MLK Memorial Service with Blessings or Prayers from many traditions
“Building our Community One Generation at a Time”
Sunday, January 14th, 4:00 pm at the McKinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Dr, Reno.
Keynote Speaker will be Tiffany Young, DEI consultant
There will also be many blessings and awards given.
Thanksgiving Service – “Thankful for the Peacemakers” – 38th Annual
Join us at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral – 200 Island Ave. Reno, NV 7pm Thursday the 16th
for a Thanksgiving worship service of prayer and music from a variety of faith traditions,
sponsored by the Nevada Interfaith Association.
We have come together as God’s children to enrich our lives through an interfaith experience. During the service friends from various faiths will express praise and thanks according to their faith traditions. Portions of this service have also been selected to represent those elements of worship that are shared by all our traditions.
Our Thanksgiving service is a beautiful way to give true meaning to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Focusing on the historical significance of Thanksgiving in music and the spoken word in multi-interfaith voices makes for a memorable evening.
President’s Message 2022
Dear NIA Members,
Both 2020 and 2021 will be remembered as our Covid Years. As an interfaith organization, NIA was faced with many challenges. Our second annual Youth Conference was held in early January 2020 prior to the mandated closure of activities, school attendance in person, sports events, and limited contact except with masking and high antiseptic cleansing. The follow-up service projects from the youth conference were obviously shelved and the opportunity for youth service to the community was canceled. We are pleased to announce that we are once again planning to hold our Third Youth Leadership this coming Fall at UNR on the Saturday prior to Thanksgiving.
We held no Nevada Prayer Breakfast event during the 2020-2021 time period. The MLK Memorial was conducted virtually as was the annual Thanksgiving event. A special prayer service was created as a result of the pandemic crisis and was made available virtually on our Facebook page.
During the 2020-2021 time period, NIA focused their efforts on developing a workable website. As we all know, technology is always a work in progress. What is missing is a social media focus. Taken to a new level, the goal is to promote religion in our community as an emphasis on religious freedom. Because we believe “faith counts” for the betterment of our community and society at large, we seek to understand and promote the values we have in common while respecting our differences. This we hope to improve as we feature the principles of various interfaith holy days and explain their significance in a portion of the website. Examples would be: Lent, Ash Wednesday , Advent, Ramadas, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Juneteenth, and the July 24 Pioneer Day Celebration.
Having just conducted our first Prayer Breakfast in two years, it is heartwarming to report that 360 were
in attendance for the event with the theme: In Times Such As This: Humility, Healing, and Humanity. Showcased were fifteen visionary awards presented to individuals, groups from various church affiliations, and non-profit organizations that provided heroic humanitarian service during the Covid shut down. For pictures and more details of the event go to the website section for coverage of this event.
We are ready to accept memberships into NIA to support our continued community events: MLK Holiday Memorial Event, Nevada Prayer Breakfast, Youth Leadership Conference, Two Interfaith Luncheons, and the Interfaith Thanksgiving Service as well as maintaining our website with its interfaith community calendar, a central place for promoting the member’s individual events and activities.
It has been my pleasure to service as President for the past five years. Father Chuck Durante has graciously accepted the position for the next two years. We look forward to his able guidance and inspiration in leading Nevada Interfaith Association in its ongoing service to the interfaith community.
Sincerely,
Pat Meidell
Nevada Prayer Breakfast 2020
May 18 @ 7:00 am – 9:00 am
Seat $35.00 – Table $280.00
The Nevada Prayer Breakfast is a community gathering at which we offer prayerful support for our State and our leaders. We also honor outstanding, visionary people and organizations in our community for their unique and caring work for the benefit of all. As individuals and communities, we may believe differently in our approach to the Divine, yet we gather at the Nevada Prayer Breakfast equally, inclusively and without discrimination for a common purpose. Together we devote our energies to the good of the State of Nevada. – Together we pray –
Breakfast Served at 7:00AM
-THE COMPLETE STACK SERVED BREAKFAST-
- Orange Juice· PRE·SET Fruit Bowl
- French Toast with butter & syrup
- Fresh Scrambled Eggs
- Basket of Assorted Muffins (some sweet) at each table
- Coffee, Decaf & Hot Tea Service
*Sorry we do not have a way to order special meals from Atlantis
Note: When you purchase tickets, please be sure to note your denomination/faith tradition so we can seat you with your people.