Memorial Day Service

29^th Annual Memorial Day Interfaith Service

Honoring Civilian and Military Victims of War
and All Forms of Violence

Monday, May 27, 2013 at 11 a.m.

The Service includes Reflections from the World's Great Religions,
Music, Prayers, Candle lighting for the fallen
and the traditional reading of the “Litany of Battles”

NEW LOCATION:
Westwood Presbyterian Church
4432 Greenwood Ave., Louisville

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Reception Immediately Following

Established in 1984, the annual Memorial Day Interfaith Service features representatives from the world's great religions and is unique in that it honors the dead (civilian as well as military) in all wars that have involved the United States.

Below is the Order of Service for this year's program

About the interfaith Service

This interfaith gathering is unique in that it honors civilian as well as military casualties in all wars that have involved the US. The service will include prayers, readings, reflections and music and will feature chanting for peace by Tibetan monks, a reading of a definition of compassion youth from Louisville's West End, candle lighting for the fallen civilian and military victims of war, music by the Westwood Inspirational Choir, and the traditional Litany of Battles read by Mitzi Friedlander with musical accompaniment by Nancy Harris and Mark Tate.

The Interfaith Service is co-sponsored by: Baha'is of Louisville, Beads on One String, Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral, Drepung Gomang Institute (Tibetan Buddhists), Friends Meeting (Quakers) of Louisville, Westwood Presbyterian Church, Hindu Temple of Kentucky, Independent Muslims of Louisville, Islamic Cultural Center of Louisville, Jewish Community of Louisville, Kentucky Council of Churches, Louisville Chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Louisville Sikh Gurudwara, Native American Intertribal Alliance, St. William Catholic Church, U.S. Department of Peace Campaign.

Memorial Day Service

Gathering Music....................................................................... Nancy Harris

Welcome.......................................................................................... Hugh Ella Robinson

Opening Prayer from the Christian Faith............. Rev. Dr. Brian J. Wells

A Definition of Compassion................................................ Junior Counselors from Plymouth

Community Renewal Center

Buddhist Chant for Peace................................................... Geshe Rapgyal &

Tibetan Monks from Drepung
Gomang Monastery

A Few Words About "Engaging Compassion"......... Anne Walter

Musical Reflection................................................................... Westwood Inspirational Choir

“Precious Memories”

Learning to be Ambassadors for Peace......................... Christopher 2X & Erica Hughes

Prayer for Compassion from the Baha’i Faith........ Morvarid Manshadi

Traditional Litany of Battles........................................... Mitzi Friedlander

Original Litany compiled by Jennifer Lavery

Music performed by Nancy Harris & Mark Tate

Candle Lighting for the Fallen........................................ Terry Taylor

Lighting of First Candle by Lee Thomas & Margie Hunt

Music by Prithi Singh & Naresh Singh

(Priests from the Sikh Gurudwara of Kentucky)

Hindu Aarti: "Blessing of the Community"............... Sheeba Jolly

Prayer for Compassion from the Sikh Faith............. Daya Singh Sandhu

Closing Song.................................................................................... Westwood Inspirational Choir

“Battle Hymn of the Republic”

Please Join us for a Reception

Featuring International Foods
with Music by Barb Friedland

Interfaith Paths to Peace • 425 S. 2nd Street, Louisville, KY 40202 • (502) 214-7322 • interfaithterry@gmail.com