Crosses Vigil Feb 18th 5pm

Interfaith Vigil

Monday, February 18, 2008 5:00PM

Fellowship for peace. Sing for peace.

PLACE: Crosses of Lafayette

Corner of Deer Hill and Oak Hill Road. Across from Lafayette BART

DIRECTIONS: From Oakland/ Berkeley: Take the 24 to the Oak Hill Road exit. Turn left. Turn left again on Deer Hill. You will soon see crosses site on your right. From Concord/ Walnut Creek: Take 24 to Central Lafayette exit. Turn left on Deer Hill Road. You will soon see crosses on your right. BART parking lot is on your left.

Speakers:

Rev. Will McGarvey

Rev. Will McGarvey is pastor at Community Presbyterian Church, in Pittsburg, CA. He is the Chair of the Justice, Advocacy and Caring

Committee of the Presbytery of San Francisco, and also the Vice-

President of the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County.

Dr. Amer Araim
is adjunct professor of the Middle East and political science at Cal State University at San Francisco and Diablo Valley College. He is a former Iraqi diplomat and United Nations staff member. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County and is Imam at Dar-ul-Islam Mosque in Concord. He is a resident of Walnut Creek.

Rev. Baika Andrea Pratt

Rev Baika Pratt coordinates the volunteers for the Crosses Project. She is a Soto Zen Buddhist priest from the Berkeley Zen Center and Central Valley Zen Center, a Hospice worker and leads the Mt Diablo Zen Group in Pleasant Hill.She is a resident of Martinez.

Stuart Berman

TBA

Song Leader(s):

Erin Stokes Oliver
&
TBA

Sponsored by:

Crosses of Lafayette
Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center
Lamorinda Peace & Justice Group
Buddhist Peace Fellowship