Jan
4
3:00 PM15:00

Peace in Action: Take the Pledge

We invite you to be part of a special gathering as we launch Interfaith Harmony Month with a spirit of unity, connection, and hope. During this event, attendees will join together in taking the Peace in Action Pledge, affirming our shared commitment to promoting peace, understanding, and harmony among all faith traditions.  All are welcome as we celebrate our diverse beliefs and strengthen the bonds that unite our community.  A reception will follow the event.    

Date: Sunday, January 4, 2026

Time: 3:00 P.M.

Location:

Unity of Charleston

2535 Leeds Ave.

N. Charleston, SC 

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Jan
19
10:00 AM10:00

MLK Parade

Join Charleston Interreligious Council, along with other houses of worship and religious communities as we walk the parade route in celebration of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 2026 MLK Day Parade.

Date: Monday, January 19, 2026

Start Time: 10:00 AM

Lineup Time: 8:00AM (join us if you’d like to walk!)

Location: Downtown Charleston — starting at Burke High School (244 President St, Charleston) and ending at Mother Emanuel AME Church (110 Calhoun St, Charleston)

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Jan
25
5:00 PM17:00

Healing Polarization: An Interfaith Approach

Hosted by CIC as part of our Interfaith Speaker Series “Bridging Beliefs,” board member Rev. Ed Kosak (former minister of Unity of Charleston) will lead a workshop looking at the causes of polarization—problematic for not only today’s politics, but also today’s religions. Kosak argues the need to be right is a form of violence that we inflict on others and hopes this workshop will help to heal the need to be right.

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Jan
27
6:00 PM18:00

Interfaith Harmony Month Closing Event

Event Schedule

  • 6:00 – Schmooze/Nosh and Welcome from Rabbi Rosen

  • Invocation from Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili

  • 6:15 – Documentary: I Will Build This World From Love

  • Synopsis: I Will Build This World From Love tells the story of Jewish women publicly reading from the Holy Torah in Georgia for the first time in 2600 years and becoming B’not Mitzvah. The central reason why this was even possible was because of The Peace Center in Tbilisi, where there is a church, synagogue, and mosque under one roof (Peace Cathedral, Peace Synagogue, and Peace Mosque). Run Time: Approx. 70 Minutes

  • 7:30 – Talkback with Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili

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Beliefs, Belonging, and Beyond: A Youth Panel
Nov
2
2:00 PM14:00

Beliefs, Belonging, and Beyond: A Youth Panel

Join us as a group of young people from diverse religious traditions come together for an open, honest conversation about what religion means in their lives today. They’ll share personal stories of belonging, wrestle with their relationships to institutional religion, and reflect on how faith intersects with politics and culture in this moment. Join us for an afternoon of dialogue, perspective, and insight into how the next generation is reshaping conversations about religion in America.

College of Charleston's Education Center (25 St. Philip's Street), Room 118. Parking in the garage across the street in the George Street Parking Garage.

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Joint Sacred Space Tour
Oct
19
2:00 PM14:00

Joint Sacred Space Tour

  • Unitarian Church in Charleston (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join the Charleston Interreligious Council for a sacred space tour of both the Unitarian Church in Charleston (4 Archdale Street) and St. John's Lutheran Church (10 Archdale Street) followed by a reception at the St. John's Portico. In addition to tours of the space, visitors will be introduced to the beliefs and practices of these communities, as well as have the opportunity to ask questions. Join us in this exciting afternoon of learning and community!

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Spirited Brunch
May
4
12:30 PM12:30

Spirited Brunch

Join us for the seventh annual Spirited Brunch! Designed up by food editor Hanna Raskin and CIC President Dr. Elijah Siegler, Spirited Brunch is a self-guided snack tour of downtown Charleston’s prayerful spaces. Every house of worship on the peninsula is asked to open its doors for the event, and welcome visitors with food or drink representative of its faith tradition or local history. Visitors are encouraged to tour the spaces and enjoy a light bite. Congregations without downtown locations will have tables at the event’s hub on the College of Charleston campus. No registration is required and all are welcome. Learn more here!

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Apr
27
4:00 PM16:00

Sacred Space Tour

Join the CIC for a tour of the West Ashley LDS Stake and a conversation and Q&A about the history and religion of the "Mormon" Church. All are welcome! No registration required.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1519 Sam Rittenberg Blvd, West Ashley, Charleston, SC

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Lunar New Year Celebration
Feb
8
2:00 PM14:00

Lunar New Year Celebration

Saturday, February 8, 2:00-4:00 pm. The East Asian Lunar New Year celebration began on January 29 and lasts for two weeks. To honor this important cultural observance, the CIC is partnering with Chinese restaurant Beautiful South in downtown Charleston for a fundraiser which includes tasting three types of rare Chinese tea, accompanied by paired dim sum (snacks from Southern China), and short presentations about Chinese New Year, tea culture in China, and tea as a symbol of interfaith hospitality. 

Tickets cost $55 and all profits go the CIC. Book your table on Resy now!

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Sacred Space Tour
Feb
2
3:00 PM15:00

Sacred Space Tour

Sacred Space Tour: 

Mother Emanuel AME Church

 Sunday, February 2, 3:00-4:00 pm. 

Join Church Historian Lee Bennett in a tour and discussion of Mother Emanuel's rich and important history in Charleston and beyond.

 Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church

 110 Calhoun St, Charleston, SC 29401

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Interfaith Speaker Series: Spirit as Foundation in Navigating the Healing Journey
Dec
15
4:00 PM16:00

Interfaith Speaker Series: Spirit as Foundation in Navigating the Healing Journey

Join us for our third event as part of our annual Interfaith Speaker series on the theme of religion and healing. Jackie Morfesis, writer, speaker, and community advocate, will speak on the topic of “Spirit as Foundation in Navigating the Healing Journey.” She will share her first-hand account of not only walking through the fire but her life being brought to ashes, physically and symbolically, and her spiritual journey to healing.

Room 118, the Septima Clark Memorial Auditorium
The Education Center
College of Charleston
25 St. Philip Street
Charleston, SC

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Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Nov
26
6:30 PM18:30

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

Tuesday, November 26
6:30-7:30 PM, reception to follow
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue
90 Hasell St., Charleston, SC

Join us for our annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, a gathering for reflection, prayers, and music on the theme of peace, featuring representatives from diverse religious traditions present in 18th century Charleston.

All are welcome!

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Faith and Healing: The Neuroscience of Mindfulness
Oct
29
7:00 PM19:00

Faith and Healing: The Neuroscience of Mindfulness

  • All Saints Lutheran Church - Parish Life Center - behind the main building  (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Interfaith Speaker Series on Faith and Healing

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness: rewiring our brains for less stress & more attention, memory, empathy, self-regulation and cognitive flexibility.

All are welcome!

Tuesday, October 29, 7-9pm

Unity of Charleston

2535 Leeds Avenue

North Charleston, SC 29405

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Food and Faith 2024: Beyond the Pulp
Feb
21
6:30 PM18:30

Food and Faith 2024: Beyond the Pulp

  • Charity Missionary Baptist Church (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

All are welcome to our Annual Food and Faith. This year our focus is Beyond the Pulpit: A dialogue between Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leaders on forgiveness, racial and religious solidarity, the intersection of racial and religious prejudice, and the fear of confronting that prejudice.

February 21 at 6:30pm

Register now at bit.ly/FoodandFaith2024

Charity Missionary Baptist Church

1544 E Montague Ave

North Charleston, SC 29405

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Christian Unity Week Service
Jan
23
6:00 PM18:00

Christian Unity Week Service

  • Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Charleston Christian communities will come together in prayer for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. All are welcome to participate in the service at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (30 Race Street) and fellowship following in Trinity Hall next door.

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Interfaith Healing Circle
Jan
14
3:00 PM15:00

Interfaith Healing Circle

  • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

All are invited to an Interfaith Healing Circle led by the Social Justice Racial Equity Collaborative.

Please register now to attend by clicking here: bit.ly/InterfaithHealingCircle2024

Interfaith Healing Circle on Sunday, January 14 at 3pm at  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, 2115 N Highway 17, Mt Pleasant, SC. 29466

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Epiphany Adult Education Seminar
Jan
7
to Feb 4

Epiphany Adult Education Seminar

  • St Stephen's Episcopal Church - Stephen's Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church- Stephen’s Hall

67 Anson St, Charleston, 29401

All are invited to a series of lectures on Judaism and Islam offered by St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. Each session will begin at 9:45 am on January 7, 14 and 21: Judaism and January 28, February 4 and 11: Islam.

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Interfaith Harmony Month Press Conference
Jan
3
10:30 AM10:30

Interfaith Harmony Month Press Conference

On January 3, 2023, Mayor Tecklenburg will be declaring January 2024 to be interfaith Harmony Month.

Young people from 8 different faith traditions will read parts of the proclamation; we will announce all the events happening in celebration of Interfaith Harmony Month; we will hear from faith leaders in Charleston and from a young flutist.

All are welcome to this kick off of Interfaith Harmony Month 2024.

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Spirituality and Art Series: A Panel Discussion with Local Artists
Oct
29
1:00 PM13:00

Spirituality and Art Series: A Panel Discussion with Local Artists

  • College of Charleston Education Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 1-3pm: Local Artist Panel Discussion

Charleston artists Sandra Brett, Arianne King Comer, Kirsten Hoving and Austin Manchester will offer their art and perspectives, as well at take questions from participants.

All are invited to an Open House and reception after the discussion offered by the Foundation for Spirituality and the Arts featuring their Artists in Residence. We will walk together or we can meet there. For location and more information, please register to attend the Open House: bit.ly/SpiritandArt2023

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