Celebrating the Environment; Responding to Climate Change Bethlehem – The Environmental Education Center (EEC) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) launched its Tenth Annual Palestinian Awareness and Education Conference Green Life Practices, Models, and Climate Change and Jerusalem–Capital of Arab Environment 2019 with the blessings of ELCJHL Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar. The … [Read more…]
Austauschschüler gewesen – lebenslang Vorteile von Fadi Elyateem Austauschschüler gewesen – lebenslang Vorteile Ein ganzes Schuljahr verbrachte ich als Austauschschüler in Deutschland, um genauer zu sein: in Xanten. Dort besuchte ich das Gymnasium und wohnte bei zwei extrem verschiedenen Gastfamilien. Eine tolle Erfahrung war das, wodurch ich viel über Deutschland, andere Länder, sowohl die englische … [Read more…]
Exchange Students Have Lifelong Benefits Written by Fadi Elyateem The exchange year in Germany changed my life. Because of the year, I can speak German fluently, I know the German culture better and now I will always find help in Germany. The more people you know, the easier and more beautiful your life. In my … [Read more…]
By Simon Awad, Director of The Environmental Education Center His Grace Bishop Azar launched the Fourteenth National Bird Week with a speech beautifully articulating how important the EEC’s work is, in addition to calling upon everyone to engage in care for creation. The EEC-ELCJHL was honored to be in the Bishop of the ELCJHL’s company … [Read more…]
Rodny Said Returns Home After Seminary in Canada A lifetime member of The Evangelical Lutheran church in Jordan and the Holy Land, Rodny Said tells about his internship to serve the church at home in Palestine and his feelings of excitement and uncertainty returning from theological studies at Martin Luther University College/Wilfrid Laurier University in … [Read more…]
The Women´s Desk Learns About The Status of Palestinian Women´s Rights Jerusalem – On the heels of The Status of Palestinian Women’s Rights and the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) workshop when more than 50 women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the … [Read more…]
The Acceptance Speech
ELCJHL Congregations Begin 2019-20 Tours Jerusalem – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) congregations visited Nablus, the first trip of the second year in a three-year series of religious holy site visits, on Friday 13 September 2019. Made possible with financial assistance from The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway (CoN), … [Read more…]
Jerusalem – In a farewell service on Wednesday 4 September 2019, Rev Wolfgang Schmidt and his wife Anette Pflanz Schmidt said good bye to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem. Rev Schmidt was propst of The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and serving the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (EKD) for 7 … [Read more…]
Ramallah – To further advance the development of gender equality in Palestine, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) invited Palestinian officials, partners, church members, Muslim judges, and international supporters to a Gender Justice For Palestine Conference. Gender Justice For Palestine is a committee of men and women dedicated to the … [Read more…]