[SlideDeck2 id=1440] A report to the 400 + Episcopalians who supported the Voices of Conscience statement with a Petition to Executive Council. Introduction The Steering Committee of the Palestine Israel Network provides this report of the recent meeting of Executive Council, February 25-27 in Linthicum, Maryland ,to the petitioners who supported the open Voices of Conscience […]
The voice of a highly respected Palestinian Christian, the Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek, joined the many others asking the Presiding Bishop and Executive Council endorse the October 15 Letter to Congress from 15 American religious leaders. Feb. 19th 2013 Dear members of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church, Greetings from Jerusalem! The political and […]
In anticipation of our Church's Executive Council meeting February 25 - 27, as a Palestinian American and a member of PIN's Steering Committee, Grace Saïd wrote the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem asking that he encourage Bishop Katharine and the Executive Council to sine the October 5 letter to Congress from 15 religious leaders. […]
STATEMENT OF THE 2012 AFRICAN HERITAGE DELEGATION TO PALESTINE/ISRAEL On the occasion of Black History Month February 11, 2013 Because of our lived experience of living with and fighting racism, exploitation, and other oppressions in the United States, we are united in our support for civil and human rights of all peoples of the world. […]
The Executive Council meets today in Linthicum, MD. They will receive a list of over 400 Episcopalian names urging them to take a stand for human rights in the Middle East and act on the resolutions brought before General Convention concerning Palestine & Israel. To read the full text of the petition click Voices […]
The Palestine Israel Network of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship is accepting applications for a young adult delegate to send to the Sabeel Global Young Adult Festival; Aiming for Miracles Through Activism: Moving Mountains, Reshaping the World, held from July 1-6, 2013 in Bethlehem. The Young Adult Delegate (18-35yrs) would represent EPF’s commitment to working for […]
On Palestine and Israel: Resolved, that the Diocese of North Carolina calls the Executive Council to act on the 77th General Conven- tion’s Resolution A015 re-affirming the 70th General Convention Resolution A149 which “require(s) the State of Israel to account to the Government of the United States for all aid to Israel...in compliance with the Foreign Assistance Act” by sending […]
As the issues it addresses are of deep concern to us, the Episcopal Peace Fellowship's Palestine Israel Network is hosting the following letter. It was, however, generated exclusively by those who are its signatories. Episcopal Voices of Conscience Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 21, 2013 A Prophetic Challenge to the Executive Council “No, no, […]
Taking Stock, Getting our Bearings The Palestine Israel Network, Episcopal Peace Fellowship January, 2013 Friends, PIN is two years old this month. It’s time to look at what we’ve done, what we’ve learned and to look ahead to where we want to go. No one would yet describe the Episcopal Church’s witness for a […]
As I sit down to write my Christmas message during this Advent season, there are no words that touch me more deeply than these words from Isaiah chapter 40, “Comfort, O Comfort my people, says your God.” During this time I have been moved by the emotions associated with the beginning of life and […]
(A presentation given at St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Philadelphia, St. Nicholas Day, December 9, 2012) THOU SHALT NOT BULLDOZE THY NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE By Susan Landau Thank you for inviting me to be here with you on St. Nicholas Day. The Church of St. Martin in-the Fields is an inspiring example of how a community of faith can promote […]
Balance and Dialogue as a Substitute for Advocacy and Justice? Advocacy by Christian Leaders: Recently, Palestinians lost 170+ lives in Gaza and Israelis lost 5+ in a wave of violence, and just averted a war with a tense ceasefire, while the United Nations has granted the Palestinians observer status as a state and Israel has […]
