{"id":1610,"date":"2023-10-02T16:16:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T00:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2023-10-02T16:16:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T00:16:26","slug":"a-true-community-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/?p=1610","title":{"rendered":"A true community event!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One spirit multi faith arts\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aDht1TKPZXQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>10 minute video collage by Jim Flood<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Matthew-Ponak-guitar-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1612 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Matthew-Ponak-guitar-2023.jpg 713w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Matthew-Ponak-guitar-2023-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The One Spirit event in the Hindu Parishad &amp; Cultural Centre in Saanichton was a great success! The video above gives the highlights of the evening, which had everyone humming, singing or dancing at different points in the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A huge thank you to the Hindu community for welcoming us and serving a wonderful meal, to our MCs Shrikant Shenwai and Lesia Kohut, and to the many volunteers and participants! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Special thanks to our wonderful presenters: Scott Sam and Our Culture Matters drummers (right); Rabbi Matthew Ponak (above); Bita Kamalian of the Baha&#8217;i community; Sharron MacLeod of New Thought in Nanaimo; Bob Gilbert and Amy Nold of the United Church; Prashant Pednekar and Vinod &amp; Robina Bhardwaj, Hindu community; Carol Ann Sokoloff of the Sufi community; John Borrows, VMS Chair.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"924\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Our-Culture-Matters-with-Scott-Sam.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1613 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Our-Culture-Matters-with-Scott-Sam.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Our-Culture-Matters-with-Scott-Sam-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Our-Culture-Matters-with-Scott-Sam-768x710.jpg 768w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Our-Culture-Matters-with-Scott-Sam-325x300.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Roughly 70 people attended the event, organized by VMS in collaboration with the Hindu community. Several others viewed the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/522752650048343\/?active_tab=discussion\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/522752650048343\/?active_tab=discussion\" target=\"_blank\">live stream from the FB event page<\/a>, where the entire program can be seen, including the ending dance with multifaith lyrics (at 1:25).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/One-Spirit-crowd-shot-2023-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/One-Spirit-crowd-shot-2023-1-1024x348.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/One-Spirit-crowd-shot-2023-1-1024x348.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/One-Spirit-crowd-shot-2023-1-300x102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/One-Spirit-crowd-shot-2023-1-768x261.jpg 768w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/One-Spirit-crowd-shot-2023-1-1536x522.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/One-Spirit-crowd-shot-2023-1-500x170.jpg 500w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/One-Spirit-crowd-shot-2023-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The One Spirit event in the Hindu Parishad &amp; Cultural Centre in Saanichton was a great success! 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