Virtual Coffee Talk: The Role of Holidays in Different Faith Traditions TRACY SIMMONS Uploaded by quilt4mari FaVS Coffee Talk Brew a hot pot of coffee and join Spokane FāVS for the April edition of “Coffee Talk,” its monthly community forum to reflect on faith and ethics. As the next installment falls on Easter weekend, it reflects the theme of holidays and their role in various faith communities. An expert panel features three guest speakers: the Rev. Katy Shedlock, Himani Agrawal and Brian Siebeking. Shedlock is a Methodist minister in Spokane who co-pastors two churches, Audubon UMC and Creator’s Table. Agrawal is the cultural coordinator and treasurer of Spokane Hindu Temple and Cultural Center and a Spokane FāVS board member. Siebeking is a professor in the Gonzaga Religious Studies Department, an Orthodox Christian and a scholar of Islam. Through diverse panelists, the event aims t
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Rev. Katy Shedlock is a poet and pastor, who serves Highland Park United Methodist Church and Creators Table at the West Central Abbey. In 2018 she helped represent Spokane at the National Poetry Slam. Katy s poems have appeared locally in The Inlander and The Spokesman Review and she often performs her work at worship services and church meetings. She loves teaching poetry and has done so in settings as diverse as a village in Kazakhstan, a GED classroom in Allentown, an Orthodox Jewish Girls Yeshiva in Pittsburgh, and at her churches here in Spokane, where she turns most Bible studies into creative writing classes.