[IMC-Boston-Dispatch] Fwd: [SMUJP] The Prayer Flag Project Davis Sq. March 19

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From: "Abby Yanow" <abbyyanow at hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:23:58 +0000
Subject: [SMUJP] The Prayer Flag Project Davis Sq. March 19

  THE PRAYER FLAG PROJECT TAKES FLIGHT IN SOMERVILLE:
INTERFAITH SYMBOLS OF PEACE TO FLY IN DAVIS SQUARE SUNDAY, MARCH 19

March 7, 2006, Somerville, MA:  Members of Somerville’s Clarendon Hill 
Presbyterian Church and Congregation B’nai Brith are joining together to 
create and display Peace Flags as a symbolic representation of their shared 
commitment to peace.  These handmade flags will fly as part of a march and 
vigil for peace on Sunday, March 19 from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. in Davis Square.  
This interfaith collaboration is part of The Prayer Flag Project which 
borrows from the ancient Tibetan tradition of creating and hanging flags 
inscribed with prayers which are then picked up by the wind and carried all 
over the world.  The project is also reaching out to Muslims and other faith 
groups in Somerville.

“This is a creative and beautiful way to express our mutual longing for 
harmony,” believes Clarendon Hill Church Pastor Karl Gustafson.  He was 
approached with the idea of joining the Prayer Flag Project by Susan 
Berstler, director of ARTSomerville (which has an art gallery at the 
church).  The church’s Peace, Justice and Mission Committee then approached 
Temple B’nai Brith with the idea.

For more information:
Liz Cavano, 617/426-4783, x147 or lcavano at eco.org

The synagogue’s Social Action Committee embraced the Prayer Flag project as 
“a creative expression of our faith and our hope for peace,” according to 
Ruby Poltorak, a committee member.  “We are delighted to be sharing this 
project of peace with another faith community in Somerville.”

All are welcome to explore what peace means to them by participating in the 
march and vigil, or by making peace flags at tables set up with pre-cut 
fabric squares ready to decorate, inscribe and hang in the Square.
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Temple B’nai Brith is home to an independent egalitarian congregation with 
historical roots in the Conservative movement.  The Temple shares a 
reverence for the traditional texts, languages, and ways of life of the 
Jewish people, coupled with an awareness of the many ways in which they may 
be interpreted.  Membership reflects the wide variety of choices people make 
in living Jewish lives, and is respectful of those differences.   Any who 
care about enriching Jewish life in Somerville and surrounding communities 
are welcome.
(MORE)

The synagogue’s Social Action Committee works with the community for tikkun 
olam (repairing the world). The committee organizes discussions on issues of 
Social Justice, of local, national and global political interest.  As part 
of its involvement with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, it has 
been mobilizing members around the campaign for affordable Health Care.  For 
more information on the synagogue, call (617) 625-0333.

Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church is a Peace with Justice church, working 
for justice and peace in the community and the world.  Celebrating racial 
and ethnic diversity across generations and the equality of women and men in 
word and deed, it is a more light church, which supports the full inclusion 
of gay and lesbian members within its diverse and active community.  Since 
1926, Clarendon Hill has served the towns of Arlington, Medford, Somerville, 
and greater Boston.  It is a part of the Boston Presbytery, the Synod of the 
Northeast, and the Presbyterian Church, USA.  Weekly worship is held at 
10:30 a.m. each Sunday.  Sunday School and child care are offered, as well 
as programs on current issues, retreats, classes, potlucks, and social 
gatherings.   For more information on this or any other issue related to the 
church, please call Pastor Karl Gustafson at (617) 625-4823.

The Prayer Flag Project is an extension of The Faith Quilts Project, a 
three-year initiative bringing together faith groups and quilters to 
collaborate on quilts which explore their faith and reach out to the wider 
world.  On April 6, 2006, an exhibition of 60 Faith Quilts will open at the 
Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts.  For more information, visit 
www.faithquilts.org.  Artistic Director Clara Wainwright is also cofounder 
of the First Night New Year’s Eve celebration.




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