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Learn more →The 22nd annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve Service was held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25. Our host was the Second Baptist Church of Evanston and Rev. Dr. Michael C.R. Nabors. The Second Baptist Ensemble, directed by Rev. Vernon Clark, took on the role of our traditional Interfaith Choir. Ike Ogbo, director of Evanston’s Health & Human Services Department, was our guest speaker. In this virtual service we brought together members of Evanston’s communities of faith and spirit, expressing our shared values.
To view the recorded virtual service : YouTube Service
To donate click here: Thanksgiving Donations
To view and/or download text and music click here: Order of Service
The IAE Annual Meeting for the IAE Board of Directors and delegates was held on October 8 and hosted by Trinity Lutheran Church. At this meeting, delegates voted to approve the nominations of Jason Glanz, Olga Pearl-Ricketts, Donna Robinson and Carol Wilson to the IAE Board of Directors. During the program that followed, “Interfaith Action in the Time of Coronavirus,” volunteers described how IAE has risen to the challenge of COVID by finding new ways to provide its Direct Services to our hungry and/or homeless neighbors.
The Supper Meeting was “Covid-style” this year. Arriving guests drove up to a station in the parking lot of Trinity Lutheran, to pick up an individually-packaged soup kitchen meal. The meal was purchased from Soul and Smoke, one of the many local restaurants that have provided reduced-price meals for IAE’s soup kitchens. Participants could either return home to enjoy their meal and continue to participate via ZOOM; or park their cars in the Trinity lot to see the speakers and listen to them via 95.3 FM on their vehicle’s radios. The meal was provided by donations from members of the IAE Board and the Delegate Advisory Committee specifically for this meal.
We would like to thank Trinity Lutheran for graciously hosting the Annual Supper Meeting for the second year in a row, and for providing all of the sound equipment and the training for it. A big thanks also to Joe Berube, who again came through with important items (speaker’s platform and spotlight) needed for an IAE event.
Our volunteers have served 10,000+ individually-packed meals since COVID restrictions began in mid-March, many of them professionally prepared. IAE would like to recognize several area food establishments that have provided thousands of meals for soup…
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Dates – June 23 and July 14 at Levy Center 9:30 am to 10:30 am. July 28 August 11 and 25 Sept. 8 and 22 location to be announced. Today’s Producemobile was the most successful…
Or send a check to: Interfaith Action of Evanston P.O. Box 1414, Evanston, IL 60204 ia@interfaithactionofevanston.org Please indicate in the memo line that this is for the Soup Kitchen Social.
IAE Producemobile: August 25; September 8 & 22, October 13, November 10, 2020 9:30-10:30 AM, James Park, 300 Dodge. The Greater Chicago Food Depository and Interfaith Action will have Producemobile distributions on the 2nd and…
Interfaith Action of Evanston is still on the front lines of service to the homeless and hungry, working in partnership with the city, faith communities, and other organizations to ensure the health and safety of…