Momentum, the Weekly Newsletter from the Middle East Council of Churches

In the new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches, you can find details and photos about the first day of the MECC annual meeting with its international and regional partners, on Thursday 3 November 2022, in Beirut. As for the weekly message of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it is entitled “Concerned Ecumenical Partners”, and was the speech he delivered at the opening of the MECC annual partners meeting.

The issue also includes a news about the second day of the Middle East Committee of the Act Alliance Forum’s annual meeting, held with the participation of MECC and many humanitarian and international organizations, between Sunday 23 and Monday 24 October 2022, in Amman.

As well as, the issue presents a news about the Evangelical Church in Lebanon and Syria's celebration on the occasion of the Evangelical Reformation during a Worship Service held on Sunday 30 October 2022, with the participation of MECC. This is in addition to a news about the celebration of the Council’s General Secretariat in a special Prayer, on Tuesday 1 November 2022, at the MECC headquarters in Beirut.

You can also find details in Arabic about the celebration of His Beatitude Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan, Syriac Catholic Patriarch, held for the inauguration of the historic Saint Georges Cathedral in Beirut for the Syriac Catholic, with the participation of the Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, on Saturday 29 October 2022.

In preparation for the COP27 climate summit, the issue includes a report entitled “Towards the COP27 Climate Change Summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Youth Are Ringing the Alarm Bell and Getting Ready with Act Alliance”.

In addition, the issue presents a news about the participation of MECC in a leadership summit with the Bible Society, between 20 and 23 October 2022, in Cyprus, in addition to the Ecumenical Calendar for November 2022, the MECC Annual Report 2021, Ecumenical reports, the weekly Prayer, videos, and news of the Middle Eastern Churches.

Moreover, the issue presents a socio-economic overview of the Middle East during October 2022 and the latest updates of the Coronavirus in the region.