Events
Interfaith Volunteer Network: Making Cards for Those in Need
Join the Interfaith Volunteer Network for its inaugural service day! Individuals and families from all different faith backgrounds are invited to serve our community together as we make cards for patients at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, senior citizens, and new residents at Providence Park, a new residential community for chronically homeless individuals.
Love Thy Neighbor: Be Still Together
Love Thy Neighbor is an annual interfaith service that brings central Arkansas faith communities together for an evening of music, shared wisdom, and reflection.
Peace Week Interfaith Block Party
Celebrate peace in the Natural State with block party at The Interfaith Center! Gather for an afternoon of outdoor games and activities, food, desserts, and connecting with your interfaith community.
Shared Table, Shared Stories: an Interfaith Children's Cooking Class
Food does more than nourish our bodies—it connects us to one another and to something greater. Learn family friendly ways to cook and learn together, cook a nutritious recipe, and share stories and open reflections on how we use food to remember, give thanks, and come together.
SoulCollage®: an introduction to creative self discovery
Join Lisa Thorpe for an introduction to making your own personal deck of SoulCollage cards. This is a creative process of self-discovery. Using images, intuition and imagination to gently and playfully guide us into the deeper realms of the unconscious, teaching us to trust our inner knowing, and acknowledge our shadow parts with compassionate curiosity. A process of self-discovery, growth, and a journey to larger connection.
Interfaith Volunteer Network: Build a Labyrinth and Orchard at Providence Park
Join the Interfaith Volunteer Network for a service day at Providence Park, a new residential community designed to serve the chronically homeless. Individuals and families from all different faith backgrounds are invited to serve our community together as we work on the labyrinth and orchard that will serve the future residents of Providence Park.
Interfaith Volunteer Network: Arkansas Foodbank Service Night
Join the Interfaith Volunteer Network for a service day at the Arkansas Foodbank. Individuals and families from all different faith backgrounds are invited to serve our community together as we fight hunger and prepare food donations for our community. Come ready to serve and make a new friend from a different religion!
Peace Across Faiths
Peace Across Faiths is an annual interfaith dinner that brings community members and leaders together to share a meal, pray together, hear from thoughtful speakers, build new relationships, and celebrate peace in our community.
Interfaith Jam Session
Join us Sunday, August 10 at The Interfaith Center from 5:30-7 pm for an Interfaith Jam Session! Gather for an inspiring and participatory evening where music bridges cultures and faiths. We’ll sit on the front porch (or inside if it’s cooler!), play together, and listen to music from each other’s religious and cultural traditions.
Interfaith Friendship Camp
Interfaith Friendship Camp builds relationships between children of diverse faith backgrounds while educating campers about world religions through classes, art, music, and play.
Interfaith Clergy Luncheon
Religious leaders from all religious communities in Central Arkansas are invited to attend an interfaith luncheon at The Interfaith Center. Come meet your interfaith colleagues, make new connections, and learn about interfaith programming opportunities in 2025. A vegetarian lunch will be provided.
Bridges Across Beliefs
Join The Interfaith Center and Hendrix Steel Center for “Bridges Across Beliefs,” an interfaith discussion on identity and community on Wednesday, April 30 at 3:30 pm at Hendrix College in Reeves Recital Hall.
Featuring panelists including The Reverend Patricia Matthews, Rabbi Barry Block, and Imam Nawaz, this discussion will explore their experiences with religious spirituality and interfaith community work. There will be a short Q&A at the end of the discussion.
Earth Day Celebration & Banquet
Gather together this Earth Day for a celebration including music, prayer, and a meal honoring the Earth and Creation. We will gather at The Interfaith Center, walk short distances to the community garden and to a newly planted tree, and end across the street in Treadway Garden at Trinity Cathedral. The program will include music, interfaith blessings, time for reflection, and a shared meal.
(Cancelled due to weather) Stitch-In for Peace - April Gathering
Stitch-In for Peace is a creative and hands-on monthly gathering focused on gratitude and prayer in community. Each month, participants will gather to express gratitude or write prayers on a scraps of paper. These will be folded then exchanged with a neighbor to stitch into a 3x3 inch prayer patch. At the end of the gathering, the patches will be stitched together into strands. One stitch at a time and with many hands we will stitch together our hope for peace.
SoulCollage®: an introduction to creative self discovery
Join Lisa Thorpe for an introduction to making your own personal deck of SoulCollage cards. This is a creative process of self-discovery. Using images, intuition and imagination to gently and playfully guide us into the deeper realms of the unconscious, teaching us to trust our inner knowing, and engage our disowned shadowed parts with compassionate curiosity.
Interfaith Jam Session
Come together for an inspiring and participatory evening where music bridges cultures and faiths! Experience a soulful blend of sounds as musicians from diverse backgrounds come together to create harmony through rhythm, melody, and spirit. All are welcome—bring your instrument, voice, or simply your love for music!
Stitch-In for Peace - March Gathering
Stitch-In for Peace is a creative and hands-on monthly gathering focused on gratitude and prayer in community. Each month, participants will gather to express gratitude or write prayers on a scraps of paper. These will be folded then exchanged with a neighbor to stitch into a 3x3 inch prayer patch. At the end of the gathering, the patches will be stitched together into strands. One stitch at a time and with many hands we will stitch together our hope for peace.
Exploring Ideas in the World’s Religions: Insights from Huston Smith and Process Philosophy
Each week, this course will explore core concepts from a major world religion, guided by religious studies scholar Huston Smith’s timeless insights. Using Process Philosophy as a framework, we will examine how these traditions offer unique and complementary perspectives on ultimate reality, human purpose, and ethical living.
The Golden Rule: How to Live It
Values found in the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," can be found in the teachings of many faiths, but sometimes living these values is easier said than done. In this workshop, David Childs and Glen White from Braver Angels Arkansas will discuss how extreme polarization can lead to breakdowns in communication and relationships and will share 13 ways to live out the Golden Rule.
Stitch-In for Peace - February Gathering
Stitch-In for Peace is a creative and hands-on monthly gathering focused on gratitude and prayer in community. Each month, participants will gather to express gratitude or write prayers on a scraps of paper. These will be folded then exchanged with a neighbor to stitch into a 3x3 inch prayer patch. At the end of the gathering, the patches will be stitched together into strands. One stitch at a time and with many hands we will stitch together our hope for peace.
Interfaith Clergy Luncheon (Event Full)
Religious leaders from all religious communities in Central Arkansas are invited to attend an interfaith luncheon at The Interfaith Center. Come meet your interfaith colleagues, make new connections, and learn about interfaith programming opportunities in 2025. A vegetarian lunch will be provided.
Community Open House Nights - Night 3
The Interfaith Center staff and board are delighted to welcome our community to the NEW Interfaith Center building! Join us for any one of these three evenings to tour the new building, enjoy light refreshments, reconnect with your interfaith friends, and learn about this spring's interfaith program offerings.
Community Open House Nights - Night 2
The Interfaith Center staff and board are delighted to welcome our community to the NEW Interfaith Center building! Join us for any one of these three evenings to tour the new building, enjoy light refreshments, reconnect with your interfaith friends, and learn about this spring's interfaith program offerings.
Community Open House Nights - Night 1
The Interfaith Center staff and board are delighted to welcome our community to the NEW Interfaith Center building! Join us for any one of these three evenings to tour the new building, enjoy light refreshments, reconnect with your interfaith friends, and learn about this spring's interfaith program offerings.