MAY - Cafe Church: Interfaith Celebration

7pm, Sunday 11 May 2014
Chapel by the Sea, 95 Roscoe St Bondi
Free

Infuse your soul with the sound of sacred music, prayer and song. Share our humanity in an atmosphere of the holy, mixed with that of the everyday.

Our Interfaith Celebration symbolises and actualises the Chapel's aspiration toward spiritual unity. It will feature music, poetry and prayer led by people of a variety of different faiths. We welcome people of all faiths and spiritual traditions and those of no faith to join this rich and harmonious experience, giving you a taste of the beauty of world cultures and religions.

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Artists on the night include:

• Ben Zion Weiss is an experienced teacher and community educator in drama, ESOL, yoga, cross-cultural conflict, anti-racism, non-violence training, cultural ecology and meditation. Ben a practising Sufi will recite the poetry of Rumi at our interfaith.

• Chris Busck storyteller, looks at everyday incidents that evoke feelings of deep reflection. Chris's stories will draw on his experience of being on a spiritual path on his life journey.

• Graham Jacobs is one of Sydney's most experienced violinists and is also one of Sydney's most colourful characters. His violin playing will charm you on the  evening as he accompanies Louise and Freya.

• Aurora - a collective of musicians creating new forms of devotional songs built on the poetry and spiritual philosophy of Sri Aurobindo. Danielle O’Keefe, Daniel Prypchan and Daryl Wallis will all perform together.

• Louise Charman-James & Freya Lindblom - will sing Irish hymns and the Gayatri Mantra (an ancient Sanskrit mantra). Louise is a writer, teacher and sound healer and Freya is a music therapist.
  

• Dr Kim Cunio - immerses himself for years in the tradition of music he intends to compose. His commitment to preserving and interpreting the sacred music of the world's traditions has seen him train as an Interfaith Minister .Kim plays large number of ancient instruments specially reconstructed .
  

• Mary Jean Leahy - trained in classical guitar and music composition at a post graduate level.Her biomedical science background serves as a foundation for her knowledge of the benefits of music in childhood development and growth from intellectual disabilities using music.She will play cello on the evening while the Tibetan prayer is being read.
  

• Prabhu Osoniqs - Prabhu is an energy musician and a sonic igniter. Inspired by nature and the mysteries of life, Prabhu’s music is vibrant, colourful and spirited, and yet at the same time  it is calming, centering, hypnotic and soul touching.

• Dayashakti Geeti Rogers - first experienced devotional Indian chanting in 1984 but it has been over the past few years that she has immersed herself more deeply in the practice of Kirtan as part of her spiritual practice of Bhakti Yoga. She also practices and teaches Japanese movement & meditation.