CRES Multifaith Resources - Community Resources for Exploring Spirituality - Center for Religious Experience and Study

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OUR WORK

OUR TEAM

BOARDS OF DIRECTORS and ADVISORS, 2008-9

Board of Directors: Board Chair Joe Archias; President Vern Barnet; Secretary Jim Houx; Allan Abrams, Rick Childs, Anton Jacobs, Mahnaz Shabbir, John Shelton, the Hon Robert T Stephan

Board of Advisors: The Hon David Adkins, Anne Canfield, Mary Cohen, Suzanne Dotson, Jane Heide, Larry Guillot, Fred Krebs, David Stallings, Kristy Stallings, Donna Ziegenhorn

Board Chairs: Reorganizing Chair: David Stallings -- Past Chair Larry Guillot -- Current Chair:
L Joseph Archias

VOLUNTEER STAFF
     Minister Emeritus -- Vern Barnet
     Associate Minister -- David E Nelson
     Chief Learning Officer -- Maggie Finefrock
     Amity Shaman -- Ed Chasteen
     Community Chaplain -- Josef Walker

DOCUMENTS
    Bylaws
    Agreement between CRES and the Reverend Vern Barnet, DMn
    Minutes and Forthcoming Agenda

AWARDS
    Beginning in 1999, CRES has presented awards to community leaders
    at the annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Sunday Family Ritual Meal.
    For the text of the program description, write us.
    Below is the text engraved on the acrylic award.
      1999 -- 2000 --   2001 --    2002   -- 2003 --   2004 --   2005 --   2006   --   2007

1999 INTERFAITH COUNCIL MEMBERS
HINDU ANAND BHATTACHARYYA and MUSLIM A RUF MIR

CRES gives thanks for
Anand Bhattacharyya and
A Rauf Mir, MD,
for their continuous years of service
since the founding of the Interfaith Council in 1989.

2000 KANSAS CITY MAYOR KAY BARNES

CRES gives thanks for Kay Barnes
for her work as citizen and mayor
furthering interfaith service
and the participation of people of all faiths
in the life of the community.

2001 KANSAS CITY STAR PUBLISHER ART BRISBANE and COLUMNIST BILL TAMMEUS

CRES gives thanks for Arthur S. Brisbane
and The Kansas City Star
for work over many years
in recognizing the diversity of the community
and the importance of our many faiths
in telling the story of Kansas City.

CRES gives thanks for Bill Tammeus
for work over many years
in recognizing the importance of religion
and by writing about matters of faith
with knowledge and passion.

2002 KANSAS CITY MAYOR PRO TEM AL BROOKS

CRES gives thanks for Alvin L Brooks
for his work as citizen
and his career of public service
locally and internationally
celebrating religious pluralism
and the dignity of the human spirit
in compassion, justice, and leadership.

2003 US CONGRESSMAN DENNIS MOORE

CRES gives thanks for
Congressman Dennis Moore's leadership
in the community and the US Congress
honoring the many paths of faith
and the American tradition of religious freedom.

2004 DIRECTORS/CEOs of THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART
LAURENCE SICKMAN (posthumously) and MARC WILSON

CRES gives thanks for
Laurence Sickman
and Marc Wilson
for advancing a treasury of art
through which
the world’s great spiritual traditions
may be explored.

2005 FORMER KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL BOB STEPHAN and
FORMER CHANCELLOR OF THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF KANSAS CITY-ST JOSEPH
GEORGE NOONAN

CRES gives thanks for Robert T Stephan
who in public and private life
has provided leadership and inspiration
celebrating religious liberty
with personal integrity.

CRES gives thanks for George M Noonan
for leading his own community
into full participation in the joyful spirit
of interfaith friendship.

2006 VISIONARIES GORDON AND NANCY BEAHAM and
COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER GAYLE KRIGEL

CRES gives thanks for
Gordon and Nancy Beaham
for life-long community service,
vision and care for the future,
and blessing the venture
of interfaith understanding.

CRES gives thanks for
Gayle Krigel
whose interfaith vision and leadership
has enriched the community
and generated friendships across the globe.

2007 MUSLIM LEADER MAHNAZ SHABBIR and INTERFAITH LEADER DAVID NELSON

CRES gives thanks for Mahnaz Shabbir
whose faithfulness to her own tradition
and whose work with others
is blessing us and the nation.

CRES gives thanks for David E Nelson
for pioneering interfaith work in Kansas City
and enriching us with the vision and power
of mutual appreciation