{"id":907,"date":"2012-01-16T09:36:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T15:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=907"},"modified":"2012-02-07T11:41:48","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T17:41:48","slug":"elcjhl-breaks-ground-on-new-church-at-baptismal-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/elcjhl-breaks-ground-on-new-church-at-baptismal-site\/","title":{"rendered":"ELCJHL Breaks Ground on New Church at Baptismal Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the Feast of Epiphany, 6 January, ELCJHL members and leaders gathered at the Baptismal Site at Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan to celebrate the ground breaking for the new Evangelical Lutheran Pilgrimage and Retreat Center at Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrations began with a service of Holy Communion by the Jordan River with Bishop Younan preaching and presiding, and Pastor Mitri Raheb, pastor in Bethlehem and President of the Synod; Pastor Sani Ibrahim Azar, pastor in Jerusalem; and Pastor Samer Azar, pastor in Amman assisting.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elcjhl.org\/news\/2012\/2012.01_january.asp#groundbreaking\" target=\"_blank\">at this link<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/elcjhl.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Baptismal-Site\/2011-Baptismal-Site-Dedication\/20984929_CxDQHz\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to view more photos from the day.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elcjhl.smugmug.com\/Projects\/Baptismal-Site\">Click here<\/a> to view other galleries of photos from the Baptismal Site.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.elcjhl.org\/galleries\/documents\/2012\/2012.01.06_Groundbreaking_BaptismalSite_Younan.pdf\">Click here<\/a> to read Bishop Younan\u2019s full sermon from the groundbreaking.<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned for ways you can support this important project!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Feast of Epiphany, 6 January, ELCJHL members and leaders gathered at the Baptismal Site at Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan to celebrate the ground breaking for the new Evangelical Lutheran Pilgrimage and Retreat Center at Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan. 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