Interfaith in Sydney

Monthly services with Stephanie Dowrick

Pitt Street Uniting Church, 264 Pitt Street, Sydney 2000 (near Park Street)
Next Interfaith service, Sun 21 February, 2010, 3pm

Weekly meditation, Wednesdays, 6-6.45pm

"The radiance that is neither East nor West comes from a single moon."  Rumi

We believe that interfaith can go beyond respectful dialogue - as vital as that is.  These services offer an inclusive spiritual experience that draws on the finest teachings from East and West and emphasizes their relevance to mindful, joyful contemporary living.

Rev Dr Stephanie Dowrick is an ordained Interfaith Minister who sees her ministry as reaching out to all, regardless of their faith background, through teachings, scriptures and inspirations that speak directly to our minds and hearts, honouring the sacred and creating positive, practical changes in our lives. Interfaith services offer teachings, prayers, readings and music from a wide variety of traditions, emphasising a direct experience of the sacred, celebrating difference and diversity, while also reflecting the unity of the human desire to grow in understanding of what life most truly is and can become.

Interfaith in Sydney enjoys a most wonderful home through the generosity of the Pitt Street Uniting Church community and its minister, Reverend Ian Pearson.  Pitt Street is itself an outstandingly inclusive and theologically progressive parish, bringing the message of love and practical concern through a variety of services and initiatives.  For more information about Pitt Street Uniting Church www.pittstuc.nsw.uca.org.au

“In the presence of God there is neither male nor female, white nor black, Gentile nor Jew, Protestant nor Catholic, Hindu, Buddhist, nor Muslim, but a human spirit stripped to the literal substance of itself before God.”  - Howard Thurman
 
“Inter means an openness to learn from others…a trust in what will be found; it is the conscious assimilation of whatever is valuable to aid one’s own journey…a sense of responsibility to humankind as a whole, and to all living beings. “  -  Brother Wayne Teasdale
 
“The only way to find God is to see him in his creation and be one with it.  This can only be done by service to all.” – Mahatma Gandhi
 
For regular information about the Interfaith services and other retreats and workshops, you are warmly invited to join the Universal Heart Network.