Day 1

9:00 

Worship

9:30

Introduction and Overview

Seminar Designer

10:45

Break

11:00 

Session: The Christian Tradition and the Challenges of Inter-Religious Understanding

Rev. Betty Gamble

12:00

Lunch

1:00 

Session: Beyond Assumption and Invisibility - Encountering Judaism 101

Bronfman Center for Jewish Life @

92nd Street YMCA

1395 Lexington Avenue, Rm. 279

(212) 415-5767

Contact person: Dr. Paul Radensky           

3:30

Session/Field Trip: Beyond Myth and Misunderstanding - Encountering Islam 101

Islamic Cultural Center

1711 Third Avenue @ 95th Street

(212) 722-5234

Contact person: Imam Omar Abu Namous

Day 2

9:00  

Worship

9:30   

Discussion and Debriefing of Field Site Experiences

Seminar Designer

10:00

Break

10:15  

Session: Global Perspectives on Creating Interfaith Community – Working with the United Nations

Sr. Joan Kirby – UN Representative - Temple of Understanding

11:30    

Session: Personal Reflections on Crossing the Boundaries of Faith

Vina Nadjibulla, Women’s Division Staff, GBGM

12:30 

Lunch

1:30  

Session: On Building Interfaith Community – A Congregational Perspective

Rev. Cari Jackson, Director of Youth and Young Adults
Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew

2:45

Break

3:00

Wrap up and Evaluation    

3:30  

Preparation and departure for United Nations Tour