Emory Johns Creek Hospital to hold grand opening of new interfaith sanctuary
Name:
Emory Johns Creek Hospital to hold grand opening of new interfaith sanctuary
Date:
August 4, 2016
Time:
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
Website:
http://www.emoryjohnscreek.com
Artist's rendering of interfaith sanctuary.
Event Description:
Emory Johns Creek Hospital (EJCH) will hold a ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of its new interfaith sanctuary on Thursday, Aug. 4 at 10 a.m. Chamber President John Bemont, Councilman Lenny Zaprowski, EJCH’s CEO, Marilyn Margolis and the hospital’s Director of Spiritual Health, Timothy Park, Ed.D., will provide opening remarks.
Local faith leaders from Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Christianity will participate in blessing the new interfaith
sanctuary. They include: Judith Beiner, a Rabbi and community chaplain with Jewish Family and Career Services of Atlanta; Noor Abbady, a certified speaker with the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta; Geshe Ngawang Phende, a Tibetan Buddhist monk and a resident teacher at Drepung Loseling Monastery in Atlanta; and Father Tri John-Bosco Nguyen, a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of Atlanta and assistant pastor at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Johns Creek.
The event will also include plaque unveilings and a ribbon cutting ceremony. Spiritual leaders and guests are invited to attend a panel discussion called “Sacred Space: Spirituality,Healing and Sanctuary” in the hospital’s education center on the lower level following the sanctuary opening.
WHO:
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
WHAT:
Emory Johns Creek Hospital will hold a grand opening of its new
interfaith sanctuary for the community.
WHEN:
Thursday, Aug. 4, 10 -10:30 a.m. - Sanctuary Grand Opening
11 a.m. - noon - Interfaith Panel Discussion
WHERE:
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
6325 Hospital Parkway
Johns Creek, GA, 30097
Local faith leaders from Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Christianity will participate in blessing the new interfaith
sanctuary. They include: Judith Beiner, a Rabbi and community chaplain with Jewish Family and Career Services of Atlanta; Noor Abbady, a certified speaker with the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta; Geshe Ngawang Phende, a Tibetan Buddhist monk and a resident teacher at Drepung Loseling Monastery in Atlanta; and Father Tri John-Bosco Nguyen, a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of Atlanta and assistant pastor at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Johns Creek.
The event will also include plaque unveilings and a ribbon cutting ceremony. Spiritual leaders and guests are invited to attend a panel discussion called “Sacred Space: Spirituality,Healing and Sanctuary” in the hospital’s education center on the lower level following the sanctuary opening.
WHO:
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
WHAT:
Emory Johns Creek Hospital will hold a grand opening of its new
interfaith sanctuary for the community.
WHEN:
Thursday, Aug. 4, 10 -10:30 a.m. - Sanctuary Grand Opening
11 a.m. - noon - Interfaith Panel Discussion
WHERE:
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
6325 Hospital Parkway
Johns Creek, GA, 30097
