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- Students of Beit Sahour, a school of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, perform songs and a dance to greet the ELCA delegation.
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- The ELCA delegation visited Beit Sahour and Dar Al-Kalima – two schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton visits students during their computer class at a school of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.
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- The ELCA and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land are member churches of The Lutheran World Federation – a global communion based in Geneva.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton visits the Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem.
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- The ELCA delegation remember their baptism during worship at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hope in Ramallah.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton meets with participants of the ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission program serving in the Holy Land.
In January, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton is leading a delegation of ELCA leaders and members visiting the people and ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land – a companion church of the ELCA. The delegation has visited schools and worshiped with members of the companion church, visited the Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, greeted young adults of the ELCA Young Adults in Global Mission program serving in the Middle East and more. It is also meeting with ecumenical leaders of churches, Palestinian and Israeli officials and others.
(Photos/Danae Hudson, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land)
