and
love.
December
8, 10 AM, St
Mary;s Episcopal
Cathedral. I
don't normally
mention
regularly
scheduled
Sunday School
classes or
similar events
here, but
can't pass up
that Dr.
Bashar Shala
(of the
Memphis
Islamic Center
and the
Memphis
Friendship
Foundation)
will be giving
a talk
"Introduction
to Islam" at
the Sunday
morning
program here..
DECEMBER
8, 9 AM - 2
PM, Chanukah
Marketplace
at
Temple Israel.
Bloodmobile
present 8:30
AM - 1 PM.
December
8 Israel
Festival
(Friends of
Israel) (Not
really an
interfaith
event, tends
to attract
pro-Israeli
government
Christians and
a variety of
Jews)
11 am - 5 PM,
Agricenter
International.
Speakers,
displays,
market,
children's
activities,
etc. http://memphifoi.org
December
8, 2 PM.
Jewish
Historical
Society.
Professor
Kirsten
Fermaglich:
"A Rosenberg
by Any Other
Name, A
History of
Jewish Name
Changing in
America"
Memphis Jewish
Community
Center
6560 Poplar
Avenue. Free
December
9, Luna Nova
Concert at
Grace-St Lukes
Episcopal,
1720 Peabody.
Donations
accepted.
Details at
https://mailchi.mp/f043403410b2/luna-nova-winter-concert-december-9?e=c6777cf3dc
Luna Nova
moire schedule
at http://www.lunanova.org/
December
10, Tuesday,
book signing
at Memphis
Jewish
Community
Center.
Wines and hors
d'oeuvres at
the Shainberg
Art Gallery,
The Story of
the MJCC,
"Seventy Years
of Jewish
Connection",
by Tom Jones
and Susan
Adler Thorpe.
December
12, 10 AM,
Naturalization
Ceremony,
Federal
Building,
tentatively
Judge Mark
Norris,
Courtroom #4,
9th
floor.
If you've
never seen
one, they are
interesting.
December
12-14 Imam
Candidate
Shaykh Fauzaan
An-Nadawi at
Masjid
As-Salaam.
Talks
Thursday 8 PM,
Friday 5:50
AM, 1:15 PM, 8
PM; Saturday
5:50 AM; talk
for women at 1
PM Saturday.
December 13, 1
PM. Memphis
Islamic
Center. "Final
Stretch"
Fundraiser
after the
mid-day prayer
and sermon, to
equip their
new building.
December
13, Friday, 7
PM - St Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
Christmas
music. Memphis
Camerata.
Free.
Reception
follows.
December
13-14. Baron
Hirsch
Congregation
hosts Israeli
scholar and
newswoman
Sivan Meir
Rahav. She
will speak at
a Shabbat
dinner Friday
evening, speak
at services
Saturday
morning and
afternoon, and
dialogue with
a local media
personality
Saturday
evening.
Friday dinner
at 5:45, $30
Adults, less
for teens and
children
https://www.baronhirsch.org/
December
14, Funeral of
Ed
Wallin.
Ed
was the Roman
Catholic
Chaplain at U
of Memphis
when it was
first
integrated,
and had
important
stories of the
efforts to
make
integratrion
work (e.g.
getting
restaurants
near the
uniuversity to
serve the new
students.) He
marched with
Martin Luther
King, and
served as a
military
chaplain in
Vietnam. AFter
leaving the
priesthood, he
married Janice
Vanderhaar,
founder of
thge Mid-South
Peace and
Justice Center
and a major
interfaith
activist in
Memphis. Ed
worked as a
counselor and
fought
tirelessly for
peace,
justice,
interfaith
respect. He
was active
with veteran's
groups (trying
to get a
veteran's home
in West
Tennessee) and
with
Alcoholics
Anonymous.
Let's see a
lrage turnout
of the
interfgaioth
community.
Visitation
will be at 10
am, Saturday,
Dec. 14 at 10
am - Church of
the Holy
Spirit
The
funeral mass
will begin at
11 am.
Lunch
will be served
following mass
in the Batson
Center at the
Church.
Holy
Spirit is
located at
2300 Hickory
Crest Dr,
Memphis, TN
38119.
December
14, 10 -11:30
AM
Indian
Cultural
Center and
Temple.
Sahasranama
Mala Pooja.
December 14.
11 Am to 3 PM
CARITAS VILLAGE
Caritas is
hosting its
First Happy
Holiday’s
Merry Market
Jingle Jam .
This is a free
public event
that features
holiday
shopping from
vendors such
as local
artists,
artisans,
craftsmen,
jewelry
makers,
clothing
designers,
etc. There
will also be
raffles,
giveaways,
live music,
hot cocoa, and
cookies This
event is
located in the
Caritas
Upstairs
Conference
Hall.
In our
downstairs
Cafe, Santa
and his elves
will be posing
for photos
with him and
his team.
Caritas will
also be
accepting toys
for its
Holiday Toy
Drive and will
provide a 10%
Discount to
anyone who
orders in the
Cafe.
If you are
interested in
being a vendor
for this
event, please
contact Saci
Roy by phone
at
201-759-8617
or by e-mail
at
saciranidd@yahoo.com.
December
15, 1-3 PM St
John's Episcopal.
Memphis
Single Moms
Spa & Shop
On Sunday,
December 15
Saint John’s
is partnering
with the
Memphis Mom’s
Blog to host a
community
outreach event
for single
mothers across
Memphis to
Christmas shop
for their
children in
the PLC from
1-3pm.
Donations of
new, unwrapped
toys are being
accepted in
the Parish
Hall and
throughout the
community at
commercial
venues.
Volunteers to
help with
childcare are
in high
demand!
Please email
Allison Pace
if you are
able to help
lead crafts,
movies and
snacks for
children up to
10 years old.
Teen
volunteers
welcome and
service hours
granted!
December
15, 4 PM St
John's
Episcopal,
Annual Service
of Lessons and
Carols
Featuring the
Memphis
Chamber Choir,
with the
Memphis
BoyChoir and
Memphis
GirlChoir at
Saint John's
for our annual
Festival of
Nine Lessons
and Carols,
which tells
the story of
Christ's
arrival in
festive music
and scripture.
This service
draws people
from across
the region, so
arrive early
to get a good
seat! Nursery
will be
available.
www.memphisboychoir.org
Organ and
Brass Prelude
at 3:40pm
December 18,
5:30 PM, St.
John's
Episcopal,
"Blue
Christmas"
service,
for those
molurning a
loss. In the
Lady Chapel
(the small
chapel).
December
18. St Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral.
Pizza at 5:30,
go out
caroling at
6:15 PM
December
20, Dinner at
Chabad.
(Orthodox
Jewish, lots
of Hebrew, and
very much fun)
RSVP by Dec
18. $25/adult,
$50/family
https://www.jewishmemphis.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/3570846/jewish/TGIS-Dinner.htm
December
22-30
Chanukah. A
minor Jewish
Holiday,
prominent due
to its
proximity to
Christmas. It
celebrates a
rebellion
against Persia
by the Jews
about 167 to
160 B.C.
Since the
rabbis of the
time were
reluctant to
celebrate a
military
victory, they
celebrated the
rededication
of the temple,
when a supply
of clean oil
expected to
last one day
lasted for
eight days -
hence eight
days of candle
lighting. As
there were
some areas of
Roman rule
where
celebrating
the holiday
was illegal,
the custom of
"gambling
parties" with
a top used as
a die (the
dreidel)
disguised
religious
gatherings.
One of my
favorite
activities is
speaking to
any group that
will listen on
"The
Intertestamental
Period" which
includes this
time. What
happened
between the
end of the Old
Testament and
the start of
the New
Testament?
Where do
Antony and
Cleopatra fit
in? Why are
tyhe Roman
Soldiers in
Jerusalem when
Jesus is
there, and why
are the temple
priests in
cahoots with
them? A very
briuef summary
is at
http://ordman.net/Edward/Intertestamental_Period.html
December
22, First
night of
Chanukah. Free
event, public,
no RSVP,
sponsored by
Chabad.
The
Shops of
Saddle Creek
(North) 7605
W. Farmington
Rd, Germantown
38138 (Next to
J Crew)
4 PM Ice
menorah
carving
demonstration,
5 PM Menorah
lighting and
fire show.
Music,
dreidels, hot
cider, hot
latkes, etc.
http://Jewishmemphis.org
December
23.
Winter
Solstice. The
Unity Church
of Practical
Christianity,
home to many
interfaith
activities,
has a
celebration at
7:30 PM
(Dec 23 - no
Lynching Sites
of Memphis
Project
meeting, due
to Christmas.
They will be
back, Jan 13
and 27)
December
23, 6 PM.
Chanukah party
at Baron
Hirsch
Congregation.
$10 adult,
$5 child.
Pizza, Latkes,
salad bar,
games, etc.
December 24
and 25. Too
many church
programs to
list here.
Examples: St
Mary's
Episcopal, Dec
24, 8 AM
service and
breakfast;
4:30 PM Holy
Eucharist and
Pageant; 10PM
Festive Brass
and Choir
Calvary
Episcopal, Dec
24 3:30, 5:30,
10:30 PM; Dec
25 at 10 AM
(This morning
service has
had a
significant
turnout of the
homeless, when
I've been
there.)
Calvary has a
major clothes
closet for the
homeless and
can use
donations, and
volunteers to
help sort.
December
25
CHRISTMAS.
Churches tend
to more
activities on
the 24th and
leave the 25th
for fanily
events, but a
few have
services.
December
25, 5:30 PM,
Chabad
Chanukah
party.
Chinese
Dinner, 6:15
PM movie about
Rabbis in the
Australian
Outback
+
chilfdren's
movie, games,
etc.
$20 adults,
$10
kids,
http:Jewishmemphis.com/Chinese
RSVP by Dec
22.
December
27. 7:15 PM
Chanukah
Dinner, Temple
Israel.
Reserve by Dec
23. $8
adult, $4
child.
(preceded by
Reception at
5:15, evening
service at 6
PM)
https://tisisterhood.org/event-3627862?utm_source=Temple+Israel+News
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