Don’t miss reading the new article in FRIENDS JOURNAL on Ramallah Friends School about how differing peoples can bring new hope there.
FROM
Growing Hearts of Compassion
By Cliff Loesch
A Quaker Witness in the West Bank
FRIENDS JOURNAL (Go to that magazine to read the article.)
Brief quote:
“This past April, I visited Ramallah with a group of eight people from the United States and England who assembled with the common goal of serving as a Quaker pastoral presence for the Ramallah Friends School (RFS) community during these difficult days..
“…four different students reported on the visits of the teams to each of the four villages and summarized their findings. One of the presenters was Waseem… He told me that the first people their team spoke to in this village were the priest, an Orthodox Christian, and the imam. The basic message they heard from each of these religious leaders was, “We are friends! We spend time together! Our congregations do things together! We celebrate each other’s festivals!” This was really good news to hear….”
Don’t miss this hopeful article by Quaker leader Cliff Loesch in FRIENDS JOURNAL.
In the Light of Hope, Good, Equal, True, Just,
Daniel Wilcox
