Words of Hope from Amos Trust

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Words of Hope.

Please scroll down to read about our new fundraiser who is running the Bethlehem Marathon this week, a visit to the UK from Wi'am Director Zoughbi Zoughbi and details of our Alternative Pilgrimage in October.

Azey runs for Amos

Our new fundraiser Azey who started work with Amos earlier this month will be running the Palestine 'Right To Movement' Marathon this Friday along with a dozen other Amos supporters.

Azey who joined us from the North Devon Hospice in Barnstaple has never run a marathon before and is only ever so slightly nervous/scared. She said, 

"My youngest sister makes running look like sunbathing on a tropical beach! She can run for hours for fun and thinks it's a doddle. It’s a shame I don’t share her outlook! 

I am very excited about visiting Palestine for the first time after hearing so much about it since joining Amos, it will be great to experience it first hand."

You can support Azey's fundraising effort via her Just Giving page.

Photo: Jenny Baker

Wi’am director visits the UK

Wi'am director and Amos friend and partner Zoughbi Zoughbi will be visiting the UK in April and will be giving the Annual Michael Prior Memorial Lecture on Thursday 16th April.

The lecture entitled 'Politics and Religion: seeking a Sustainable Peace for Palestine', will take place at Heythrop College, University of London, Kensington Square W8 between 6pm - 7.30pm.

Zoughbi is Director of the Palestinian Conflict Resolution Centre, Wi'am, Bethlehem. Wi'am in Arabic means 'cordial relationships' and developing relationships is at the centre of our work here at Amos. Zoughbi said,

"The work of Wi’am is on the ground, with people, as we address the urgent needs of Palestinians."

For further details of the lecture, please email admin@livingstonesonline.org.uk

Zoughbi will also be in Leicester on Monday 13th April at Christchurch on Clarendon Park Road LE2 3AD talking about the living conditions in Bethlehem and Wakefield on Wednesday 15th April at Treacy Hall, Wakefield Cathedral WF1 1PJ talking about 'Jerusalem Today'.

For details of both these events, please email amanda@christianshare.co.uk or call 0116 254 0770.

He'll be back in London on Sunday 19th April at St John's Wood Church NW8 7NE at 4.30pm. For more information, please visit the St John's website.

Autumn Alternative Pilgrimage

Two places have become available on our Autumn Pilgrimage to Palestine which runs from Monday 12 to Wednesday 21 October 2015.

If you would like to visit the holy sites, spend time with local communities and local peacemakers and experience something of what life is like today in the Holy Land, please take a look at our website.