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September 24, 2004 Christians in the Holy LandA reception for Janet Lahr Lewis One of our United Methodist missionaries assigned to the Middle East is scheduled to speak in Forth Wayne in October on the plight of Palestinian Christians. Janet Lahr Lewis works at the Sabeel Ecumenical Palestinian Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. Her assignment is through the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries. The Sabeel Center runs interfaith programs for Arab Palestinian Christians and Muslims -- clergy, lay, women and children. The center also is one of the most prolific theological interpreters of the plight of Palestinian Christians for the West. Sabeel's director, Father Naim Ateek, an Anglican priest, writes continually about the issues concerning Palestinian Christians from a liberation theology perspective. His best known book is Justice and Only Justice. According to Lewis, Ateek and others, the Christian communities in the Holy Land are oppressed and beleaguered. They are facing critical times, including their possible extinction within our lifetimes. Join us to hear the story of one organization who is speaking out for human rights, for justice, and for non-violent solutions to the complex problems facing our sisters and brothers in the Christian Holy Land. At the reception on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 2, Lewis will speak briefly about the Apartheid Wall's effect upon Christians in the Holy Land and their general state, and answer questions. Lewis also is scheduled to speak to Dr. Spath's Adult class at Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ on Sunday morning, Oct. 3, at 9:30 a.m. She will speak specifically about the work of The Sabeel Center which is supported by a number of Christian churches in the United States, including our General Board of Global Ministries, the United Church of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). For more information about this event, contact Terry Dougherty at 260-481-6903 or by e-mail at doughert@ipfw.edu. For more information about Lewis, log on to http://gbgm-umc.org/who_we_are/mp/bionewmw.cfm?id=679&CFID=1382688&CFTOKEN=38167457 If you know someone who has yet to sign up for e-HUM, they simply need to send a blank e-mail from their preferred e-mail account to add@inareaumc.org. e-HUM Alert copyright 2004 by Indiana Area United Methodist Communications. |
