The Sarasota Interfaith Text Study Circle meets once a month in Sarasota to study each others sacred texts on a common theme, to visit each others places of worship, and to share perspectives about religion, interfaith harmony, interreligious commonalities, peace in the Holy Land, and daily life.
Meetings:
- January 2016: Clergy formation meeting, at ISSB (Mosque of Sarasota and Bradenton), hosted by Imam Yusef Memon
- February 2016: “Repentance”, hosted by Rabbi Michael Werbow at Temple Beth-Sholom, with texts prepared by Sheikh Ghassan Manasra (Abrahamic Reunion), and Father Joe Clifford (St. Thomas More Catholic Church)
- March 2016: “The Holiness of Life”, hosted by Shahabuddin David Less at Rising Tide International
- April 2016 , “The Role Of Women”, hosted by Rev. Elizabeth Thompson at Unity of Sarasota
- June 15, 2016, “Prayer Service for the Orlando Shooting”, hosted by the AR & Rev. Elizabeth Thompson at Unity of Sarasota
- July 3, 2016, “Multifaith Ramadan Iftar Dinner”, hosted by Imam Yousuf and the AR at ISSB (Sarasota Mosque)
Members:
- Rabbi Michael Werbow & Temple Beth-Sholom
- Rabbi Geoff Huntting & Temple Sinai
- Imam Yusef Memon, ISSB
- Father Joe Clifford, St. Thomas More Catholic Church
- Deacon Dave Cottingham, St. Michael’s & St. Thomas More Catholic Church
- Reverend Elizabeth Thompson, Unity Church Of Sarasota
- Reverends David & Anna Less, Rising Tide International & Abrahamic Reunion Co-Founders
- Sheikh Ghassan Manasra, Abrahamic Reunion
- Rev. Chris Miller, Rising Tide International & Abrahamic Reunion
