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Sister Sylvia Countess

Lutheran filmmaker leads video workshops for students

January 28, 2009 by communications coordinator Leave a Comment

Following an invitation from Peace Not Walls staff, on January 5 Lutheran filmmaker Tim Frakes donated his time and expertise for two website and video production workshops for high school students at schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL). Ten students, a teacher, a volunteer, and a principal attended … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News Tagged: ELCA, ELCJHL, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, Evangelical Lutheran Schools, Gaza War, Peace Not Walls, Sister Sylvia Countess, Youth

Springtime Season in ELCJHL Schools

May 7, 2007 by communications coordinator Leave a Comment

Sister Sylvia Countess, Ass’t to the ELCJHL Schools’ Director The spring months are always busy ones for the Schools and Educational Programs of the ELCJHL. This year, as teachers and students prepared for the end of classes, final exams, and school summer tours, they also welcomed their families and friends to special school events. Each … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News Tagged: Evangelical Lutheran Schools, Sister Sylvia Countess, Youth

Opening Windows within Walls – Teaching Peace in the ELCJHL

April 30, 2007 by communications coordinator

by Sister Sylvia Countess Ass’t to the ELCJHL Schools’ Director Although the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land was officially recognized as an autonomous church in 1959, it traces its history to German mission work in the mid-nineteenth century. The schools founded at that time were the first to provide education to … [Read more…]

Posted in: ELCJHL News Tagged: ELCJHL, Evangelical Lutheran Schools, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Non-Violence, Sister Sylvia Countess

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