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MEDIA ADVISORY, May 28 /Standard Newswire/ -- Bethlehem participants in a global week of church advocacy are inviting individuals and groups around the world to send them wishes and prayers for peace. Incoming emails will be shared with parishes, schools and organizations in Bethlehem and Jerusalem as part of the action week, which is led by the World Council of Churches.
The messages will remind Palestinians cut off from each other and from the outside world that they are not forgotten, the Bethlehem groups say. The address to use is aei@p-ol.com. Prayers and wishes that reach Bethlehem will be posted on www.aeicenter.org.
Some of the emails will be read aloud in Bethlehem's Manger Square on Sunday, 8 June 2008. That evening, people of Bethlehem will form a "living clock" to commemorate six decades of living as refugees and uprooted people since 1948, and 41 years of occupation. 8 June is also the day parishes on five continents will be using a special prayer from Jerusalem church leaders written for the action week (see below).
The 4-10 June International Church Action for Peace in Palestine and Israel has participants in 17 countries this year and reaches out to ecumenical contacts in many more. Events will take place from Canberra to Edinburgh, Manila to Oslo. These include meetings with government officials, vigils, public demonstrations, cultural events and media appearances. Pax Christi International has helped plan the week and World Vision International is one of the participants.
The prayer and a liturgy from the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem,
plus the week's It's Time for Palestine message, are available at:
http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=5647
Messages should be sent to aei@p-ol.com before 7 June.
English is the preferred language, however, other languages are welcome.
International Church Action for Peace in Palestine and Israel:
http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=3627
Arab Educational Institute:
http://www.aeicenter.org
WCC member churches in Israel/Palestine:
http://www.oikoumene.org/?id=4746
Additional information: Juan Michel,+41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org
The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, from the Methodist Church in Kenya. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.
