EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
We currently have no further events scheduled for 2024. Will be adding future events shortly.
The Embrace Annual Lecture
A year on from the outbreak of war in Gaza, His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos OBE, Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London will speak on the impact of the war on the Christian presence in the Middle East.
Embrace@170 - Cardiff: Celebrate our amazing partners in the one Household of God
Join us at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, for a vibrant mix of worship, food and fellowship to celebrate 170 years of UK Christians walking alongside our sisters and brothers in the Middle East as they serve their communities. It’s an amazing story of dedicated Christian social witness across the decades, and of walking and serving together in the one household of God.
Embrace@170 - Glasgow: Celebrate our amazing partners in the one Household of God
Join us at Adelaide Place Baptist Church, Glasgow, for a vibrant mix of worship, food and fellowship to celebrate 170 years of UK Christians walking alongside our sisters and brothers in the Middle East as they serve their communities. It’s an amazing story of dedicated Christian social witness across the decades, and of walking and serving together in the one household of God.
Embrace@170 - London: Celebrate our amazing partners in the one Household of God
Join us at Bloomsbury Baptist Church, London, for a vibrant mix of worship and fellowship to celebrate 170 years of UK Christians walking alongside our sisters and brothers in the Middle East as they serve their communities. It’s an amazing story of dedicated Christian social witness across the decades, and of walking and serving together in the one household of God.
WEBINAR - How can Christians welcome refugees? Stories from Beirut and Bristol
Join us for a special webinar to mark Refugee Week to find out how we can all play a part in building a kinder, safer and fairer world for refugees - whether we live in the Middle East or the Midlands.
Vigil for Gaza - with Revd Munther Isaac
Join us for a service of prayer, music, readings, poetry and silence. The service will begin with a 30-minute reflection by Revd Dr Munther Isaac, speaking about the current situation in Gaza and the West Bank and how the worldwide church should respond.
Service of Lament - live from Bethlehem
Join with Christians around the world this Christmas in a Service of Lament, livestreamed from the Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem.
Ecumenical Advent Service
Attend in person or watch livestream
Join a unique Advent service where the twinned cities of Glasgow and Bethlehem will be linked in prayer for Peace in the Holy Land. The Glasgow Cathedral service will join with a simultaneous service in the Chapel of the Divine Child at Bethlehem University through a simulcast link.
Ecumenical Peace Vigil
Please join us in praying for peace and for all those caught up in the violence of the Israel-Hamas war.
This is a partnership event with Amos Trust, Bloomsbury Baptist Church, Christian Aid, Embrace the Middle East, The Methodist Church, St James, Sabeel-Kairos and The Quakers.
Embrace Annual Lecture: Here I Stand
Most Revd Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, will be joined by Daniel Munayer, Executive Director of Embrace partner Musalaha, and an expert panel to explore reconciliation and hope for the Middle East.
Join us at Greenbelt
Greenbelt is a festival like no other. It’s where artistry meets activism, the secular meets the spiritual and politics meets positivity – and Embrace will be there!
Webinar: Conversations with Middle East Christians, Part 4
Join Embrace the Middle East and Churches for Middle East Peace for a four-week series in conversation with Christians from across the Middle East.
Webinar: Conversations with Middle East Christians, Part 3
Join Embrace the Middle East and Churches for Middle East Peace for a four-week series in conversation with Christians from across the Middle East.
Webinar: Conversations with Middle East Christians, Part 2
Join Embrace the Middle East and Churches for Middle East Peace for a four-week series in conversation with Christians from across the Middle East.
Webinar: Conversations with Middle East Christians, Part 1
Join Embrace the Middle East and Churches for Middle East Peace for a four-week series in conversation with Christians from across the Middle East.
Talk and Q&A - Living together in the household of God – a view from Bethlehem
Embrace the Middle East, in partnership with Coventry Cathedral and the Chapel of Unity, invite you to come and explore what it means to live together in the household of God from the perspective of Palestinian Christians. Our guest speaker is Dr Rev’d Munther Isaac, Dean of Bethlehem Bible College.