ELCJHL News Index 2007

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2007 News Index

December

• 2007 Advent Calendar
• ELCJHL Celebrates Christmas

November

• Prayer for Peace from Churches for Middle East Peace on Eve of Annapolis
• ELCJHL Bishop Younan Writes Open Letter to Annapolis Leaders
• ELCJHL Bishop Younan Speaks for Justice and Peace at the Carter Center
• Top Muslim, Christian and Jewish Religious Leaders Call for Justice and Peace

October

• Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Hosts Annual Ecumenical Reformation Service
• Christian and Muslim Leaders Break the Ramadan Fast Together in Jerusalem

September

• Pastor Mark and Marcia Holman Installed at Redeemer's English-Speaking Congregation
• Ten Redeemer Students Confirmed at Lutheran Church of the Ascension on the Mt. of Olives
• Sweden's Social Democratic Leader Mrs. Mona Sahlin Visits Holy Land, ELCJHL
• God's Reign and People's Rule
• Back to School at the ELCJHL

August

• Bishop Younan Greets ELCA Assembly

July

• ELCJHL Explores "Christians in a Changing World"
• Love Thy Neighbor Brings Peace Camp to Ramallah School of Hope

June

• Congratulations to Anna Liza Younan and Nazeeh Khoury on their Wedding
• Southeast Michigan Youth and Adults Visit ELCJHL
• "The Amman Call" for Peace, Justice and an End to Occupation
• Video Clips of Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia WCC General Secretary
  • Short Address to Jerusalem Reception on New Forum
  • What will it take to bring peace and justice here?
• Bishop Younan Urges Non-Violence and Unity at Gathering of Civil Society Leaders
• Bishop Younan's Statement on Recent Events
• Statement by Heads of Local Churches: Stop the Violence and Work Together for Justice/Peace
• Statement by NGOs working in the Occupied Palestinian Territories on 40 Years of Occupation
• Statement by Sabeel on 40 Years of Occupation
• Amnesty International Report: Enduring Occupation "Destroying Palestinian Hope"; Urges International Intervention

May

• Statement by Heads of Local Churches in Jerusalem about 40 Years of Occupation Pt. 1    Pt. 2
• May issue of ELCA Online Lutheran Journal of Ethics on Christian Zionism: Article by Bishop Younan
• World Bank Report Confirms Israel Blocking Palestinian Economy
• CMEP Thanks Minnesota Congresswoman Betty McCollum for letter denouncing John Hagee's Nights to Honor Israel As Based in "Extremism and Bigotry"

April

• Opening Windows within Walls: Teaching Peace in the ELCJHL
• New Anglican Bishop Installed in Jerusalem
• Dar al Kalima College Groundbreaking
• DEKD Council and ELCJHL Sign Historic Agreement
• Christian Leaders Visit Greek, Latin and Armenian Patriarchs for Easter (Click here for photos)
• Holy Week in the Holy Land

March

• LWF Council Calls for Ecumenical Action to End the Occupation of Palestinian Land
• ELCJHL Mourns the Loss of Bishop Emeritus Daoud Haddad
• Hundreds of Palestinian and Israeli Women Protest for International Women's Day at Qalandia Checkpoint
• King Abdullah Backs Arab Peace Plan in US Text of his speech - Click here)
• Visiting German Bishops Denounce Conditions in Palestinian Territories

February

• National Unity Conference Rejects Violence, Urges Democratic, Civil Society
• Local Heads of Churches Visit Haram al Sharif to Dialogue with Muslim Clerics
• Bishop and Delegation Visit ELCJHL from Strangnas Diocese in Sweden
• ELCJHL Women Gather for Jericho Retreat
• Construction at Al Aqsa Mosque Brings Closure, Protests and Police

January

• Jerusalem Churches Celebrate Week of Christian Unity
• Bishop Younan Travels to the US
• Local Heads of Churches Issue Statement