Sunday, April 30, 2006
Egyptian visit to be shared
| David Loar to share Feb Egyptian Visit Written by David Loar | |
| Sunday, 30 April 2006 | |
| The Rev. David Loar of Fairlawn-West United Church of Christ will share about his experience in Egypt in February of 2006 as he visited Christian churches and peoples who were helping to change their communities and their nation in a much more retrestrictive setting than Christians have in the USA. This will be on Sunday, May 7, 2006 beginning at 5:30 pm with a potluck supper followed by pictures and narration by Rev. Loar. Everyone is invited to both the potluck and the presentation. Loar was part of a group of 9 Northeast Ohio clergy who traveled to Egypt and were hosted by CEOSS, Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Service. CEOSS was shaped and guided with a major influence from the Rev. Dr. Harry Eberts, Jr, former minister of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Akron and former Executive Director of the Akron Area Association of Churches. The group that Loar was part of is funded by the the Lilly Endownment and sponsored by the Akron Area Association of Churches for three years to look at ways to help transform the church. With far less resources and social/political clout in their culture, the Protestant Christian Church in Egypt is doing amazing things to help people face very austere conditions. They have no access to the national governmental or political process and yet they are offering spiritual strength through worship, schools, medical clinics, changing the status of women, and working with low-income communities. The Fairlawn-West Church building is at 2095 West Market Street in west Akron, next to the park with the Chief Rotaynah carving and in front of the new Judith A. Resnick Community Learning Center, the former Fairlawn Elementary School. For more information you can call the church office at 330-864-2179 or visit the web site at fairlawnwest.org. David Loar Fairlawn-West United Church of Christ 2095 W Market St Akron, OH 44313 330-864-2179 fax 330-864-2241 |
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