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JANUARY 2003 January 3, 2003 -- NCC-Led
Religious Leaders' Mission to Iraq Concludes
January 3,
2003 -- Statement by Religious Leaders' Mission to Iraq
January 20, 2003 -- 'We Can Still Stop This War' - Martin Luther
King, Jr., Day Service Draws 3,200 to Washington National Cathedral; Peace March Follows
January 23, 2003 - NCC
General Secretary Calls for Fasting, Prayers for Peace Jan. 27
January 28, 2003 -- NCC
General Secretary Dr. Bob Edgar Reflects on "State of the Union" 2003
January 28, 2003 -- In Afghanistan's Shomali Valley, Church World Service Rebuilds Homes --
And Hope
Related Stories: Afghanistan
Changes, But Many Problems Remain: Index to CWS Stories on the Afghanistan Crisis
January 29, 2003, Pasadena, CA - Plans for 'Christian Churches Together in
the U.S.A.' Move from Vision Toward Reality
January 31, 2003, New York City -- 49 U.S. Religious Leaders Ask Urgent Meeting with President Bush on
Iraq
FEBRUARY 2003
February 3, 2003, Berlin,
Germany -- U.S., European Churches to
Discuss Common Response to Iraq Crisis
February 5, 2003, Washington, D.C. -- Justice for Haitian Refugees Becomes Rallying Cry
February 5, 2003, Berlin, Germany -- In Berlin, NCC Delegation Meets With Church Leaders From Europe and
Middle East, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
February
7, 2003 -- Iraqis Face Enormous Human Disaster if There's War, Says
Church World Service Executive Director McCullough
February 7, 2003
-- Iraq Crisis: U.S. Ecumenical Leaders Go to Paris for Meetings
February 11, 2003 -- NCC Delegation in Paris Feb. 10-11 Surprises
France with U.S. Church Opposition to War
February 13, 2003 -- Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter Endorse "All Our Children" Campaign;
Ecumenical Effort Seeks $1 Million for Health Assistance for Iraqi Children
February 14, 2003, New York - NCC's Oscar Bolioli 'Retires,' Returns to His Native Uruguay to
Head Methodist Church
February 17, 2003, London -- Tuesday Meeting with Blair on U.S. Christian Leaders' London Schedule
February 18, 2003, London -- U.S. Church Leaders Take Their Message of Peace to London's Downing
Street, Meet with Tony Blair
February 25, 2003, Portland, OR -- U.S. Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Honors NCC President Huszagh
February 27, 2003, Washington, DC -
International Church Leaders Plead for Peaceful Solution to Iraq
Crisis
February 27, 2003, Rome -- U.S.
Church Leaders, in Rome, Ask Pope to Address U.N. Security Council
MARCH
March 1, 2003 -- NCC Poverty March 2003 Now Underway; Web
Resources Offer Facts, Ideas, Success Stories
March 2, 2003, San
Francisco - Many Faiths, Joined Together for Prayer in San
Francisco, Call for End to Unjust War on Iraq -- and on America's Poor
March 4,
2003, Moscow - NCC Delegations Complete Five-Nation Round Of
Visits With Pope, Key European Leaders To read more, click these
links: Berlin | Paris | London
| Rome
March 5, 2003 - White House Answers 'No' to Jan. 30 Letter Asking
Bush Visit, Signed by 50 U.S. Church Leaders
Read church leaders' letter.
March 7, 2003, New York -- At
Lent, NCC Takes Up Concerns of Florida Farm Workers, Helps Persuade Workers to End Hunger
Strike Outside Taco Bell Headquarters
March 10-16, 2003 - NCC, Many Other Faith Groups Observe 'Cover the Uninsured Week,' March
10-16, 2003
March 11-14, 2003, Chicago - National SCUPE Congress March 11-14 Focuses on
How People of Faith Can Help End Poverty
March 12, 2003, New York -- Religious Leaders Hopeful on Raising National Awareness of Health
Insurance Crisis
March 16, 2003, 7
p.m. - 6,800 Candlelighting Vigils Held in
140 Countries; Concert, Rally Draw 4,000+ to Lincoln Memorial
March 19, 2003, - Church
World Service Board of Directors 3/19 Opposes Iraq War, Promises Humanitarian Aid
March 22, 2003, New York - As War Begins, CWS Accelerates Longstanding Relief to Iraqis
March 24, 2003, New York - Heads of NCC, Two Muslim Organizations Issue Joint Statement on Iraq
March 25, 2003, New York - As the War
Begins, Interfaith Forum Explores 'Resistance and Reconciliation'
March 31, 2003 -- NCC Faith and Order Commission Studies Rich Range of Issues
March 31, 2003, AMMAN, JORDAN - Shipment of Soap for Pediatric
Hospitals Arrives in Baghdad Today; Second Round of All Our Children Supplies
to Benefit Nearly 15,000 Iraqi Children
March 31, 2003,
Washington, D.C. -- Leslie C. Tune Named New Communication Officer
in the NCC/CWS Washington Office
APRIL 2003
April 3, 2003, NEW YORK CITY - Church
World Service Sends Urgently Needed Food Aid to North Korea; NCC, CWS Seek to Address
U.S.-Korea Tensions and Thus Stave Off a Greater Humanitarian Crisis
April 4, 2003, New York City -- NCC Launches Search for Two Key Positions, in Administration/
Finance, Interfaith Relations
April 8, 2003, Amman, JORDAN - U.S. Church Support
Critical in "All Our Children" Effort, Coordinator Says
April 8, 2003, Amman, JORDAN - Third
Shipment for Iraqi Pediatrics Hospitals Ready in Jordan
April 11, 2003, NEW YORK
CITY - Hungry
North Korean Mothers, Children Benefit from Church World Service Donation of Flour
April 12, 2003, AMMAN, JORDAN - Third
'All Our Children' Shipment Crosses Into Iraq; NCC, CWS Support Campaign for Iraqi Child
Health
April 14, 2003, CHICAGO - NCC/CWS Consultation Takes
Steps to Address Korea Crisis
April 15, 2003, SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- A Vision of Peace
in a Time of War: The Need for a Peace-Centered Foreign Policy, by the Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar,
General Secretary, National Council of Churches
April 16, 2003, NEW YORK CITY - Peace Talks, Ceasefire,
Humanitarian Aid Crucial for Liberia, CWS Says
April 17, 2003, AMMAN, Jordan -- Third "All Our Children" Shipment Reaches
Baghdad's Outskirts; Is Being Distributed in the City Little by Little as Security Allows
April 24, 2003, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- "Faith
and the Environment" -- Address to the Religion Communicators Council National
Conference by Dr. Bob Edgar, General Secretary, National Council of Churches
April 26, 2003, Indianapolis, Ind.
-- Religion Communicators Council's 2003 'Wilbur Awards' Honor Secular Media
For Presenting Religious Values
April 29, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- Dr. Antonios Kireopoulos Named to Lead NCC International Affairs
and Peace Work
April 30, 2003, CHICAGO -- As President
Prepares to Announce War's End, Muslim, Christian and Jewish Leaders Release Joint
Declaration Issuing Guidelines to Peace; Call on President to "Draw Back from First
Strike War"
MAY 2003
May 2, 2003, NEW
YORK CITY -- NCC General Secretary Bob Edgar's Statement on the
Death of Episcopal Church Bishop Paul Moore, Jr.
May 2, 2003 -- May 2 Religious
Leaders' Ad in The New York Times in Support of The United Nations
May
9, 2003, BAGHDAD -- War
Against Disease, Hunger Continues for Iraqis, Especially Children, Church World Service
Representative Reports Following Baghdad Visit; If health situation doesn't improve soon,
more children under five could die, say humanitarian agencies
May 14, 2003 -- U.S. Church Leaders Urge Israeli and
Palestinian Leaders to Take Bold Steps for Peace
May 22, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC General Secretary Heads to Middle East for Post-War Meetings
May 23, 2003 -- NCC Faith
and Order Commission Response to "Petrine Ministry: A Working Draft"
May 27, 2003 -- New FCC
Ruling Opens Floodgates for Corporate Ownership of Local, National Media; NCC
Communication Commission Joins Protests
May 28, 2003,
AMMAN, JORDAN -- In First Meeting Since Saddam
Hussein Came to Power, Shi'ite, Sunni and Christian Leaders Issue Call For Common
Action on Peace, Just Society in Iraq
May 30, 2003, DENVER, CO & PHOENIX, AZ First Somali Bantu Refugee
Families Arrive in U.S.;
Church World Service To Resettle 900+ In 13 U.S. Cities
JUNE 2003
June 5, 2003,
NEW YORK CITY -- Moderate Christian Voice Crucial for Middle East Peace, Edgar
Says
June 6, 2002, NEW YORK CITY -- Active U.S. Role,
Humanitarian Aid Urgent For Liberia, CWS Says
June 10, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- CWS Writes U.S. State Department as Liberians' Cries for Help Get
Louder; Second CWS Aid Airlift Reaches Liberia for Distribution as Soon as Security is
Assured
June 11, 2003, NEW YORK CITY
-- "A World to Share: Religious Perspectives on
Saving the Environment to be Broadcast Sunday, June 22, on the CBS Television Network
June 11, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC's Friendship Press Transfers "Peters Map" to
New Distributor, Envisions Expanded Market
June 12, 2003, WASHINGTON -- June 16-18 Conference To Call For A "Roadmap" For
Korea
June 16, 2003, WASHINGTON -- Sense of Danger, Hope
Mark Opening Session of NCC/CWS-Led Consultation on the Korea Crisis
June 18, 2003, WASHINGTON -- Korean and U.S. Religious Leaders Join to Address
Korea Crisis (Includes Consultation's Closing Statement)
June 19,
2003, Washington, D.C. -- Letter to President
George W. Bush from Religious Leaders Urging Passage of the Child Tax Credit Benefits
Legislation
June 25, 2003, Washington, D.C. -- Biotechnology Industry Organization and the National Council of
Churches Promote "Active and Informed Public Debate" on Bioethics Issues
June 26, 2003,
Washington, D.C. - Christian Leaders Continue to Pressure
President to Intervene on Child Tax Credit Benefit
JULY 2003
July 10, 2003, Washington, D.C. --
NCC Joins Other Faith
Communities, Drug Czar, White House to Prevent Teen Drug Use with Brenda Girton-Mitchell's July 10 Statement About Teens
and Drugs
July 11, 2003, NEW YORK CITY - With Medicine, Medical Equipment, Hospital Beds, Books
and Fresh Foods, All Our Children Campaign Continues to Meet Health Needs of Young Iraqis
July 11, 2003, Statement: NCC-USA Urges President Bush to Send Peacekeeping Forces to
Liberia
July 18,
2003, NEW YORK CITY: NCC Issues Plea for Nonviolence
in the Middle East
July 25, 2003, NEW YORK
CITY -- Leaders of National Council of Churches,
Church World Service Praise President Bush's Commitment to Fight AIDS in Africa, Offer
Assistance of Faith-Based Organizations; Congress Urged to Allocate Funds Necessary to
Make a 'Decisive Difference' for Africa
July 31,
2003, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Denounce Attempts to Make Religion an
Issue in the Consideration of Judicial Nominees, Faith Leaders Urge President Bush
AUGUST 2003
August 4, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC Takes Greetings to Brazil Meeting of Theologians, Other Church
Workers
August 20, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC 'Deeply Grieved' at Attacks on
U.N.'s Iraq Headquarters, Jerusalem Bus
August
21, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- New NCC
Stewards Program Offers Young Adults Ecumenical Experience
August 22, 2003, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Interfaith Prayer Vigil August 22
Launches 40th Anniversary of 'March on Washington'
August 23, 2003 -- Resources for Labor
Day weekend religious observances from the National Interfaith Committee for Worker
Justice
SEPTEMBER 2003
September 10, 2003, NEW
YORK CITY -- For a Prosperous,
Stable Iraq, Meet Its Humanitarian Needs, All Our Children Coordinator Says; Private Aid
is Crucial
September 18, 2003, WASHINGTON, D.C. --
"Witness for Civil Liberties Weekend' Planned for Oct. 24-26
September
11, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- Remembering September 11, 2001
September 12, 2003, AMERICUS, Ga.
-- Habitat for Humanity's
'Building on Faith' Week Sept. 14+ Unites Faith Groups in Prayer, Action
September 16, 2003, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Advocates Hail Senate's Rejection of
FCC Effort to Relax Media Ownership Regulations
September 20, 2003, NEW YORK CITY
-- Video 'Korea's Hope' features PCUSA's
Dr. Syngman Rhee, NCC/CWS Korea Consultation
September 24, 2003, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- People with Disabilities Need More Than 'Ramps and Curb Cuts' Is
Key Message of NCC Event at Calvin Seminary Sept. 24-27
September 25, 2003, NEW
YORK CITY --
'Peacemakers,' An Interfaith Religion Special About the People Who Work to
Stop Wars, to Be Broadcast October 12 on CBS Television Network
September 25, 2003, HARTFORD,
Conn. -- Forty Leaders Participate in
Consultation on the Women's Movement in the Churches
September 26, 2003, NEW YORK CITY
-- Our Nation Must Act to
Reduce Poverty, NCC General Secretary Says As Census Bureau Reports Deepening Poverty in
the United States
OCTOBER 2003
October 1, 2003, NEW YORK CITY --
'Peacemakers,' 'Davey and Goliath' Are Subjects
of NCC-Related Network TV Specials This Fall
October 1, 2003, NEW YORK
CITY - NCC Board Celebrates
Council's Continuing Fiscal Recovery
October 7, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC General Assembly to
Meet Nov. 4-6
October 10, 2003, NEW YORK CITY - Walk With Us,' African Ecumenical Leader
Tells U.S. Churches; New All Africa Conference of Churches General Secretary Visits NCC,
CWS
October 15, 2003, NEW YORK CITY - Chinese Christian Delegation
Visits NCC and CWS,
Reports Rapid Growth of Protestantism
October 16, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- Team's Challenge: Develop Church
School Themes Far in Advance
October 16, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- Churches
Must Address Issues of the Day, Ground People in Faith, Forum Leaders Say
October 17, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- Next Ecumenical Young Adult
Ministry Gathering Set for May 2004
October 20, 2003, NEW YORK CITY --
NCC General Secretary, CWS
Executive Director to Lead Delegation to Korea; Agenda in North and South: Humanitarian
Aid, Search for Peace, Justice
October 20, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- Expressing Concern About
Sectarianism in the U.S. Defense Department, NCC General Secretary Bob Edgar Seeks Meeting
with Donald Rumsfeld; Dr. Edgar Also Writes Malaysian Prime Minister Decrying His Remarks
Condemning Jews
October
27, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- NCC
Communication Commission Criticizes Reuters For Refusing to Sell Billboard Space to United
Methodists
October
29, 2003, NASHVILLE, Tenn. (UMNS) -- Reuters Reverses Decision on United Methodist Times Square
Advertising; Billboard to Carry 'Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors' Message
October 31, 2003, NEW YORK CITY -- Profile of C.M.E. Bishop Thomas L.
Hoyt, Jr., NCC President 2004-2005; Actively Combating Poverty in His District, Hoyt Aims
to Add 'Feet" to the NCC's Poverty Mobilization
NOVEMBER 2003
November 4, 2003, Jackson,
Miss. -- 'Messed UP, But In The
Master's Hands' -- Sermon Preached by the Rev. Thelma Chambers-Young at Opening Worship
Nov. 4, 2003 -- NCC Annual General Assembly
November 4, 2003, JACKSON, Miss.
-- Millennium Fund Honors Elenie
Huszagh's Legacy as NCC President 2002-2003
November 5, 2003, JACKSON, Miss. - NCC 2003 General Assembly
Backgrounder: Issues Underlying Taco Bell, Mt. Olive Pickle Boycotts
November 5, 2003, JACKSON, Miss. -- "The Churches and Public
School," A Resolution of the
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA General Assembly
November 6, 2003, JACKSON, Miss.
-- Resolution on the Conflict
in the Middle East, Adopted by the
NCC General Assembly
November 6, 2003, JACKSON, Miss. NCC Endorses Consumer Boycotts of
Taco Bell, Mt. Olive Pickle Products; Council is Largest, Broadest Religious Group to
Endorse the Boycotts
WRAP UP OF NCC 2003 GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Nov. 4-6, Jackson, Miss.
November 13, 2003, NEW YORK CITY - Former UCC President Leads
NCC's Anti-Poverty Work in 2003-2004
November 17, 2003, NEW YORK CITY --
National
Council of Churches Statement on Bombing of Turkish Synagogues
November 17, 2003, NEW YORK CITY --
NCC/CWS Delegation to North Korea Includes Humanitarian Aid,
Visit to Demilitarized Zone, Worship with Church Community Related stories: Delegation's
Six-Point Statement Calling for Responses to the Crisis; CWS Analyst
Victor Hsu's Presentation to Peace Conference, with Photos from Delegation's Visit;
Closing
Statement by Participants in Third International Peace Conference in Seoul.
DECEMBER 2003
December 1,
2003, Washington, D.C. --
NCC USA Urges Churches to Break the Silence on
World AIDS Day
December 11, 2003, NEW YORK
CITY –
NCC USA
Addresses Concerns -- and a Ray of Hope -- in the Middle East
December 15, 2003, NEW YORK CITY --
NCC USA Statement on the Capture of Saddam Hussein
December 2003
--
NCC Christmas Message
2003: God Reveals Self as a Newborn Baby
December 17, 2003 --
Split Over
Pending War in Iraq Ranks #2 in RNA Top Religion Stories Poll; National
Council of Churches' Leadership Against the War is Noted
December 19, 2003, NEW YORK CITY --
National Events Jan. 30-31,
2004, in
Columbia, S.C.,
Will Bring Issues of Poverty to the Public Debate
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