Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven: 9:00 am to 12:pm
Hebrew Free Burial & Loan Association
of New Haven
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
(sign in opens at 11:45 am)
Where: St. John Vianney Church of the St. John XXIII Parish, 300 Captain Thomas Blvd, West Haven, CT
The beautiful grounds of the church on the shore with ample off street chuch lot parking. Directions
We are inviting you to a transformative interfaith service experience. Volunteers from diverse faith traditions: Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Baha'i, Buddhist and more, will work side by side giving their time in service to worthy community service projects.
Community service projects, discussion groups , films, fellowship, fun, food & much more....
All that's required to attend is your spiritual and physical presence. Free of charge with something for all ages, please kindly sign up in advance to let us know you're coming. It helps us plan. Sign up here to attend
WATCH: Updates from Bruce, messages from our faith partners, service partners, and friends sharing the good and hopeful energy as we prepare! - We hope you will join us!
Preregistration is required to volunteer for the morning service projects. These two projects are self drive to site. Space is limited so sign up now at below links. When your time volunteering ends at noon, drive to St John Vianney's Church to join everyone for lunch and more!
Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven: 9:00 am to 12:pm
Hebrew Free Burial & Loan Association
of New Haven
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
The Interfaith Service Day Project Schedule
Sunday, September 21st
- The Early Bird Offsite Projects - space is limited & preregistration is required:
*** Habitat for Humanity - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
*** Hebrew Free Burial & Loan Assoc of New Haven 10:00 - 12:00 pm
- Festival Check In: opens *11:45 am at
St John Vianney Church -arrive anytime!
- Parlor Pizza Truck serving pizza, salad, water & soda: beginning at *12:00 pm
- Performance by the Blue Steel Drum Line -
*3:00 pm
- On Site Service Projects Begin - *12:15 pm
Session Times will be posted shortly
- Dhuhr Prayer - gather at *12:45 pm
- Closing celebration with our keynote speaker Dr. Elias Farah, Executive Director of Jerusalem Peacebuilders - *3:15 pm
More to know:
- Parking at church parking lot
- Bring your lawnchairs! Bring your frisbee!
- Enjoy fellowship, a pizza fest, serve others, walk the boardwalk and have fun!
Watch for updates to our Service Projects - more to come and much to do! Join Us! We look forward to see you there!
Transform confiscated guns into garden tools.
All afternoon, anytime
Discussion Sessions:
12:30 pm & 2:00 pm
Build Blessing Bags
All day, anytime
Discussion Sessions:
12:15, 1:15, & 2:15 pm
Clean our beaches -
walk to Seabluff Beach,
adjacent to St. John
Vianney Church
Session Times:
12:15 pm & 1.45 pm
Advocate for a humane prison system & view a film
Discussion: 12:15 pm
Film: 2:00 pm
Prepare sandwiches to serve to the hungry
Session Times:
12:15, 1:15. & 2:15 pm
Learn how you can help fight discrimination. Know your rights.
Session Times:
12:15. 1:15, & 2:15 pm
Handpaint our giant 50 foot' billboard mural with a message
All afternoon, anytime
Learn what you can do to help displaced refugees & immigrants.
Session Times:
12:15 & 1:45 pm
Learn about food insecurity and how you can help
All afternoon, anytime
Pick up some brushes, rally your family, and paint your lives into this 48-foot inspirational peace mural. Rabbi Hillel said “If I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when?”. Jesus said, “Love your enemies,” and “love your neighbor as yourself.”, and the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said “None of you has faith until you love for your neighbor what you love for yourself.” Dr. King said, “Evil cannot drive out evil, only love can do that.”
We need painters who embody their message, so join us for pizza, painting, and fun.
We are honored to have Dr. Elias Farah, who will be arriving from Nazareth, to join us as our keynote speaker for the IWagePeace Interfaith Service Festival 2025. Thank you, Dr. Elias!
Please enjoy reading a short summary of Dr. Elias' many accomplishments here. Also visit JerusalemPeacebuilders.org to learn of all they do in service of peace and understanding in the Holy Land.
IWagePeace is a Connecticut 501(c)(3) not for profit that inspires and educates Americans about peacemaking through creative interfaith gatherings, community service projects, public displays of art, and more. Our work is made possible by your spiritual and physical presence. We hope you'll join us.
Thank you for being part of the IWagePeace community.
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