Today, the eighth graders of the Evangelical Lutheran School of Beit Sahour, in a trip facilitated by the EEC and accompanied by an EEC educator, traveled to Sarras Farm to learn about Palestinian agriculture. In Palestine, farming is always plagued with resistance from surrounding settlers and land disputes. The Sarras farm is no different. Students … [Read more…]
Go team go! Today, our four ELCJHL schools competed in a friendly soccer competition. Teachers, principals, and students from all schools traveled to Beit Sahour to cheer on their team, and spend time as a community. Some great soccer was played! We are very proud of our players from all the schools.
It’s bird week at the Environmental Education Center! This week, students from 9 different schools, as well as several community members and government officials, are flocking to the EEC to celebrate and learn about the birds of Palestine. Today, Bishop Ibrahim Azar visited to partake in the festivities. He offered an important piece of wisdom … [Read more…]
Bishop Azar, accompanied by Reverend Gabi Aelabouni, Reverend Doctor Meghan Aelabouni, and Reverend Carrie Ballenger, met with the apostolic nuncio to the Holy Land and Cypress today. Archbishop Adolfo Tito Camacho Yllana is new to his position in the Holy Land. We warmly welcome archbishop Yllana, and look forward to hosting him at the Church … [Read more…]
On the eighth of October, 2021, Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar, along with religious leaders from various local church institutions, accompanied church member and ELCJHL school principal Anton Nassar to his family land. This land is currently undergoing extreme conflict both from the occupying Israeli government and the family’s neighbors. For many years, the Nassar family … [Read more…]
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. Psalm 57:1-2 Dear partners in ministry, It is with a heavy heart that I write to you to share the news … [Read more…]
Voices of the Living Stones: Stories from the ELCJHL Before dawn on the morning of Wednesday, July 1, soldiers of the Israeli Occupation entered the Fadaiel home in the al-Tirah neighborhood of Ramallah. Mais Fadaiel, a rising 8th grade student at the Lutheran School of Hope in Ramallah, was at home with her mother, Haneen … [Read more…]
A Statement from the Partners of the ELCJHL “They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, ‘Peace, Peace,” when there is no peace.” – Jeremiah 6:14 The international partners of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) at their virtual meeting on June 30, 2020, expressed their great concern … [Read more…]
Meet the ELCJHL’s Newest Pastor! On Sunday, June 28, Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar ordained Rodny Samir Rafiq Said as a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. The service of ordination was held at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Church of the … [Read more…]