Exhibition Schedule

12 PM – Doors open
12 – 5 PM Labyrinth: A Walking Meditation (Conference Room 4)*
12:30 – 1:15 PM Interfaith Observance (Auditorium)
1:15 – 1:30 PM Welcome (Auditorium)
1:30 – 5 PM Exhibitor and vendor booths open (Auditorium)
1:30 – 5 PM Entertainment (Auditorium)*
1:30 – 3:30 Sikh/ICGC Langar, delicious food served (Parking Lot)
1:30 – 2:55 “How energy upgrades can turn your House of Worship into a community asset” hosted by Faith Communities Go Green (Conference Room 1)*
1:30 – 2:15 PM Compassionate Conversations (Conference Room 2)*
3 – 4 PM Spiritual Meditations: Connect with a Higher Power – Experience Joy and Peace (Conference Room 5)*

*See descriptions below

12 – 5 PM Labyrinth: A Walking Meditation (Conference Room 4, self-directed)
Festival attendees can reflectively walk the labyrinth. A Labyrinth is a spiritual tool that can be used for prayer, meditation, and connection with The Divine. To use a labyrinth, one simply begins by following the single path before you that leads to the center; once there pause and set an intention for connection and wholeness; after some time, return on the same path to where you began. The labyrinth journey consists of three stages: Release (as you journey toward the center), Receiving (as you rest in the center), and Returning (as you move back toward the place where you began, having been changed in heart, mind, body, and spirit.) To find a labyrinth near you, use the world-wide Labyrinth Locator.

1:30 – 2:55 PM How energy upgrades can turn your House of Worship into a community asset (Conference Room 1)
In-person program by Faith Communities Go Green, open to all Festival of Faiths attendees
Presenters: 
Joanne Gerson, Founder/Co-Chair Faith Communities Go Green
Nikki Vandivort, FUSE Executive Fellow|Renewable Energy, City of Cincinnati, Office of Environment and Sustainability, 
Donna Turner, Steering Team Faith Communities Go Green, Chair Fifth Christian Church, Member Environmental Justice Committee, Cincinnati NAACP.

1:30 – 2:15 PM Compassionate Conversations (Conference Room 2)
How does our religious identity help us to find HOPE in trying times? Join us as we encounter one another across religious lines and share personal stories of HOPE.

3 – 4 PM Spiritual Meditations: Connect with a Higher Power – Experience Joy and Peace (Conference Room 5 – No admittance after 3 PM)

Interfaith prayer is a practice that aims to connect people of different perspectives and faiths, spiritually and promote coexistence between religions. These prayers aim to emphasize the common values of the religions involved. 

We expect through our interfaith meditation circle to achieve:

solidarity and act of goodwill. 
common values of all religions.
opportunities to learn more, encounter each other, develop friendships.
opportunities for people to build their shared values and concerns to work together on practical projects for the common good.

These prayer practices and lead to enhance and develop world peace by fostering and understanding, acceptance and tolerance among different religious communities. 

All are kindly welcome to be with us. Let’s hold each other in our hearts and souls and pray for our planets peace and joy. 

Participating faith traditions: Baha’i, Brahma Kumaris, Buddhism, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Orthodox, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikh, Unitarian Universalism, and Zoroastrian.

Additional opportunities of note:

Social Action:
At this year’s festival, you will have the chance to take action as we focus on the challenges new arrivals to the US can face by:
1. sharing your thoughts on “What ‘HOME’ Means To Me?…which we will use for advocacy during the year
2. Writing “Welcome Home” messages that will be distributed via our partner communities 
We will also have information available about the many ways our region works to support new arrivals.