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 INTERFAITH CONNECTION  Published Monthly by Interfaith Works, P.O. Box 12 21, Oly mpia, WA 98507 (360) 357-7224 * InterfaithWorks@comcast.net * www.interfaith-works.org Interfaith Works promotes interfaith understanding, and serves the community through charitable, social and educational endeavors. IRAQ MEMORIAL T O LIFE IN OL YMPIA Molly Gibbs, IMtL Media & Outreach Coordinator  The Iraq Memorial to Life (IMtL) is born because you and your organizations--have been working hard for pea ce, and to preserve the ea rth, and its inhabitants. A powerful visual image of gravestones will be erected here in Olympia on March 20, the anniversary of the U.S. attack in Baghdad. Special guests will join us to launch the project on the evening o f the 19 th , at Heritage Park. Markers will then be shipped to Washington D.C. for a collective display on t he National Mall between April 17 and April 29. Thousands of memorial markers, carefully arranged, will powerfully bring home the full extent of Iraqi deaths to the American public a nd its legislators. The grieving that has long been a daily part of Iraqi life will be memorialized in our town, and spread outward, community by community, as the display moves across the country. Reactions to both regional and national displays will bring attention to the human suffering caused by the Iraq war. We need your help to build this memorial for the American public to se e. IMtL is asking you to encourage volunteers, peace and church groups to take the lead in creating a local display. Complete instructions on how to make and mail the markers can be found at www.IraqMemorialtoLife.org. Many wil l want to work together to both make markers, and research the deaths. Individual statements honoring Iraqi lives lost, includi ng poetry or artwork, may be submitted separately. A representation of indivi dual tributes will be posted on our website. Be sure to visit the Links page to learn about and support t he non-profit organizations offering reparations. (Continued on page 2) MARCH 2009

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INTERFAITH CONNECTION 

 Published Monthly by Interfaith Works, P.O. Box 1221, Olympia, WA 98507

(360) 357-7224 * [email protected] * www.interfaith-works.org

Interfaith Works promotes interfaith understanding,and serves the community through 

charitable, social and educational endeavors.

IRAQ MEMORIAL TO LIFE IN OLYMPIA

Molly Gibbs, IMtL Media & Outreach Coordinator  

The Iraq Memorial to Life (IMtL) is born because you and your organizations--have beenworking hard for peace, and to preserve the earth, and its inhabitants. A powerful visual image of gravestones will be erected here in Olympia on March 20, the anniversary of the U.S. attack inBaghdad.

Special guests will join us to launch the project on the evening of the 19th, at HeritagePark. Markers will then be shipped to Washington D.C. for a collective display on the NationalMall between April 17 and April 29.

Thousands of memorial markers, carefully arranged, will powerfully bring home the full extent of Iraqi deaths to the American public and its legislators. The grieving that has long been a daily partof Iraqi life will be memorialized in our town, and spread outward, community by community, as

the display moves across the country. Reactions to both regional and national displays will bringattention to the human suffering caused by the Iraq war.

We need your help to build this memorial for the American public to see. IMtL is asking you toencourage volunteers, peace and church groups to take the lead in creating a local display.

Complete instructions on how to make and mail the markers can be found at

www.IraqMemorialtoLife.org. Many will want to work together to both make markers, andresearch the deaths. Individual statements honoring Iraqi lives lost, including poetry or artwork,may be submitted separately. A representation of individual tributes will be posted on our website. Be sure to visit the Links page to learn about and support the non-profit organizationsoffering reparations.

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MARCH 2009

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We ask a minimum $5 contribution to help us cover costs, both locally and in the larger display inDC. Thanks to our advisors and our national sponsor, the Fellowship of Reconciliation and keysupporters:

• Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, 

• Veterans for Peace, 

• American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). 

For more details please visit our website at www.iraqmemorialtolife.org and contact Kerri Griffis [email protected] if you would like assistance with a marker making session.

Send questions to [email protected].

Iraq Memorial to Life(Continued from page 1)

Interfaith Works 2009 Annual Meeting of Membership Tuesday, April 17, 7:00 p.m. atTemple Beth Hatfiloh. Although veryimportant, the meeting is expected to be brief.The business items to be conducted are:

• election of officers and directors.

• approval of the 2009-2010 budget.Delegates and leaders of member 

organizations and congregations are

especially urged to attend to give inputregarding the direction and spending duringthe coming year.

 Although this is a business meeting, the tenor of the meeting will be light, and will includerefreshments and plenty of opportunity to visit

and become acquainted with one another.

Please plan to attend.

EVERYBODY IS INVITED AND WELCOME! Kathy Erlandson, Executive Director  

SPIRITUAL CINEMA MOVIE NIGHT AT THE UNITED CHURCHES

On the 4th Saturday of the month, The United Churches of Olympia invites you to share dessert, a film anddiscussion, starting at 6:30 pm in our Fireside Room. We are located at 11th and Capitol, across from theCapitol Campus and Hands-On Children’s Museum.

On Saturday, March 28 we’ll watch “The Power of Forgiveness”, a powerful documentary on thephysical, emotional and spiritual effects of forgiveness.

Check our website for upcoming films: www.theunitedchurches.org/bookgroups.htm#Spiritual_Cinemas 

Questions ?? Contact: Pat Sonnenstuhl at 943-8933 or [email protected].

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The 21st  Annual book, bagel and blintz sale returns toOlympia’s Temple Beth Hatfiloh on March 29, 10 a.m.—2 p.m. 

Delicious Jewish food, South Sound’s best used book sale and the opportunity for communityschmoozing on a springlike Sunday morning -- it's the annual Blintzapalooza festival at TempleBeth Hatfiloh at 8th and Washington in downtown Olympia..

Judging for a Kugel Kookoff begins at 11 a.m., with the winner declared at about 12:30 p.m.Delicacies on sale will include blintzes and toppings, lox and cream cheese bagels, and breakfast

beverages – plus Nigerian coffee.

This year, Blintzapalooza will turn over proceeds from Jewish food, bargain books and noshing tofour local community charities:

• Neighborhood Free Medical Clinic, which operates on the east side of the Olympia-Laceyarea, offering free health care to low-income families.

• Camp Quixote, a mobile tent city for the homeless in the Greater Olympia area, offers asense of community and belonging as well as other life services to people without any other resources.

• Union Gospel Free Dental Clinic in downtown Olympia, like its counterpart free medicalclinic, offers an important phase of health care without charge to low-income children andadults. The dental services are donated, but the Gospel Mission picks up all the other costs of 

running the operation.• Interfaith Works, the Thurston County ministerial alliance, is an annual beneficiary of the

Blintzapalooza. It organizes regular interfaith activities and supports community relief effortsin a wide variety of ways.

USED BOOK SALE: Always regarded as one of the best in South Sound, it features new books,used books, paperbacks, rare volumes and curiosities. As always, the Blintzapalooza Committeeis looking for quality donations to its used book sale. The committee will begin acceptingdonations at the synagogue, either to be dropped off at the TBH office or carried up to the back of the sanctuary. Please notify Oscar Soule (352-7060) or Angela Santamaria (357-7772) if youcannot carry the books upstairs by yourself.

VOLUNTEERS: If you can volunteer to help sort, lug or get an early start at reading the books,

please contact Angela or Linda Watt (438-9077). If you would simply like to volunteer to help outwhere the Blintzapalooza needs help, call Karen Farber at 705-0238.

IT’S BLINTZAPALOOZA TIME!

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THE NEW CRISIS CLINIC Anna Raudenbush, Crisis Clinic 

Since 1972, the crisis clinic has helped people work through emotional emergencies, get beyond their overwhelming feelings and find their own solutions. There has always been a trained volunteer available tolisten and provide support to anyone who called, 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

For the past six years, the crisis clinic has operated as a program of Behavioral Health Resources (BHR), anon-profit specializing in mental healthcare. BHR announced in November they could no longer support theCrisis Clinic Resource Network due to lack of funding, and decided to close it March 31.

What are we doing about it? A group of dedicated volunteers and community members have gottentogether to form a new organization, the Crisis Clinic of Thurston and Mason Counties (CCMTC). This neworganization will be picking up the clinic when BHR funding runs out. An emergency board is working hard tocome up with the money required to keep the clinic operating after March 31.

What can you do to help us?  Donate! We are collecting donations to help us through the upcomingtransition. If you would like support the new CCMTC, our webpage is: www.crisisclinicfriends.wordpress.com. 

Join the effort! We need people who are willing to donate time and energy to help with administrative andfundraising support. If you are interested in helping out, send us an email at: [email protected].

Become a volunteer! In 2008, we trained 60 community members in crisis intervention skills. Our nexttraining is April 10-12th. You are invited to participate! For information on volunteering, contact Maia Bruce,the Volunteer Coordinator, at 360-586-2888.

THURSTON COUNTY FOOD BANK WINTER PRODUCE PROJECTSarah Swanson, Thurston County Food Bank  

“It is the mission of the Thurston County Food Bank to eliminate hunger within our community.”  Since 1971,the food bank has continually worked towards ending hunger in Thurston County. In 2008, the TCFB served,a record 37,000 clients, a 39% increase from 2007. We expect these numbers to grow in 2009.

We are collaborating with local non-profit agricultural organizations, backyard gardener’s, the Kiwanis foodbank garden, and local schools to increase the amount of fresh produce available to our clients during thewinter months. A new pilot project started in February 2009 works with a local farmer to provide awinter CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) box of organic vegetables to 50 families once a monthfor four months. The box includes organic carrots, cabbage, potatoes, greens, onions, and apples.

We want to expand this project next winter. It is our goal to support families, individuals, and growers.Please contact the food bank with questions, ideas, volunteer interest, or donations that can help usexpand this program to reach more families. Thank you. Sarah Swanson, (360) 352-8597 x105.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR  A listing of some of the activities and events of Interfaith Works members and cooperating organizations.

IW does not necessarily endorse these events. More details and events at www.interfaith-works.org.

March 21Saturday

9:15 am– 3:00 pm

“Crying Out in Distress and Talking Back to God”.Faithful prayer calls for lament as well asintercession, repentance, praise and thanksgiving. Cost: $50. Call St. Placid Priory at (360) 438-2595 for registration information.

March 27Friday8:00 pm

 A benefit concert with Cheryl Wheeler and The Righteous Mothers for Monarch Children’sJustice and Advocacy Center. Washington Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets $25 and $20 St/Sr/Grp. Get tickets at www.washingtoncenter.org or (360) 753-8586.

March 29Sunday10 am – 2 pm

21st Annual Blintzapalooza!Temple Beth Hatfiloh’s Book, Bagel and Blintz sale will benefitCamp Quixote, Union Gospel Free Dental Clinic, and Interfaith Works.8th & Washington.

 April 2 & 3Thursday, Friday9 am—4:30 pm

Building Sustainable Communities Conference. “Sustaining High Performance CommunityCollaboration: A Systems Approach”. At the Lacey Community Center, 6729 Pacific Ave. SE,Sponsored by TOGETHER! Contact [email protected], or 493-2230 x24.

April 17Tuesday7:00 pm

Interfaith Works 2009 Annual Meeting of Membership.Temple Beth Hatfiloh, 8th &Washington. Election of officers, approval of 2009-2010 budget. Please come and give input ondirection of the coming year. Light refreshments served. Everyone’s invited!

 April 19Sunday3:00 p.m. 

Seattle Women’s Chorusperforms “Lullaby of Broadway”, about notable women of musicaltheater such as Gypsy Rose Lee, Auntie Mame, and Maria. St. Johns Episcopal Church, 20th andCapitol. Free admission. Offering gratefully received.

 April 21-233 pm Tuesday -3pm Thursday

Courage to Lead for Clergy, Pastoral and Congregational Leaders: A Circle of Trust Retreat.Palisades Retreat Center in Federal Way. Cost:$200-400 sliding scale. Includes single occupancylodging, materials, facilitation. (206) 633-2888 or www.wacouragerenewal.org.

 April 25Saturday9:15 am- 3 pm

“To Bless the Space Between Us”. Practice the gentle, powerful act of blessing oneanother and ourselves. Cost: $50. Bring sack lunch and journal. Register with St. PlacidPriory, (360) 438-2595 or [email protected].

 April 9-12Thursday, 3 pm-Sunday noon

Journey to Easter: Triduum Retreat.Travel the road to Calvary with Jesus with the silence of this retreat. Register by April 3. Cost: $180; $215 w/ spiritual direction. Register with St. PlacidPriory, (360) 438-2595 or [email protected].

April 8Wednesday7-8:30 pm

The Biosphere Interdisciplinary Project: A Community Update. Traditions Café, 300 5th Ave.Speaker: Jean MacGregor of The Evergreen State College. Free. Sponsored by Earth CareCatholics of Olympia and Interfaith Works. All are Welcome!

March 27Friday10 am - 5 pm

Providence SoundHome Care and Hospice Volunteer Training. Approximately 30 hours, over three days and two evenings. For more information and to register (by March 20 preferred), callVolunteer Coordinator Debe Edden at (360) 493-4689.

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“The Art of Being Human”with Shelley Pierce

Shambhala Meditation TrainingShambhala Meditation TrainingShambhala Meditation Training -

Level 1, April 17-19at Bodhi House in Olympia

info: 561-6325

or [email protected]   P  A  I  D 

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Interfaith WorksPO Box 1221Olympia WA 98507

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Olympia, Wa 98501

Return service requested 

OLYMPIA CHORAL SOCIETY♫♫ ♪ ♫♪ ♪ ♫♫

FREE SPRING CONCERT“Songs of Our Nation” 

Fri. & Sat. April 17-18 at 7:30 PM

North Thurston Performing Arts Center  

600 Sleater-Kinney Road in Lacey, north of Martin WayDirector: Terry Shaw

Website: www.olympiachoral.org Phone: 360-705-6462