St. Paul, MN Conference Oct. 29-30

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA -- FRIENDS OF SABEEL CONFERENCE

“One Land, Two Peoples, Three Faiths: Time for Reconciliation, Justice and Peace”

OCTOBER 29-30, 2010 AT LUTHER SEMINARY, ST. PAUL

Mark Braverman Plenary Address: "The Role of the Church in Bringing Peace to the Holy Land" - (pdf, 172 KB)

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Download Conference Brochure (pdf, 243 KB)

Download Conference Poster (pdf, 692 KB)

SPEAKERS:

Naim Ateek—Palestinian Anglican priest, founder/director of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, author of Justice and Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation and A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation.

Mark Braverman—a Jewish American with deep family roots in the Holy Land. Trained as a clinical psychologist, Mark now devotes himself full -time to the cause for peace in historic Palestine. In his work he focuses on the role of religious beliefs and theology in the current discourse on Israel/Palestine and the future of interfaith relations.

Don Wagner—The Rev. Donald "Don" Wagner is Research Professor of Interfaith and Peace Studies at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. He is author of Anxious for Armageddon (1995) and Dying in the Land of Promise: Palestine and Palestinian Christianity from Pentecost to 2000 (2003).

Huwaida Arraf—a Palestinian Christian who chairs the Free Gaza Movement, the organization behind the Gaza Freedom Flotillas. She is also a co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement whose mission is to resist the Israeli occupation using nonviolent tactics. She is married to Adam Shapiro, another ISM co-founder, whom she met while both were working at the Jerusalem center of Seeds of Peace, an organization that seeks to foster dialogue between Jewish and Palestinian youth.

Craig and Cindy Corrie— They are the parents of Rachel Corrie of Olympia, WA, who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Rafah Camp, Gaza Strip, in March 2003. They have taken up their daughter’s cause, making it their own through The Rachel Corrie Foundation.

Fouzi Slisli—assistant professor in the Department of Human Relations and Multicultural Education at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Hi s areas of specialization include: Colonial and Imperial History; Race in Modern History; Islam and politics.

REGISTRATION: $90 full conference; $45 student; $45 Single day (Friday or Saturday). Pay online (below) or mail check to Friends of Sabeel, PO Box 9186, Portland, Oregon 97207.  Write "St. Paul Conference" in check memo line.

LODGING
Marriott Court Yard Hotel
2905 Centre Pointe Drive
Roseville, MN 55113
(Mention Luther Seminary for special rate of $89/night. Call: (651) 746-8000 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (651) 746-8000      end_of_the_skype_highlighting for reservations).

QUESTIONS? CALL LOCAL CONFERENCE CONTACT:  Lynne Rigg (651) 388-6730

Co-Sponsors:

Anonymous, Minneapolis
Atonement Lutheran Church, Bloomington
Phil Benson for First Presbyterian Church, Maple Plain
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Calvary Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Cathedral Church of St. Mark (Episcopal), Minneapolis
(Catholic) Church of St. Bridget’s, Minneapolis
Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Christ Lutheran on Capitol Hill, St. Paul
Edina Community Lutheran Church, Edina
ELCA Joint Peace with Justice Committee, Mpls & St. Paul Area Synods
ELCA Southeast Minnesota Synod
Episcopal Church of the Epiphany, Plymouth
Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota
Ev. Lutheran Church of the Reformation, St. Louis Park
Grace University Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Minneapolis
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Justice & Witness Team, Minnesota Conference, United Church of Christ
Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Maple Grove
Lutheran Church of Christ the Redeemer, Minneapolis
Macalester-Plymouth United Church Peacemakers, St. Paul
Middle East Peace Now, Minnesota
Northfielders for Justice in Palestine-Israel, Northfield
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Circle Pines
Pax Christi, St. Cloud
Pax Christi, Twin Cities
Saint Anthony Park Lutheran Church, St. Paul
Saint Francis Cabrini Church (Catholic), Minneapolis
Saint John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield
Saint Luke Presbyterian Church, Minnetonka
Saint Michael Lutheran Church, Roseville
Saint Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church, St. Paul
Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Apple Valley
Spirit of St. Stephen (Catholic) Community, Minneapolis
United Methodist Church, Minnesota Conference, Minnesota
University Lutheran Church of Hope, Minneapolis
Women Against Military Madness, Middle East Committee, Minneapolis
 

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