As our world gets closer together, it becomes important to increase our understanding of the different cultures and religions that exist amongst us. We are more similar than we are different, and it is through organizations such as McMurry\u2019s Better Together Alliance (BTA) that help us to see that truth in the flesh. The Better Together Alliance is an interfaith organization working in connection with Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) to promote cooperation amongst people with both diverse religious and non-religious beliefs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In order to celebrate the interfaith movement, IFYC designates\na certain week of the year as a \u201cBetter Together Week\u201d where university\ninterfaith groups across the nation promote themselves and host events centered\naround interfaith. McMurry\u2019s Better Together Alliance was one such group and\nhad three events during the week of February 17th<\/sup>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Monday, February 17th<\/sup>, members of the Better Together Alliance\nparticipated in an interfaith chapel followed by tea and cookies. The service\nincluded various histories and lessons about some of the world\u2019s religions\npresented by members of BTA. It served as a quick educational experience for\nthose who may know little, or even nothing about certain religions or spiritual\nbeliefs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A service project on Wednesday, February 19th<\/sup>, saw\nmembers of BTA help out McMurry\u2019s hardworking housekeeping staff by cleaning up\nKimbrell Arena in the Hunt Physical Education Center. One of the important\ntools of interfaith is that service and cooperation can bring people closer\ntogether. So, what better way to do so\nthan by assisting the underappreciated workers in our community?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finally, on Friday February 21st<\/sup> a combination of\nfifteen students and faculty of McMurry embarked on a trip to Baylor University\nin Waco, Texas for the IFYC 2020 Interfaith Regional Gathering. The conference\nwould go late into Friday night before eventually concluding Saturday\nafternoon. The Regional Gathering had students of different religious and\nspiritual beliefs from campuses all over Texas. Special speakers were brought\non to talk to the masses, and unique events concerning interfaith were present\nto engage with even the most seasoned interfaith leaders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n William Watson, a member of Better Together Alliance and an\nattendee on the Waco trip, stated, \u201cIt was fun bonding with my fellow students,\nand it was nice to join other schools and to be able to discuss the importance\nof the mission of the Better Together Alliance. The special guest speaker,\nCharles Watson, was amazing, and I have a lot of respect for what he and his\norganization is trying to accomplish, and I would like to intern there next\nsummer. The separation of church and government is something that I find very\nimportant, and I am glad that his organization is also advocating for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This has been McMurry\u2019s third time attending the IFYC\nInterfaith Regional Gathering which demonstrates McMurry\u2019s eagerness to seek\npeace and love among the cultures of the world, even when it seems like there\nis only bitterness and hate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n McMurry has been doing interfaith work for many years now,\nand as each generation of students become more inspired and motivated, the\nfuture for McMurry\u2019s interfaith movement only gets brighter. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As our world gets closer together, it becomes important to increase our understanding of the different cultures and religions that exist amongst us. We are more similar than we are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","clearfix"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/people-holding-hands-blue-sky-small-version2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":580,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions\/580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.mcm.edu\/herald\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}