Dear friends:

The Interfaith Peace Working Group of Wisconsin will host a live, hourlong Zoom session on the crisis in Gaza at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26, featuring Peter Makari, global relations minister for the Middle East and Europe for the UCC and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Peter, who recently returned from Jerusalem, will provide an opportunity for us to hear firsthand about the latest developments in Gaza. A question-and-answer session and discussion will follow his presentation.

Peter is one of the most well-informed church leaders in the United States on developments in the Middle East and Gaza, working closely with the Middle East Council of Churches and with the international faith community. This event is designed to assist spiritual leaders and members of churches and other communities of faith and conscience to understand, from a faith perspective, what is taking place in Gaza and also offers an opportunity for people and communities of faith to consider what they can do to bring about a ceasefire and realize the widely shared hopes of people for peace, an end to violence, and reconciliation in Gaza and Palestine.

The session also promises to be a valuable resource for congregations engaging the issue of a just peace between Israel and the Palestinian people in preparation for the 2025 Wisconsin Conference Annual Meeting, where delegates may vote whether to adopt the Declaration for a Just Peace Between Israel and Palestine adopted at the UCC’s 2021 General Synod.

The Sept. 26 event is free and no registration is required. Join us on Zoom.    

In faith,

Lisa Hart



Associate Conference Minister

Faith Formation and Justice Ministries