Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council
Purpose Statement
To foster understanding and unity among those of different faiths by
means of open dialogue, discussion and fellowship.
20th Anniversary
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council
To encourage cooperative service efforts in identifying, addressing and
meeting some of the agreed upon “social needs” in our collective areas.
To serve as an ethical and moral voice when issues surface which affect
the positive growth and unity of our community.
Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council
1282 Green Knolls Drive
847.821.0861 ●
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Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
[email protected]
The Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council is a 501(c)3 organization
In respect for the holiness of this event,
please silence all cell phones and pagers.
“Walking Humbly with Our God”
Micah 6:8
Sunday, November 21, 2010 7:00 p.m.
Welcome to the Annual
2010 Host Congregation
Community Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration
20th Anniversary of the Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council
Sunday, November 21, 2010
7:00p.m.
Temple Chai
1670 Checker Road
Long Grove, IL 60047
“Walking Humbly with Our God”
847.537.1771
Micah 6:8
We Are Called
Processional Song
David Haas
Inspired from Micah 6:8
Member Congregations
Congregation Beth Am
Combined Congregational Choirs and Ensembles
847.459.1677 www.congregation-betham.org
Mary Pietro, Saint Mary Parish, Director
Jeff Richards, Accompanist Marty Edgar, Trumpet
Congregation Beth Judea
Come! Live in the light! Shine with the Joy and the love of the Lord!
847.634.0777 www.bethjudea.org
We are called… to be light for the kingdom, to live in the freedom of the city of God.
Congregation B‟nai Shalom
Refrain: We are called to act with justice.
We are called to love tenderly.
We are called to serve one another.
o walk humbly with God!
847.415.1370 www.bnaishalom.org
Come! Open your heart! Show your mercy to all those in fear!
Hope Lutheran Church
We are called… to be hope for the hopeless, so all hatred and blindness will be no more.
847.634.2070 www.hopelutheran-elca.org
Refrain
Kingswood United Methodist Church
Sing! Sing a new song! Sing of that great day, when all will be one!
847.398.0770 www.kingswoodumc.com
Temple Chai
847.537.1771 www.templechai.org
God will reign… and we‟ll walk with each other, as sisters and brothers united in love!
Refrain
Greeting and Opening Prayer
“Walk Humbly With Your God”
Micah 6:8
Living Christ Lutheran Church
847.577.7133 www.livingchristlutheran.org
Rabbi Alison Abrams
Temple Chai
Saint Mary Parish
847.541.1450 www.stmarybg.org
The Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council
The Original Bagel & Bialy
788 S. Buffalo Grove Rd.
105 McHenry Rd.
Buffalo Grove, IL
Buffalo Grove, IL
Deerfields Bakery
Shalom Bakery
201 N. Buffalo Grove Rd.
1165 N. Arlington Hts. Rd.
Buffalo Grove, IL
Buffalo Grove, IL
Leonard‟s Bakery
Video Experience
2276 Dundee Rd.
Mike Feldman
Northbrook, IL
PO Box 7256
Buffalo Grove, IL
McDonald‟s
Eileen & Larry Kushner
Arnold Sherman
Kingswood United Methodist Church Hand-Bell Choir
thanks the following vendors for their generous donations
Continental Restaurant
A Joyous Alleluia
Handbell Music
Timothy Semanik, Director
Psalm 118 - Pitchu Li
Choral Selection
Robbie Solomon
Congregation Beth Am Adult Choir
Mary Ann Alexander and Cantor Diane Yomtov, Co-Directors
Mary Ann Alexander, Accompanist
Pitchu li shaarey tzedek, avo vam odeh Yah.
Zeh ha sha-ar l'Adonai, tzadikim yavo-u vo.
Odecha ki anitani vat'hi li li'yeshuah.
Even maasu ha bonim hayetah le rosh pinah.
M'eit Adonai hayetah zot, hi niflat b'eineinu.
Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will go into them and praise the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.
I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and have become my salvation.
The stone which the builders rejected has become the head stone in the corner.
This is the Lord's doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.
Route 83, Buffalo Grove, IL
Thanksgiving Greetings
The Twenty Year Journey
Jay Jayapalan
Council President
Presentation by the Council: Celebrating 20 years of „Shared Worship‟
Narrated by Pastor Mike McPherson
Thanks to Kingswood United Methodist Church
for the bulletins for tonight‟s service.
Choral Selection
Psalm 133:1 Hinei Mah Tov
Léon Algazi
Temple Chai Adult Choir
Cantor Scott Simon, Director
Jeff Richards, Accompanist Lynne Yura, Flute
Hinei mah tov u‟manaim shevet achim gam yachad!
How good and pleasant it is for brothers and sisters to dwell together!
Choral Selection
Walking Humbly with My God
Gail Simon
Closing words
Jay Jayapalan
Dedicated to Michelle McKay
Combined Inter-congregational children‟s Choir
Cantor Diane Yomtov, Michelle McKay, Hyang Sook Choi, Gail Simon, Directors
Recessional
Walk Humbly with your God
Cantor Scott Simon
Inter-Congregational Praise Band
Scott Simon, Director
There‟s a place that I can see where we live in peace and liberty,
Micah 6:8 with additional lyrics by Cantor Scott Simon
And our prayers can find a home in every heart.
Me for you and you for me, we‟re all part of God‟s big family;
We‟ll arrive there walking humbly with our God.
We‟ve come as one to serve You God with thanks for all Your blessings.
You give us life and sustain us and we love you day by day.
With hearts of joy or in times of struggle we know You are beside us.
We‟ll be fair and do what‟s right, choosing mercy over pride,
We teach Your word in deed and song and Your truth will always guide us.
And we‟ll gather every goodness as we go.
Loving kindness is the way to bring joy to every day;
We‟ll arrive there walking humbly with our God.
Me for you and you for me, we‟re all part of God‟s big family,
We‟ll arrive there walking humbly with our God.
Do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with your God. (4x)
At Your command we‟ll humbly stand, a shield to hate and greed.
And as You provide shall we provide to feed all who may need.
We have no fear of the tasks ahead arm and arm we will work on.
With grateful hearts and this message loud we sing Your prophet‟s song.
Choral Selection
Psalm 150:1-6
Hal‟lu Yah
Congregation Beth Judea Adult Choir
Marty Karlin, Director
Hal‟lu El b‟kadsho, Hal‟luhu bir‟kiah uzo.
Hal‟luhu big‟vurotov, hal‟luhu k‟rov gudlo.
Hal‟luhu b‟teika shofar, Hal‟luhu b‟neivel v‟chinor.
Hal‟luhu b‟tof umachol, hal‟luhu b‟minin v‟ugav.
Hal‟luhu b‟tilz‟lei shama, hal‟luhu b‟tziltz‟lei t‟ruah.
Kol han‟shamah t‟haleil Yah, Hal‟luyah!
Louis Lewandowski
You know what is right and what the Lord requires!
Do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with your God. (4x)
Responsive Reading : A Prayer of Thanksgiving in Honor of 20 years Deacon Gary Long
Halleluyah! Praise God in the sanctuary,
Written by Jay Jayapalan
Praise God in the powerful heavens.
Of the Interfaith Council, Saint Mary Parish
Praise God for the mighty deeds,
Praise God for infinite greatness.
You called us by name and we‟ve answered „Here I am‟.
Praise God with the shofar call,
We come seeking Your guidance assured of Your steadfast love and mercy.
Praise God with harp and lyre.
We acknowledge that there is so much more to learn about You than what we know.
Praise God with drum and dance,
May our diversity and our effort to understand each other aid us in understanding You.
Praise God with flute and strings.
Praise God with crashing cymbals,
You called us by name and we‟ve answered „Here I am‟.
Too often Your words are used to fit into our story rather than
Praise God with resounding cymbals.
Let every breath of life praise the Lord: Halleluyah!
us offering our lives to fit into Your story.
There have been too many atrocities committed in the name of religion and
too many unspeakable things done against your people because of their faith.
Healing is possible only through hope in You which calls us to action in defiance of despair.
May the Interfaith Council be a beacon of hope.
You called us by name and we‟ve answered „Here I am‟.
You are our God and You have claimed us as Your people.
We feel Your presence through those who love and care for us, feed us when we are hungry,
clothe us when naked and provide shelter to protect us.
May we continue to be Your hands and Your presence to all those we encounter.
You called us by name and we‟ve answered „Here I am‟.
Thank You for the Northwest Suburban Interfaith Council and its presence
in this community for twenty years.
Thank You for this small group‟s dedication
and for the community's engagement to your purpose.
Thank You for using us as Your instrument of peace, may we continue to be so.
You call us by name and we answer „Here I am‟, Amen.
Presentation by the Council: Celebrating Twenty Years of „Community Service‟
Narrated by Diane Popper
Choral Selection
“Great and Awesome God”
Mark Hayes
„Indescribable‟
Puppet Presentation
Chris Tomlin
Saint Mary Parish Choir
Kingswood Methodist „Glory Fingers‟ Creative Ministry Team
Mary Pietro, Director
Sheri Brubeck, Director
Roger Dickman, Accompanist Marty Edgar, Trumpet
Jeff Johnson and Krist Neumann Assistant Directors
This is a day of celebration. This is a day to praise ~
Choral Selection
Tim Semanik Choir Director
Lord, we join with Your people – down through the ages ~
Bev Modlin Music Director, Accompanist
Your mighty deeds to share.
You are a great and awesome God.
César Franck
Kingswood United Methodist Church Adult Choir
Almighty God who loves and sustains us, faithful in every way.
You have been faithful to all generations, this truth we now declare:
Psalm 150
Hallelujah!
Your wonders we proclaim.
You are our Rock, our Strength, our Shield, from age to age ~ the same.
O praise ye the Lord in His sanctuary;
You forgive us all our sins.
Praise ye the Lord in the firmament of his power.
You transform us with your love.
With joyful, grateful hearts we sing: You are a great and awesome God!
Praise ye Him for His mighty acts,
Praise ye Him according to His majesty.
This is a day of celebration. This is a time to rejoice.
Praise ye Him with the sound of the trumpet.
This is the day to look to the future and give our dreams a voice.
Praise ye Him with the psaltery and harp.
With courage and faith we are running the race. We are thankful for this day.
Praise ye Him with the timbrel.
Our hope is to be found worthy of our Lord in every way.
Praise ye Him with the dance.
We are a chosen generation, a royal people, a holy nation,
called from darkness into light, so we must testify:
You are a great and awesome God. Your wonders we proclaim.
You are our Rock, our Strength, our Shield, from age to age ~ the same.
You forgive us all our sins.
You transform us with your love.
With joyful, grateful hearts we sing: You are a great and awesome God!
You are a great and awesome God!
You are a great and awesome God!!
~ A Great and Awesome God!!!
Praise Him with the organ and stringed instruments.
Praise ye Him upon the loud cymbals.
Praise ye Him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.
Hallelujah!
Presentation by the Council: Celebrating 20 years of „Interfaith Dialogue‟
Narrated by Jay Jayapalan