Feeling overwhelmed by events? This wonderful 15 minute guided meditation audio from the Spring Forest Qigong center in Minnesota can leave you feeling full of peace and optimism. Please share it with others. the MP3

thechurchfinder.com

findachurch.com

Washington Post religion section

DC area places of worship from DC Registry

Places of worship from DC Pages

Chinese Christian Churches

Hindu Temples

Area meditation groups; lots of Buddhist temples are included on this list, but you'll find other traditions, too.

Virginia Theological Seminary has a beautiful campus in Alexandria and a large library of religious texts.

Wesley Theological Seminary

Washington Post religion section

Open to the public for tours:

National Cathedral (Episcopal)

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic)

green news: Unity of Fairfax is putting in a green roof on their building.

Sojourners is a DC based group of Christians focused on justice and peace.

Congregations can arrange a showing of the movie The Great Warming narrated by Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves.

Environmental resources for congregations:

EPA's Energy Star Congregations Network offers a free 100 page guidebook, "Putting Energy into Stewardship".

Greater Washington DC Interfaith Power & Light can help you make your congregation's building more energy efficient. They offer members discounts on compact fluorescent lights, etc.

Stewardship Mini-Poster (PDF file)  from the EPA

A LEED Christmas: St. Gabriel's Passionist Parish

The National Council of Churches, The Coalition on the Environmental and Jewish Life, as well as Reverend William Sinkford, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association encourage others to join the virtual march at stopglobalwarming.org.

DATA is an organization dedicated to raising awareness about the crises swamping Africa: unpayable Debts, uncontrolled spread of AIDS, and unfair Trade rules which keep Africans poor. You can download material for congregations:

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Jewish

Muslim

"Exude peace and goodness; because that is the nature of the image of God within you  - your true nature."

Paramahansa Yogananda

National Cathedral

Online inspiration:

Beliefnet.com Inspiration

BuddhaNet Meditation Online

Free Online Inspiration from Ananda