Silver Spring, MD - Interfaith Families Project - Interfaith Couples Workshop Series

Dates & Times: March 21st, 10:00am-1:30pm; April 13th, April 20th, April 27th, May 4th, 7:00pm-9:00pm
Where: Christ Congregational Church, 9525 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20901
Group: Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington (IFFP)

Leaders: Rev. Julia Jarvis, IFFP, Rabbi Harold White, IFFP & Senior Jewish Chaplain at Georgetown University, Fr. Michael Kelley, St. Martins of Tours With Fr. Michael Kelley, St. Martins of Tours

Event Description:
Series Introduction - Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Albert Einstein High School, 11135 Newport Mill Rd, Kensington, MD 20895.
Attend IFFP Gathering (service) to experience an interfaith community. Participate in our Adult
Education Discussion: “Celebrating Passover & Easter in the Same Family”. Noon -1:30 will be the
official introduction of the series with Rabbi White & Rev. Julia for series participants only.

Session #1 Rites of Passage
Weddings, baby naming/bris/baptism/anointing, coming of age ceremonies/Bar & Bat Mitzvah, funerals

Session #2 Family Living
Extended family & outside pressures; how to raise the children- interfaith or choosing one faith; expressing and articulating needs; difficult emotions dealing with intermarriage

Session #3 Holidays, Symbols & Rituals
How much do you understand about your spouse’s faith? About your own faith? What in your tradition is most important to you now? What will you want to pass on to your children?

Session #4 Understanding Social & Cultural Differences
Anti-Semitism & the history of the church as it affects us now; Judaism as a civilization as well as a religion. We will also address final questions and concerns.

Registration: $250 per couple. Contact Susan Ryder, iffp@verizon.net / 301-270-6337