Ecumenical Prayer Vigil
for Peace in the Middle East

Please contact Nathan Rich at (301) 574-3548 or

2004 Schedule

Sunday, February 22, 2004, 6:00 pm
Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ
Bethesda, Maryland

Contact persons:  Francis Stickles, tel. 301-656-0955
Senior Pastor, Rev. Richard Smith, tel. 301-229-7766

Background

The people of metropolitan Washington, D.C., are invited to participate in services of prayer for the Christian communities in the Holy Land, for all those who are suffering in the area, Palestinians and Israelis, and for peace in the Middle East.

Churches in the District of Columbia and Maryland will continue to hold special prayers for the Middle East on the twenty-second of each month until the violence ends and a just and lasting peace agreement between Palestinians and Israelis is reached.   Similar prayer services are taking place across the country.

For information about the national "Ecumenical Prayer Vigil for Peace in the Middle East" visit:  www.pepm.org.

Your Help is Needed!

Please encourage congregations and regional bodies to publish the information about these worship opportunities in bulletins, newsletters, Websites, etc.

Metropolitan Washington, D.C., area organizers are searching for churches to host the prayer services.  The services are always on the 22nd of the month, the day assigned to the District of Columbia and to Maryland, and on the 17th of the month, the day assigned to Virginia and Iowa. 

If your congregation (or a cluster of congregations) would like to host a service, please e-mail Nathan Rich at nrich3@yahoo.com or call (301) 574-3548.

Pray for Peace

• February 22, 2004, Westmoreland Congregational UCC, Bethesda, MD

• March 22, 2003 - The United Church, 1920 G Street, NW, Washington, DC

• February 22, 2003 - Georgetown Lutheran Church, 1556 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, telephone:  202-337-9070

• January 22, 2003 - Bethesda Friends Meeting, Bethesda, MD
• December 22, 2002 - Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, Washington, DC
• November 22, 2002 - River Road Unitarian Church, Bethesda, MD
• October 22, 2002 - Saint Luke Lutheran Church, Silver Spring, MD
• September 22, 2002 - Westmoreland Congregational UCC, Bethesda, MD.
• August 22, 2002 - Arabic Church of the Redeemer, 4420 River Road
• June 22, 2002 - Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, 6601 Bradley Boulevard, Bethesda, MD (The Rev. Alex Awad)
• May 22, 2002, Arabic Church Of the Redeemer, 4420 River Road NW, Washington, DC
• January 22, 2002  - Bethesda Friends Meeting, Maryland (James Matlack)
• October 22, 2001 - Westmoreland Congregational UCC, Bethesda, MD. (The Rev. Michael Hamilton) 
• September 22, 2001 - Reformation Lutheran, Washington, DC (Bishop Theodore Schneider)
• August 22, 2001 - Christ Church (Episcopal), Georgetown
• June 22, 2001 - Noon Prayer Service and Luncheon at Foundry Methodist Church, Washington, DC
• May 22, 2001 -  Discussion and Prayer Service at the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, DC (Pr. Mitri Raheb)
• April 22, 2001 - Saint Luke Lutheran, Silver Spring (Helen Grant)
• March 22, 2001 - Saint Columba's Episcopal Church, Washington, DC
• February 22, 2001 - The Church of the Pilgrims, Washington, DC (Fr. Thomas Keating, OCSO)
• January 22, 2001 - Washington National Cathedral