Please join us for the 39th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, which will be held at Burke Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m., in person and online. Mary Akrami, an internationally recognized women’s rights leader evacuated from Afghanistan in August of 2021, will speak at the service, along with Abu (Dan) Haroun, a leader of NoVA RAFT (Resettling Afghan Families Together). Bags of rice and dried red or black beans will be collected for ECHO, and financial gifts will be collected for Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service.
Participating faith communities/organizations include Burke United Methodist Church, Congregation Adat Reyim, International Buddhist Association, Institute for Islamic Studies, Rumi Forum, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church, St. Peter’s in the Woods Episcopal Church, and Sydenstricker United Methodist Church.