RLC Inaugural Interfaith Prayer Service for Mayor Parker

“This service is about praying for Mayor Parker, the City Council, and the City, building

bridges of peace, and supporting one another in the light as a community of communities,”

said Rev. Edward Livingston, Interfaith Philadelphia’s Director of Religious Community

Initiatives. Interfaith Philadelphia is the coordinator of the Religious Leaders Council of

Greater Philadelphia.

The service will be led by the RLC Co-Conveners: Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez,

Archdiocese of Philadelphia; The Rt. Rev. Daniel Gutiérrez, Episcopal Diocese of

Pennsylvania; Imam Anwar Muhaimin, Quba Masjid; and Rabbi David Straus of the Jewish

Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

The prayer service will include sacred scripture readings from the Jewish, Muslim, and

Christian faith traditions. Attendees will recite a pledge written by the Religious Leaders

Council of Greater Philadelphia titled A Call from People of Faith to Stop Violence.

Participants will also light candles to visually welcome the light of peace into our

community.

This event will also be live streamed. Check it out here: https://vimeo.com/event/2470138