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, the MECC invites you to its new monthly webinar entitled “Living In Dignity For Persons With Disability”, on Thursday 8 December 2022, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. You can participate in it via the following Zoom link: shorturl.at/bde19, and live on the MECC Facebook page.
As for the weekly message of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Abs, it is entitled “Lebanon, the surrendered people, the persistent butcher, and the ray of hope”, in which he highlighted the circumstances in Lebanon, in light of the International Day of Commemoration, Honor and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide and the International Day Against Corruption on December 9, and the Human Rights Day on December 10.
In the issue also, the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network (EDAN), in partnership with the Middle East Council of Churches, invites you to a seminar about the book “The Question of Disability in the Arab World, A Roadmap for the Future”, prepared and supervised by Mr. Fadi El Halabi, and reviewed by Professor Antoine Romanos. It will be held on Friday 16 December 2022, at 6:30 p.m., at the Antonine University in Hadat – Baabda, Lebanon, Fr. Abbot Antoine Rajeh Hall.
Under the patronage of His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and at the invitation of the Dean of St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology Fr. Yacoub Khalil, the MECC Secretary General Professor Michel Abs presented a lecture entitled “The Church and Society: The Institution and the Leadership”, on Friday 2 December 2022 at the Institute’s campus in Balamand, Lebanon.
As well as, the issue presents a video about the MECC Executive Committee meeting which was held on Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 November 2022, at the Monastery of Notre-Dame du Puits in Bkennaya, in addition to some interviews with participants. This is in addition to a coverage for this meeting as part of the program "Kadaya Sakhina" on El Keraza TV in Egypt, with Rev. Rifaat Fikry, the MECC Associate Secretary General.
You can also find news about the MECC General Secretariat and various departments, especially the Prayer held by the General Secretariat’s team on 1 December 2022, congratulating the Associate Secretaries General elect, in addition to the participation of MECC with ACT Alliance in the UN international campaign “UNITE to End Violence Against Women”, and the activities of the MECC Service and Relief – Diakonia Department, Beirut’s Office.
The issue includes the Ecumenical Calendar for December 2022 which is issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department, 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.