Praying for the Heart of Edgewater

Sunday, May 15, 2011. 2-3pm.

Join Edgewater neighbors of all backgrounds and ages in this rally for peace. We will bear witness to the tragedies of the violence in which we live, and to the power of community in seeking real solutions together. We will lift up our visions of a safer, healthier, and more just and unified neighborhood. We will meet near the Thorndale El stop, join together in lifting our concerns and hopes, and then march throughout the neighborhood together to bless sites of particular vulnerability.

Volunteers from local faith communities are especially urged to consider becoming a team leader to assist with publicity, signage and the neighborhood walk which will follow the 2pm launch event.

Contact a member of the Planning Committee for more information:
Rev. Jacki Belile at 773.655.4357 (or jacki@livingwellministries.net)
Mr. Tom Robb at 773.274.2380 (or director@careforreal.org)
Rev. Dr. Barb Cathey at 773.577.7363 (or macphie@sbcglobal.net)

Sacred Seeds: Children of Abraham Reading Text Together

Since 2008, ECRA has sponsored ongoing interreligious gatherings called "Sacred Seeds" in Edgewater. At each event, local leaders of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities discuss a chosen shared sacred texts and their tradition's understandings of the images, metaphors and purpose of these stories. So far, several hundred people from the neighborhood have been richly blessed by these encounters. Watch videos here.

Serving through Delegate Responsibility on Ward Zoning Committee

ECRA is a delegate organization to the 48th Ward Zoning & Planning Committee.

Care for Real!

Check out the devoted and diligent outreach of our neighborhood's food and clothing pantry, Care for Real, which ECRA founded.

Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

ECRA Thanksgiving Service

This great annual event provides an opportunity to learn more about religious traditions represented in Edgewater (Jewish, Muslim, sometimes Buddhist, Catholic, Protestant, and more) and to gather with our neighbors of faith. The service features music and readings and stories from different religious traditions. Offerings and donations are accepted for Care For Real.

Commitment to our Neighborhood Seniors

Read more here.

Bearing Witness Against Hate

Our "counter-protest" of love and tolerance when Westboro Baptist picketeers arrived in Edgewater.

Sharing Our Story of Interreligious Work

We shared some of our rich experience of interreligious encounter at the National Workshop on Christian Unity in 2008.