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Prayers and thoughts go out to the people and religious communities of Christchurch following the devastating earthquake on 22 February.

World Peace Hour is a quiet time to send out vibrations of peace and love to people, places and the world. On the third Sunday of every month, over one million people in 160 countries sit in meditation, sending thoughts of peace and good wishes to silently nurture our world. An evening of music, guided meditations & silence.

Booking essential
Phone: (03) 9811 811
E-mail: christchurch@nz.bkwsu.org
Website: http://www.bkwsu.org/newzealand/

No charge, Contributions welcome.
A FREE community service offered by the Brahma
Kumaris Raja Yoga Meditation Centers of New Zealand.

RECIPES TO CELEBRATE
A TASTE OF INTERFAITH

Most religions have foods that are related to the festivals and holy days. The connection can be a religious one - because the food is prescribed through the sacred texts - or a cultural one - because this food has connections to the festival.
Either way, a specific meal in many ways is essential to really enjoy the celebration of a holy day.
On many occasions guests are invited to share that special meal. Sometimes, for guests who are not familiar with the traditions; the meal is a chance to share more than just the physical food. The sharing moves into the multicultural and spiritual aspects of a meal too.

We would like to make a special cook book. For that we need your help.

The book will contain recipes for specific foods: food that is strongly connected to certain celebratory days of as many religions as possible within our Christchurch Interfaith Society.
The book will consist of recipes as well as of photos of the dishes; it will be a practical book, ready to be used in the kitchen for an interfaith adventure at your table.

More importantly: the recipe should be accompanied by a short explanation as to why this specific food ha become connected to this specific day.
It is going to be an Interfaith Cook Book, after all.
We do need your input for this:

Please provide Ina de Paauw with your stories and recipes.

To help you jumpstart your mind:
In Judaism many foods are strongly connected with Holy Days. Jews like to “nash”; they are fond of eating the good stuff ! For Passover e.g. the unleavened bread - the Matzo - is a must. It is prescribed in Torah and every year at Pesach Jews all over the world eat this bread - and abstain from anything leavened for eight days - as a commemoration of the Exodus from Mizrajiem (Egypt) thousands of years ago. There was no time to let the dough rest to leaven, so the bread was quickly made to be able to leave as soon as possible.
With the Matzo other food items are eaten like an hard boiled egg, bitter herb, charoset (a mix of apple, raisings, nuts, honey and cinnamon), green herbs and a charred lambs bone is on the platter as a remembrance of the lamb that was killed and provided the blood to mark the doorposts and thus prevented the angel of Death to enter the Jewish homes. All this together is named the Seder Platter.
And then the recipe for the making of Matzo and Charoset will follow and a picture of a complete Seder Platter will be shown.

Please send your recipe via email to Ina: recipes@christchurchinterfaith.org.nz
If you have questions about this, you can get in touch with Ina via this same email address.

We would like to present the Cook Book - which will be a fundraiser for the Christchurch Interfaith Council and Society - at the National Forum February next year in Wellington.
Please be sure to send in your contribution before 1 November 2010.

Thank you and looking forward to many tasty evenings preparing for the book,

B’Shalom,

Ina de Paauw

Kevin Clements – Honouring the Other

The quest for respect, equality and small goodnesses in Aotearoa New Zealand

Free lecture

Although in many ways New Zealand is a well-functioning society, nevertheless it contains significant tensions. There are inequities and injustices, and on some international indicators such as the rate of imprisonment we are doing badly. The lecture draws on the wisdom of three notable thinkers to show how changes in the way we relate to others can help ease tensions and resentments between individuals and cultures. The key to equality is mutual respect, but how is this to be achieved? The lecture concludes by giving particular attention to the relationships between Maori and Pakeha, in both directions.

Professor Kevin Clements is the foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago, Dunedin, and Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association. He has been Secretary General of International Alert, and director of the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva. He has been a regular consultant to a variety of non-governmental and intergovernmental organisations on disarmament, arms control, conflict resolution, development and regional security issues. Kevin is a member of the Religious Society of Friends.

The Christchurch Interfaith Society
Warmly invites you
'Come and light a candle '
Join us - and people all around the world -
Praying during this
Week of Prayer for World Peace

Discussion led by:
Te Hata Olly Ohlson – 1980s “After School” television presenter – speaking on “Maori Spirituality”
Rev Mark Gibson – Methodist minister – speaking on “Eco-Christian Spirituality”
Celine Kearney – will speak on “Women’s Spirituality”, which has been her passion for 20 years
Arthur Wells – Zen Buddhist teacher

Audience participation encouraged….

WEA, Gloucester Street
Entry by Koha

We welcome followers of all faiths and spiritual beliefs.
We encourage everyone to bring something special which connects them with the seasons, for our time of sharing.
Some refreshments provided, but food to share is welcome.

Public Meeting proudly arranged by SpiritGreens
http://www.greens.org.nz/spiritgreens

For further information: dphill@xtra.co.nz

Rafaa Antoun Memorial Lecture on Religious Diversity and Multiculturalism

Hassan Haji Ibrahim: Building Bridges Between Muslim and Non-Muslim Communities in New Zealand

Institute Building, 17 Kirkwood Avenue, Ilam

Hassan Haji Ibrahim is a former refugee from Somalia who arrived in New Zealand in 1998. He completed a M.Phil degree from Massey University in International Development and is currently reading for a PhD at the University of Canterbury in Education. Since 2000 he has been Regional Refugee Education Co-ordinator for the Southern Region and vice-chairman of the Christchurch Refugee Migrant Centre.

Rafaa Antoun, who died at the end of December 2008, aged 42, was well known, loved and respected in the local community. She was an active voluntary worker in the field of interfaith, multicultural and women’s issues, to mention but a few of her commitments. To perpetuate her memory the Christchurch Interfaith Council has decided to hold an annual memorial lecture to focus on issues which were dear to her heart. The first lecture was delivered by Dr Jonathan Inkpin in June 2009.

This lecture is free and open to the public. All are welcome.

Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing, there is a field;
I’ll meet you there …
The Muslim Sufi poet, Rumi

This evening of music draws upon

• Jewish sources, particularly the Psalms
• Muslim poetry
• Classical Indian music
• Yoga
• Dance

The presenters are two dynamic artists, fresh from participating in the opening and closing sessions of the Melbourne meeting of the Parliament of the World’s Religions. They offer their artistic media as a journey into new and ancient regions of Spirit.

Miriam Ohevetel

Singer, composer, dancer, environmentalist, peace activist from Jerusalem; pioneer of the Jewish Renewal movement in Israel and co-founder of the All Nations Café. She uses the Hebrew, English and Arabic languages.

Tavor Ben Dor

Player of Sitar and Guitar; just graduated B.A.in physics and environmental studies, and a teacher of yoga as a bridge between people in conflict and an antidote to violence

St Albans Uniting Church
Corner of Nancy Avenue and Knowles Street
Mairehau
Christchurch

7.30pm Tuesday 26th January

A Koha towards the presenters’ honorarium is invited from those attending.

For further information contact:
Hugh Perry
03 3554 626
hugh.perry@xtra.co.nz