Sunday, October 28, 2018
2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Eden United Church of Christ, Oliver Hall
21455 Birch St. (at Grove Way), Hayward

​The fifteen member congregations of the Eden Area Interfaith Council, representing Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu faiths and unaffiliated individuals, invite you to help affirm our purpose of building unity and understanding by attending the Council's Annual Meeting.  This year, we have marched for immigrant rights; assisted in member congregations' warming shelters and food banks; held educational forums, and generally promoted good will in our community.  Help us keep this effort going!  

We will have a short business meeting, where we will review our work for this past year, introduce a proposed slate of officers for next year, and hold an election.

We will then procede to engage in interfaith/intercultural dialogue at our tables, over vegetarian hors d'oeuvres (potluck), with a few blessings and songs to send us on our way. No RSVP needed. We hope you will join us! 

Photos from our last Salad Bar Supper in 2016.

Learn more about this event at the Facebook Event page.

Learn more at our Facebook Event page

We will be displaying our representative faith traditional celebrations that occur at this time of year.

All of these faith traditions – Divali, Christmas, Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Bandi Chhor Divas', and Mawlid al-Nabi -- focus on the theme of “Light over Darkness”.

1. Please be at the staging area between 5:00 - 5:15pm ready to go, the Parade starts promptly at 5:30pm.

2. EAIC walking participants will walk in between the 2 cars that will have congregation banners on them.

3. EAIC participants are asked to each bring some form of light which can be a symbol of your faith based light celebration that occurs late Fall/Winter, for example menorahs, diyas, and advent wreaths.

Otherwise bring glow sticks, solar powered or battery operated pins, LEDs or flashlights.

Be as creative and decorative as you wish, main goal is to have FUN and have a good turnout of EAIC members and their families showing our diversity and faith traditions that focus on light, illumination and enlightenment at this time of year.

4. Bring your faith community banners to be either placed on the cars or hand carried.

See you on the 11th.
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