Faith and Festivals
The ‘Faith and Festivals’ model is a way of bringing different faiths together to honour and learn about each other.
This works well as a two or even three-part Peace Feast, with the first one hosted by one faith community and follow up events hosted by a different faith community.
Building the Peace Feast into established festivals like Easter, Eid or Rosh Hashana makes it easier to celebrate with that community and it provides a perfect window into their faith.
Questions to Consider
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If you are the host community, how are you going to explain and invite people into your festival in a way that makes sense to them and displays your faith at its best?
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If you are a visiting community, how can you learn from and respect the other faith community? Think about the sort of questions you might ask which honour their beliefs.
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'The Feast' in Birmingham is an inter-faith youth event who provide an excellent resource called, 'Guidelines for Dialogue' which can be downloaded here.
