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Rev Joan blogging as an Ecumenical Accompanier

This story and many others are found on Joan’s blog. Through the eyes of a child… May 2, 2015 It’s hard not to wonder about how Palestinian children will view the world they grow up into. Will they have hope for the future? Here are some glimpses of children’s lives, where every
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May 05, 2015
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PIEN call out: don’t buy into the occupation – join campaign against Israeli settlement goods in Australia

“Enough is enough. No more words without deeds. It’s time for action.” These words were issued nearly eight years ago as part of a statement by a World Council of Churches gathering, and affirmed recently by a meeting of senior Palestinian Christians and their supporters in the Kairos
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May 05, 2015
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Jessica reflects on the planting and ripping up of trees

Jessica was recently in Palestine serving with Christian Peacemaker Teams.   Here she shares one of her stories. The ripping up and replanting trees – the Palestinian experience of resistance and hope  This morning in our worship, we read the famous passage from Ecclesiastes ‘to every
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March 10, 2015
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Poetry from Liam, Ecumenical Accompanier

Liam from Adelaide is serving with EAPPI in the village of Yanoun from January til March 2015.  You can find his stories at poetry on his blog. Below is a little sample:   For the Girl Who Has Never Seen the Ocean Cumulus clouds expand and contract in the sky’s loom. She st
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March 10, 2015
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Kairos Palestine advent resources

Click here to download 62 pages of resources for churches in the advent season.    
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October 28, 2014
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Join action: World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel

The Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) of the World Council of Churches invites member churches, faith-based communities, and civil society organizations around the world to join together in 2014 for a week of advocacy and action in support of an end to the illegal occupation of
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September 19, 2014
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blog from Carole, a CPT reservist

Carole is an Australian woman, regularly volunteering with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Hebron. To follow her blog – go to http://abirdonthewire.com/ Or see below for a recent post: It was a good, slow start to the day as there was no school today so we didn’t start until
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May 13, 2014
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Getting to work – blog by Sally Masters

Jobs are few and poorly paid in Palestine due to the depressed economy brought about by being in an occupied territory. Many seek a work permit from Israel and get jobs and are paid more. This means they must go through the tedium of crossing through a check point on a daily, weekly o
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December 17, 2013
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Sally – well watched sheep and destroyed olive trees

Sally is a Melbournian currently on placement with the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine Israel (EAPPI)) based in the the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank.  A key focus of the work of EAPPI is protective accompaniment, to protect people and the
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October 15, 2013
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Pr Robert Bartholomaeus reflects on NCCA church leaders trip

Ps Robert Bartholomeus and his wife Jenny participated in the National Council of churches leaders visit to Palestine and Israel in 2012 as the representative of the President of the Lutheran Church .  This article was originally published in The Lutheran.  People in the West tend to
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March 25, 2013
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