German Protestant Kirchentag
Rev. Habib Badr will participate in German Protestant Church Congress (Kirchentag) in Stuttgart, Germany, between June 3 and 7, 2015. The Kirchentag is a lay movement. Nationality and religious allegiance are irrelevant. Even though the huge event bears the official name "Protestant". It is a platform for many deep discussions and critical debates upon current issues. More than 100,000 full time visitors will come, 30,000 active participants and 2,500 events within five days. It is a huge event and joyful festival that takes place every 2 years.
Theme for this year: "That we may apply our hearts upon wisdom"(Ps. 90:12)
(Photo from EMS)
Graduating Class 2015 at NPC
More than 30 students graduated yesterday, 23rd of May 2015 from the National Protestant Collage at Kfarchima. The guest speaker of this year was Abdel-Halim Caracalla, the founder and director of Caracalla Dance Theater.
Helping Hand Society Trip to North
Helping Hand Society in our church organized a trip to North Lebanon last Saturday, 23rd of May 2015. They visited the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Watchman - Deir El-Natour at Anfeh, Oyoun El-Samak at Akkar, and Arqa Paradise - Jannet Arqa where they had their Lunch. It was great trip with many beautiful natural scenes of Akkar.
FMEEC Statement on Armenian Genocide
The Fellowship of Middle East Evangelical Churches (FMEEC) issued recently on April 2015 a new statement on Armenian genocide for the occasion of commemorating hundred years of Armenian massacre by the Ottoman power.
FMEEC waned to stand in solidarity with its sister Armenian churches, and to speak out about that horrible time in history of this nation and to call for recognition by all countries, particularly Turkey.
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WCRC Call for Solidarity with Middle East Churches
The World Communion of Reformed Churches ended its executive committee meetings today, May 15th, 2015 at Dhour Shweir, Lebanon. They called for solidarity with the churches in the middle East, helping them to stand and live in peace in this time of conflicts and troubles.
At the end, they made a statement in which they wrote what they heard from the churches in the Middle East, and their commitments to act accordingly to sustain Christians and therefore Evangelicals in the region, and to tell more about the Christians here wherever they are.
(Photo from www.wcrc.ch)
