Nov 2018 Israel/Palestine Impact Trip: Informational meeting (Next Saturday)

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Do you want to better understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Do you wonder if there’s a role for Christians to play in this long-running and often violent dispute?

Date: Saturday, Feb 24, 2018
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am
Location: Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Room S-140
1717 Bellevue Way NE
Bellevue, WA  98004
Information: More information here →
Event Details

Join us to hear about the Bellevue Presbyterian Church trip to Israel this November that explores the Biblical themes of reconciliation and social justice. Much of our time will be spent with Israeli and Palestinian guides and guests. We’ll listen to them share their stories with the hope we can glimpse what stands in the way of peace and reconciliation to the Holy Land. We will also visit the holy sites of Jerusalem and the places where Jesus spent time around Galilee.

Through a diverse array of tour guides and speakers — Israeli and Palestinian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim, political, religious and tribal leaders, policymakers, peace builders, grassroots activists, artists, journalists, musicians, writers, and many more — this trip provides rare cultural immersion for travelers of all backgrounds and perspectives.

More information here →

Panel Discussion: Bombs, the Blockade, and the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

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People stand in front of houses destroyed by Saudi-led air strikes in the Yemeni city of Saada. (photo: Reuters)

Please join our brothers and sisters for this panel discussion on the crisis in Yemen.

Date: Thursday, Feb 22, 2018
Time: 4:30 – 6:00 pm
Location: University of Washington
Kane Hall, Room 110
4069 Spokane Lane
Seattle, WA 98105
Information: Download event flyer here →
Tickets: Free
Speakers
  • Congressman Adam Smith, Congressional Representative, Washington’s Ninth District
  • Kate Kizer, Policy Director at Win Without War (formerly with Yemen Peace Project)
  • Kate Gould, Legislative Director for Middle East Peace at the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)
  • Aisha Jumaan, Yemeni-American Activist, President of Yemen Relief and Reconstruction Foundation
  • Amy Hagopian, moderator
Event Details

The UN describes Yemen as having one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today. A UNICEF report says 9.6 million children (80% of all the children in Yemen) need humanitarian assistance, and the World Food Program predicts the deaths of 150,000 malnourished children in the next few months. The current cholera outbreak, a direct result of this siege, reached its millionth case and has been characterized as the worst and fastest spreading cholera epidemic in modern history.

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Panel Discussion: Peace and Reconciliation in the Middle East

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Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon, executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace. (photo: maecannon.com)

Can multifaith dialogue help promote reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians? Can “constructive conflict” bring the two sides closer to peace?

Date: Sunday, Feb 25, 2018
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Location: Overlake Christian Church
Student Room
9900 Willows Rd NE
Redmond, WA 98052
Information: Event information here →
Tickets: Free
Event Details

The panel will discuss how multifaith dialogue and engagement in constructive conflict can help lead to a comprehensive resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During this gathering you will also hear about work being done in Palestine, Israel, and the United States to help achieve peace and justice in the Holy Land.

If you’d like to better understand the realities affecting both Israelis and Palestinians, and how people of faith in the United States can play a positive role in pursuing peace, please join us on Sunday, Feb 25 and Overlake Christian Church in Redmond.
Continue reading “Panel Discussion: Peace and Reconciliation in the Middle East”

Nov 2018 Israel/Palestine Impact Trip: Informational meeting

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Do you want to better understand the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Do you wonder if there’s a role for Christians to play in this long-running and often violent dispute?

Date: Saturday, Feb 24, 2018
Time: 9:30 – 11:00 am
Location: Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Room S-140
1717 Bellevue Way NE
Bellevue, WA  98004
Information: More information here →
Event Details

Join us to hear about the Bellevue Presbyterian Church trip to Israel this November that explores the Biblical themes of reconciliation and social justice. Much of our time will be spent with Israeli and Palestinian guides and guests. We’ll listen to them share their stories with the hope we can glimpse what stands in the way of peace and reconciliation to the Holy Land. We will also visit the holy sites of Jerusalem and the places where Jesus spent time around Galilee.

Through a diverse array of tour guides and speakers — Israeli and Palestinian, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim, political, religious and tribal leaders, policymakers, peace builders, grassroots activists, artists, journalists, musicians, writers, and many more — this trip provides rare cultural immersion for travelers of all backgrounds and perspectives.

More information here →

A Webinar for Lent

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Please join our brothers and sisters at Friends of Sabeel North America for this important webinar.

Date: Thursday, Feb 8, 2018
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 am PST
Registration: Sign up here

Event Details

Join Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek, Dr. Monica Burnett and FOSNA Executive Director Tarek Abuata, for this Lenten webinar. Speakers will address issues on the ground in Palestine, introduce a new educational Biblical resource for congregations, and provide ideas for advocacy stemming from Palestinian Liberation Theology.

Reading: Even in Victory

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Please join our brothers and sisters at the Mideast Focus Ministry for this important event.

This staged reading by Palestine Up-Close explores the points of view held by “wounded warriors” who were soldiers for the Israeli Defense Forces in Palestine. We discover their struggles as they push for a way to come to terms with their own actions.

Date: Sunday, Mar 4, 2018
Time: 10:10 – 10:50 am
Location: Bloedel Hall
St. Mark’s Cathedral
1245 10th Ave E
Seattle, WA  98102
Information: Event website
Admission: Free

Event Details

Our concern is to help balance the limited and confusing media coverage of the Holy Land. We use compelling films as an entry point for reflection and discussion. As Christians, we respond to Christ’s call to seek justice and love the oppressed. As Americans, we ask: Can we reconcile this calling with our government’s massive financial support of Israeli military operations? We hope the time will come when Jews, Muslims and Christians will again come together in harmony in the Holy Land.

In this series, we see how people pushed to bring about a safe country for the Jewish people, and how today others are still push- ing for safety and change. Do our efforts for change lead to peace and justice . . . or not?

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TOMORROW: Protest Trump’s Muslim Ban 3.0

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Please join our brothers and sisters from CAIR Washington State in a rally to protest Trump’s Muslim Ban 3.0.

Date: Wednesday, Dec 6, 2017
Time: 12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Nakamura Courthouse, 
1051 6th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
Information: Email
Phone: 206-403-3931

Event Details

On Wednesday, December 6, the Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Washington) will join a coalition of organizations for #NoMuslimBanEver rally in downtown Seattle tomorrow. This week the U.S. Supreme Court stayed federal court injunctions that had, until today, largely prevented the Trump administration from implementing Muslim Ban 3.0’s visa restrictions.

Although this decision allows Muslim Ban 3.0 to go into effect now, the court could still find it unconstitutional at a later date. The rally is timed to coincide with the 9th Circuit Court’s Hearing of Muslim Ban case Hawaii v. Trump. Continue reading “TOMORROW: Protest Trump’s Muslim Ban 3.0”

TOMORROW: Is peace possible in the Holy Land?

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The Rev. Alex Awad in Bethlehem. (photo: Indiana Center for Middle East Peace)

Ten ways churches can contribute to peace in Israel and Palestine.

Please join our brothers and sisters at University Presbyterian Church for this exciting presentation by the Rev. Alex Awad.

Date: Wednesday, Nov 15, 2017
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: The Inn Chapel
University Presbyterian Church
4540 15th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Information: Event website
Tickets: Free

Event Details

The Rev. Alex Awad is a retired missionary who served under the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church Israel/Palestine. He is the former pastor of the East Jerusalem Bible Church and Professor at Bethlehem Bible College.

More information about Rev. Awad here →

EVENT: Is peace possible in the Holy Land?

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The Rev. Alex Awad in Bethlehem. (photo: Indiana Center for Middle East Peace)

Ten ways churches can contribute to peace in Israel and Palestine.

Please join our brothers and sisters at University Presbyterian Church for this exciting presentation by the Rev. Alex Awad.

Date: Wednesday, Nov 15, 2017
Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Location: The Inn Chapel
University Presbyterian Church
4540 15th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Information: Event website
Tickets: Free

Event Details

The Rev. Alex Awad is a retired missionary who served under the General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church Israel/Palestine. He is the former pastor of the East Jerusalem Bible Church and Professor at Bethlehem Bible College.

More information about Rev. Awad here →

TOMORROW: Acquiring and applying advocacy skills

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Please join our brothers and sisters from Kairos Puget Sound at this advocacy workshop.

Date: Saturday, Nov 11, 2017
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Episcopal Diocese of Olympia
1551 10th Ave E
Seattle, WA  98102
Information: Event website
Questions
Tickets: $15 / $5 students (includes lunch)
Event Details

Conference will feature keynote speaker Cindy Corrie, Director of Rachel Corrie Foundation, who will discuss “Principled Advocacy” followed by Nada Elia discussing Nuts and Bolts of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions and the current legislative efforts to stifle this initiative. Workshops will include letter writing, using social media to get the word out, and organizing a visit to your legislator.

More information here →