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This year's interfaith Thanksgiving service, organized by the Spokane Interfaith Council, will focus on “Giving Thanks for our Differences.”
The program will be at 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving day (Nov. 22) at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane.
Baldev Singh, a member of the Sikh Temple of Spokane (gurdwara) will be the guest speaker. A representative of Second Harvest of the Inland Northwest will also speak, and will give a report on hunger needs in the region.
Other guests from the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, New Thought, Native American and Hindu faith traditions will also share their reflections on “Giving Thanks for our Differences.”
Participants may bring canned goods and nonperishable food items for Second Harvest, or may bring a gift for the offering, which will be shared by Second Harvest and the council.
For information call 534-1011.
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of SpokaneFāVS.com, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.
