Hello!
We want to let you know about some upcoming opportunities and events sponsored by Interfaith Works as well as several member organizations and others:

• Youth Art Project – Invitation to Participate
• Legislative Chaplains for 2012 State Legislature
• Easing into Contemplation
• Interfaith Advocacy Day – Uniting Hearts and Minds
• Collaborative Negotiations Training
• SideWalk Homeless Advocacy Center Basic Volunteer Training
• Books – Brownies – Beans
• CROP Hunger Walk Recruiter Rally!
• Tom Rawson, folk music benefit concert

More information can be found below, and at our website, www.interfaith-works.org

Youth Art Project – Invitation to Participate
Submission Deadline: Monday, March 12
Event: Sunday, April 22, The United Churches of Olympia, 110 11th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501

Interfaith Works invites local youth artists to submit artwork for the 2012 Community Earth Day Celebration: Trees of Life. The event is Sunday, April 22, at The United Churches of Olympia. Using the theme “Trees of Life”,  artwork should should show or imply the relationship between faith and nature, where trees play an important part. Individual or group submissions welcome. More information and a printable flyer available on our website: www.interfaith-works.org

Legislative Chaplains for 2012 State Legislature
The Washington State House of Representatives seeks local chaplains to deliver the opening prayer for the 2012 Washington State Legislature.
Floor sessions generally start at 10:00 a.m. and begin with presentation of flags, the pledge of allegiance and opening prayer, usually 1 – 2 minutes in length. Recognizing the diversity of faiths among those present, the prayer should be interfaith.
For anyone interested in participating, contact Patty Moore in the Chief Clerk’s office. Call 360-786-7176 e?mail patty.moore@leg.wa.gov.

Easing into Contemplation
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 9:15am – 3:00pm
The Priory Spirituality Center. 500 College St NE, Lacey, 98516

info.. Carolyn Galloway, 360-438-2595 or spiritualityctr@stplacid.org
Website.. http://www.stplacid.org
Admission/cost.. Register by prior Friday: $50

We want to have a deep, loving relationship with God. We’ve read about the saints – and, oh, yes, the mystics – who seem to know Jesus personally. “But I’m so busy!” we lament. In this workshop we will look at one tool for finding more time for God. We will address the conundrum that life is out of balance, and explore four prayer styles: reciting the prayers of others, speaking to God from the heart, listening for and to God, and being with God. We will emphasize listening. Bring a sack lunch and a journal.

Interfaith Advocacy Day – Uniting Hearts and Minds
Tuesday, February 14, 8:30 am – 3:30 pm
The United Churches of Olympia, 110 11th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501

info.. Faith Action Network, fan@fanwa.org or 206-625-9790.
Website.. http://www.fanwa.org
Admission/cost.. $25 after Jan. 31 (includes breakfast, lunch, materials, appts).

IFAD brings together social justice advocates from faith communities and nonprofits across the state of Washington. This year the faith community is uniting on Valentine’s Day to call on our legislators to unite their hearts and minds and raise revenue instead of cutting funding for programs that support the common good.

The day’s activities include workshops on issues and advocacy (topics will include the state budget, environment, disability services, and housing/homelessness), legislative briefings, visits with your state legislators, and an interfaith worship.
Some scholarships may be available for those with limited funds–please call or e-mail with your request.

Register online or download a mail-in registration form.

Collaborative Negotiations Training
Thursday-Saturday, February 16-18, Thur 5-9pm – Fri & Sat 8:30am-5:30pm
Olympia

info.. Call Oriana at 360-956-1155, or email onlewis@mediatethurston.org
Website.. http://www.mediatethurston.org
Admission/cost.. $315

Are you interested in respectful, mutually-beneficial decision-making? Do you want to minimize the risks and expense of litigation? Do you want more skills to create win-win solutions? This 20-hour fun and highly interactive training provides participants a foundation in the concepts, processes, and skills of collaborative negotiations. It is an excellent opportunity to learn new skills and strategies as well as refresh and deepen your current abilities.
Presented by Oriana Noël Lewis and Michael Fraidenburg

SideWalk Homeless Advocacy Center Basic Volunteer Training
Tue/Thu/Sat, February 21,23,25, 2pm/2pm/10am – 5pm
SideWalk Homeless Advocacy & Support Center, 1139 5th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501

info.. emma@interfaith-works.org
Website.. http://walkthurston.org/volunteer
Admission/cost.. Free; registration required

The Homeless Prevention Partnership is conducting a basic training for volunteers interested in working as a greeter at the SideWalk Homeless Advocacy and Support Center; a youth advocate at Rosie’s Place at Community Youth Services; or an overnight host at the Family Support Center Family Shelter. This orientation training includes:
Sensitivity and Stereotypes    Active Listening Skills    Community Resources    Boundaries and Self Care

For those interested in becoming an Advocate, advanced training continues on Tuesdays and Thursdays in March, from 2-5 pm.

Books – Brownies – Beans
Saturday, February 25, 2012, 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2300 East End St NW, Olympia 98502

info.. Alenka Andruss 360 412-0010
Website.. http://www.ouuc.org/
Admission/cost.. Free

Great bargains on used books (print & audio), CDs, DVDs and a Bistro with coffee, brownies, sundaes & live entertainment. All proceeds go to Out of the Woods emergency homeless family shelter. OUUC is on Olympia’s Westside. Follow signs at Division & 20th.

CROP Hunger Walk Recruiter Rally!
Saturday, February 25, 10 a.m.
First United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion Way SE, Olympia 98501

Planning for 2012 CROP Hunger Walk (the first Sunday in May, May 6 this year) is well under way. Faith communities, civic and service organizations, and just plain neighbors are all invited to form walker teams this year and help our 32nd annual CROP Walk for Hunger be the biggest and best ever.
Step up this year and be a recruiter — organize your community, friends, co-workers. At the “Recruiter Rally” you can learn about plans for May 6, pick up recruiter packets and all kinds of outreach materials (including this year’s crop of CROP t-shirts and caps).

CROP Hunger Walks are community-wide, volunteer events organized by religious groups, businesses, schools and others to raise funds to end hunger at home and around the world. We need you to make it a success! For more information, call Interfaith Works at 357-7224, or CROP Hunger Walk Committee Chair Wayne Gruen, 352-9703.
More information is available at www.cropwalkonline.org/olympiawa

Tom Rawson, folk music benefit concert
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Traditions Cafe, 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia 98501 (at Water St)

info.. Glen Anderson 491-9093 glen@olympiafor.org
Website.. http://www.olympiafor.org
Admission/cost.. $10-$25 sliding scale

Tom Rawson – a banjo-playing, crowd-delighting folksinger – performs songs of peace, social justice and just plain fun in a concert to benefit the Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR).Rawson has charmed and invigorated audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest with his infectious wit, energy and songs that you just can’t resist singing along with. As Steve Durfee wrote in the Victory Review, “Tom Rawson – Pete Seeger. These two run together in my mind. We gladly follow his lead and sing with the chorus from the very first song…First timer or old fan, old song or new, it always seems we are singing our favorites with an old friend.”

The Olympia FOR (www.olympiafor.org) has been active since 1976. It is the local chapter of a 97-year-old nationwide (www.forusa.org) and international (www.ifor.org) interfaith pacifist organization that has opposed every war since World War I. While working for peace in foreign relations, the FOR has simultaneously worked for profound nonviolence and social justice throughout society.

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Interfaith Works
Office Hours:  9-2, Monday-Thursday
360-357-7224
www.interfaith-works.org