TBT: PEACE STARTS AT HOME

MIDWEEK MUSINGS: Every year the U.N. chooses a week to be Peace Week encompassing Sept. 11th so our Interfaith Council has been participating by holding an annual dinner that week with different congregations as hosts and a variety of guest speakers on the UN's yearly theme. This year rather than do the meal since it it was on top of the Jewish High Holidays, an alternate plan was holding an Interfaith Block Party for the end of Peace Week last Sunday12-2.

Bubble machines delighted all ages with a family-friendly atmosphere in the WARM '90' degree day.  But those who braved the temps enjoyed kid-friendly music, games, activities (including face painting, henna, origami, dreidel, blowing bubbles, balloon animals, a church tour, etc...) and even possibilities of a shwarma box lunch/mini pancakes and koolpops.  YUM!

Inside the air-conditioned Interfaith Center there were also desserts from the various congregations. From Temple, there was strudel, edible dreidels and Festive Sprinkle Challah. 

Everyone's dessert serving trays were emptied!

In addition to nourishing our souls and stomachs at the block party, canned goods and staples were donated to the food bank to nourish those in need. As an interfaith Council no matter what one's denomination, we all need to work together to eradicate food insecurity.

It was a successful afternoon reaffirming the fact that peace begins at home...