IWagePeace.Org

Interfaith Service Day
Sunday August 6th
New Haven Green

(under the shade of trees at College & Elm)

Join us for a transformative interfaith service experience:

A time of sharing and service, a time of reflection and giving, of invitation and response, and celebration.

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"We are all in this together."

Interfaith Service Day brings a diversity of individuals from religious, non-religious and spiritual groups together in fellowship and service to others. As service project volunteers, each of us will work side by side with others from different traditions in support of variety of community service projects (see below). Each service project includes an engagement facilitator to encourage joyful interfaith dialogue. . You are invited and we hope you will join us. Admission is free and open to all ages. Please sign up here to let us know you're coming

When: Sunday, August 6th ~ 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Arrive early or anytime throughout the day. Volunteer for one or more of the service projects. Projects will be located both on the green and to offsite locations, with private bus transportation provided by IWagePeace.Org A brief overview of our schedule (more detail to follow as finer details unfold):

8:30 am
-A coffee meet & greet and registration
**Note: Habitat for Humanity volunteers leave promptly via bus at 8:45 for the affordable housing construction project
Beginning at 9:00 am
- Service projects commence
- Guest engagement, displays, and activities throughout the day
Beginning at 12:30 pm
- A midday grand feast catered by Sanctuary Kitchen of New Haven
- An interfaith celebration
- An afternoon of live music

Our growing list of 2023 Interfaith Service Day Partners....more to follow soon

Abdul-Majid Karim Hasan Islamic Center Hamden
Center Church on the Green New Haven
Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel New Haven
Congregation B'nai Jacob Woodbridge
Congregation Mishkan Israel Hamden
Dixwell Ave Congregational UCC New Haven
First United Church of Christ Milford
First Presbyterian Church of New Haven
Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven
Mary Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church Milford

Muhamad Islamic Center of Greater Hartford
Muslim Coalition of Connecticut
Regional Baha'i Council ot the Northeastern States
Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church Madison
Saint Peter's Episcopal Church Milford
Shalom United Church of Christ New Haven
Temple Emanuel Orange
Trinity on the Green New Haven
Woodmont United Church of Christ Milford

Become an Interfaith Service Day Partner:

We believe it is important to consciously encourage interfaith activities, dialogue, and understanding. This day of service is a public reminder that we are one people, that we have nothing to fear from our differences, and that in fact, our differences make us a strong, vibrant, and dynamic community. We can disagree on doctrine and theology, while respecting, learning, and enjoying one another. Interfaith Service Day gives your congregation a voice and opportunity to take a stand, send a message, grow and learn together. We hope you will join us

How to Become a Partner

Service Day Project Volunteer Opportunities

*The work will be as heavy or light as you choose; projects are both on the Green and offsite with private bus transportation provided by IWagePeace

Beach Clean up

with Save the Sound

Sacred Cemetery Restoration

with the Hebrew Free Burial and Loan Association

Preparing blessing bags for those in need

with Beth-El Center of Milford and Columbus House of New Haven

Transform guns into garden tools

with Swords to Plowshares Northeast

Feeding the Hungry with

with The Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen New Haven

Advocate for humanizing the Connecticut prison culture with

with Stop Solitary CT

Affordable housing construction

with Habitat for Humanity of GNH

*preregistration is required before pre event day with a limit of 12 volunteers

Paint a giant 48 ft mural with a message

with IWagePeace.Org

...and much more

Interfaith Guest Engagement
Volunteer facilitators will help us all “break the ice,” and meet each other.
Billboard Mural Display
Painting For Peace is a hands on project where community members hand paint a giant 48' peace mural which will be posted on a CT interstate billboard, visible to hundreds of thousands of viewers on our CT highways. This year we'll paint our 7th mural. We will also display up to six past projects, each 48 feet long.
Jerusalem Peacebuilders
Jerusalem Peacebuilders promotes transformational, person-to-person encounters among Israeli, Palestinian, and American people across religions, cultures and identities. Thirty visiting high school seniors from JPB will share with us their vision and their work.
A Midday Feast
We will gather on the green together to enjoy a luncheon feast prepared by New Haven's Sanctuary Kitchen.
An Interfaith Celebration
Brief reflections from our participating faith traditions.
Afternoon Live Music
Live afternoon music by local performing artists. Stay tuned!

Please let us know you're coming -
it helps us plan!

All that we ask to participate is your physical and spiritual presence. Admission is free and open to all ages. Please let us know you or your group are coming so we can best plan. Thank you in advance for doing so!

Volunteers Sign Up Here

Interfaith Service Day is made possible with generous grants from the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, Center Church on the Green New Haven, Barrett Outdoor Communications, and IWagePeace Inc.

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