Interfaith Thanksgiving Service The 36th Annual Houston Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, to be held Thursday, Nov, 18, 2021 at 7:00 p.m., will take place at St. Philip Presbyterian Church, 4807 San Felipe, in the Galleria District of Houston.  The theme for this year’s service is “The Gift of Life.”  Representatives from nine religious faiths, including Bahai, [...]

Please join us to celebrate two incredible human beings, Jerzy Kluger and Karol Wojtyla, who became close friends in first grade.  Jerzy was a Polish Jew. Kare is better known as Pope John Paul II. Their lifelong friendship helped Pope John Paul II in the pontiff's efforts to repair  Catholic-Jewish relations after centuries of antisemitism. [...]

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2021 is Healthy Planet = Healthy People = Healthy Economy. Lisa Brenskelle, Houston Climate Communication Coordinator, Texas Interfaith Power & Light  A Climate Action Plan for Faith Communities & People of Faith Sunday, November 21, 6 [...]

In the late 1990s, the Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies (ICJS-now Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies) hosted the Jewish Scholars Project in Baltimore, Maryland. After several years of meeting, four interdenominational Jewish scholars published Dabru Emet ("Speak Truth") as a full-page statement in The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun, and other [...]

All Creation Waits Weekly Book Discussion Group for Advent Wednesdays, December 1 – 22, 6 p.m., online   Avoid the consumer hype of the “holiday season” with daily readings of intimate, beautifully-written portraits of wild animals and their adaptations to the cold and dark of winter.  The author sees in these creatures lessons for adapting [...]

Climate Solutions 101 is the world’s first major educational effort focused solely on climate solutions. Rather than rehashing well-known climate challenges, these materials from Project Drawdown concentrate on game-changing climate action based on rigorous scientific research and analysis. This course, presented in video units and in-depth conversations, combines Project Drawdown’s trusted resources with the expertise [...]

Thursdays, January 13 – February 17, 6 p.m., online Faithful Resilience is a six-part weekly study on climate resilience for faith communities. The climate crisis has arrived. Faith communities must not only react, but also prepare. Over the last decade, hurricanes have intensified, wildfires have burnt stronger, and heat waves have baked our cities. These [...]

1st Unitarian Universalist Church 5200 Fannin St., Houston  The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to hear multiple faith perspectives on the topic of faith, climate change & justice. A panel of speakers of a variety of faith backgrounds will each address faith, climate change & justice from the perspective of their faith.  An [...]

 In January, join Sr. Damien Marie Savino, Dean of Science & Sustainability at Aquinas College and a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist with a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, as she reflects on the ancient notion of the "grammar of creation" in light of contemporary ecological challenges. In many ways today, creation is "groaning, waiting to [...]

Shoreline Clean-Up Sunday, Feb. 20, 2 – 4 p.m. 1725 Highway 146, Kemah, Texas  Calling people of all faiths, or no faith at all, to care for our shared environment!  We will remove trash polluting a shoreline along Galveston Bay in Kemah, helping to restore the beautiful bay ecosystem and learn about pollution prevention at home. This [...]