Virtual Programming

Prayer Circle Highlights

From May 7, 2020-June 25 we hosted weekly virtual prayer circles where leaders from various faith traditions share sacred texts, blessings, and/or reflections in a spirit of interfaith embrace. The series is an effort to lift up all the concerns of our community and region during the COVID-19 pandemic through invoking our interconnectedness across differences of thought and practice.

June 25

Faith leaders for June 25 included:

• Rev. Dr. Teresa Danieley, St. Louis Champions Organizer, MO Jobs With Justice
• Rabbi Noah Arnow, Kol Rinah
• Moji Sidiqi, Executive Director, Regional Muslim Action Network

Watch the recording on Facebook.

June 18

Faith leaders included:

• Sr. Mary Kathleen Ronan, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis
• Rev. Daigku Rumme, Soto Zen Buddhism, Confluence Zen Center STL
• Hazzan Sharon Nathanson, Congregation B’nai Amoona

Watch the recording on Facebook.

June 11

Faith leaders for June 11 included:

• Rev. Melanie Smith, Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church
• Imam Hamid Malik, Baitul Hafeez Mosque, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
• Evangelist Kathy Hamilton-Thomas, African Methodist Episcopal Church

Watch the recording on Facebook.

June 4

Faith leaders for June 4 included:

• Dr. Valerie Karras, Greek Orthodox Community
• Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg, United Hebrew Congregation
• Rev. C. Jessel Strong, The Clergy Coalition of St. Louis

Watch the recording on Facebook.

May 28

Faith leaders for May 28 included:

• Dr. Sofia Grewal, Sikh Study Circle of St. Louis
• Dr. Paul Hintze, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• James Fowlkes-Comninellis, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis

Watch a recording on Facebook.

May 21

Faith leaders for May 21 included:

• Rev. Gabrielle Kennedy, Director, Faith & For the Sake of All; Pastor, Buren Chapel AME Church
• Rabbi Andrea Goldstein, Congregation Shaare Emeth
• Mufti Asif Umar, Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis

May 14

Faith leaders for May 14 included:

• Rev. Laurie Niemann Anzilotti, Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion
• Rabbi Scott Shafrin, Kol Rinah Congregation
• Swami Chetanananda, Vedanta Society of St. Louis

Watch the May 14 recording on YouTube.

May 7

Faith leaders on May 7 included:

• Dr. Javier Orozco, Archdiocese of St. Louis
• Dr. Solomon Atkins, St. Louis Baha’i Community
• Ali Durhan, Turkish American Society of Missouri
• Venerable Jue Huang, Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Center, St. Louis

Watch the May 7 recording on YouTube.