Interfaith Council Luncheon

                      "Our Sacred Trust;               Environmental Concern and the Faith Response"

The controversial issue of hydro-fracking and the intersection between environmental matters and religious teachings will be the topic of the Scarsdale-Hartsdale Women's Interfaith Council's annual Fall Luncheon on Tuesday, October 18.  Kate Hudson of Riverkeeper and Rick Ufford-Chase of Stony Point Conference Center will speak about this gas-extraction method, the effect it could have on the environment and whether or how communities of faith are called upon to respond. 

Kate Hudson is the NYC Watershed Program Director at Riverkeeper and served in key roles at the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation for more than 24 years.  She has worked on a wide range of enforcement and permitting matters in all program areas, including air quality, water quality, solid and hazardous waste and mining.

As Co-Director of Stony Point Conference Center with his wife Kitty, Rick Ufford-Chase is deeply dedicated to interfaith work, environmental concerns and social justice. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church from 2004-6 and is widely admired for his humanitarian work and his ability to bring different groups into partnership.

The Scarsdale-Hartsdale Women's Interfaith Council was founded in 1929 with the goal of inspiring collaboration and understanding.  The SHWIC is comprised of representatives from more than twenty local congregations and organizations of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths. Two events are sponsored each year, open to the community at large, at which speakers explore current issues involving religion, eithics and social justice. 

Luncheon will be served at approximately 12:15, following a Sanctuary Talk led by Reverend Richard Blake of the Scarsdale Community Baptist Church at 11:45.  The program will follow at 1:00.  Cost: $15.