{"id":5954,"date":"2020-11-08T16:42:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T16:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/?p=5954"},"modified":"2020-11-08T16:43:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T16:43:55","slug":"welcome-to-inter-faith-week-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/welcome-to-inter-faith-week-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Inter Faith Week 2020!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An initiative of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaith.org.uk\/\">Inter Faith Network<\/a>, the annual celebration of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithweek.org\/\"> Inter Faith Week<\/a> highlights all expressions of interfaith, beginning on Remembrance Sunday.\u00a0Despite the pandemic, faith-related organisations have continued to be bright lights of collaboration in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithweek.org\/\">Inter Faith Week<\/a>\u2019s aims are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strengthen good inter faith relations at all levels<\/li>\n<li>Increase awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, in particular celebrating and building on the contribution which their members make to their neighbourhoods and to wider society<\/li>\n<li>Increase understanding between people of religious and non-religious beliefs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is a wide range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithweek.org\/events\/day\/2020\/11\/08\">events<\/a> to choose from, such as services, webinars in the response to the pandemic, theological discussions, art workshops, and more. Many already moved their events for this week online \u2013 including F&amp;BF!<\/p>\n<p>So far, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithweek.org\/events\/day\/2020\/11\/08\">252 interfaith activities<\/a>\u00a0national and regional listed on the Inter Faith Week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithweek.org\/events\/day\/2020\/11\/08\">website<\/a> you can join in. Below are a few of our own <a href=\"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/events\/\">events<\/a> &#8211; please share these with your networks, and hopefully see you (virtually) there!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5955 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Social-media-w-partners-LGBTQ-Interfaith-2020-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Social-media-w-partners-LGBTQ-Interfaith-2020-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Social-media-w-partners-LGBTQ-Interfaith-2020-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Social-media-w-partners-LGBTQ-Interfaith-2020-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Social-media-w-partners-LGBTQ-Interfaith-2020-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Social-media-w-partners-LGBTQ-Interfaith-2020.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For our third annual celebration of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfaithweek.org\/\">National Interfaith Week<\/a>, the Faith &amp; Belief Forum in collaboration with LGBTQ+\/Faith partners are hosting an online space for LGBTQ+ people from different faiths, beliefs, and backgrounds to reflect, share, and be together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"g-group l-mar-bot-6 l-sm-mar-bot-4\">\n<div class=\"structured-content g-cell g-cell-10-12 g-cell-md-1-1\">\n<div class=\"has-user-generated-content\" data-automation=\"about-this-event-sc\">\n<div class=\"structured-content-rich-text structured-content__module l-align-left l-mar-vert-6 l-sm-mar-vert-4 text-body-medium\">\n<p>Hear from speakers from different faith backgrounds about how they have experienced the last few months, how community and spiritual life has been different, and what has brought them strength during challenging times. Optional breakout discussions will enable further sharing and connection. You can read reflections on last year\u2019s event\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/celebrating-lgbt-people-of-different-faiths-beliefs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a011th November 2020<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a06.30-7.30pm<br \/>\n<strong>Register:<\/strong>\u00a0via Eventbrite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/lgbtq-interfaith-week-celebration-2020-tickets-126438203069\">here &gt;&gt;\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\nContact: siobhan@faithbeliefforum.org<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5956 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Service-in-honour-of-our-emergency-services-on-the-frontline-116588-283x400.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Service-in-honour-of-our-emergency-services-on-the-frontline-116588-283x400.png 283w, https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Service-in-honour-of-our-emergency-services-on-the-frontline-116588-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Service-in-honour-of-our-emergency-services-on-the-frontline-116588-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Service-in-honour-of-our-emergency-services-on-the-frontline-116588.png 1587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/>In appreciation of the selfless dedication shown by our front line workers, the Faith &amp; Belief Forum in partnership with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bhamfaiths.org.uk\/\">Birmingham Council of Faiths<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ecosikhuk.org\/\">EcoSikhUK<\/a>, Hall Green Communities,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bpsjudaism.com\/\">Birmingham Progressive Synagogue<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cofebirmingham.com\/\">Birmingham Church of England<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bahutrust.org\/\">Bahu Trust<\/a>\u00a0invite you to an interfaith service for our emergency services.<\/p>\n<p>Join this virtual service in recognition and appreciation of the strong men and women who are selflessly taking action to save lives.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Date: Wednesday 11th November<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 12PM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Register\u00a0in advance for this meeting<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tZEpcempqj0iEt0qhyDf9kMjSRWLPdIkwrIr\"> here &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Mahmooda@faithbeliefforum.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Mahmooda@faithbeliefforum.org<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An initiative of the Inter Faith Network, the annual celebration of Inter Faith Week highlights all expressions of interfaith, beginning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,67,5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5954"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5961,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5954\/revisions\/5961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithbeliefforum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}