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Religious leaders see the glorious workings of God
Different faiths gather to give thanks for life's blessings
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Buddhist Dan Phillips, director of Atlanta Shambhala Center, speaks Monday afternoon on the subject of nature during the program “For This We Give Thanks” at Lanier Village Estates. The program featured different people from different faiths — Hindu, Jewish, Presbyterian, Catholic, Buddhist, Mormon, Methodist and Islamic — speaking about family, forgiveness, prayer, the Golden Rule and other topics.
Seeing the way God works through the different communities of faith ranging from Hindu and Buddhist to Catholic and Christianity leaves the Rev. Shon Peppers with a feeling of gratitude for the almighty. “Look at the way God is at work,” the Gainesville Presbyterian Church pastor said to a roomful of people at Lanier Village Estates earlier this week. “The way he is using different communities of faith, the different gifts that we have and bringing them together and everything that’s being done for God’s glory, that’s very humbling.”