RAMALLAH – The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Hope in Ramallah celebrated Easter Sunday on April 12th, 2015. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hope – as well as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Amman, Jordan – celebrate on an ecumenical calendar. These two congregations celebrate together with their Orthodox brothers and … [Read more…]
RAMALLAH – The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hope in Ramallah held a short prayer service and Easter egg hunt on April 11th, 2015. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hope – as well as the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Amman, Jordan – celebrate on an ecumenical calendar. These two congregations celebrate together … [Read more…]
Over two Sundays in July, 26 young adults in the ELCJHL were confirmed into the church, with 18 being confirmed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala and 8 confirmed at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hope in Ramallah. Each service was unique to the congregation. In Beit Jala, the congregation … [Read more…]
Pastor Mitri Raheb confirmed twelve young people Sunday, May 18, at Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem. On May 4, at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Beit Jala, Pastor Jadallah Shihadeh and Ass’t Pastor Saliba Rishmawi confirmed 14 young people, and the Lutheran Church of Hope in Ramallah will hold their confirmation on Sunday, … [Read more…]
The Environmental Education Center, an educational program of the ELCJHL, organized over 100 people including students from the Ramallah School of Hope to plant trees in Biddu Village near both Ramallah and Jerusalem. The village is about 10 kilometers from Jerusalem but a world away. The area villages once had 6000 dunums of land, but … [Read more…]
The Ramallah Church of Hope received and dedicated a peace pole that says “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in Arabic, English, Hebrew and Finnish. The peace pole was given by the Church of the Brethren in Oakton, Virginia, who have been working on a partnership with the Ramallah Church was years.
Bishop Hans Erik Nordin and a delegation of pastors, staff and lay people from the Diocese of Straengnes in Sweden arrived in the Holy Land Friday, February 2, to visit the ELCJHL and others working for a just peace in Palestine. Saturday they toured Bethlehem and some ministries of the ELCJH, and Sunday they traveled … [Read more…]
A delegation of mostly staff from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America visited the Holy Land in January to meet and speak with their sisters and brothers in the ELCJHL. In addition, they talked with people and officials from various Palestinian and Israeli organizations and towns. Mr. Chuck Steinbach of Appleton, Wisconsin, who coordinated the … [Read more…]