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Peace team to Middle East |
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and
Christian Peacemaker Teams send delegation to the Middle East
Press release from the Presbyterian Peace
Fellowship, dated Oct. 4, 2001
Contact the Rev. Christine Caton, 860-443-0438 ChristinePeace@aol.com
OR Claire Evans Christian Peacemaker Teams 312-455-1199 cpt3@igc.org
[10-5-01]
Waterford, CT -- Presbyterians from all over the United States,
including a former moderator of the General Assembly, will travel to
Israel/Palestine from October 22 to November 3 as part of the first
joint delegation sponsored by the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF)
and the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT). While in the Middle East the
trip participants will meet with both Israeli and Palestinian peace
workers in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, as well as Presbyterian mission
workers and partners. They will also spend part of the trip in Hebron
with the permanent CPT team, where they will experience and participate
in the violence reduction work of CPT, which includes nonviolent direct
action.
The Rev. John Fife of Tucson, AZ, former moderator of
the Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly, is among the delegation
participants. The Rev. Christine Caton of Waterford, CT, delegation
co-leader and staff for the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, said,
"At this time in our country, it becomes even more important for us
to travel to the Middle East to be a strong witness for peace in the
world."
Other delegation participants include: Albert Bagley
(Bellevue, WA), Carol Drew (Wellesley Island, NY), Joan Heckel
(Pittsburgh, PA), Joseph Heckel (Pittsburgh, PA), Gene Lefebvre
(Phoenix, AZ), Vivian Lovingood (Pittsburgh, PA), Alexandra Lusak (Troy,
NY), Matthew Moore (Tucson, AZ), Arch Taylor (Louisville, KY), Rick
Ufford-Chase (Tucson, AZ), Marilyn White (League City, TX).
The Presbyterian Peace Fellowship is an affinity group
associated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), formed in the 1940's to
support conscientious objectors. Today it continues to be a witness to
the nonviolent Jesus Christ in the church and the world.
The Christian Peacemaker Teams is an initiative of
North American Mennonite and Church of the Brethren congregations and
Quaker meetings who support violence-reduction projects around the
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