The International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC)

If you haven't heard, the WSCF partnered with the World Council of Churches (WCC) to share stories and messages of peace from the IEPC, one of the most important ecumenical events of the decade! During the IEPC, a youth video team made up of young people from WSCF created a Vlog, video blog, to tell the stories of the IEPC. Check them out here: www.IEPCstories.com

Highlights include:

• Christian peace activist, Dr. Paul Oestreicher, shares his radical call to Just Peace
• Self told story of young Jamaican man from a violent inner city whose life was changed by a local peacemaker
• WSCF Book launch which included some of the most revered peacemakers of the world dancing to Bollywood music!
• Interview with Rev. Kjell Jonasson from Sweden who lives in Jerusalem and works for the Jerusalem Inter-Church Centre (JIC)
• And many more...

Mark Beach from the WCC noted that it is vital for Christians to be good communicators “because as Christians we have an important message to share with the world. That message is that through the transforming love of Christ we can become a people of peace. We can become communities seek peace with justice in a world that seems to prefer the opposite at times.”

The WCC said it chose WSCF as its partner for the youth team because of its global network of youth movements and its vital role in forming the ecumenical leaders. “The WSCF had a broad and well organized network that we wanted to tap into,” Beach said. He continued: “So many of the leaders of the ecumenical movement have come out of the WSCF and will continue to do so in the future.”

WSCF General Secretary Christine Housel said she is delighted to be working closely with the WCC. “Working together, we can achieve more than if we work alone,” she said. “We’re part of the same movement and we have the same goals.”

Don't wait! Check out www.IEPCStories.com NOW! For behind the scenes videos, check out the WSCF YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/wscfconnect?feature=watch