Women’s Interfaith Conference 2013

The Women’s Interfaith Conference is sponsored in part by Interfaith Partnership, and is coordinated by an independent steering committee.

Women Pursuing a Deeper Walk in Faith

The Women’s Interfaith Conference is planning its 33rd Annual Conference on April 11, 2013. The goal of our conference is to educate and inform the community about the faith groups represented in our community. Over the years we have accomplished this goal by presenting speakers and panelists who willingly share their beliefs, customs and traditions in an atmosphere of mutual respect.

The 2013 Conference is being hosted by the Christian Faith and will be held at the Ladue Chapel, located at 9450 Clayton Road, St. Louis, MO 63124, on Thursday, April 11, 2013. This year’s theme is Women Pursuing a Deeper Walk in Faith.

Please register by contacting Jerri Livingston at 314-469-3553. Registrations are limited to the first 200 received. Registrations must be postmarked by Wednesday, April 3, 2013.

Presenters are:

• Sharon Nathanson, Cantor, Conservative Judaism
• Nancy Taxman, Reform Judaism
• Rev. Marilyn Stavenger, United Church of Christ
• Sister Carla Mae Streeter, O.P., Roman Catholicism
• Aliyyah Aziz, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
• Sousan Darwech, Sunni Muslim

The schedule for the day is:

• 8:15am: Registration
• 8:45am: Welcome
• 9:00am: Jewish Presentation
• 9:50am: Break
• 10:00am: Christian Presentation
• 10:50am: Break
• 11:00am: Islamic Presentation
• 11:50am: Lunch
• 1:00pm: Audience Questions
• 2:30pm: Closing

The 2013 Steering Committee is: Nancy Remmert, Chair, Church Women United; Jeanette Thompson, Co-Chair, Baha’i Faith; Nushat Badar and Salma Ahmad, Co-Chairs, Islamic Faith; Jerri Livingston, Co-Chair, Sisterhood of Shaare Emeth; Shierly Taxman Schwartz, Treasurer, Sisterhood of B’nai El; Nancy Gent, Sandy Greenberg, Robin Radford, Jean Gilbert, Anne Murphy, Rashidah Rafat, Barbara Schneider

About the 2012 Women’s Interfaith Conference

You are cordially invited to attend the 32nd Annual Women’s Interfaith Conference, “Women of Faith: Share What We Believe and Why We Believe It – Part II.” We will gather on Wednesday, April 18, from 8:30am ti 2:30pm at Congregation B’nai Amoona (312 South Mason Road, near Conway Road). The conference costs $10 per person, including lunch. (Please note that in respect for the Kosher traditions on B’nai Amoona, no outside food may be brought into the conference.)

This year’s conference is a deepening of the conversation that started at last year’s event, with new presenters, offering perspectives from faith groups that we frequently hear less from.

To register, please contact Jerri Livingston at 314-469-3553. Registrations limited to the first 300 received and must be postmarked by Monday, April 9, 2012.

The day’s schedule:

• 8:30am : Registration
• 9:15am: Welcome
• 9:30am: Presentations
• 10:30am: Break
• 10:45am: Audience Questions
• 11:30am: Lunch (provided with registration – no outside food please)
• 12:30pm: Presentations
• 1:30pm: Audience Questions
• 2:15pm: Closing

Presenters:

• Moderator Jerri Livingston, Jewish Faith
• Rashidah Rafat, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
• Janet Klutho, Baha’i Faith
• Venerable Chang Ji, Chinese Mahayana tradition of Buddhism
• Susan Girgis, Coptic Orthodox Church
• Samina Shaikh, Daar Ul Islam Mosque
• Sister Jane Wexler Brown, Roman Catholic Church

The conference is sponsored by The Archdiocesan Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, the Women’s League at Congregation B’nai Amoona, the Sisterhood at B’nai El Congregation, Central Reform Congregation, Church Women United of Metropolitan St. Louis, Interfaith Partnership/Faith Beyond Walls, the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis, Next Generation Christian Science Fellowship, the Sisterhood at Shaare Emeth Congregation, and United Hebrew Congregation.

The steering committee for this event is:

• Chair: Jerri Livingston, Shaare Emeth Congregation
• Co-Chair: Ramona Neumann, Archdiocesan Commission for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs
• Co-Chair: Jeanette Thompson, Baha’i Faith
• Co-Chair and Secretary: Nancy Remmert, Church Women United of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Co-Chair: Nuznat Badar, Islamic Faith
• Treasurer: Shirley Schwartz, B’nai El Congregation
• Nancy Gent
• Sandy Greenberg
• Robin Radford
• Barbara Schneider
• Jean Gilbert
• Anne Murphy
• Rashidah Rafat