National Evangelical Church of Beirut

Sunday School During Palm and Easter Sundays

Palm and Easter Sundays were celebrated by Sunday school kids. Children rejoiced over various activities: hand crafts, coloring Easter eggs, hunting eggs game, dramas, and making bulletin cards. Children, guided by Sunday school teachers, participated in the worship service too and presented wonderful songs to praise the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Life Without Limbs, Nick Vujicic

'Helping Hand' Society gathered together last Friday on the 19th of April and watched a DVD on Mr. Nick Vujicic, a motivational speaker, a man without limbs. Reflections and thoughts are followed.

Mr. Nick travels internationally and focus on teen issues. He gives his powerful Christian message through television shows and writings.

"As followers of Jesus Christ, God has instilled a flame of hope within us. A supernatural glow. A light of joy and hope that cannot be explained nor ignored. What a privilege to shine His light wherever He leads us!" (Nick Vujicic)

See more about this in 

www.lifewithoutlimbs.org

Philemon Preschool Project

Philemon Preschool Project is a project that will focus on the poor and marginal kids of migrants. The center is located in Berj Hammoud district.

You can watch about this on YouTube Link.

Read more: Philemon Preschool Project

Palm Sunday Service

"Hosanna to the Son of David!"

"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"

"Hosanna in the highest!"         (Matt. 21:9)

Saturday Vigil Service

First service to celebrate Christ resurrection. All worshipers lit their lights from the Easter Candle. Light of Christ spreads throughout of our gathering and the darkness is decreased. 

Christ is our Light. Thanks be to God. 

Easter Service

The great joy of Easter time is founded on Christ who is risen from dead and is still alive. 

Christ is Risen, He is risen indeed. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

May this joyous and blessed Easter message be with you all.

Mother's Day Lunch

On Saturday, March 16, 2013, 'Helping Hand' Society celebrated the Mother's Day at Marina Club - Dbayyeh. Many families from our church participated and enjoyed the fellowship. And we thanked the Lord for the gift of motherhood. They remind us always of God's care and love. Solo hymns accompanied our gathering and a special prayer raised for our mothers, for their health, and thankful hearts for those who are now with living Lord.

'Walk With Us', Michael Haddad

On Friday 15th of February, Mr. Michael Haddad was invited by 'Helping Hand' Society in our church to speak about his experience as a person who faced disability with faith and hope.

Mr. Haddad is a founder of 'Walk With Us' organization that try to create awareness to 250 thousands disabled people in Lebanon. It helps as well to reintegrate those people to be active in their society, reclaiming their rights and improving their abilities.

Churches Celebrated the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

In an ecumenical atmosphere, the three different churches (Catholic, Orthodox and Protestants) represented by their leaders, participated in the closing service of the Week of Prayer on Sunday, Jan 27, 2013 at the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias.

It has been a tradition to have the Week of Prayer between 18-25 of January from every year. The theme for this year was "What does God require of us," taken from the book of the prophet Micah (cf. Mi 6, 6-8).

The speakers invited all to pray unceasingly asking God for the great gift of unity among all the disciples of the Lord. And the choir chanted wonderfully from all church traditions of the East.

May the inexhaustible power of the Holy Spirit encourage us all toward a sincere commitment in our search for unity, so that we might all together praise God and Christ, our Lord.

(The icon of the brochure cover is from the Armenian Church representing epiphany and nativity.)

International Conference at USJ

Our Church participated in a three-day conference organized by the faculty of Religious Studies in “Centre de Recherches et des Publications de l’Orient Chrétien” (CERPOC) at Universite Saint-Joseph. Rev. Habib Badr and Rev. Nabil Mamarbashi attended the opening on Friday, January 24, 2013 at François Bassil auditorium.

The symposium was in Arabic and entitled “The Discourse of Christian Communities in Middle East at the Time of Crisis” (خطاب الجماعات المسيحية في الشرق الأدنى في زمن الأزمات). It was part of an international conference that tries to articulate the problems and state the pivotal questions (religious, political and cultural) in regard of Christian communities in the East. These questions will be further considered by the scientific team at CERPOC in their research.