Friday, December 18, 2009

3rd Annual Bethlehem Prayer Service

Saturday, December 199:30 am Gathering, 10:00 am Service
Washington National Cathedral
3101 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington

Prayers, readings, and hymns alternate between Washington and Palestine via the internet, bringing together people of different lands, languages, and ethnic backgrounds in celebration of Christmas.

Participants in Washington include the Most Reverend Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate, The Episcopal Church; the Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane, Episcopal Bishop of Washington; the Rt. Rev. Richard H. Graham, Bishop of the ELCA Metropolitan Washington, Synod; the Very Rev. Samuel T. Lloyd III, Dean of the Cathedral, and the Rev. Canon Stephen Huber, Cathedral Vicar.

Participants in Bethlehem include the Rt. Rev. Suheil Dawani, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem; the Rt. Rev. Munib Younan, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land; and the Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb from Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem.

Wherever you are, watch the service by live Webcast at www.NationalCathedral.org.
For updated information, go to www.BrightStarsBethlehem.org

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