Location
Dayspring Retreat Center
11301 Neelsville Church Road
Germantown, MD, 20876
Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/09/2014
12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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Join the third annual forum which strives to bring congregations together to learn from one another, share praise for our Creator, and discuss projects that we can all do to restore and heal Creation in our local environment.
12:30-1:30 p.m. Open House at Dayspring Retreat Center
11301 Neelsville Church Road, Germantown, MD 20876
Dayspring Retreat Center is a silent retreat center situated on 210 acres of rolling forests,
fields, and headwater streams. The Center’s buildings feature solar panels to support
sustainable living. Come see a unique facility in our area and a potential future meeting space.
2:00-5:00 p.m. Interfaith Conference at the International Cultural Center
19650 Club House Road, Suite 205, Montgomery Village, MD 20886
Welcome: Paul Hlavinka, Muddy Branch Alliance, and Hedieh Mirahmadi, President and
Founder, International Cultural Center
Opening Remarks: Rev. Mary Gaut, Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake
Sessions Engaging Congregations:
• The Environment as an Educational Tool – Tentative, Green Muslims
• 10,000 Trees Program – Kolya Braun-Greiner, Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake
• God Makes the Rain, We Make the Runoff – Jodi Rose, Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake
• Engaging your Congregation in Water Quality – Margaret Schoap, Dayspring Retreat Center
• National Wildlife Federation & Interfaith Power & Light’s Sacred Grounds Program – David
Davis, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
• The Care and Feeding of your Congregation’s Green Team – Joelle Novey, Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVa)
Networking and Fellowship Break
Project Ideas for Faith Groups:
• Cleaning the Streams: Using FieldScope5 to Gather and Analyze Project Data –
Alena Rosen, Alice Ferguson Foundation
• Less Lawn, More Life, Clean Water – Merikay Smith, Master Gardener
To RSVP or for more information, email Paul Hlavinka at phlavinka@gmail.com or
visit www.muddybranch.org/event/interfaith-workshop.
