{"id":8166,"date":"2018-01-26T01:18:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T01:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/?p=8166"},"modified":"2025-04-09T18:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T18:00:32","slug":"interfaith-touchdown-the-super-bowl-host-committee-shoot-video-at-augsburg-university-to-help-end-homelessness-featuring-30-religious-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/26\/interfaith-touchdown-the-super-bowl-host-committee-shoot-video-at-augsburg-university-to-help-end-homelessness-featuring-30-religious-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Interfaith Touchdown: The Super Bowl Host Committee shoots video at Augsburg University to help end homelessness, featuring 30 religious leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8160\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-3.23.19-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8160 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-3.23.19-PM-300x201.png\" alt=\"Religious leaders\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-3.23.19-PM-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-3.23.19-PM-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-3.23.19-PM.png 776w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Elizabeth Flores, Star Tribune<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clergy leaders from around Minneapolis<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0gathered at the Augsburg University athletic field to film a football-themed video\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hosted by the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee. T<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he purpose is to raise funds and awareness to end homelessness through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, and to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">promote unity across faiths, races and politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith the world\u2019s gaze on Minneapolis because of the upcoming Super Bowl, it was important for leaders to take a strong stand\u201d said Pastor David Shinn<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former Vikings star was present to give orders to the team of interfaith clergy leaders.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cToday is a little different\u2026 One heart. One mind. One spirit,\u201d explained Greg Coleman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnd do a line of scrimmage with the Catholics and the Protestants and the Rabbis and Imams and the Hindus and the Unitarians all on the same team, pulling in the same direction, working on the same goal \u2013 all working to prevent homelessness. Something is happening in the interfaith community here that is pretty unique in our nation and it will be something our country and world needs \u2013 how we bridge these differences and our traditions. We had a common cause and football and the image of the field and diverse team really clicked with everybody all these traditions on the same team.\u201d said Tim Hart-Andersen of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Downtown Minneapolis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/sports\/nfl\/superbowl\/bold-hope-in-the-bold-north\/89-510641504\">Read the full article on the Kare 11 website<\/a>\u00a0Related articles:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/a-priest-a-rabbi-and-an-imam-step-onto-a-football-field-in-minneapolis\/469064123\/\">Star Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See photos from the video shoot on the Star Tribune website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clergy leaders from around Minneapolis\u00a0gathered at the Augsburg University athletic field to film a football-themed video\u00a0hosted by the Minnesota Super Bowl Host Committee. The purpose is to raise funds and awareness to end homelessness through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, and to\u00a0promote unity across faiths, races and politics. \u201cWith the world\u2019s gaze on Minneapolis because &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8166"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11786,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8166\/revisions\/11786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}