Thanksgiving 2026: Community Dinners & Interfaith Services

As the season of gratitude arrives, Peace Islands Institute invites neighbors of every faith and background to give thanks together. This November we are hosting Early Thanksgiving community dinners and joining our partner congregations for interfaith Thanksgiving services across New Jersey.

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Early Thanksgiving Dinners

Join us at the table for an evening of gratitude, friendship and a shared harvest meal. Please RSVP so we can plan for you.

Interfaith Thanksgiving Services

We are honored to join our partner congregations across New Jersey to give thanks together.

• Wednesday, November 18 · 6:30 PM – First Congregational Church of Montclair, 40 S Fullerton Ave, Montclair
• Thursday, November 19 · 7:00 PM – Temple Ner Tamid, 936 Broad St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 – co-sponsored by Peace Islands Institute, Temple Ner Tamid and Glen Ridge Congregational Church. Register here →
• Sunday, November 22 · 2:00 PM – Wyckoff Reformed Church Thanksgiving Service, 580 Wyckoff Ave, Wyckoff
• Sunday, November 22 · 3:00 PM – Verona Interfaith Clergy Service at B’nai Shalom, 300 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange
• Sunday, November 22 · 5:00 PM – Church of Haworth (UCC), Haworth
• Sunday, November 22 · 7:00 PM – Upper Pascack Valley Interfaith Service, location to be announced
• Monday, November 23 · 7:00 PM – First Presbyterian Church of Rockaway, 35 Church St, Rockaway
• Tuesday, November 24 · 7:00 PM – Chatham Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, 85 Washington Ave, Chatham
• Tuesday, November 24 · 7:00 PM – St. Catherine of Bologna Church, 112 Erskine Rd, Ringwood
• Tuesday, November 24 · 7:00 PM – Wayne Thanksgiving Service at Temple Beth Tikvah, 950 Preakness Ave, Wayne
• Tuesday, November 24 · 7:00 PM – West Essex Ministerial Service at St. Aloysius, Caldwell

More services are planned in Montville, Ridgefield and Pompton Lakes. We will add the details here as soon as they are confirmed.

Questions?

Email infonj@peaceislands.org or call (201) 426-0689. We look forward to giving thanks with you!