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This triggers a search for all IDs on a page. Duplicate IDs will be flagged as an error. Duplicate ID errors are known to cause problems for assistive technologies when they are trying to interact with content. SVGs tend to be a major source of this failure. It's beneficial to remove all IDs from SVGs before placing them on a page.
Mutually sharing religious difference, the Congregational Leaders Fellowship brings together clergy and lay leaders from mosques, synagogues and Christian congregations to learn about each others’ traditions and explore how each tradition strives to bring about a sense of belonging and flourishing for all people.
Is your congregation looking for a way to deepen its interreligious understanding and capacity for interreligious dialogue? Do you want to build relationships with other religious communities?
If so, consider the Congregational Leaders Fellowship.
At a time of polarization and partisanship, we need to cross divides between communities—even our own religious communities. Now more than ever, we need religious leaders (both clergy and lay leaders) who are willing to engage and mobilize across religious divides.
The Congregational Leaders Fellowship (CLF) is a 6-month cohort experience for leaders from Christian, Muslim, and Jewish congregations to build understanding and relationships across those divides. Fellows learn about each other’s religious traditions, discuss the foundations of interreligious work, and collaborate on an intercongregational project.
The fellowship is directed by Christine Krieger with support and instruction provided by ICJS scholars.
The next fellowship cohort will begin in January 2024.
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