'Walk With Us', Michael Haddad

On Friday 15th of February, Mr. Michael Haddad was invited by 'Helping Hand' Society in our church to speak about his experience as a person who faced disability with faith and hope.

Mr. Haddad is a founder of 'Walk With Us' organization that try to create awareness to 250 thousands disabled people in Lebanon. It helps as well to reintegrate those people to be active in their society, reclaiming their rights and improving their abilities.

Sunday School Activity

On December 22, the Sunday school children came for 3 hours where they made, with the help of teachers and the youth, Christmas crafts, played games, made Christmas snacks then invited the parents after the Church Service to come and join them in singing Christmas hymns and attend the nativity scene that they performed. Santa Claus came along and distributed gifts to the children. Then parents and children were invited to some delicious snacks and refreshments.

Churches Celebrated the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

In an ecumenical atmosphere, the three different churches (Catholic, Orthodox and Protestants) represented by their leaders, participated in the closing service of the Week of Prayer on Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 at the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias.

It has been a tradition to have the Week of Prayer between 18-25 of January from every year. The theme for this year was "What does God require of us," taken from the book of the prophet Micah (cf. Mi 6, 6-8).

The speakers invited all to pray unceasingly asking God for the great gift of unity among all the disciples of the Lord. And the choir chanted wonderfully from all church traditions of the East.

May the inexhaustible power of the Holy Spirit encourage us all toward a sincere commitment in our search for unity, so that we might all together praise God and Christ, our Lord.

(The icon of the brochure cover is from the Armenian Church representing epiphany and nativity.)