Entries from Austinist tagged with 'austinareainterreligiousministries'
February 1, 2008
"Unfortunately, no one watches it": NBC's head entertainment honcho seems pessimistic about the chances of a third season of Austin-filmed Friday Night Lights. KLRU's Tom Spencer to head up Austin Area Interreligious Ministries. All of the City's diesel fleet will soon run on bio-diesel. 17-year-old charged with two counts of sexual assault on the Texas State campus....
Continue Reading "Extra Extra"November 20, 2007
Photo by clickykbd on flickr Two state pension fends haven't yet divested from Iran, even though Perry asked them to. Kelso takes on Hyde Park Baptist Church's treatment of the Austin Area Interreligious Ministries Thanksgiving service. Mother of weekend murder victim is still missing. Drivers of both vehicles involved in Burnet County wreck this morning died at the scene. UK organization working with Texas law enforcement officers to set up Trace.com, which keeps records of......
Continue Reading "Extra Extra"November 15, 2007
Photo by Thomas McConnell on aaim.org AAIM Interreligious Thanksgiving ServiceSunday, November 18Congregation Beth Israel (3901 Shoal Creek Blvd.)service starts at 4pm, reception at 5pm[info]This Sunday, Austin Area Interreligious Ministries will hold their 23rd annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. Austinites of diverse faith backgrounds join together for this service every year. This interfaith service is unique and sometimes surprising, and the call to worship is always a moving experience. Please note that the location for the service......
Continue Reading "Interreligious Thanksgiving Service on Sunday"November 15, 2006
This Sunday two local interfaith events will take place. The first and largest gathering of the two is the Annual Interreligious Thanksgiving Service. This service is sponsored by Austin Area Interreligious Ministries and has been held for 22 years now. It is an amazing opportunity to see all the diverse faiths of our city represented under one roof. Our favorite part of the service is the call to worship, which has in the past......
Continue Reading "Interreligious Events This Sunday"February 14, 2006
We imagine you're as bewildered as we are regarding those Danish cartoon depictions of Muhammed and the harsh reaction they've set off. To help Austinites deal with our questions and thoughts on the issue, Austin Area Interreligious Ministries is hosting a dinner and discussion tomorrow evening led by a small panel that "will address Muslim expectations regarding visual representations of Muhammed, issues of religious diversity in the public arena, and the idea of freedom of......
Continue Reading "Discussion on Those Infernal Cartoons"December 7, 2005
Yesterday morning, Austin Area Interreligious Ministries hosted a roundtable discussion for local clergy about the IH-35 divide: the ever-present "social and economic divide between the neighborhoods east and west of Interstate 35" [News8Austin]. We had heard mention of this continuing discussion when we attended AAIM’s annual Thanksgiving service a few weeks back. The goal of these discussions is to have clergy on both sides of the highway get their congregations more pro-active and involved......
Continue Reading "IH-35 and the Social Divide"June 7, 2005
Reader Lauri writes: I saw protesters outside of GSD&M today, with signs mentioning $350 million in war profits.. do you guys know what that's about? Well, it turns out that "GSD&M, Austin's hip, cool, ad agency but also one of the city's largest military contractors [hosted] an event on June 7, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at 828 West 6th Street, in cooperation with Austin Area Interreligious Ministries, for a book project called The Amazing Faith of......
Continue Reading "Local Activists Uncover Two Faces Of GSD&M"