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NCCCUSA to Hold Memorial Service for Victims of Embassy Bombings
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
Contact: Wendy McDowell, NCC News, 212-870-2227
Internet:  news@ncccusa.org

86NCC8/19/98                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NCC TO HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF EMBASSY 
BOMBINGS AUGUST 20, 12 NOON AT NEW YORK CITY 
INTERCHURCH CENTER

WHAT:
A memorial service for all the victims of the Embassy bombings in Kenya 
and Tanzania, sponsored by the National Council of Churches (NCC) 
Africa Office.

WHEN:
Thursday, August 20 at 12 noon

WHERE:
The Interchurch Center, 475 Riverside Drive , New York City (use 
Claremont Ave. entrance at 120th St.), Chapel (ground floor)

WHY:
"This service is for all the victims of the bombings, North American, 
Kenyan, Tanzanian, and all others," said Mr. Willis Logan, Director of the 
NCC's Africa Office.  "Unfortunately, it often takes tragedies like this to 
remind us of how connected we are."

"The NCC has formal connections in Kenya and Tanzania through 
Church World Service," Mr. Logan explained.  CWS is the humanitarian 
relief, refugee assistance and disaster response ministry of the NCC.  "The 
National Christian Council of Kenya (NCCK), whose Church House 
headquarters are across the street from the embassy and where one person 
died and at least 20 other people were injured, is a longtime partner of 
ours.  The Christian Council of Tanzania is also a CWS partner."

Through the Emergency Response Office of CWS, the NCC is developing 
its own response to the bombings, Mr. Logan said.

WHO:
Participants in the service will include: Kermit DeGraffenreidt, Secretary 
Treasurer of the Department of Overseas Missions for the African 
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; Eileen King, Executive Director, 
World Day of Prayer, International Committee; Pauline Muchina, NCC 
Africa Office and Kenyan citizen, and Rodney Page, NCC Deputy 
General Secretary.

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