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Archbishop Chacour in the U.S.
Archbishop Elias Chacour's next visit to the USA:
9.20.09 preach at 1st
United Methodist, Waynesville, NC,
9.20-22.09 Peace
Conference,
Lake Junaluska, NC
Details at http://www.lakejunaluska.com/peace.aspx
9.22.09 Montreat Conference Center, NC
9.23.09 Winston-Salem and Charlotte, NC
9.24.09 Williamsburg, VA, William & Mary College
Contact Rev. Robert Sawyer, pilgrims@triad.rr.com, for more information.
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The latest Pilgrims' Post is available here!
June 2009 Pilgrims' Post
Featured articles:
- MEEI Students share exchange days with Jerusalem Jewish students.
- Featured MEEI staff bios: Asmahan & Ammar, whose hospitality makes OUR visits wonderful.
- Thanks from "the Living Stones" in Zababdeh.
- Focus on young Palestinian Christian leadership development through Rev. Mitri Raheb's Diyar Consortium in Bethlehem.
- NEEDED: an Ibillin Fitness Center!!! Find out why, and who will be served.
- Celebrate MEEI graduations! Photos of 2009 graduates of Mariam Bawardi Kindergarten and Mar Elias High School. (Stay tuned for 8th grade photos to be added soon.)
- Welcome new Pilgrims' Board members; thanks and farewell to retiring directors
- Invitations!! To pray, to visit, to give...
Also check out our Pilgrims of Ibillin photos on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/pilgrimsofibillin/pool/.
See below for a link to back issues of the newsletter and more stories about MEEI, Archbishop Chacour, and our other Peace-Building Partners!
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE!

2009 Pilgrimage Brochure
October 8-21,2009
led by Rev. Robert Sawyer, Executive Director
& George Shalabi, Pilgrims' Board Member
Goals of the trip: Participants will
- have
an introduction to Palestinian life in Bethlehem and in the village of
Ibillin;
- participate
in campus life at the Mar Elias Educational Institutions in Ibillin, meet
students, faculty, and staff, and meet with Archbishop Elias Chacour if
his travel schedule permits;
- contribute
to the MEEI campus by doing volunteer work;
- see
many of the other peacebuilding projects of Pilgrims of Ibillin;
- visit
important biblical sites in Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and the Galilee
(including Nazareth);
- share
in daily worship and devotional time growing out of the experiences of the
day; and
- be
equipped to do presentations on their experience on return to the U.S.,
and to lead future trips if they so desire.
Click here for expanded itinerary. For more information or to register, contact Rev. Bob Sawyer: pilgrims@triad.rr.com or call him at 336-499-5310.
For back issues of the Pilgrims' Post, Read on!
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