Owen Brown Interfaith Center

I go for Friday prayers. I like it because there is new imam on every Friday and mostly very good speakers.

I see so many very positive reviews and that is why our organization chose this space to host a small graduation. We booked our space 6 months in advance only to be told 3 weeks or so before our event that our reservation would not be honored because the owners of the building wanted to use the entire space for a program on the same day. I was dumfounded and had never heard of such a thing, especially as such a late date. I'm sure others have had positive experiences but this has been awful. We have people coming from out of town for a graduation and are still scrambling to find an affordable space. I'd give zero starts if I could for this type of unprofessionalism.

Beware of the POKEWEED Berries outside of this place. It is to the right of the front Entrance.
I reported it to the maintenance guy and he never removed them.
Poisonous to Humans and Animals.
Research for yourself.
Some kids think it is a blueberry bush and it is NOT.
It is also around the play area and walkway at Lake Elkhorn.
Please teach your Staff about Pokeweed and other poisonous bushes so kids do NOT go near them.
Keep your Kids and Family SAFE 🙏
EVERY LIFE MATTERS 🙏.....

I come here for Jummah usually at least once a month. I love that this building is shared with people of other faiths. Feels safe here and the community is wonderful. Although parking can get crazy this is my favorite place to pray at.

This is an amazing space and is very welcoming to people from all faiths and walks of life. The facility is always clean. Upstairs, there are 3 multipurpose rooms of varying sizes. There's a kitchen and there are restrooms. Downstairs is the daycare center and maybe more, I haven't really used that space. All kinds of events are held here. There all different religious services, weddings, crafting, and even movie nights. So even if you are not religious or spiritual, it is a really nice space to rent for other events.

They have good halls for events but i had an incendent the day of my baby shower. We were rushed out of the hall by a lady named Viola. She turned the light off on I and my guests, so embarrassing. It didn't end there. While we were outside of the hall in the lobby area taking pictures, the bag of money that was kept on the green chair mistakenly dropped on the floor, how I knew this was we went back there to watch the surveillance and we saw how everything happened. The lady by name Viola, picked up the bag of money from the floor, we saw her go into a room which she said was the custodian room and she calmed that she went in there to check who had the money. Clearly we were the last people to leave that hall and the building, before we came in there for our event. I believe she already did her rounds to make sure nobody left anything behind. So for her to tell me that she went into the custodian room with a bag of money to check who the money belonged to didn't go well with me. She still had that money bag in her hand while she walked everywhere in the building as we saw on the surveillance. Finally she went to the reception desk, where she calmed she combined a bag of money that was already combined. (This bag of money in question is a white bag that has envelopes containing money, gift cards and some cash that were not in an envelope that was given for my baby boy on the baby shower. The white bag was put in a brown bag and tired up so the bag was already combined). I am writing this comment because nobody even the management is doing anything about what happened. The surveillance showed the size of the bag of money when she picked it up but when she gave it back, the size wasn't the same. I asked why and she said I was being specific. Why wouldn't I ask a specific question to know what happened, why the bag was ripped and small.

It is really wonderful to have a place in Columbia where you can go to services no matter what religion you are. They conduct many services for different religions. Their website is helpful with navigating the calendar of events. A lot of the community comes here. It is also right across from Lake Elkhorn Park, so if you have kids that is a great place to go to burn off energy after. No judgement that I see coming here.

I had my wedding here in May. The staff were very accommodating. We used the patio for the ceremony and it was beautiful. They set everything up just like we asked. Very nice experience and so affordable. If you are having a small wedding, I would recommend. We used the patio as our dance floor since we couldn't fit 80 people and dancing in the one room with wooden floors. That's the only reason why I give it a 4 instead of a 5. If meeting hall A had the wooden floors, it would have worked out better. We also had to rent a room to get dressed in. Still it was very affordable. We ended up spending less than $1000 on a wedding venue. That's pretty great.