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July 2, 2010

IPL Joins Religious Delegation to the Gulf

Oiled birdAs the devastating impacts of the BP Oil Disaster continue to unfold, Interfaith Power & Light’s Rev. Sally Bingham and Susan Stephenson will be traveling to the Gulf to join a group of national religious leaders from different faiths. They will gather together to bear witness to the damage caused by the BP oil disaster in the Gulf Coast, and to testify about what they have seen.

Leaders of different faiths will reflect on the moral dimension of our costly dependence on oil. The group will mourn for the loss and call for the restoration of the Gulf communities and ecosystems, and begin to envision a future based on clean energy, to help us all renew and protect creation.

They will take a boat tour of the affected region, hear from local residents, and participate in an interfaith prayer service over a three-day period from July 6-8th. The public is invited to the interfaith prayer service:

Tuesday, July 6th 2010 at 7:30 pm central time
First Grace United Methodist Church
3401 Canal Street
New Orleans, Louisiana

Participants include:
The Rev. Canon Sally Bingham – Founder, Interfaith Power & Light
Susan Stephenson – Executive Director, Interfaith Power & Light
The Rev. Dr. Gerald Durley, Pastor, Providence Missionary Baptist Church
Fr. Dan Krutz, Episcopal Priest and Director, Louisiana Interchurch Conference
The Rev. Jim Wallis, Editor in Chief, Sojourners Magazine
Rabbi David Saperstein, Director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
The Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell,  Progressive National Baptist Convention
Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed – Islamic Society of North America
Lynne Hybels – cofounder of Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago
The Rev. Kris Peterson – Pastor, Bayou Blue Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld – Rabbinical Assembly
Pastor Chris Seay – Senior Pastor Ecclesia Church in Houston, TX

Stay tuned for IPL updates from the Gulf, with ideas for positive actions you and your congregation can take to aid in the Gulf’s community and environmental restoration effort.

Media inquiries may be directed to Orli Cotel, Sierra Club, (415) 977-5627 Orli.cotel at sierraclub.org, or Andree Duggan, Interfaith Power and Light, (415) 413-7163 andree at theregenerationproject.org.

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