SPRING INTERFAITH COUNCIL

Our Mission

 
For the past fourteen years, the Spring Interfaith Council has embodied a vision to bring unity and understanding  to people of all religions, races, and ethnicities in our community. Three annual programs formed the basis of the early years of the organization – a community-wide Thanksgiving service in November,  interfaith dialogue dinners in the spring, and a gathering of clergy leaders from all faith traditions in the fall.
 
These ways of cooperation continue and have expanded over the years to include

  • This website
  • A Facebook page
  • A monthly newsletter of interfaith activities
  • Support for special worship services such as “9-11 Memorials”, “Stand Up for Shabbat “, and a prayer service on “International Day of Peace” (Sept. 21).
  • A monthly Women’s Voices interfaith book discussion​
  • Interfaith participation in service projects such as making quilts or assisting legal permanent residents to complete applications for citizenship
  • A Prayer Walk to pray for the needs of our community on the National Day of Prayer​.
  • On March 14th 2024, Spring Interfaith Council adopted Articles of Organization to become an unincorporated non profit association.
  • We also adopted bylaws  and elected officers.


Officers for 2026 are:
Chair: Diane Hunt  (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
Vice President for Internal Communication: [This position is currently vacant.)
Vice President for External Communication: Ooma Lakshmanan  (Hindu Community)
Treasurer: Paulette Moore-Hall  (John Wesley Methodist)
​Secretary:  Richard Corl (Spring Quakers)

During the days of Covid-19 isolation, many of these events had to be cancelled or were transformed into a virtual format. As a recent example, view:
1) this Thanksgiving video compiled from the submissions of fifteen of our faith communities:    ​https://tinyurl.com/SpringInterfaith2020 
2) this video called a “Time of Remembrance” to remember those lost in our various faith communities during the time of Covid-19 pandemic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHVhmQTrviE  ​

The Houston Chronicle wrote about our successful use of virtual programming during this period. You can read the article here.
 
We welcome your ideas about other programs and events we can sponsor. Please attend our planning meetings, or send us your suggestions to springinterfaithcouncil@gmail.com.

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Facilitating respectful interfaith dialogues that build understanding and trust.

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Organizing community events that celebrate different faith traditions together.

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Providing a safe space for sharing stories and learning from one another.

Thomas Merton

”By openness to the other, we become more deeply ourselves, and in the process, we find that the other is not a stranger, but a brother.”