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Event: Vigil for Our Common Home – Chicago
Date: Friday, January 20, 2017 – 5:00 pm
If you can’t join in person this event will be live streamed on Facebook at 5 pm. Click here to go to their Facebook Page
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Conference Call Vigils ( Join from anywhere)
Event: Inauguration Day Virtual Prayer Vigil for the Earth (by Conference Call).
Date: Friday January 20 3-3:30 pm
Location: Free Conference Call dial in # (712) 432-1500 Access Code: 842025
More info: People of all faiths, all over the country will gather together to pray for the new administration, that they may protect Creation and ensure a sustainable future for our children. We will also pray for ourselves as guardians of our common home. The Boston interfaith vigil will be by conference call from 3-3:30 PM. Optional sharing time at 3:30. Free Conference Call dial in # (712) 432-1500 Access Code: 842025 Please RSVP so we can send materials for the vigil: http://tinyurl.com/vigilforearth
Arizona
Event: Interfaith Action for the Earth
Date: Sunday January 22, 3 pm
Location: Arizona State Capitol, Senate Lawn, 1700 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007
RSVP to: [email protected]
Event: Interfaith Service on the Eve of the Inauguration
Date: Thursday, Jan. 19, 6 p.m
Location: Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St., Tucson, AZ
More info at: http://gsptucson.org/
Arkansas
Event: Vigil for the Earth
Date: Friday, January 20th, 4-6 pm
Location: Bearskin Solar Center, 126 Bearskin Lake Loop, Scott, Arkansas
Bring your concerns about the planet.
Follow Arkansas IPL on Facebook for more information.
California
Event: Interfaith Vigil and Walk
Date: 1/18/17 6-8 pm
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, 27th & Broadway
More info at: [email protected] Join us for this family-friendly event in remembrance of the work of Dr. King and in recognition of the work we need to do to make the Beloved Community a reality. Bring a candle, glowstick or other source of light. The event is being organized by a diverse group of faith leaders and will begin (First Presbyterian) and end (Ogawa Plaza) with a brief program. We encourage leaders to wear their vestments, stoles, collars, or other attire common to your tradition.
Event: Aloka Vihara for a World Peace Vigil on Inauguration Day
Date: Friday, January 20th, 2-9 pm ( Come for the whole event or for a short while)
Location: Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery, 2409 Tolowa Trail, Placerville, CA 95667
Click here to get more information and a schedule of events
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Thursday January 19 7:00 PM
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charleston, Palo Alto CA 94306
More info: On this evening prior to the presidential inauguration, we will come together — across many religious and spiritual traditions — to voice our concerns and fears about the coming four years in our country, to pray for strength and wisdom for the years ahead, and to commit together to act for justice, compassion, peace, environmental protection and equality for the American society and the world. We will share music, readings, prayers, silence and insights to offer guidance, inspiration and courage, and to strengthen the bounds of our beautiful diverse community. People of all faith traditions and those of no particular faith are all welcome.
Event: Inauguration Interfaith Vigil
Date: Friday, January 20 at 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Skyline Community Church United Church of Christ, 12540 Skyline Blvd, Oakland, California 94619
More info at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1855518084662711/ Here’s a link for directions: http://www.skylineucc.org/directions/. Many of us are still reeling from the unimaginable reality of the Inauguration of Donald Trump as President, and the implications for ourselves, for this country, for this world, & for our climate, especially for those most vulnerable. Come and join us for an evening during which you are invited to experience your experience; feel your feelings and honor all of our inner strength, community, light and hope as we prepare for whats to come. We will join together for an evening of candlelight, poetry, wisdom, and Taize music. All are welcome. Please invite friends and family to share in this time. Lead by Skyline Church’s Pastor Laurie and Music Director Benjamin Mertz.
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: 1/19/17
Location: Stockton Covenant Church, 1720 Oxford Way, Stockton, CA 95204
Email for more info at: [email protected] Peaceful please, this isn’t a Trump bash!
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Tuesday January 24, 12:00 PM
Location: St. Michael’s University Church, 6586 Picasso Rd., Isla Vista, CA 93117
More info at: Feel free to park in the lots near the corner of Camino Pescadero and El Greco.
Event: Service and Resource Fair
Date: 1/22/17
Location: All Souls Episcopal Church, 2220 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA 94709
More info at: [email protected] This is actually an all-Sunday morning event at our Episcopal church, including religious services and a social justice resource fair with information about, and representatives from, organizations that are working for justice, peace, and climate action. The services are at 9:00 and 11:15. The resource fair will occur before, after and in between (10:15 – 11:15) the two services.
Although our 1/22/17 event is not a vigil per se, we scheduled it for the Sunday after the Inauguration to provide resources, hope , and community for those who feel moved to be engaged in social justice action during these challenging times.
Colorado
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Sunday January 22 4pm
Location: 400 S Williams St, Denver, CO 80209
More info: Our time together will include prayer, song, readings, and ritual, as well as an opportunity to address your convictions and concerns to public officials. The vigil is co-sponsored by Eco-Justice Ministries and Colorado Interfaith Power and Light.
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Monday, January 23, 7-9pm
Location: Boulder Shambala Center, 1345 Spruce Street, Boulder, CO
More info: Dress for the weather; we will be outside for some or all of the time.
Connecticut
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Sunday January 22 11:30 AM
Location: White Hart lawn, 57 Undermountain Road, Salisbury CT 06068
More info: Bring warm clothes and climate-positive (and non-partisan) signs
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Sunday January 22, 4 pm
Location: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 661 Old Post Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824
More info: Free, ample parking available
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: January 24 at. 6:30 pm
Location: First Congregational Church in Bloomfield, 10 Wintonbury Ave., Bloomfield, CT 06002
More info: Bring signs that show your love for our earth and your belief that climate change is not a hoax!
RSVP at: [email protected]
District of Columbia
Event: People of Faith Lighting the Way for Justice and the Planet
Date: 1/19/2017 6 – 7 pm
Location: 16th St, NW, Washington, DC from Lafayette Park to Silver Spring
More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/1389958894367923/
Please reach out to neighbors and neighboring faith communities so that we can have a pathway of light on 16th Street. To ensure that all blocks have people and lights, please contact Pastor Renata Eustis at Christ Lutheran Church, 202-829-6727, to let us know the blocks where you will stand. Bring Luminaries, Candles, Lanterns, and Flashlights. Download Flyer here.
Hawaii
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Friday, January 20, 5 pm
Location: Weaver Hall, Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Ave, Honolulu, HI 96826
More info at: People of all faiths, please join us!
Illinois
Event: Vigil for Our Common Home – Chicago
Date: Friday, January 20, 2017 – 5:00 pm
Location: Faith in Place Office, 70 E. Lake St, Chicago, IL 60601
If you can’t join in person this event will be live streamed on Facebook at 5 pm. Click here to go to their Facebook Page
Click here to get more information and to RSVP The vigil will be held in the ground floor store front at 70 E Lake. Please dress for the weather, as the candle-lighting portion to conclude the vigil will take place outdoors on the sidewalk next to the building. Light refreshments and warm drinks will be available at the vigil. You are encouraged to walk or take public transit to this event to be green and avoid expensive parking fees.
Event: First 100 hours vigil
Date: Friday January 20, 4-5 PM
Location: Northwest corner of Shermer and Walters, Northbrook, IL
More info: This is an outdoor site across from a train station in the little park. Signs would be appropriate. RSVP by Texting to Mary Hansen 312-301-6838.
Event: Vigil for Our Common Home – North West Suburbs
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 – 7:00pm
Location: St. James Catholic Church, 820 N Arlington Heights Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
More info at: https://www.faithinplace.org/events/vigil-our-common-home-north-west-suburbs
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Sunday January 22 4 pm
Location: Peace House, 301 Fifth St., Aurora, IL 60505
More info at: RSVP at [email protected]
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Sunday January 22, 5:30
Location: Westside Park, 400 W. University Ave., Champaign, IL, 61820
More info: After the vigil we are invited to First Presbyterian (across the street) for hot chocolate and a tour of the Men’s Emergency Shelter they are housing.
Event: Vigil for Our Common Home – Lake County
Date: 1/22/17 4:00PM-5:00PM Weather permitting, the event will be held outdoors in front of the church. If it is too cold, the vigil will be held indoors.
Location: Most Blessed Trinity Parish, 450 Keller Ave, Waukegan, IL 60085
More info at: http://tinyurl.com/LakeCountyVigil The vigil will be held in the parking lot of the church. If the weather is too cold, the vigil will be held inside the church.
Iowa
Event: Before the Flood Screening and Vigil
Date: Sunday, January 22, 4:30 pm
Location: Fleur Cinema, 4545 Fleur Drive, Des Moines, IA 50321
Sign up here on the event page
Massachusetts
Event: Silent Vigil for the first 100 hours
Date: Friday, January 20th, 11:30 am-12:30 pm.
Location: Amherst Common, corner of Main Street & S. Pleasant St, Amherst MA 01002
RSVP at [email protected] or 413-256-8596
More info: Silent vigil, no political signs (e.g. re Trump). Fine to name issues, e.g. care for the earth, welcoming the stranger, peace.
We will gather in the foyer beside the sanctuary of Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Ave (413-256-6754) at 11:15 to greet each other, distribute signs, etc. Participants are welcome to go to the parish hall if they get too cold, restroom break, etc. At 12:30 we will take turns ringing the Grace Episcopal Church bell and gather for hot chocolate in the parish hall. Thank you for joining us to lift up our prayers together for our country and the earth at this important hour.
Event: FIRST 100 HOURS VIGIL—for One Earth, One Human Family
Date: 1/22/17
Location: First Church in Cambridge UCC, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Get more information and RSVP on the Facebook Event Page Dress Warm!
Maryland
Event: Annapolis Interfaith 100 Hour Vigil
Date: Friday, January 20th, 11 am- 2 pm
Location: Annapolis Friends Meeting, 351 DuBois Rd, Annapolis, MD 21401
Click here to RSVP for the event
Event: Climate Prayer Vigil
Date: 1/22/17 1 PM
Location: Brookside Gardens Japanese Tea Room, 1800 Glenallan Ave, Wheaton, MD 20902
More info at: Earth Stewardship East or the Facebook Event Page . RSVP to [email protected] We must begin promptly at 1 pm as the space is scheduled for a wedding at 2 pm. We can continue to visit in other areas of the garden if desired. Contact Merikay if you would like to share a prayer or reading. We need your help in sharing this — please post widely and invite your friends. Please, no political posters, though signs about the environment welcome.
Minnesota
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: 1/22/17 2:30 – 3:45
Location: Lakeside-Lester Park Community Club, 106 N.54th Ave. East, Duluth, MN 55804
More info at: [email protected] feel free to come as you are able. If you are using public transportation it is on the 6 or 7 bus line. Gathering from 2:30-3 and prayer vigil 3-3:45. Coffee too.
Event: First 110 hours silent meditation vigil
Date: Friday January 20th, 10:50 am – 1:30 pm
Location: Common Ground Meditation 2700 E 26th St, Minneapolis, MN 55406
More information: [email protected] Join us as we sit and deepen together to mark the inauguration of the new president of the US. In this mostly silent meditation, we will participate with countless people across the globe to acknowledge and ground the hopes and fears that this transition of power brings. People of all faiths welcome. If you haven’t meditated before, you will easily see how to join us. Bells to close a sit and open the next one will ring every 15 minutes, inviting people to enter, leave or stay.
Schedule
10:50am:Welcome, centering words and silence.
11:00am-12:00pm Sitting meditation in the Meditation hall and Walking meditation in the Community Room
12- 12:15: reading by volunteers of selected quotes
12:15- 12:30: Silent sit
12:30- 1 pm: Sharing lunch and conversation in the Community Room. Bring your own.
1 pm -1:15 pm: Silent meditation, Sitting or Walking
1:15-1:30pm: Guided Compassion meditation
Event: Resistance, Renewal, and the River of Love: An Interfaith Prayer Service
Date: 1/22/17 5-6 PM
Location: Calvary Lutheran Church, 3901 Chicago Ave S, Minneapolis MN
More info at: Facebook Event Page Now more than ever, we need to craft a narrative and practice of resistance and resilience. We do so by being in community, bringing our full selves to the table, and calling on the wisdom and stories of our diverse faith traditions. Join us for an evening of reflection, ritual, song, and community to cultivate the sustenance we need to respond powerfully in the year ahead.
Missouri
Event: Prayer Vigil – Demonstrate your Commitment to Creation
Date: Sunday January 22, 2 pm
Location: Tau Center – 335 S. Kirkwood Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63112
Click here to got more information and to RSVP
New Jersey
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Monday, January 23, 7:00 PM
Location: Cooper’s Pond Meeting House on West Church Street, Bergenfield, New Jersey, 07621
More info at: [email protected]
Event: Vigil for the first 100 hours
Date: Tuesday January 24, 2:00 PM
Location: Georgian Court University Chapel, 900 Lakewood Avenue, Lakewood, New Jersey, 08701
More info: Just attend or bring a reading, art piece or performance to share. All faiths or no faith at all are welcome
New Mexico
Event: Interfaith Vigil for the Earth
Date: 1/23/17, 6:30 pm
Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 151 St. Hwy 564, Gallup, NM
More info at: www.nm-ipl.org and facebook for NMIPL and [email protected]
Event: Interfaith Candle Light Prayer Vigil for Earth
Date: 1/23/17 5:30 PM – 6:15 PM
Location: Immaculate Conception Church, 619 Copper Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
More info at: RSVP on the Facebook event page . www.nm-ipl.org and facebook for NMIPL and [email protected] We will be outside in the courtyard of Immaculate Conception at 5:30 pm, so dress for out of doors.
New York
Event: Multi-faith Vigil for the Earth – Our Common Home
Date: Sunday January 22 5:00 PM
Location: the pedestrian sidewalk (the south side one), Brooklyn Bridge, NYC
More information: Please follow our Facebook event page for emerging details. Meet in the middle entering from either side.
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Sunday January 22 2:00 PM
Location: Sacred Heart Chapel, 1725 Brentwood Road, Brentwood NY 11717
RSVP: S Jeanne McGorry at [email protected]
North Carolina
Event: Multi Faith Climate Vigil
Date: 1/22/17 3:30 – 5:00
Location: St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Friends and Family Hall, 940 Carmichael St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
More info at: Facebook Event Page A peaceful gathering for people of many faiths (or no faith) during inauguration weekend to reflect on our love for our common home and our concern about the threat of climate change. Hosted by 6 local faith groups: The Community Church of Chapel Hill, Saint Thomas More, Kehillah Synagogue, United Church of Chapel Hill, Faith Tabernacle Oasis of Love International Church, and the Church of Reconciliation.
Event: Creation Care Action Event: Initiating the First 100 days
Date: Friday, January 20 at 5 PM – 7 PM
Location: Lenoir-Rhyne University Asheville, 36 Montford Ave, Asheville, North Carolina 28801
Get more information and RSVP on the Facebook Event Page
Event: Vigil for the first 100 hours
Date: 1/22/17
Location: Parkway UCC 2151 Silas Creek Parkway Winston-Salem NC
More info at: [email protected] Multi-faith gathering of prayer, song, silence, ritual
Event: Gathering in prayer – Inauguration 2017
Date: 1/20/2017 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Community UCC, 814 Dixie Trail Raleigh, NC 27607 – fellowship hall
More info at: http://ncipl.org/event/cucc-prayer-inauguration-1-20-2017/ Gather with others for a time of prayer as our country inaugurates a new president. Expect silence, reading from the Bible, and an opportunity for you to speak a prayer from your heart. This time of worship will last about 30 minutes. While planned from the Christian tradition, anyone in the community who would like to gather for prayer is welcome.
Some people may choose to linger for quiet conversation after the time of prayer has concluded.
Event: Gathering in prayer – First 100 hours
Date: January 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Community UCC , 814 Dixie Trail , Raleigh, NC United States – Hoffmann Room
More info at: http://ncipl.org/event/cucc-prayer-inauguration-1-22-2017/ Gather with others for a time of prayer as our country inaugurates a new president. Expect silence, reading from the Bible, and an opportunity for you to speak a prayer from your heart. This time of worship will last about 30 minutes. While planned from the Christian tradition, anyone in the community who would like to gather for prayer is welcome.
Some people may choose to linger for quiet conversation after the time of prayer has concluded.
Ohio
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Friday, January 20, 12:00 PM
Location: Amistad Chapel at the United Church of Christ National Offices, 700 Prospect Avenue East in the Historic Gateway Neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio
More info at: [email protected]
Oregon
Event: I’m glad you’re my neighbor” vigil & day of action
Date: Saturday January 21, , 2:00 pm
Location: Newberg Friends Church, 307 S. College, Newberg, OR 97132
More info: 2:00-3:15pm event at Newberg Friends, 3:30-4:00pm march starting at Francis Square
Pennsylvania
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: January 21, 10 am
Location: Trinity Lutheran Church 2221 N Oak Ln, State College, PA 16803
More info at: [email protected] 215-242-0854 Room at Trinity Lutheran to be determined.Sign will be up in foyer. All are welcome. Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light in conjunction with Laudato Si study group hosted at Trinity Lutheran Church that same morning from 8:30 a.m.(free breakfast) followed by discussion till 10. All welcome to come early for that. The prayer vigil will follow and be inside from 10 a.m.to 10:30 p.m. There will also be a habitat restoration work party that afternoon from 2-4 p.m. at Walnut Springs park in State College. Same contact number for information.
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: January 22, 2 pm
Location: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 806 13th St, Altoona, PA 16602
More info at: [email protected] 215-242-0854 The vigil starts at 2 p.m. , Sunday afternoon in the church. The time and date is set but we would welcome others, of whatever faith, to contact us with suggestions for prayers or activities for the vigil. Organized by Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light in cooperation with Father Josh Shipman, priest in charge at St. Luke’s. We welcome all to this event and to films and discussions, habitat care work parties, etc. that are being planned for the future. We seek other churches and individuals to join us in lifting a faith voice in the climate movement.
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: 1/22/17 Time 11:30 – 12:30
Location: Downingtown Friends Meeting Rt 30, West Lancaster Ave. Downingtown, PA 19355
More info at: [email protected] Bring a sign or use one of ours
Tennessee
Event: Prayer Vigil
Date: 1/22/17 12:30-1:30
Location: Renaissance Park, 100 Manufacturers Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37405
More info at: Facebook event page email or contact through FB for updates on the location inside the park or changes due to weather.
Vermont
Event: Vigil of Hope
Date: Friday, January 20, at 5 pm
Location: Burlington Vermont. At the top of Church Street in front of the Unitarian Universalist Church.
Information: VT Interfaith Power & Light is holding a Vigil of Hope on Inauguration Day. We will stand together to show our resistance to the Trump Administration’s climate denier cabinet and to hold in the light those in this country and around the world who are suffering as a result of global climate change. To learn more, contact [email protected]
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: 1/20/17
Location: Wells Fountain, 224 Main St. (in front of Brooks Mem. Library) Brattleboro, Vt. 05301, and Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St.
More info at: No need to RSVP Outdoor vigil at 4 PM at Wells Fountain (bring signs with faith-based messages – no political slogans, please); 5 PM walk to Centre Church for 5:15 indoor vigil with meditation, readings, music, prayers.
Virginia
Event: First 100 Hours Vigil for the Earth Charlottesville
Date: Saturday, January 28th at 12:30pm
Location: Freedom of Speech Wall, 605 East Main Street, Charlottesville, VA, 22902
RSVP and get more info the Facebook Event page Please bring signs and your voices! Check our Facebook event page in case details change. we want to ask people to bring photos of the people, places and resources they cherish that are endangered by threats to our land, water and air.
Event: Prayer Vigil
Date: January 20, 1 PM
Location: Bull Run Unitarian Universalist Church, 9350 Main Street, Manassas, VA
Washington
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Sunday January 22, 6:30 pm
Location: St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church 1428 22nd Ave. Longview WA 98632
More info at: [email protected] Prayers, songs, poetry and stories welcomed! We will pray in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington as well as with protectors of the Earth.
Event: Unifying for a Healthy World
Date: 1/20/2017 11 – 2
Location: Seattle Unity Church 200 8th Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
More info: No RSVP needed. Church [email protected] All are welcome. It is being hosted by Seattle Unity. It will be from 11 am – 1 pm, followed by a proactive conversation for next steps from 1-2 pm.
Event: Climate Vigil
Date: Monday, January 23, 12-1p.m.
Location: Prospect Congregational UCC, 1919 E Prospect St, Seattle, WA 98112
More info at: During the first 100 hours of the new US administration, it’s vital that people of faith show our love for the Earth, and our commitment to people, planet, and communities. Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light and Prospect Congregational United Church of Christ are hosting a vigil for people of all faiths on Monday, January 23 from noon to 1 p.m. You are invited to bring a short poem or reading about faith and climate if you wish. All are welcome.
Wisconsin
Event: First 100 Hours Vigil
Date: Monday, January 23, 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m.
Location: Resurrection Catholic Parish, 333 Hilltop Dr., Green Bay WI
More info: For more information, contact Br. Steve Herro, O. Praem. Music, prayer, reflection and a potluck meal.
Event: First 100 Hours Interfaith Vigil
Date: Friday, January 20, Noon – 12:40 p.m.
Location: The Crossing Ministry, UW Madison Campus, 1127 University Ave., Madison WI
Event: Interfaith Vigil
Date: Friday, January 20, 12:00 PM
Location: Milwaukee City Hall Rotunda
More info at: [email protected] More information – Facebook Event page If willing to teach group an environmental song from your religious tradition, time will be allotted for that. No signs or placards allowed.
Event: First 100 Hours Vigil
Date: Friday, January 20 4-7:45
Location: Janesville, WI
More info: Outdoor Vigil, 4:00-4:30 p.m., in front of Janesville’s Post Office, 1818 Milton Ave Indoor Vigil, 5:30-7:45 p.m., Community Room of Basics Cooperative, 1711 Lodge Drive [email protected]
Event: First 100 Hours Vigil
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 4 pm
Location: Main Street in front of Old Town Mall (Congressman Paul Ryan’s Congressional Office), Janesville, WI
More info: Outdoor Vigil with Signs, 4:00-4:30 p.m.,
Event: Vigil for the Earth
Date: Saturday 21, Jan 2017 – 9 to 12 noon
Location: 5655 N. Lake Drive, Whitefish Bay WI
More info: Join Us and Show Your Care for the Planet Earth. People of All Faiths are Welcome. Drop in — Bring you Family
