Interfaith Evening marking the Interfaith Week
We have marked national Interfaith Week from 10 – 17th November with the aim of increasing awareness of different faith communities, strengthening interfaith relations, promoting understanding between people of different faiths and beliefs and celebrating the contributions of people from all faiths and none in society.
TCfR have worked closely with Hilal Ozdemir, volunteer from the Dialogue Society to plan this interfaith evening where she prepared Noah’s pudding, the oldest pudding in the world. (See recipe below).
The following guests participated Sewak Singh Nijjar - Sikh, Rachel Philip - Chair of Lincolnshire Jewish Association, Casmir Maazure - LDS, Mark Lilley - Quaker, Sanjay Nimavet - Chair of Lincoln Balagokulam and Chair of Lincolnshire Faith Council, Selim Korfez and Betul Caglar from the Dialogue society.
The messages that echoed throughout the evening were oneness, one family, peace, silence, listening, harmony and working together.
Two young speakers, Selim Korfez and Betul Caglar, spoke about the Dialogue Society and it is registered as a charity and was established in London in 1999. For more info https://www.dialoguesociety.org.
Lincoln and Lincolnshire faith communities are united, and our Lincolnshire Faith Council is a living testament and strengthening and working together is at the core of the organisation. We have been working on the interfaith peace kitchen and we have secured funding to launch the kitchen in early 2025.
Faith communities are working together to address the cost of living crisis and support the Lincoln Hygiene Bank. Currently Jewish and Hindu communities with LFC together are working on the winter appeal raising donations for the Lincoln Hygiene bank through their Mitzvah and Sewa Day. You are welcome to join on Sunday 24th 12 – 2pm at Central Methodist Church to help sort the donations raised.
Noah’s Pudding
ingredients
3 cups uncooked while grain wheat
1 1/2 cups canned chickpeas,
rinsed and drained1 1/2 cups canned navy beans,
rinsed and drained1/4 cup uncooked rice
8 half dried apricots,
cut into chunks8 dried figs, cut into chunks
3 cups sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
2 tablespoons orange zest,from 1 orange
Pomegranate
Method
01. The night before, put the wheat in a large pot and cover it with plenty of water
02. Bring it to boil it, cover and reduce the heat. Allow it to boil gently for about 10 minutes
03. Turn off the heat and leave the grain to cook and soak overnight
04. The next morning, the grain should have absorbed most, if not all the liquid. Gather the rest of the ingredients
05. Add the chickpeas, beans, rice, sugar and the others.
06. Add more water to just cover the ingredients if needed. Bring the mixture to a boil.
07. Stir the mixture gently with a wooden spoon as it cooks until it thickens.
08. Remove it from the heat and fill dessert bowls.
09. Once it cools down and sets, cover and refrigerate it for several hours
Enjoy.
