Tag: unity
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Queens Interfaith Unity Walk!
In 1657, the farmers of Flushing courageously stood up for our freedom of conscience (telling Governor Stuyvesant that the “law of love, peace and liberty in the states extend[s] to Jews, Turks and Egyptians”). Since then, religious freedom has become a bedrock of our society and we have all benefited from this legacy of peaceful coexistence. Flushing, now…
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2015 Interfaith Unity Walk
Please Come & Support this Annual Autumn Tradition! Flushing Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is a member of the Flushing Interfaith Council, which organizes an annual Queens Interfaith Unity Walk in our community. We are asking those interested in participating to come by 1:15 pm to allow us to start early and arrive…
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Flushing Interfaith Council: Drawing on History, Inspiring the Future
Flushing Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends is an active member of the Flushing Interfaith Council, which was recently profiled by Harvard University’s Pluralism Project: Over 350 years ago, the people of Flushing penned the Flushing Remonstrance, a defense, of an individual’s right to freely practice their faith. It was a challenge to the…