Regular meeting,
Devotional: Teri – An interfaith twist on the Good Samaritan story
Review
of Minutes: Minutes of the July 20th
meeting were approved.
Activity reports: Regarding Pioneer Commemoration at Church of
Latter Day Saints on July 23,
on inclusion of children; Kim and other remarked on the four lay
speakers who talked.
Regarding hosting Interfaith table at CSUCI student
orientations, Linda said she connected a student with Lowell for Mormon
activities and had several Catholic inquiries and will seek ways for Padre Serra to serve their needs.
Upcoming events in our communities:
Aug. 20 Islamic
Center Open House, Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm, at the Islamic Center of Conejo Valley, 2700 Borchard,
NP. Presentation by imam at 1:30
pm. Several VCIC members plan to attend.
Aug.
20 USC Blood Drive at St.Columba’s; call
church for appt. per Teri
Aug. 26 Interfaith
Party and Pot Luck, Saturday, 2-9 pm, hosted by Jeff Utter in
Pasadena; fliers distributed by Tim.
Aug. 27 CSUCI Student Welcome Day, Sunday; Rene, Kim, Frieda will staff interfaith
table. Kim to confirm schedule.
Sept.
11 Children of Abraham: An Evening for Prayer and Peace, 7 pm at the
Assumption
Hall in Ventura. A Muslim imam has been confirmed as well as a
Jewish rabbi and a
Catholic priest. Contact is Rachel Torres. VCIC members may carpool.
Sept. 16 California
Coastal Cleanup Day, Saturday, 8:30 to noon; meet near the tennis courts at Mission Oaks
Park. Wear long pants and sleeves,
closed shoes, a hat, sunscreen, and bring gloves. Participants must sign a liability waiver.
Sept. 24 Disaster
Preparedness Seminar, Sunday, 9-2 pm, at St. Columba’s;
includes free fingerprinting and photo ID for children.
Oct.
14-15 Valley Arts Council’s Artist Studios Tour, tickets $20, contact Roz 818-425-4850
Nov.
9 VCIC FEAST OF FAITHS, Thursday, 6-8:30 pm, $25; reserve by Nov. 1
with Teri
VCIC Email / address list confirmed &
corrected by those present.
ACTION-DEBBIE will complete & send via mail or
email to core team.
Covenants – Per Rene, Roz’s is missing.
ACTION-TERI See if it turns up; if not Roz
will redo one.
Letters re: Feast of Faiths went
out with returned checks. Debbie
suggested making letter available
to Christian Science host group for their
members. ACTION-TERI Call and see if
they need it or what else needs to be done.
ACTION-GROUP: encourage participation by our
respective community members and bring first aid kits if possible, in addition
to items in event listing above.
ACTION-DEBBIE: follow up on
T-shirts; email info to core team for immediate decision.
ACTION-KIM: bring extra waiver forms
Tickets for VAC Artist
Studios Tour
– (Roz absent) Group decided not to purchase
discounted
tickets as a fundraiser.
VCIC checking account – ACTION-RENE & TERI
will work on it before next meeting.
Campus Interfaith CSUCI – per Rene, in addition to
Aug. 27 Welcome Weekend, there will be a
panel discussion moderated by John Soyster September
11, 12-1 pm with psychology professors discussing the psychology of terrorism
and stereotyping/prejudice (how Moslems feel when they are misjudged). Next meeting is October 17.
Youth Authority Service
Projects – Discussion
included approaching large companies for donations (Debbie), donation of
suitcases for girls moving out such as foster children receive (Susan),
approaching foundations or charities such as Tom Delay’s for info or donations
(Teri), sale of some inexpensive item such as a laminated bookmark as a
fundraiser for VCIC birthday gift to each girl and/or exit package (Linda),
collecting clothing and other donations for exit packages which are not as
restricted as gifts for the girls staying at the facility.
ACTION-LINDA:
bring bookmark, organize holiday project and other options for next meeting
PRODUCTION – Both SAVE THE DATE, and RESERVATION TEAR-OFF flyers are done. ACTION-TERI make corrections on flyers and send to core team; produce printed copies of both flyer (200-250 @ .10 ea.) and poster size (30 @ .80 ea.) for the next meeting.
DISTRIBUTION via MAIL, EMAIL, MEDIA – Core team will distribute in respective communities.
ACTION-SUSAN: set up mailing list and labels for local churches and VIP’s for this and future uses. Contact Happenings and Star.
ACTION-TIM: document procedures he followed when notifying churches and other organizations of VCIC and member community functions. (basically 1-2 mos. ahead for monthly newsletters; 1 week ahead for weekly bulletins; well-timed email reminders, etc.)
CD’s provided by core team for
background music
Performances—probably NOT, too
disruptive of the dialogue purpose of the gathering;
ACTION-DEBBIE: check on
possibility of taiko drums as an option
Literature table—definitely YES;
very popular at the Forum; probably NO
on SALES at the
table (such as Rabbi Lotker selling his book there)
ACTION-RENE: research
parameters of “unrelated business expenses” and
types of sales permissible under non-profit
guidelines
NEXT
MEETING: September 14, devotional by
Frieda