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Thanksgiving Day Interfaith Worship Service
The Hyde Park Kenwood Interfaith Council has sponsored an Interfaith Community Thanksgiving Service for over 90 years. This service is a celebration of the Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood's religious and community diversity featuring readings from diverse religious traditions, musical selections by the Chicago Children's Choir, organ music, currently by Thomas Weisflog, dance from a spiritual tradition, and a keynote speaker. The offering taken up at this Service supports our Hyde Park Kenwood Hunger Programs (Community Food Pantry & the Open Kitchen). For many years the Service has been held at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.
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2000
Keynote Speaker: Swami Varadananda, The Vivekananda Vedanta Society
2001
Keynote Speaker: Rabbi Elliot Gertel, Congregation Rodfei Zedek
2002
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Nina Grey, Senior Minister, First Unitarian Church
of Chicago
2003
Keynote Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Daphne Burt, Associate Dean, Rockefeller Memorial
Chapel
2004
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Eboo Patel, Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core
Theme: A Community's Thanksgiving and Hope for Healing Divisions
2005
Keynote Speaker: The Rev. Leroy Sanders, Pastor, Kenwood United Church of
Christ & Director of The Open Kitchen
Theme: Building Communities: Generosity of Spirit at Work
This theme has much relevance at our local, national, and international levels.
The Hyde Park Kenwood Interfaith Council seeks locally to provide for the common
good while building engaged religious institutions, strong schools, social services,
and community organizations. At the same time our nation is engaged in the rebuilding
of communities along the Gulf Coast while many nations around the world seek
to rebuild communities after natural disasters and civil conflict.
2006
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Calvin Morris, Executive Director, Community Renewal
Society
(The mission of the Community Renewal Society is to empower people to build
just communities by working to eradicate racism and poverty by informing, organizing,
training, and encouraging individuals and communities in sustained and strategic
efforts to engender systemic change.)
Theme: As a Community, We Share Our Blessings
This theme is a call to care for our community through a shared commitment to
volunteerism, hospitality, and support for our Hunger Programs and other social
service programs.
2007
Keynote Speaker: Ken Dunn, Founder & Director, Resource Center
Theme: Respecting the Earth, Our Common Home
2008
Keynote Speaker: Rev. Deb Derylak, Manager, Spiritual Care Services, University
of Chicago Hospitals & Minister, Unitarian Universalist Association
Theme: Coming Together