On Sunday December 17th, 2023, the Dialogue & Alliance CC held its monthly meeting, this time on the theme: "Stewardship".
The main face-to-face meeting was held at the UPF offices in Geneva in conjunction with the Espace Barrault in Paris, with Zoom connections from several countries, including Austria, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Congo, Spain, France, Haiti, Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, Switzerland, etc.
Some of the participants at the Espace Barrault in Paris listen live to two speakers from Geneva.
The meeting was moderated by Ms Chantal KOMAGATA, Secretary General of UPF-Switzerland and coordinator of UPF-Europe.
From left to right: Pastor Jean-Claude BASSET, Ms Naïma SERROUKH, Ms Chantal KOMAGATA, Mr Radomir STANTCHEV, in Geneva.
The first reading, Matthew 25:14-30, took a Christian perspective and was commented on by Jean-Claude BASSET, a Protestant minister who initiated the Geneva Interfaith Platform (https://interreligieux.ch ) and founded the “Centre de Liaison et d'Information concernant les Minorités Spirituelles” (www.clims.ch ).
The second reading brought a Muslim perspective. Verses 30 to 32 of the second sura of the Koran (The Cow) were read and commented on by Ms Naïma SERROUKH, Director of Tasamouh, a Swiss association for living together and inter-religious dialogue (https://tasamouh.com/ ).
As a short cultural break, we then listened to the song "Wouldn't Ask for More", written and performed by NAELISE.
The third reading brought a Scientology perspective. It was a text entitled "Survival", by L. Ron Hubbard in Introduction to Scientology Ethics, commented on by Mr Michel RAOUST, a polytechnic engineer and chairman of the French Committee of Scientologists Against Discrimination (https://www.scientologie.fr/ ).
Mr Michel RAOUST speaks from the United States.
Mr Jean-François MOULINET concludes the meeting in Paris.
The meeting ended with a question-and-answer session and some remarks by Mr Jean-François MOULINET, coordinator of the Dialogue & Alliance circle, who announced that the next meeting would be held on Sunday January 14th on the theme chosen for 2024: "Peace begins with me".
A recording of this program is available at https://youtu.be/RUqA07yIEsE.
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