Working Group on the Middle East (WGME)

Praying and Acting for Peace

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Within the Metropolitan Chicago Synod we have a dedicated Working Groups on the Middle East.

Our Mission:

“Led by the Holy Spirit, the Working Group on the Middle East (WGME) of the Metropolitan Chicago Synod, ELCA, will educate and urge the Metropolitan Chicago Synod to advocate actively for justice for Palestine and Israel, which will lead to peace in the Middle East to ensure free access to the holy sites for Jews, Christians and Muslims.”

 

Younan Videos Available Online

The synod's Working Group on the Middle East has videos of the Right Rev. Dr. Munib A. Younan, Bishop of the The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan & the Holy Land (ELCJHL), available online for viewing. You can view the videos on YouTube.


Peace Not Walls
A special ELCA campaign calling for efforts toward a viable, contiguous Palestinian state; a secure Israeli state at peace with its Arab neighbors; and a shared Jerusalem with equal access and rights for Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Learn more at Peace Not Walls at ELCA.org.

  


 

The members of our synod's Working Group on the Middle East include:

Name Congregation
The Rev. Joanne Fitgerald  Martin Luther, Chicago (Convener)  
Joan Ehrenberg Unity, Chicago
Ghassan (Gus) Khoury   St. Elias, Chicago  
Kholoud Khoury   St. Elias, Chicago  
Delbert and Gretchen Leppke  St. Paul's, Evanston
Pam Sall   Ebenezer, Chicago  (Information Liaison)
Don and Laurie Schuemann New Hope, North Aurora
Dieter Schulte   Luther Memorial, Chicago   
Ed Thompson   Gloria Dei, Northbrook   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Page URL: http://www.mcselca.org/what/ministry/middle_east/