LWF Jerusalem

A warm welcome to Sieglinde Weinbrenner, our new LWF Representative! jerusalem.lutheranworld.org/content/new-lw…

Today we welcomed Mohammed Al Namlah, chief civil engineer and technical director for the Saudi Fund for Development, for a visit to our new dialysis center, one of many projects funded by the Saudi Fund.

Thank you to @FinPalestine Ambassador Anna-Kaisa Heikkinen for coming to meet with AVH CEO Walid V. Nammour and LWF Rep. Lennart Hernander today to find out about the hospital's financial struggles. We greatly appreciate Finland's long-time support of our work!

“The hard work of each and every one of our 450 staff members has paid off and we continue to have the professional privilege of maintaining our status of being a JCI accredited hospital.” --AVH CEO Walid Nammour.

#TBT Going WAY back to 70 years ago, when @lutheranworld took over Augusta Victoria Hospital. Incredible historic footage combined with the modern hospital today. vimeo.com/329557481

Great students and wonderful hospitality for @lutheranworld Housing Advisory Committee at @lwfjerusalem Vocational Training Center #VTC at Beit Hanina @CanLWR

A great overview of Augusta Victoria Hospital by CEO Walid Nammour in @TWIPMagazine #disqus_thread" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thisweekinpalestine.com/augusta-victor…

Augusta Victoria Hospital is saving lives through early breast cancer detection with its mobile mammography clinic, which provides 30% of the mammograms in Palestine! jerusalem.lutheranworld.org/content/saving…

Spring is beautiful on the Mount of Olives. Come see the flowers, olive trees and the Ascension Church belltower!

Please join LWF Jerusalem as we welcome our new Interim Representative Lennart Hernander and say farewell to outgoing Representative Pauliina Parhiala. Full story: jerusalem.lutheranworld.org/content/new-in…

Wendy Broich, from Storm Lake, Iowa, receives ashes from Pastor Carrie Ballenger during Ash Wednesday service at the Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem. Broich is on 10-day tour for young adults of color through the ELCA's Peace Not Walls campaign. @ELCAYoungAdults

Congratulations to the 42 young adults who graduated today from the LWF Vocational Training Program short courses in hair dressing and catering. We are so proud of these 16- to 27-year-olds who spent 120 hours training for a new career.

We’re bottling fresh olive oil from the 800+ trees on our Mount of Olives campus. If you want to support our work and enjoy the best oil in Palestine, come to our office and buy a bottle, or mail order from the US! Details: jerusalem.lutheranworld.org/content/olive-…

Palestine in pictures, January edition: electronicintifada.net/content/palest…

Spring is in full bloom in Palestine. Amidst the hard work being done on the Mount of Olives, these flowers were here to greet us this morning. We hope you can come see LWF's work and experience the natural beauty of Palestine. 📷:@photobgray

“If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears.” ― Mahmoud Darwish Sponsor the planting of an olive tree on the Mt. of Olives and support LWF for generations to come. info.jerusalem@lutheranworld.org

Merry Christmas to all our Orthodox Christian siblings celebrating today!

Japan rocks out their Advent hymn... We'll post one from the @ELCJHL in Jerusalem on 24 Dec. It's in Arabic and just a little more traditional!

#GenderJustice: ELCJHL Women in Leadership "Sister Najla Moussan, principal of Talitha Kumi School, a German-trained Arab deaconess with The Rev. Allan Rosengren on the grounds of the school." ~ back of photo. Found in @lwfjerusalem archives. Note: No date was written

More than 1,500 landmines cleared at Jesus baptism site ”HALO Trust’s biggest victory was in bringing the seven denominations of Christianity to the same table in order to begin work on the politically and religiously sensitive site.” timesofisrael.com/more-than-1500…