The British Shalom-Salaam Trust charity, has written to the City of Edinburgh Methodist Church to thank them for the donation of £2243.77 to the Villages Group. The Villages Group is an Israeli/ Palestinian support group working in villages in the South Hebron Hills and in Salem near Nablus. Thank you to all church members...
Read more →The congregation and their guests are invited to a private showing of ‘Hidden from View’ on Monday December 3rd at 7pm. The film will be shown in the church sanctuary. The film documentary by Garth Hewitt looks at the situation and positions that Christian Palestinians find themselves in. This is the third film in...
Read more →This (free) event is open to all members of the congregation and their guests. It is part of the Church project aiming at becoming better informed of the situation in Palestine and Israel. Synopsis: With God On Our Side takes a look at...
Read more →The Methodist Church has joined with others to call for the governments of European States and the EU to move towards a ban of goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. For more information please click here. Praxis, the blog of members of the...
Read more →The Methodist Conference (Plymouth 2012) adopted the following motion on Wednesday, 4th July 2012: 7/22 Notice of Motion 202- Christian Aid Parliamentary Briefing In view of the continued building of illegal Israeli settlements on Occupied land, as well as the repeated condemnation this has received from the UK Government, the Conference: notes that these...
Read more →Please click here to view a short documentary by Ibrahim Nawaja, a young local leader of the Susiya community. In this short piece, women and men in the village share their feelings and fears about living under constant threat. This footage and other background information is also available via...
Read more →Arab and Jew Challenge the Churches: Press Release from Rev Warren Bardsley of Kairos Palestine Event, Iona Bring together a Jew steeped in Zionism and a Palestinian Christian theologian and you can expect fireworks. Especially when the meeting takes place at Pentecost. But, instead of conflict, the outcome was a powerful challenge to Britain’s...
Read more →The City of Edinburgh Methodist Church (CEMC) is supporting the work of the ‘Villages Group’ which includes Palestinian and Israeli people working for peace in their homeland. The following is an update from the ‘Villages Group’. This is part of a message from Erella. She was in Edinburgh speaking on behalf of the Villages Group...
Read more →The new Church Project will be launched on Palm Sunday, 1 April 2012. How did the project come about? Old City from the Mount of Olives The document Kairos Palestine – A word of faith, hope and love from the heart of Palestinian suffering, written by heads of churches in Jerusalem, urges Western Christians...
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