Church leaders launch online pilgrimage for Lent
Howard Lake | 13 February 2009 | News
Church leaders from all denominations are promoting a virtual journey around the Holy Land, organised by charity Christian Aid. The virtual pilgrimage, which coincides with the festival of Lent, will "transport travellers from their inbox to the lands made familiar through scriptures and contemporary headlines".
Participants will get the chance to watch short videos, view photo galleries, read stories and pray while looking at the places where Jesus preached. They also meet local Christians, Jews and Muslims living there today, hear their personal stories and hear how the conflict touches the lives of both Israelis and Palestinians, and learn how hard many people are working for peace.
The pilgrimage will also include fundraising messages asking for support for Christian Aid’s Middle East appeal.
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The church leaders promoting the pilgrimage included the Rt Rev Peter Price, the Bishop of Bath & Wells; Rt Rev John Gladwin, Bishop of Chelmsford, the Rt Rev Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester; and the Rt Rev John Pritchard, Bishop of Oxford; Christine Elliot, the Methodist Secretary for External Affairs; the Rev Richard Mortimer, the United Reformed Church General Secretary; Alan Argent, Congregational Federation and Baptist and Christian Aid Intercommunity initiative manager Nigel Varndell.
Lent begins on 25 February 2009.
www.christianaid.org.uk/pilgrimage
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