Video - "Listen to the Voice of Creation" In A Special Episode on SAT7
As part of the “Season of Creation” 2022 activities, SAT7 channel presented a special episode entitled "Listen to the Voice of Creation", prepared by the Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches and presented by Sirene Semerdjian. It was broadcasted on Monday 3 October 2022, and included many environmental and Theological segments, with guests from the world and the region, and from various fields.
The episode began with a special video from the member of the “Season of Creation” committee at the World Council of Churches Mrs. Joy Kennedy. The video focused on the “Season of Creation” launching in the Churches worldwide, in addition to the environmental challenges and ongoing preparations for the COP27 climate change summit.
In other segments, Reverend Rima Nasrallah, coordinator of the MECC Eco-Justice Unit, a university professor of Practical Theology at the Near East School of Theology (NEST) in Beirut, and Pastor of the National Evangelical Church in Beirut, tackled the importance of the “Season of Creation” and the care for the environment. She also mentioned the Church’s view and its role in this context.
Reverend Georges Jabra El Copti, Pastor of the Arab Episcopal Church of St. Paul in Achrafieh, Amman, highlighted the Ecumenical Prayer held in Jordan on the occasion of the “Season of Creation” 2022. He also shed light on the activities of the German Agency for International Cooperation and the Jordan Church’s project for rainwater harvesting and care for the environment.
The episode also included an online interview with the environmental expert Simon Awad, the Executive Director of the Environmental Education Center (EEC) in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL), President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature - IUCN in Palestine, and Director of a many environmental institutions that aims for the protection of nature, in Palestine. He tackled the environmental crises in the region and the Holy Land, in addition to the programs of the Environmental Education Center of the Evangelical Church in Jordan, as well as several environmental and Church topics.
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