Interfaith Community Gives Thanks
Barrington's annual Interfaith Service of Thanksgiving drew hundreds to Temple Habonim Monday evening.
Hundreds of worshipers from all of Barrington’s faith communities gathered at Temple Habonim Monday night, Nov. 19, for the annual Interfaith Service of Thanksgiving. They heard plenty of music, prayed together and sang together. And they were asked to remember at Thanksgiving all those people who are the most vulnerable – the poor, the elderly, the disabled and the homeless. Maxine Richman of Temple Habonim, the co-chair of the Rhode Island Interfaith Coalition to Reduce Poverty, took a few minutes between songs and prayers and readings to raise awareness of the impact of poverty in Rhode Island -- even in Barrington, one of Rhode Island’s most affluent communities. “One in five children in Rhode Island live in poverty,” Richman said. “…
