EVERY DAY IS SUNDAY!

Living Out Our Faith Together

Presented by the National Council of Churches USA; Produced by MarbleVision

Everyday Americans live out their faith caring for AIDS patients, helping to “Green” our precious environment or finding common ground between different faith groups – for them EVERY DAY IS SUNDAY!  Hosted by Dr. Michael B. Brown, Senior Minister of Marble Collegiate Church, this one-hour documentary EVERY DAY IS SUNDAY! tells their compelling stories. 

Many Americans attend Church on Sunday* - they go for an hour or two; sing a hymn, listen to Scripture, hear a sermon and then they reenter their lives, leaving their faith inside the Church.  But the people you’ll meet in EVERY DAY IS SUNDAY! have found that their faith goes with them where there are people in need – indeed, they bring “Church” with them.

EVERY DAY IS SUNDAY! will explore and define the possiblities of an active Christian life in the 21^st Century.

Produced by MarbleVision, the media ministry of Marble Collegiate Church

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*Gallup International indicates that 41% of American citizens report they regularly attend religious services

Produced by Oblate Media and Communication; Produced with funding from the Catholic Communication Campaign

This Program travels from coast-to-coast with images of Asian celebrations, including: a Korean celebration at the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC; a Filipino celebration in San Francisco; a multi-cultural “Chautauqua” in Bay Point, CA; and the Vietnamese “Marian Days” where some 40,000 attend this spectacular event held annually at the former Oblate Novitiate in Carthage, MO.

We also hear personal stories of faith and struggle: a Vietnamese refugee who spent three weeks crossing the sea in a small boat before landing in Malaysia where he was held in a detention camp for seven years; a leader of the Kmhmu community in Oakland tells of their struggles with language and poverty, and a deacon with the Tongan community talks about raising children in a new culture so different from the “island ways.”

Lea Salonga, Tony Award-winning star of the long running Broadway musical, Miss Saigon hosts the program.

Presented by the National Council of Churches USA; Produced by Third Way Media

The rise of Islamic fundamentalism and the associated use of terrorism as a weapon of choice have reshaped how many people view Islam generally and their Muslim neighbors in particular.  Meanwhile, the memory of the Christian cross as a battle symbol invokes fear in Muslim extremists and moderates alike.  Adherents of these two religions, both springing from the same birthplace, are experiencing a renewed polarization.

Yet both groups contain a long history of emphasizing peace, tolerance and understanding. These threads of peace get drowned out in the cacophony of images and sounds offered by the media.  In this program, we will be reminded of the role of peace in both camps.  We will meet Christians and Muslims, sometimes working together, sometimes separately, who have dedicated their lives to keeping alive the flame of peace that burns in both faiths.

Hunger is perhaps the most enduring affliction in the history of the world – from Biblical times to present day – and one to which it seems there is no easy solution. A Peace of Bread: Faith, Food, and the Future explores the work not only of the steadfast caregivers in soup kitchens and food pantries, but also that of a new generation of anti-hunger activists – all of whom driven by faith in a brighter future. Agricultural sustainability, social network community building, creative entrepreneurship, advocacy to reshape food policy – these are just some of the ways in which faith based groups are bringing a new perspective to an old problem.

With 36 million people suffering from hunger in our nation, the issue requires a combined effort from many visionaries. David Scherer (a.k.a. AGAPE*) uses the power of music to raise hunger awareness amongst youth across a 100+ show tour every year.

As a young college student, Eli Winkelman founded Challah for Hunger to raise money and awareness for hunger through the production and sale of challah bread. The organization has since grown to over 40 chapters in schools across the nation and beyond.

The young men of Gozanga’s College High School’s Campus Kitchen spend their summers cooking and delivering meals to the less fortunate in the shadow of the nation’s capitol.

At the Jewish Farm School in upstate New York, Nati Passow works toward a long-held dream of agricultural sustainability. Participants connect to their faith by working the land and growing food for the cause.

With a generous grant from Odyssey Networks and the support of the New York Board of Rabbis, the National Council of Churches, Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Presbyterian Church in America, Bread for the World, the Union for Reform Judaism, and the Westside Campaign to End Hunger, A Peace of Bread hopes to restore a nation’s conviction that we can eliminate hunger.

All it takes are a few creative solutions, the will to end hunger and a lot of big hearts.

A Peace of Bread - opening sequence from Diva Communications on Vimeo.