BEIT JALA – The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala celebrated Palm Sunday with palms and flowers before joining the local Catholic Church for a procession through Beit Jala. After the service, the congregation gathered outside the sanctuary to process through Beit Jala, meeting the Catholic procession halfway through the city. … [Read more…]
BEIT JALA – The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala held their annual Christmas bazaar from December 4th-6th, 2014.
BEIT JALA – The ladies from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala are getting together to make pastries and baked goods to sell at their annual Christmas bazaar. On Monday, November 24th, a handful of women got together to make kubbeh, ground meat and onions inside a bulghur wheat pastry. To … [Read more…]
BEIT JALA – On October 21st, 2014, the work of installing the new bells received by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation began. Three of the four bells to be installed are new, with one bell being an original bell, dedicated in 1902. The dedication of the new bells will take place on November … [Read more…]
BEIT JALA – The ELCJHL’s Deaf Ministry held a Bible Study retreat at Abraham’s Herberge in Beit Jala. The two congregations that make up the Deaf Ministry – in Bethlehem and Ramallah – met together to share a day of fellowship and to discuss the Bible and what it means to be a Christian. Since the … [Read more…]
Scores of people marched through Beit Jala to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the International Court of Justice’s opinion that construction of the wall is “contrary to international law.” Organized and led by the ELCJHL Lutheran Church of the Reformation, the march capped a week of workshops, demonstrations and soccer matches to the hardships created … [Read more…]
The Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala was filled to overflowing on April 4, Palm Sunday 2004. The Sunday School children processed into the sanctuary with flowers and palm branches, and sang their praises to God. Flutes, guitar and organ accompanied the singing of the children and a young adult choir as well … [Read more…]