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We  bring  study  and  experience  together --- Corporate name: World Faiths Center for Religious Experience and Study, Inc
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Italian Imam and Mosque President visit us


UPCOMING (see our full calendar)

June 29 SUNDAY 4:45 Tivoli Cinemas 
Jihad for Love -- about Gay Muslims
Panel following the movie with
Josef Walker, Ahmed El-Sherif, and Lynn Barnett, moderated by Vern Barnet

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JOIN US TO PROMOTE
INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING




We welcome your participation and financial support.

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At the Pluralism Project, we consider Kansas City to be truly at the forefront of interfaith relations. This is in no small part due to the tireless efforts of Vern Barnet, whose work and writings have been an inspiration to all of us at the Pluralism Project.
  —Ellie Pierce, principal researcher for The Pluralism Project at Harvard University



COPYRIGHT 2005, Vern Barnet at CRES, Box 4165, Overland Park, KS 66204.
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HOW YOU CAN JOIN 
IN FURTHERING INTERFAITH UNDERSTANDING

CRES may be the most connected interfaith effort in Kansas City, and the only one wedding academic competence with practical activities, but many groups are involved one way or another in promoting interfaith understanding. An increasing number of organizations bring interfaith awareness to their work. For a list, please see our report, KC Interfaith Opportunities, and let us know about the groups we missed.

And you as an individual, you can encourage America’s tradition of pluralism by

    *  supporting these organizations,
    *  writing newspapers,
    *  phoning in on talk shows,
    *  arranging CRES programs for your groups 
    * arranging speakers from many faiths for your groups


     and specifically, working through CRES, you can

   *  use our INTERFAITH PASSPORT to visit various religious groups and build relationships
    *  write report on events for Many Pathsand our website
    *  represent CRES at meetings
    *  help to prepare Many Paths for mailing
    *  research (such as helping us to compile information about our religious pluralism in the area, such as our work on Islam and on Buddhism
    *  volunteer to assist with CRES workshops, etc
    *  provide your special skills and talents, such as providing music for one of our programs, hosting a fund-raiser in your home to acquaint friends with CRES and Many Paths, assist with our web site, tape CRES appearances, etc. 
    *  contribute your own creativity through CRES
    *  support the work with a financial contribution to CRES
 

contact staff@cres.org, Box 45414, Kansas City, MO 64171

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