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2nd Lebanese Pipe Organ Week
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Prof. Bernhard Gfrerer, one of Austria's leading Organists, performed on our church pipe organ many wonderful musical pieces: Mozart, Bach, Wagner, Mendelssohn, Lefébure-Wély, Dubois and Gigout. This is the second consecutive year that Notre Dame University-Louaize and Terra Sancta Organ Festival organizing this Week of organ music in Lebanon. And they concluded the Week celebration at our church on Sunday, Feb.5, 2017. Rev. Habib Badr introduced the organist and welcomed the Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon, Gabriele Caccia; Ambassador of Austria, Marian Wrba; Head of the School of Music of Notre Dame University–Louaize, Fr. Khalil Rahme, and the superintendent of the Terra Sancta Organ Festival and Delegate for Music of the Custody of the Holy Land, Br. Riccardo.
Guests from Uniting Church in Australia
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Delegates from Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) visited our church on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. Stuart McMillan, the president of UCA, explained the aim of their visit to Lebanon. They wanted to show solidarity with Protestants in Lebanon and extend their relationship with other Christians in the Middle East. They also were interested to know more about people in this area of the world. They spoke about UCA and its ministries. Rev. Badr talked as well about our church, its history and mission.
The guests also had the chance to attend the closing Week of Prayer for Christian Unity service on Sunday, Jan. 22, at St. Louis in downtown of Beirut. Pastor McMillan introduced the UCA during the worship service stressing the love of Christ that unites us regardless of our race, nation, color and gender. The delegates met as well the church leaders (Patriarch John X, Patriarch Raee, Patriarch Aphrem II) and the President of the Republic, Michel Aoun, accompanied by the Australian Ambassador in Lebanon.
From left: Rev. Emmanuel Audisho, Rev, Krikor Youmshakian, Pastor Stuart McMillan, Rev. Habib Badr, Rev. Nabil Mamarbashi, Rev. Rob Floyd, Rev. Gabi Kobrossi.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2017
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As every year of this time between 18th and 25th of January churches of different denominations come together to pray for their unity. This year was a special one since it is the year of 500th anniversary of Reformation. The opening prayer was at the Evangelical Church in Rabieh, Beirut on Sunday 15th, 2017. The patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox church, Mor Ignatius Aphrem II attended the worship service with many bishops, pastors and faithful people.
Rev. Habib Badr preached from the Prodigal Son parable (Lk15:11-24) on the chosen theme of reconciliation. "We ALL went astray from the Father," said Rev. Badr, "we turned every one to his own way... but the Father, and out of His mercy, went out after them both: the younger son and the elder". Therefore, reconciliation is necessary to come back to ourselves and to the Father again.
