Rev. Alex Awad coming from Jerusalem--his schedule here
Andrea Whitmore
The Rev. Alex Awad, born in Jerusalem and now a United Methodist missionary to a small church there, is coming to Kansas City in April. He has several speaking events. He's a kind and gentle man (humorous too) who has lived the experience of occupation and speaks out against it, while at the same time somehow forgiving those who continue to oppress his people.
I will put his schedule below this brief biography from the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries website:
“The Rev. Alex Elias Awad is a missionary with the Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church serving in Israel/Palestine with his wife, Brenda. He pastors a small international church in East Jerusalem and teaches courses at Bethlehem Bible College, where he serves as faculty member, dean of students and board member. “
“Rev. Awad was born and raised in Jerusalem. His formative years were marked by the death of his father, who was killed in 1948 during crossfire between the Israeli and Jordanian armies. After the family became refugees, his mother was faced with the task of raising seven children between the ages of six months and eleven years. She enrolled her older children in local boarding schools, many of which had emerged in response to an increased number of orphaned children who had lost one or both parents in the war. She worked as a nurse to single-handedly support the family.
"Rev. Awad's experiences include pastoral and teaching ministries in Palestine/Israel, the United States and other countries including Norway, England, Romania, Brazil, South Africa, Sweden, Holland, and Germany. His proactive speaking on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict from a Christian Palestinian perspective led to his writing a book on the topic entitled, Through the Eyes of the Victims. He has also written serveral articles on the situation which were published in a variety of magazines - The United Methodist Reporter - The Mennonite, Baptist Peacemaker, New World Outlook, Christianity Today, and Christian Social Action."
The Rev. Alex Awad’s Kansas City speaking schedule for April
2012
Sunday morning, April 15, Avondale United Methodist Church, 3101 NE Winn
Road, Kansas City, MO 64117, Pastor Gary Ponder Williams
· Sunday school 9:45 to 10:30 in the sanctuary
· Worship at 10:50 (The public is invited to any UM worship service.)
Lunch with Pastor Williams
Sunday evening, April 15, Church of the Resurrection, 13720 Roe
Avenue Leawood, Kansas 66224, Pastor Adam Hamilton
- 7 PM. This will be a formatted presentation featuring Pastor
Awad and Rabbi Alan Cohen. Each will be given 20 minutes to share perspectives
and concerns. Each will then have 15 minutes to respond to the
other. Then 15 to 20 minutes of Q&A. The public is invited.
Monday evening, April 16th, Broadway United Methodist Church, 406 West 74th Street, Kansas City, MO 64114, Pastor Eric Huffman
- 7 PM talk in the sanctuary to which the public is invited.
Tuesday evening, April 17, An evening event with a graduate class.
Wednesday, April 18 rest
Thursday evening, April 19, Parkville Presbyterian Church, 819 Main Street, Parkville, MO 64152, Pastor Brian Ellison
- 7 PM talk, public invited.