The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

1. The Evangelical Lutheran Churchin Jordan and the Holy Land

4. Bethlehem Beit Jala Beit Sahour Ecclesiastical Ministry 6 Churches Amman Redeemer Jerusalem Ramallah

5. Educational Ministry • Schools • Evangelical Lutheran School in Beit Sahour • Dar al-Kalima Evangelical Lutheran School, Bethlehem • Talitha Kumi Evangelical Lutheran School, Beit Jala • Evangelical Lutheran School of Hope, Ramallah • Educational Programs • Al-Mahaba Kindergarten, Jerusalem • Evangelical Lutheran Home for Boys, Beit Jala • Environmental Educational Center, Beit Jala • Martin Luther Community Development Center

6. Goals of the ELCJHL Schools • To mold the Palestinian Christian identity; • To teach co-existence in religions, esp. Judaism, Islam and Christianity • To teach peace education and promote democracy; • To promote the role of women in the Palestinian society; • To give quality education with an innovative approach; • To give a holistic education by addressing the needs and developing the talents of all students; • To build and develop the Palestinian community and improve connections with the international community.

8. Amman, Jordan

12. The Good Shepherd Lutheran Musical Team

13. Jerusalem Lutheran Church of the Redeemer

15. Elderly CenterAt Redeemer Church, an elderly center serves some basic health monitoring and social needs.

16. Al-Mahaba Kindergarten

17. Martin Luther Community Development Center A center offering various health, social and educational needs in the Old City of Jerusalem.

19. Bethlehem Lutheran Christmas Church

20. International Center of Bethlehem - Dar Annadwa A cultural center for arts, music and creativity that creates “facts on the ground of hope.”

21. Artists are empowered to create their art and then sell it in the giftshop.

22. Dar al Kalima School

23. Beit Jala Church of the Reformation

24. Abraham’s House A guesthouse for cultural exchanges and interfaith dialogue. Boy’s Home A home for boys – mostly Muslims – whose families are gone or unable to care for them.

25. Talitha Kumi School

26. The Environmental Education Center

27. Beit Sahour

28. Beit Sahour School

29. Ramallah Lutheran Church of Hope

30. Evangelical Lutheran School of Hope, Ramallah

31. Amman, Jordan Faith and Life under Occupation The root problem is not the wall. That is a symptom. The root problem is not the spiral of violence. That is also a symptom. The root problem is the occupation. The occupation is a sin against God and against humanity. It deprives people of human dignity and normal life. Bishop Munib Younan, ELCJHL

32. Our daughter was killed because of the terror of the Israeli occupation. Every innocent victim from both sides is a victim of the occupation. The occupation is the cancer feeding Palestinian terror. Father of Smedar Elhanan, Age 13 Killed by suicide bomber in 1997

33. What Does it Mean to Live Under Occupation in Palestine?

34. Restriction of Movement

35. More than 500 Road ClosuresCheckpoints, Blocks, Earth Mounds, Gates Only 30 are on the recognized armistice line between Palestine and Israel

38. Ghassan and Rimaz Kasabra Rimaz Kasabra, the wife of the organist at Redeemer Lutheran Church in the Old City of Jerusalem can’t go to church with her family. She is from the West Bank and Israel has refused for 10 years to grant her the necessary “reunification permit” to live legally with her family in Jerusalem. She has been arrested 3 times near her home, and has been told the next time she will go to prison.

39. The Wall

40. The wall will be twice the length of the Green Line, the internationally recognized armistace line from 1947. In many places it is built right through the middle of Palestinian land, separating Palestinians from their friends, families, schools, land and neighborhoods. Built in 2003 Length: 403 miles Height: 8 – 25 feet

41. It completely isolates East Jerusalem – a part of occupied territory according to international law – from the rest of the West Bank. Jerusalem accounts for 30-40% of the economy of Palestine, so this makes a viable Palestinian state virtually impossible.

42. Ultimately, the effect will be to isolate the northern West Bank from the southern West Bank , and all areas into smaller cantons in which Palestinians will need permits to leave.

43. Palestinian Land and Greenhouses Palestinian Town

45. Land & Greenhouse outside the wall The Village inside the wall The Wall

48. The story of Nazlet ‘Azza The news of the demolition order arrives in the morning ……

49. And the bulldozer arrived together with the order…… Along with the bulldozers

50. And the army……