ELCA Global Mission seeks to accompany by
walking with others in relationships of interdependence,
respect, and mutuality. In that spirit the ELCA Peace Not Walls
campaign from its inception has cultivated an exchange of
perspectives and gifts with Palestinian Christians and Muslims
and with Christian ecumenical and American and Israeli Jewish
peace partners. This accompaniment is about a God who is in
mission among us, about learning together and being transformed
together, and about building the capacity of all to
learn,
pray, and
act for peace with
justice in the Holy Land.
Accompaniment and Travel - Information on organizations and
programs, upcoming trips/seminars to the region, reports from
past trips, travel books and what to do after your trip.
Communion Ware -
Each of the 65 ELCA synods received a set of communion ware at
the 2005 Churchwide Assembly, launching the new campaign “Peace
Not Walls - Stand for Justice in the Holy Land.” The communion
ware, crafted in Bethlehem, is intended to travel from
congregation to congregation and to be used in annual synod
assemblies.
Prayer
- Support both Israelis and Palestinians by taking part in a churchwide
effort to pray for peace.
Giving Catalog - Donate online through the ELCA Good Gifts
Catalog.
Reports - Reports from past Holy Land trips.
More on Global Mission and Accompaniment - Learn more about
the ELCA's guiding model for global mission.
Bishop Younan
gives thanks for accompaniment by ELCA members
(
- Video Available )
Bishop Munib Younan challenged the ELCA to work for justice in
the Holy Land in his address to the 2007 ELCA Churchwide
Assembly in Chicago.
Rev. Eric Shafer delivers an Ash Wednesday sermon - Pastor Shafer of Trinity Evangelical
Lutheran Church in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, delivers his 2008 Ash Wednesday Sermon from
the Holy Land. Locations include the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Via Dolorosa,
and Bethlehem. |
