After the service, those attending the Day of Prayer event at the UofC joined together in a procession lead by the Chicago Didjeridu Chorus out to the quads for a kosher, vegan picnic. As we walked, we handed out info on global warming to those already enjoying the warm day on the quads and asked them to join us. Then we sat and enjoyed not only our picnic but the food prepared by the UofC Green Campus Initiative’s solar BBQ going on right next to us.
We arrive with our banner at the solar BBQ and gather around GCI’s solar cooker:
Members of the Chicago Didjeridu Chorus, who led our parade:
Dave, Laura, and Sallie set up the food on the picnic ‘table’:
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It’s been a few weeks now since the Day of Prayer happened. Those of us at the University of Chicago would like to share the photos and text from our event for several reasons: 1. to provide ideas for those holding similar services next year
2. to share with all those who wanted to attend but couldn’t make it what happened and
3. we chose to not print paper bulletins with the readings inside, and instead to post them here for all who wanted to look back and reflect on them again later.
So to start, here is the text for our service, for those who wish to reflect back on it or for those wondering what an interfaith environmental service might look like:
UofC Interfaith Service of Prayer and Reflection Readings
And here’s some photos from our event:
We set up a table near the front, with different objects from our faith traditions:
Subir Trivedi, reading from the Bhagavada Gita:
Saffia Hossainzadeh, reading from Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr:
Sallie King, reading from the IPCC 2007 report:
Our singing group, the Meadville Lombards, from Meadville Lombard Theological School:
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