Parliament of Worlds Religion 1999 Capetown SA

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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1999 GIFTS O F SERVICE
WAYS
Gifts of Service to the World tend to fall under one or more of the following Headings. (When filling out the Gift Description Worksheet, mark the single heading that most closely corre sponds to the proposed Gift.)
Building Bridges of Understanding and Cooperation
Gifts that reach across the gulfs which often result from our diversities; Gifts that promote encounter, dialogue, and shared action among diverse religions, ethnic groups, genders, cultures, and life styles
OF GIVING
Celebrating Life and its Possibilities Gifts of celebration, art, music, dance; Gifts that create events which suggest and shape the richness of possibility.
Fostering Creative Engagement
Gifts that promote the cooperative, visionary, and creative engagement of religion and spirituality with other guiding institutions, including: business/commerce, government, education, and media; Gifts that promote institutional and systemic reform and healing
то THE WORLD
Meeting Essential Needs
Gifts that are designed to address issues relating to the basic needs of living beings: survival, food, shelter, education, etc.
Nurturing Transformative Community Gifts that involve communities that build, enrich, and transform humanity and the planet
Offering Sacred Practice
Gifts that involve religious or spiritual practice, ritual, fiturgy, prayer, meditation, etc., and whose primary focus is outreach, healing, and transformation of a larger whole
Pursuing Universal Human Rights Gifts that express concern for civil, political, social, and economic rights of all human beings
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