The MECC is busy with the final preparations for its 9th General Assembly which will take place in St. George Hotel, in the town of Paphos/Cyprus (26 30 November). The agenda of Assembly will include a report from the General Secretary, reports of the Units and Departments for the past four years, business sessions of election of the General Secretary, the election of the Presidents, as well as the appointment of the new Executive Committe e members who will be meeting right after the Assembly. The Assembly will hav e a half day of reporting and in depth discussions regarding the restructurin g of the Council. Hundred and twenty persons are expected to attend the Assembly including Patriarchs (Heads of Churches), sixty four representatives of member churches (Eastern Orthodox Oriental Orthodox Catholic Evangelicals) who are eligible for voting, as well as guests, international partners and media personnel. The Assembly have chosen the theme from 2 Corinthians 5:20 ³So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us², which will be reflected in morning prayers and Bibl e reflections. Since its establishment in 1974, the Council is representing the ecumenical movement in the Middle East and became an instrument for churches to witness their unity in diversity. The MECC website: www.mec-churches.org <http://www.mec-churches.org> will report on daily basis the events of the Assembly. Middle East Council of Churches Office of International Ecumenical Relations P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon
Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary
mecc@cyberia.net.lb or guirgissaleh@cyberia.net.lb
+961-1-353-938 http://www.mec-churches.org/