WCC INFO: Media accreditation opens for the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation

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World Council of Churches - Media advisory

MEDIA ACCREDITATION OPENS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ECUMENICAL PEACE
CONVOCATION

For immediate release: 21 March 2011

The World Council of Churches (WCC), the Caribbean Conference of
Churches (CCC) and the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) will host the
first ever International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC)
(Link: http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=3f4dba33cbcf15575d89 ) in 
Kingston,
Jamaica, 17-25 May on the campus of the University of the West Indies
(Link: http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=7a4da4a393b0f9b63df5 ) at Mona.

International and local press are invited to attend this event by
completing a press accreditation form (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=1774edccf34331fdab5a
) and returning it to the World Council of Churches.

This unique gathering will bring together 1,000 religious leaders and
peacemakers from around the world and provide a point of interest to local
and international media interested in the role of the church in
peacemaking at local, national and international levels.

The convocation is the culmination of the WCC programme, the Decade to
Overcome Violence (DOV), which coincided with the UN International Decade
for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World. The
theme of the ecumenical convocation is “Glory to God and Peace on
Earth”. The event has four sub-themes which will be addressed through
plenary sessions, worship services, workshops and seminars, all of which
are open to accredited media.

The four themes are, Peace in the Community, Peace with the Earth, Peace in
the Marketplace and Peace Among Peoples. The plenary sessions including
the opening and closing ceremonies will be presented (Link:  )
online through live video streaming.

A series of events of particular interest to media will also take place
during the convocation, including World Peace Sunday, 22 May
(Link: http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=82e432f70fbb2183fffb ), the
planting of Peace Trees by churches throughout Jamaica and a Peace Concert
featuring the Jamaican group Fab 5 in Emancipation Park, Kingston, Friday,
20 May.

For more information about the IEPC and media registration contact:

Mark Beach, WCC director of Communications
Phone: +41.22.791.6018
Mobile: +41.79.507.6363
Fax: +41-22-710-2078
meb@wcc-coe.org (Link: meb@wcc-coe.org )

Download the press accreditation form (pdf) (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=a70424512521618e035e
)

Download an info sheet for media (pdf) (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=dd12133dc210c40822fd
)

Download a provisional IEPC agenda (pdf) (Link:
http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=feed995e1a88fc6f20c8 )


The World Council of Churches promotes Christian unity in faith, witness 
and service for a just and peaceful world. An ecumenical fellowship of 
churches founded in 1948, today the WCC brings together 349 Protestant, 
Orthodox, Anglican and other churches representing more than 560 million 
Christians in over 110 countries, and works cooperatively with the Roman 
Catholic Church. The WCC general secretary is Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, 
from the [Lutheran] Church of Norway. Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland.



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