Sunday, May 10, 2009

WISDOM Annual Dinner and Installation Ceremony, May 2009






Dear WISDOM Subscribers:

On Thursday evening, May 7, 2009 the WISDOM Board of Directors held their Second Annual Dinner and Installation Ceremony at the Peking House in Royal Oak. What a wonderful evening!! The food was outstanding, and the warmth and friendship in the room was priceless.

Gail Katz, WISDOM President, welcomed everyone, and the Rev. Sharon Buttry gave a blessing over the meal. Following a dinner of vegetarian choices, Chinese chicken and peapods and beef, Professor Charles Mabee, Director of the Religious Studies Program at Oakland University and the MDIV Program at the Ecumenical Theological Seminary, gave a presentation entitled "Inter-Religious Dialogue in Metro-Detroit."

Following his presentation the following board members were installed with a beautiful candle ceremony:

Executive Board

Gail Katz (Co-Founder) - President
Shahina Begg (Co-Founder) - Vice President
Patricia Harris (Co-Founder) - Vice President
Paula Drewek - Secretary
Bhavna Mehta - Treasurer

General Board

Sharon Buttry
Ellen Ehrlich
Fran Hildebrandt
Claudine Kafi
Padma Kuppa
Rehana Qureshi
Gigi Salka
Sheri Schiff
Elaine Schonberger
Betty Sheehan
Supreet Singh
Noelle Sutherland
Anjali Vale

Advisory Board

Beth Applebaum
Marsha Foster Boyd
Brenda Rosenberg
Freda Sampson
Judy Satterthwaite

Gail Katz then gave a review of WISDOM's accomplishments since the first annual dinner in May of 2008 and the evening closed with a beautiful interfaith prayer delivered by the WISDOM Program Committee Chair Judy Satterthwaite.

Thanks to all of the WISDOM Board members who have given of their time, their energy, their creativity and their financial resources to help make WISDOM the lively vital organization that we have become!!

Here's to a productive 2009-2010 year.

Enjoy the photos of the evening below.

Peace, Gail






























































































































































































































































































































































































































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