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Shaping Communities
in Times of Crisis:
Narratives of Land,
Peoples and Identities
November 6 – 12, 2005
Conference Program
The
conference planning team continues to work on the conference program,
seeking to create a dynamic and compelling event. A review of the
draft will give you an idea of the scope of the conference and the
challenging sessions that are planned.
Sunday, 6 November 2005
18:30 Opening Worship Service - Evangelical Lutheran
Christmas Church
Bishop Munib Younan, preaching
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jordan and the Holy Land
20:00 Opening Dinner – Il’Iliyeh Restaurant, 3rd
floor, ICB
Monday, 7 November 2005
08:00 Gathering Music & Meditation
08:30 Plenary I – Building Community through Movement and
Discussion Ms. Anette Klasing
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Plenary II – “Hermeneutics for a New World: Memory as
Encounter” Dr. Ottmar Fuchs
12:00 Plenary III - Creating a Global Mosaic – Abeer & Faten
Nastas
13:30 Lunch & Break
16:30 Public Opening of Conference
Words of Welcome
Opening of International Art Exhibit – Ms. Faten Nastas Mitwasi
Conference Theme Address: Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb
Solidarity Candle Light March through Old City, Bethlehem
20:00 Dinner Reception
Tuesday, 8 November 2005
08:00 Plenary IV - “Boundaries, Borders and Peoples - A
Historical/Biblical Overview” Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb
09:30 Break and Move to Buses
10:00 Exposure to Land Today
Descriptions of the five tours are posted on boards near the reception
desk. Please read them and sign up by Monday night for the tour you
on which you would like to go.
Exposure One – Tel Aviv – Jaffa – Wahat al-Salaam/Neve
Shalom
Exposure Two – Wadi Ara – Kibbutz Barqay
Exposure Three – Beit Omar, South Hebron Hills, Old
City Hebron
Exposure Four – Greater Jerusalem Area: Abu Dis –
Qalandia, Maale Addumin, Jahalin Beduoin
Exposure Five – Qaqilliya and Jayyous
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Plenary V - Photo Reflection and Musical Debriefing of
Exposure Trips
Wednesday, 9 November 2005
08:00 Gathering Worship/Meditation
08:30 Plenary VI – “Which Land for which People? - Narratives of
Land as
Expression of ‘We/Others’ - together or against” Dr. Ulrike
Bechmann
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Plenary VII – Land, Peoples and Identities through
Palestinian Lenses Ms. Viola Raheb, moderator
Panel
Dr. Salim Tamari – Sociologist
Dr. Fadia Daibes-Murad – Environmentalist
Dr. Assad Abed al-Rahman – Political Scientist
Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek - Theologian
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Plenary VIII – First Nations of America – Realities of
Land, Peoples and Identities Rev. Dr. George Tinker
Osage Nation
Professor Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie
Diné/Seminole/Muscogee Nations
16:30 Free Time & Afternoon Opportunities
16:30 – 18:30 - Work on Mosaic – Arts & Craft Center
17:00 – 18:00 - Gallery Talk – Manfred Dinnes - al-Kahf
Gallery
17:00 – 18:00 Art Performance – A Question of Distance
17:00 – 18:15 Workshop – Parent’s Circle
– Parish Hall
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Evening Discussion Groups
Thursday, 10 November 2005
08:00 Morning Worship/Meditation
08:30 Plenary IX - Hermeneutics III – “Suffering as a
Hermeneutical Key” Dr. Ottmar Fuchs
10:30 Plenary X - Land, Peoples and Identities through Israeli &
Jewish Lenses Dorothy Naor – moderator
Panel
Mr. Mossi Roz – Peace Now
Dr.
Riad Agbaria – Center of Bedouin Studies and
Development Rabbi Naomi Kelman – Theologian
Dr. Jerome Segal – Diaspora, Jewish Peace Lobby -
USA
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Plenary X – Former Yugoslavia – Realities of Land,
Peoples and Identities Professor Manfred
Dinnes
16:30 Free Time & Afternoon Opportunities
16:30 – 18:30 Work on Mosaic – Arts & Craft Center
17:00 – 18:00 Gallery Talk – Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie –
al-Kahf Gallery
17:00 – 18:00 Live Performance – A Question of Distance
(See description listed under Wednesday
afternoon)
18:30 “Our Diaries
Through The Wall” by The Stars of Bethlehem
Terra Sancta School for Girls – Sisters of St. Joseph-Bethlehem
20:00 Dinner
Friday, 11 November 2005
08:00 Morning Worship/Meditation
08:30 Plenary XI - Theological Responses to Land, Peoples and
Identities
Bishop Han Jürgen Abromeit – Bonhoeffer and the Nazi Regime
Rev. Dr. Matt Esau – Unity of the Church and Apartheid
Fr. Rafik Khoury – Local Church and Occupation
10:30 Break
11:00 Follow-up Discussion
12:30 Lunch
14:30 Working Groups - How has what we’ve seen, heard
impacted us, what are major themes and issues surfacing
16:00 Free Time & Afternoon Opportunities
16:30 – 18:30 Work on Mosaic – Arts & Craft Center
17:00 – 18:00 Gallery Talk – Steve Sabella
17:00 – 18:00 Live Performance – A Question of Distance
18:30 Evening Event - Wishah Dance Troupe
20:00 Dinner
Saturday, 12 November 2005
08:00 Gathering Worship/Meditation
08:30 Plenary XII – Report from Content Steering Committee &
Orientation to Next Steps
10:00 Break
10:30 ‘Next Steps’ Gatherings - Where Do We Go from Here?
12:30 Lunch
14:00 transfer to Dar al-Kalima – we will walk to the
hotel to pick up our buses
14:30 Tree Planting at Dar al-Kalima Nature Reserve
17:30 Closing Celebration
Keynote Address –
H.E. Ms. Hind Khoury
Minister of State of the Palestinian Authority
Jerusalem Affairs, Representative of Palestine
19:30
Farewell Buffet Dinner
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