WCC INFO: Video streaming the peace convocation
From WCC media <noreply@wcc-coe.org>Date Tue, 17 May 2011 01:10:30 +0200
World Council of Churches - Media advisory VIDEO STREAMING THE PEACE CONVOCATION For immediate release: 16 May 2011 The World Council of Churches (WCC) will be web streaming the plenary sessions and special events of the upcoming International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC). The video streams will be live from the Mona campus of the University of West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, where the convocation is being held, beginning Wednesday 18 May. The streaming will be available through the IEPC website www.overcomingviolence.org (Link: http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=3d96b1b342147f4f27cf ) and the Jamaica Information Service http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=6500cd8ab44a3ca76c46 (Link: http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=f1ea6bf90847faead5d6 ). Following is the web streaming schedule. All times are Jamaica local time (GMT-5 hours) and subject to change. For more information about the speakers and panel members please download the IEPC handbook (pdf, 784 KB) (Link: http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=6ae2a91d711968561782 ) at www.overcomingviolence.org (Link: http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=112bed2ef8cfd4c85cb2 ) Wednesday 18 May (time and speakers subject to change) Time: 14:30 - 16:30 Plenary: Opening, DOV celebration, keynote address, greetings Scheduled speakers: * Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit * Rev. Dr Paul Gardner * Rev. Dr Margot Kässmann * Metropolitan Dr Hilarion of Volokolamsk * Canon Dr Paul Oestreicher Time: 17:30 - 19:00 Opening Prayer and worship service Thursday 19 May (time and speakers subject to change) Time: 10:30 - 12:30 Plenary: Peace in the Community Scheduled speakers and panel: * Martin Luther King III * Prof. Ram Puniyani * Dr Muna Mushahwar * Dr Deborah Weissman * Dr Tania Mara Viera Sampaio * Asha Kowtal * Rev. Karen Thompson Friday 20 May (time and speakers subject to change) Time: 10:30 - 12:30 Plenary: Peace with the Earth Scheduled speakers and panel: * Rev. Tafue M. Lusama * Sr Ernestina López Bac * Adrian Shaw * Lic. Elias Crisostomo Abramides * Fr Prof. Dr Kondothra M. George * Choir from Global Network of Religion for Children Saturday 21 May (time and speakers subject to change) Time: 10:30 - 12:30 Plenary: Peace in the Marketplace Scheduled speakers and panel: * Archbishop Valentine Mokiwa * Omega Bula * Fr Emmanuel Clapsis * Rev. Dr Roderick Hewitt * Rev. Garnett Roper * Dr Rommel F. Linatoc Sunday 22 May (time subject to change) Time 17:00 - 19:00 Concert (time to be confirmed) Monday 23 May (time and speakers subject to change) Time: 10:30 - 12:30 Plenary: Peace among the Peoples Scheduled speakers and panel: * Setsuko Thurlow * Dr Christiane Agboton-Johnson * Dr Patricia Lewis * Dr Lisa Schirch * Archbishop Avak Asadourian * Rev. Kjell Magne Bondevik Tuesday 24 May (time subject to change) Time: 10:30 - 12:30 and 14:30 - 16:15 Closing Plenaries 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. You receive this information as a subscriber of our media list. You are registered as Worldwide with the address wfn-editors@wfn.org. Click here to unsubscribe or change your distribution settings (Link: http://www.oikoumene.org/index.php?RDCT=10b0d3ab30a7d9ef8089 ).