United Religions Initiative North American - Briefings

Dear URI Friends in North America,

Many of you will have already received this message from Beverley Britton; I apologize for double-posting it to you.

In the year+ that I’ve been the Regional Coordinator for North America, the most common comment I’ve heard from many CC members, particularly those in less active groups, is that they need something to rally around. They need to find some specific, relevant work that can help them translate the inspiration they feel in the call of the URI purpose into reality. Something that will make it worth taking time out of their busy personal and work lives to attend yet another meeting. Dialogue and personal interaction are wonderful — but many people are ready to move beyond this stage and need help figuring out how to do so.

You’ll soon receive a North American regional newsletter from me that highlights the activities of a few of our Cooperation Circles. The International Day of Peace (Sept 21) is the main shared activity that the URI Global Council is currently encouraging CCs to pursue. Beverley’s message is another example of the type of program that even a small, local CC might be able to help with. If you have other ideas and suggestions, please send them to me and I will periodically share them with this list (though only periodically as I do not want to overburden you with yet more e-mail).

Notes from a recent interview with Marsha Pilgeram of the Utah URI CC

In their pursuit of breaking down the barriers of interfaith dialogue, Utah (USA) URI CC has engaged itself in a variety of communication building activities: