World Religion Day 2020 Registration

Faith Tradition *

Congregation/Group *

Contact Name *

Contact Phone *

Contact Email *

Participating groups may have a table display in the gym. Table displays can include banners, display boards, and artifacts of your faith, as well as literature for visitors to take and learn about your faith, and snacks (finger foods) for your guests to enjoy. Will your group have a table display in the gym? The Highland Center can provide one 8-foot rectangular table per group. If you need a second table, you may bring your own. If you can bring BOTH tables, that helps us stretch our supply of tables even more. Please check the option that applies

No, we will not have a table display.

Yes, we need one table provided by the Highland Center

Yes, we need two tables and will bring our own second table.

Yes, we need two tables and will bring both

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Setup crew will place two chairs at each table unless otherwise notified. How many chairs will your group need (up to 4)?

2 chairs

We only need 1 chair

We need 3 chairs

We need 4 chairs

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Will you need access to an electrical outlet for your table display?

Yes

No

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SPEAKER PANELS: There are three different panel discussions throughout the afternoon. The first panel, at 1:30 p.m., is a Youth Panel, for high school students only, and will consist of up to 6 panelists. Panelists are asked to prepare a 2-minute response to Question 1. Questions 2 and 3 will be asked as time allows, and we'll open it up to questions from the audience. Questions are as follows (they will also be supplied to the panelists in advance) 1. At what moment in this phase of your life did you figure out that this is your path? 2. Does your faith tradition support social justice, and if so, how? What injustice does your faith mandate you to address? 3. How has your faith supported you through difficult times, or has it? Will your group have a youth representative on this panel?

No

Yes

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If yes, what is your youth panelist's name?

Will your group have a speaker on one of the adult panels?

Yes

No

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If yes, please give your speaker's name, position in the group/congregation, and contact email.

As of Tuesday morning, January 21, both adult speaker panels are NOW FULL. If you wish to speak or to seat a speaker from your group on one of these panels, you will need to be on a WAITING LIST for that panel. If you wish to be on such a waiting list for either or both panels, please indicate that choice here.

3:00 p.m. WAITING LIST: What is the purpose of your personal creation/the meaning of your life? What is your destination after this life, and, within the context of your faith, how do you prepare for that during this earthly life? Do you acknowledge a transitional time between death and the final destination?

4:15 p.m. WAITING LIST Does your faith value diversity of belief within your tradition? Why or why not? Does your faith value diversity of belief in the wider population? Is your response to other faith traditions one of “live and let live” or does your faith call you to convert others to your tradition?

Our speaker is willing to be on a WAITING LIST for both panels, and take the first available.

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Please select your speaker's SECOND CHOICE of panel time and topic

3:00 p.m. WAITING LIST What is the purpose of your personal creation/the meaning of your life? What is your destination after this life, and, within the context of your faith, how do you prepare for that during this earthly life? Do you acknowledge a transitional time between death and the final destination?

4:15 p.m. WAITING LIST Does your faith value diversity of belief within your tradition? Why or why not? Does your faith value diversity of belief in the wider population? Is your response to other faith traditions one of “live and let live” or does your faith call you to convert others to your tradition?

Our speaker is willing to be on a WAITING LIST for both panels, and take the first available.

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Are you or someone from your group available to help set up tables at the HIghland Center on Saturday, January 25, between 12 and 1 p..m.

Yes

No

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To accommodate weekend worship schedules of all our groups, we offer two opportunities for you to set up your group's table(s). Please let us know when you'll be setting up.

Saturday, January 25, between 1 and 4 p.m.

Sunday, January 26 between 8:30 and 12:30 p.m. (Please have your table completely set up by 12:45 p.m.)

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Please read the following World Religion Day Participant Agreements and check the boxes to indicate that you have read, understood, and agreed to each one. *

To keep the energy and spirit of the day alive for the event's entirety, I agree to leave our table up and fully decorated until 5 p.m.

I have read, understood, and agreed to the MIssion Statement of World Religion Day Shreveport-Bossier: The participating faiths of World Religion Day Shreveport-Bossier seek to foster greater peace, harmony, and understanding through education and celebration, sharing beliefs and practices in an atmosphere of mutual respect, without intent to proselytize and convert. ,

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