The third annual Mid-Missouri Festival of Faiths will focus on the connections between religion in schools. “Religion in Public Schools” will bring together people from various religious traditions and spur discussions on the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, said Robert Pinhero, an education and training consultant. Presented by the Capital Area Interfaith Alliance, the event will be from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. April 4 at First Christian Church, 327 E. Capitol Ave. in Jefferson City. To register for the event, go to facebook.com/blessingindiversity and click on the link in the organization’s Facebook page by March 20. There is a $15 charge to cover the costs of food and refreshments. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. April 4. The formal program will begin at 9 a.m. Lunch will be served. Tony Simones, director of citizenship education for the Missouri Bar Association, will give the keynote “presentation.” Organizers are calling it a presentation because it is to begin a conversation about how issues may be resolved. “One of the things I have come to understand from 25 years of teaching in the university classroom is that people learn best, not when they are lectured at, but rather, when they are challenged to think […]
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