BEIT JALA – The Women’s Ministry of the ELCJHL gathered at Abraham’s Herberge on Friday, March 20th, 2015 to celebrate Mother’s Day together. The women listened to a lecture by Dr. Tawfiq Salman on communication in the family, as well as singing songs and praying together. During the service, the women say good bye and thank … [Read more…]
BEIT JALA – On Friday, February 27th, 2015, the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land voted to adopt a Constitution for their Ecclesiastical Court – a court that was given authority to deal in family matters starting on January 1st, 2015 by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas – based … [Read more…]
BETHLEHEM – Every year, the women of the churches in the West Bank and Jerusalem joined together to celebrate Advent and Christmas together. This year, the event took place at Dar Annadwa (ICB) | دار الندوة الدولية in Bethlehem. The theme of the year was “Mary” – not just Mary, Mother of God, but all … [Read more…]
DEAD SEA, JORDAN – The Women’s Desk of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land held a Summer Women’s Conference for the Lutheran women of Jordan at the Dead Sea from June 10-12, 2014. The Women’s Desk, headed by Suad Younan and facilitated by Bassimah Jarayseh, invited speakers to discuss working to … [Read more…]
Over 90 women from five of the six ELCJHL congregations took place in a retreat on meditation and music therapy over three days in July near the Sea of Galilee in Tiberias. Organized by Mrs. Bassimah Jaraiseh, Women’s Work Facilitator and led by Suad Younan, the Chairperson of the Women’s Desk of the ELCJHL, the retreat focused … [Read more…]
JERUSALEM – On hearing the sad news of the brutal rape and subsequent death of the young woman in India on December 16th, the Women’s Desk of the ELCJHL wrote a response to the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India. The full response is printed below: Dear Rev. Dr. A. G. Augustine Jeyakumar, The Evangelical … [Read more…]
JERUSALEM, 20 March 2012 (ELCJHL)– A High-level delegation from the Church of Norway, including Presiding Bishop Helga Haugland Byfuglien and Church Council President Mr. Svein-Arne Lindø, visited yesterday with Bishop Munib Younan and ELCJHL Women’s Work Facilitator Mrs. Bassimah Jaraiseh. Bishop Younan met with the delegation to discuss the present and ongoing mission and ministry … [Read more…]
AMMAN, JORDAN/JERUSALEM, 13 December 2011 – More than eighty women from the different Christian denominations in Amman, Jordan gathered together on 2 December in the church hall of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd for an Advent celebration. The theme for the afternoon was the integral importance of the Arab Christian existence, witness, … [Read more…]
JERUSALEM, 21 November 2011 – In early November the congregational women’s leadership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) met to discuss the characteristics and duties of effective leadership. They gathered together with their children for the two-day retreat in Haifa on 7-8 November, spending time together in prayer, discussion, … [Read more…]
The Women of the ELCJHL gathered together for Advent with conversation over lunch, time for study and reflection, with singing and with prayer. (©ELCJHL/E.McHan) JERUSALEM, December 13, 2010 – On Saturday, December 11, the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) came together for an Advent gathering. Forty-five women, … [Read more…]