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Announcement:- Asia Sunday 2011Every year since 1974, Asia Sunday has been celebrated in Asia and among ecumenical organizations around the world on the Sunday before Pentecost. The observance is to commemorate the founding of the East Asia Christian Conference, renamed in 1973 as the Christian Conference of Asia. This year Asia Sunday falls on 5 June 2011. The theme of Asia Sunday 2011 is “Make Us Healers, O God.” This is drawn from the CCA 13th General Assembly theme which will run for five years (2011-15), “Called to Prophesy, Reconcile and Heal.” The theme is a prayer for us to become healers even as we also pray to be healed of our brokenness and division in our personal and communal life, and in relation to the whole creation. Please mark 5 June 2011 on your church calendar as Asia Sunday, or designate any Sunday you may prefer. Liturgical resources are being prepared by a staff team at CCA and will be made available electronically. posted by cbs on Monday, December 13, 2010 CCA joins the international community in observing Human Rights DayDear Member Churches and Councils, Friends and Partners: December 10 every year is set aside to mark Human Rights Day the world over. 2010 Human Rights day is dedicated to human rights defenders who act to end all forms of discrimination and violation of human rights. Human rights defenders are those who speak out against violations and abuse, including discrimination, exclusion, oppression and violence. They advocate justice and the protection of victims of human rights violations on the one hand, and demand accountability for the perpetrators and transparency in government action on the other. The Philippines recently hosted a delegation of church leaders under the Living Letters Program of the World Council of Churches, an ecumenical gesture to accompany churches in situations of conflict and to extend pastoral support. In many places in Asia, people live in dire and insecure conditions. Many poor, marginalized and disempowered communities suffer from landlessness, lack of access to water, trafficking, and HIV and AIDS. On the Korean peninsula, the threat of war stalks the region while North and South Korean Christians are striving to ensure that peace and reunification will triumph in the end. In many cases, the rights of the civilian populations are violated and compromised by illegal arrests and detention, extrajudicial killings, torture and enforced disappearances. People are displaced and forced to move across international borders due to climate change and environmental degradation in low-lying areas prone to floods and cyclones. Churches, Christians and people of other faiths have a moral responsibility to stand by the victims of economic, social and political turmoil in every society and when human rights are denied and violated. Today, 10 December 2010, the world marks Human Rights Day with peace marches, prayer vigils, and other forms of affirming the rights of people to live in peace and dignity. Human Rights Day is a day to celebrate the inviolability of human rights and of people’s aspirations to be free from fear and persecution. Let us take heart in Jesus’ own announcement of his ministry in a synagogue in Nazareth: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”Henriette Hutabarat Lebang General Secretary posted by cbs on Monday, December 13, 2010 Make Us Healers, O GodDear Member Churches and Councils: Greetings of peace and joy to you this Christmas season! Every year since 1974, Asia Sunday has been celebrated in Asia and among ecumenical organizations around the world on the Sunday before Pentecost. The observance is to commemorate the founding of the East Asia Christian Conference, renamed in 1973 as the Christian Conference of Asia. This year Asia Sunday falls on 5 June 2011. The theme of Asia Sunday 2011 is: “Make Us Healers, O God.”This is drawn from the CCA 13 General Assembly theme which will run for five years (2011-15), “Called to Prophesy, Reconcile and Heal.” The theme is a prayer for us to become healers even as we also pray to be healed of our brokenness and division in our personal and communal life, and in relation to the whole creation. Please mark 5 June 2011 on your church calendar as Asia Sunday, or designate any Sunday you may prefer. Liturgical resources are being prepared by a staff team at CCA and will be made available electronically. God’s blessings be upon us as we continue committing ourselves to God’s work. Serving Christ with you, Henriette Hutabarat Lebang General Secretary posted by cbs on Monday, December 13, 2010 |
