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Spokane’s religion wrap-up: Diwali, Solar Church, Thanksgiving and KYRS

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Happy Diwali! The local Sikh community recognized the holiday already this week and tomorrow night area Hindus will celebrate with an evening of dancing and cultural food at Comfort Inn in downtown Spokane.

This weekend Temple Beth Shalom is hosting the Global Day of Jewish Learning. Events start tonight and continue through Sunday. The focus will be “gratefulness.”

It’s also a busy weekend for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Spokane. On Saturday the church will host the Legislative Conference in Eastern Washington beginning at 10 a.m. It’s also celebrating the completion of its Church Solar Project. A ribbon cutting took place today and on Sunday, following a 11 a.m. a sermon on the environment there will be an open house to see the church’s new solar project.

Next week is Thanksgiving. Did it sneak up anyone else? On Nov. 22 St. Aloyisus Church will have a free Thanksgiving dinner on the Gonzaga campus. The meal starts at noon. For questions call 313-7001.

Though this event isn’t surrounding food, the Interfaith Council of Spokane will also have a Thanksgiving service next week. On Thanksgiving Day at the Unitarian church, at 10 a.m., they’ll have a program that focuses on “Giving Thanks for our Differences.”

And what’s Thanksgiving without a little football? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Institute of Religion will have its annual Turkey Bowl at the West Stake Center at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Sounds fun!

One last note about Thanksgiving — forecasters are predicting a wet week. Get those leaves raked while you can!

Before I let you go, I’m pleased to announce our new partnership with Revolutionary Spirituality on KYRS. Tune in every other Monday to hear host Sandy Williams talk about faith and spirituality. I’ll be the guest on her show Nov. 26 to talk about faith and the election.

Have a great weekend.

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Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
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 FāVS.News, 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.

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