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Beirut Hostage, now Peacemaker in Palestine<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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First United Methodist Church, Sacramento<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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November 30, 7:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Jerry
Levin was CNN Middle East Bureau Chief in Beirut, Lebanon in 1984, when he was
kidnapped by extremists and became the first of the so-called “forgotten”
American hostages. His wife, “Sis”, attracted international attention as her
efforts in building a team of Muslim, Jewish, and Christian friends at home and
in the Middle East, created the conditions for Jerry’s escape, after eleven and
a half months in captivity.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Sis’
book about those events, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Beirut
Diary</I><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">,</SPAN> was later made into
an ABC-TV docudrama, <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Held
Hostage</I>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Following
that experience, Jerry and Sis decided to dedicate their lives to peacemaking in
the Middle East through non-violent work and witness.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>20 years later, Dr. Lucille (Sis) Levin
is an internationally known peace educator and certified professional mediator,
and Jerry is working as a full time volunteer with Christian Peacemaker Teams
(CPT).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Although Birmingham, Alabama
is still their home (they now have 5 children and 11 grandchildren,) they have
spent the past four years in Palestine --except in early 2003, when they led a
CPT delegation into Baghdad as the U. S. invasion of Iraq began. They were there
throughout many of the bombings of the Iraqi capital, and several weeks of its
subsequent occupation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Jerry
is part of CPT in Hebron, and Sis is a full time volunteer in Palestinian
schools and peace-building organizations, assisting teachers and young adults to
teach peace.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They will present
photos and stories of their experiences with courageous nonviolence to create a
more stable peacemaking environment, in the Holy Land and elsewhere.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There will be no charge, but a free-will
offering will be received.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
first $300, t</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt">he Levin’s
normal honorarium, will be given to their nonprofit support agency, “Every
Church a Peace Church,” and funds beyond that will go to support their work in
Hebron and Bethlehem.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also, copies
of Jerry’s latest book, <I>West Bank Diary</I>, will be
available.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Please consider joining us for this extraordinary
opportunity to hear and meet such inspiring individuals.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information, contact <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-size: 11.5pt">Larry George, pastor, 916-446-5025, ext. 104,
or e-mail <A
href="mailto:lgeorgepomo@comcast.net">lgeorgepomo@comcast.net</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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