Emory Johns Creek To Open Interfaith Sanctuary

JOHNS CREEK, GA -- Next month, Emory Johns Creek Hospital will host a ceremony to celebrate the opening of its new interfaith sanctuary.

The event will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 4.

Hospital CEO Marilyn Margolis and Timothy Park, Ed.D., hospital’s Director of Spiritual Health, will provide opening remarks during the ceremony.

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Local faith leaders from Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and Christianity will participate in blessing the new interfaith sanctuary. They include: Judith Beiner, a Rabbi and community chaplain with Jewish Family and Career Services of Atlanta; Noor Abbady, a certified speaker with the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta; Geshe Ngawang Phende, a Tibetan Buddhist monk and a resident teacher at Drepung Loseling Monastery in Atlanta; and Father Tri John-Bosco Nguyen, a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of Atlanta and assistant pastor at St. Brigid Catholic Church in Johns Creek.

The event will also include plaque unveilings and a ribbon cutting ceremony. Spiritual leaders and guests are invited to attend a panel discussion called “Sacred Space: Spirituality, Healing and Sanctuary” in the hospital’s education center on the lower level following the sanctuary opening. That discussion will start at 11 a.m.

Emory Johns Creek is located at 6325 Hospital Parkway. For more information, visit the hospital's website.

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Photo: Artist’s rendering of interfaith sanctuary. Credit: Emory Johns Creek Hospital