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VOLUNTEER STAFF      Minister Emeritus -- Vern Barnet      Associate Minister -- David E Nelson      Chief Learning Officer -- Maggie Finefrock      Amity Shaman -- Ed Chasteen      Community Chaplain -- Josef Walker

DOCUMENTS      Bylaws      Agreement between CRES and the Reverend Vern Barnet, DMn      Minutes and Forthcoming Agenda

AWARDS     Beginning in 1999, CRES has presented awards to community leaders     at the annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Sunday Family Ritual Meal.     For the text of the program description, write us.     Below is the text engraved on the acrylic award.       1999  -- 2000  --   2001  --    2002   --  2003  --   2004  --   2005  --   2006   --   2007   1999 INTERFAITH COUNCIL MEMBERS           HINDU ANAND BHATTACHARYYA and MUSLIM A RUF MIR  CRES gives thanks for  Anand Bhattacharyya and  A Rauf Mir, MD, for their continuous years of service  since the founding of the Interfaith Council in 1989.   2000 KANSAS CITY MAYOR KAY BARNES     CRES gives thanks for Kay Barnes for her work as citizen and mayor  furthering interfaith service  and the participation of people of all faiths  in the life of the community.    2001 KANSAS CITY STAR PUBLISHER ART BRISBANE and COLUMNIST BILL TAMMEUS   CRES gives thanks for Arthur S. Brisbane  and The Kansas City Star for work over many years  in recognizing the diversity of the community  and the importance of our many faiths  in telling the story of Kansas City. CRES gives thanks for Bill Tammeus  for work over many years  in recognizing the importance of religion  and by writing about matters of faith with knowledge and passion.   2002 KANSAS CITY MAYOR PRO TEM AL BROOKS     CRES gives thanks for Alvin L Brooks  for his work as citizen  and his career of public service  locally and internationally  celebrating religious pluralism  and the dignity of the human spirit  in compassion, justice, and leadership.    2003 US CONGRESSMAN DENNIS MOORE     CRES gives thanks for  Congressman Dennis Moore's leadership  in the community and the US Congress  honoring the many  paths of faith  and the American tradition of religious freedom.   2004 DIRECTORS/CEOs of THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART LAURENCE SICKMAN (posthumously) and MARC WILSON   CRES gives thanks for  Laurence Sickman and Marc Wilson  for advancing a treasury of art  through which  the world’s great spiritual traditions  may be explored.   2005 FORMER KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL BOB STEPHAN and          FORMER CHANCELLOR OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF KANSAS CITY-ST JOSEPH          GEORGE NOONAN   CRES gives thanks for Robert T Stephan  who in public and private life  has provided leadership and inspiration  celebrating religious liberty  with personal integrity. CRES gives thanks for George M Noonan  for leading his own community  into full participation in the joyful spirit  of interfaith friendship.   2006  VISIONARIES GORDON AND NANCY BEAHAM and            COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER GAYLE KRIGEL   CRES gives thanks for  Gordon and Nancy Beaham  for life-long community service,  vision and care for the future,  and blessing the venture  of interfaith understanding. CRES gives thanks for Gayle Krigel whose interfaith vision and leadership  has enriched the community  and generated friendships across the globe. 2007 MUSLIM LEADER MAHNAZ SHABBIR and INTERFAITH LEADER DAVID NELSON     CRES gives thanks for Mahnaz Shabbir  whose faithfulness to her own tradition  and whose work with others  is blessing us and the nation.   CRES gives thanks for David E Nelson  for pioneering interfaith work in Kansas City and enriching us with the vision and power  of mutual appreciation

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