Category: News from partners
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Theatre of the Oppressed now in Lebanon!
This past week the World Student Christian Federation – Middle East (WSCF) held a seminar in Lebanon. The title of the seminar was “Christian Witness in Times of Violence and War”. Participants were from 7 different Arab countries (Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Soudan, Palestine and Iraq), and from different Christian denominations. Topics ranged from psychological…
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United we work!
Today we want to offer you another great opportunity to participate in ecumenical project and experience ecumenical spirit in a very practical setting – through the work camps offered by Ecumenical Youth Services! Ecumenical Youth Services is an international volunteer program in Germany. EYS was founded in the 1950s in the GDR and is…
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EYCE links the Campaign to Promote Ecological Justice with global actions
An EYCE representative participated on a meeting of World Council of Churches (WCC) Working Group on Climate Change which came together to plan and synergize next steps in climate change advocacy. The meeting hosted by the Institute of Theology and Ecology of the Orthodox Academy of Crete in Kolympari, Greece took place from 1st to…
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EYCE calls for support of the MOs in lobbying for an independent Youth in Action Programme
On the 23rd of November 2011 the European Commission presented its Communication “Erasmus for all: the EU Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport” that details its vision for the EU budget in the field of youth and education, which is foreseen to be a substitute for several programmes, including Youth in Action. Many of…
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Norway’s churches at center of country’s efforts to heal after attacks
Source: Ecumenical News International, by Oivind Ostang Trondheim, 29 July 2011 (ENInews)–A Norwegian bishop addressing the recent bombing and shooting attacks in his country said Norway has “countered this insane terrorism by demonstrating love and solidarity.” “We have brought out a social capital we maybe even did not know was there. We must rebuild our…
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Christians and churches encouraged to continue working on common date for Easter
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches, the Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, has urged Christians to give this year’s celebration of Easter a clear ecumenical profile and to work for a common date of Easter for the future, noting that this year it falls on the same day 24 April for both…