What are the things that make for peace?
Building Peace in the Midst of Palestinian/Israeli Conflict
6:30 pm –
8:00 pm
First Lutheran Church
1551 So. 70th St.
Lincoln NE
Lincoln NE
Archbishop Emeritus Elias Chacour, who served as leader of the Melkite Catholic Church of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth, and Galilee, will make a public presentation.
A Palestinian Christian who is a citizen of Israel, Archbishop Chacour grew up walking the hillsides where Jesus lived, where Jesus taught “Blessed are the Peacemakers.”
He has worked for reconciliation and peace in the Middle East, especially by building high-quality schools in the Galileean village of Ibillin, where the students and faculty include Christians, Muslims, Jews, and Druze. More than 50 percent of the 3000 students are girls.
He is a three-time nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and winner of the World Methodist Peace Award and the Japanese Buddhist Niwano Peace Prize.
He is the author of “Blood Brothers” and “We Belong to the Land: the Story of a Palestinian Israeli who Lives for Peace and Reconciliation.” Both books will be available for signing at the event.
A Palestinian Christian who is a citizen of Israel, Archbishop Chacour grew up walking the hillsides where Jesus lived, where Jesus taught “Blessed are the Peacemakers.”
He has worked for reconciliation and peace in the Middle East, especially by building high-quality schools in the Galileean village of Ibillin, where the students and faculty include Christians, Muslims, Jews, and Druze. More than 50 percent of the 3000 students are girls.
He is a three-time nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and winner of the World Methodist Peace Award and the Japanese Buddhist Niwano Peace Prize.
He is the author of “Blood Brothers” and “We Belong to the Land: the Story of a Palestinian Israeli who Lives for Peace and Reconciliation.” Both books will be available for signing at the event.
Additional Public Info:
This event is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be received to support the peace-building work of Archbishop Chacour.
For more information about this event or Archbishop Chacour, contact Rev. Joan Deming, Executive Director of Pilgrims of Ibillin, 608-241-9281, jdeming7@gmail.com,
or visit www.pilgrimsofibillin.org