BOOK/VIDEO LAUNCH: WORLD RELIEF KENYA
On Thursday, 3rd December, 2009, at the Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, World Relief Kenya will be launching 2 manuals and a video, namely:
1. Seek Peace: Enhancing Peace Building in Church and Community.
2. He Owns, I Manage: A Stewardship Manual
3. Grave Errors: Stories from the Post Elections Violence
A resource management approach that promotes and perpetuates an inequitable distribution of resources leads to lack of basic needs, which in turn leads to unsustainable livelihood to citizens. This unsustainable livelihood in its turn promotes disharmony.
In areas recovering from violence, we may help people rebuild their homes, re-establish a viable economy that values all members of society, as well as help create the social space for the long process of recovering from trauma and reconciling relationships, but if we do not address the fundamental issue of quality stewardship of resources, little will have been done. Peacebuilding does not only involve establishing normalized relations between ordinary citizens on both sides of a conflict through efforts to increase cooperative contacts between opponents. It also involves addressing the fundamental factors, one of which is good stewardship of the people’s resources. Peace-building programs are needed but equally needed are tools that can address the fundamental factors which would provide either for disharmony and chaos or for the harmonious existence of communities. Among these is the responsible management of resources.
For the above reasons Hope for Kenya Forum has come up with two tools, Seek Peace: Enhancing Peacebuilding in Church and Community and He Owns, I Manage: A Stewardship Manual for addressing issues of stewardship and peace building.
Post Launch:
The hope forum intends to be proactive rather than reactive when it comes to peace and stewardship. The materials will immediately be used in the Riftvalley (Kuresoi area, molo,) Nyanza, Western, Central and Coast provinces.
More about......
Seek Peace
Catherine Morris
“A great deal of human suffering is linked to violent conflicts, political instability, or unjust policies and practices. Short-term humanitarian relief and crisis intervention, while important, are not enough in conflicted or post-conflict societies. There is increasing awareness of the need for post-conflict reconciliation, development of capacity for conflict resolution, and the building of sustainable peace.”
Seek Peace is a joint publication of World Relief and the Hope for Kenya Forum that currently brings together eight Christian agencies (World Relief, World Vision, Africa Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries-ALARM, Change Agents for Peace International -CAPI, Campus Crusade for Christ-Life Ministry, FECCLAHA, ICM and Mennonite Central Committee-MCC).
When the Church in Kenya was deeply wounded following the post-election crisis in the country that saw many people lose their lives, churches burnt and property destroyed, World Relief Kenya and other Christian agencies came together and formed Hope for Kenya Forum as a stop-gap measure that would serve as a channel through which these agencies would walk with the Church and support her in facilitating healing and reconciliation in the country.
After hosting many debriefing meetings across the country with many church and community leaders, requests came from church leaders challenging the Forum to provide a tool that can be used to teach Peace at the local Church and Community levels. Seek Peace is that tool.
2. He Owns, I Manage,
“Transparency and accountability” have become catchwords in our society today though few actually take them seriously or put them into practice. Yet these are at the core of God’s expectation of every leader charged with any responsibility. Here is study that provides an excellent guide to practical stewardship in every sphere of life. I recommend it to every leader serious about stewardship.”
Bishop David Oginde
This is a publication commissioned and written by representatives of some 22 churches in Nairobi, facilitated by World Relief Kenya. The publication is meant to be a tool for study by both individuals and small groups, especially, but not exclusively, in the local church context. We manage so much in terms of personal, natural and public resources but often with a hazy view regarding the true owner. Whatever view we hold regarding the ownership of the resources shapes our attitude to the management of the same.
The 22 churches involved are:
NPC Central, NPC Woodley, NPC BuruBuru, AIC Milimani, AIC Ngong Road, All Saints Anglican Cathedral, St Mark’s Anglican Church Westlands, AGC Good Shepherd, PCEA Nairobi West, PCEA Loresho, Nairobi Chapel, Mavuno Chapel, Mamlaka Hill Chapel, Nairobi Baptist Chuch, Parklands Baptist Church, Karen Community Church, Friends’ Church Ngong Road, Karura Community Chapel, Lavington United Church, Deliverance Church, Langata, Green Pastures Tabernacle, and the Evangelical Free Church Fullerton.
3. Grave Errors: "My husband was a tailor,..he left the house and headed to the city to buy materials for tailoring. He and his friends were riding on a pick up when people appeared from the bush and hacked them to death...he's body was burnt beyond recognition and only half of it was found and buried in the forest. We exhumed his body when the violence cooled down and we buried him here...."
This is a documentary on post election violence produced by World Relief and sponsored by Cornerstone church in USA. The documentary is on testimonies from victims of the Kenya’s post election violence with perspectives from experts in the field of peace. The video aims at sensitizing communities on the dangers of negative ethnicity and to act as a preventive tool for future conflicts.
May the Lord heal Kenya.
Monday, November 23, 2009
HEALING KENYA
BOOK/VIDEO LAUNCH: WORLD RELIEF KENYA
On Thursday, 3rd December, 2009, at the Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, World Relief Kenya will be launching 2 manuals and a video, namely:
1. Seek Peace: Enhancing Peace Building in Church and Community.
2. He Owns, I Manage: A Stewardship Manual
3. Grave Errors: Stories from the Post Elections Violence
A resource management approach that promotes and perpetuates an inequitable distribution of resources leads to lack of basic needs, which in turn leads to unsustainable livelihood to citizens. This unsustainable livelihood in its turn promotes disharmony.
In areas recovering from violence, we may help people rebuild their homes, re-establish a viable economy that values all members of society, as well as help create the social space for the long process of recovering from trauma and reconciling relationships, but if we do not address the fundamental issue of quality stewardship of resources, little will have been done. Peacebuilding does not only involve establishing normalized relations between ordinary citizens on both sides of a conflict through efforts to increase cooperative contacts between opponents. It also involves addressing the fundamental factors, one of which is good stewardship of the people’s resources. Peace-building programs are needed but equally needed are tools that can address the fundamental factors which would provide either for disharmony and chaos or for the harmonious existence of communities. Among these is the responsible management of resources.
For the above reasons Hope for Kenya Forum has come up with two tools, Seek Peace: Enhancing Peacebuilding in Church and Community and He Owns, I Manage: A Stewardship Manual for addressing issues of stewardship and peace building.
Post Launch:
The hope forum intends to be proactive rather than reactive when it comes to peace and stewardship. The materials will immediately be used in the Riftvalley (Kuresoi area, molo,) Nyanza, Western, Central and Coast provinces.
More about......
1. Grave Errors: "My husband was a tailor,..he left the house and headed to the city to buy materials for tailoring. He and his friends were riding on a pick up when people appeared from the bush and hacked them to death...he's body was burnt beyond recognition and only half of it was found and buried in the forest. We exhumed his body when the violence cooled down and we buried him here...."
This is a documentary on post election violence produced by World Relief and sponsored by Cornerstone church in USA. The documentary is on testimonies from victims of the Kenya’s post election violence with perspectives from experts in the field of peace. The video aims at sensitizing communities on the dangers of negative ethnicity and to act as a preventive tool for future conflicts.
2. Seek Peace
Catherine Morris
“A great deal of human suffering is linked to violent conflicts, political instability, or unjust policies and practices. Short-term humanitarian relief and crisis intervention, while important, are not enough in conflicted or post-conflict societies. There is increasing awareness of the need for post-conflict reconciliation, development of capacity for conflict resolution, and the building of sustainable peace.”
Seek Peace is a joint publication of World Relief and the Hope for Kenya Forum that currently brings together eight Christian agencies (World Relief, World Vision, Africa Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries-ALARM, Change Agents for Peace International -CAPI, Campus Crusade for Christ-Life Ministry, FECCLAHA, ICM and Mennonite Central Committee-MCC).
When the Church in Kenya was deeply wounded following the post-election crisis in the country that saw many people lose their lives, churches burnt and property destroyed, World Relief Kenya and other Christian agencies came together and formed Hope for Kenya Forum as a stop-gap measure that would serve as a channel through which these agencies would walk with the Church and support her in facilitating healing and reconciliation in the country.
After hosting many debriefing meetings across the country with many church and community leaders, requests came from church leaders challenging the Forum to provide a tool that can be used to teach Peace at the local Church and Community levels. Seek Peace is that tool.
3. He Owns, I Manage,
“Transparency and accountability” have become catchwords in our society today though few actually take them seriously or put them into practice. Yet these are at the core of God’s expectation of every leader charged with any responsibility. Here is study that provides an excellent guide to practical stewardship in every sphere of life. I recommend it to every leader serious about stewardship.”
Bishop David Oginde
This is a publication commissioned and written by representatives of some 22 churches in Nairobi, facilitated by World Relief Kenya. The publication is meant to be a tool for study by both individuals and small groups, especially, but not exclusively, in the local church context. We manage so much in terms of personal, natural and public resources but often with a hazy view regarding the true owner. Whatever view we hold regarding the ownership of the resources shapes our attitude to the management of the same.
The 22 churches involved are:
NPC Central, NPC Woodley, NPC BuruBuru, AIC Milimani, AIC Ngong Road, All Saints Anglican Cathedral, St Mark’s Anglican Church Westlands, AGC Good Shepherd, PCEA Nairobi West, PCEA Loresho, Nairobi Chapel, Mavuno Chapel, Mamlaka Hill Chapel, Nairobi Baptist Chuch, Parklands Baptist Church, Karen Community Church, Friends’ Church Ngong Road, Karura Community Chapel, Lavington United Church, Deliverance Church, Langata, Green Pastures Tabernacle, and the Evangelical Free Church Fullerton.
Pray with us that these materials will be used to heal our NATION KENYA!
On Thursday, 3rd December, 2009, at the Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, World Relief Kenya will be launching 2 manuals and a video, namely:
1. Seek Peace: Enhancing Peace Building in Church and Community.
2. He Owns, I Manage: A Stewardship Manual
3. Grave Errors: Stories from the Post Elections Violence
A resource management approach that promotes and perpetuates an inequitable distribution of resources leads to lack of basic needs, which in turn leads to unsustainable livelihood to citizens. This unsustainable livelihood in its turn promotes disharmony.
In areas recovering from violence, we may help people rebuild their homes, re-establish a viable economy that values all members of society, as well as help create the social space for the long process of recovering from trauma and reconciling relationships, but if we do not address the fundamental issue of quality stewardship of resources, little will have been done. Peacebuilding does not only involve establishing normalized relations between ordinary citizens on both sides of a conflict through efforts to increase cooperative contacts between opponents. It also involves addressing the fundamental factors, one of which is good stewardship of the people’s resources. Peace-building programs are needed but equally needed are tools that can address the fundamental factors which would provide either for disharmony and chaos or for the harmonious existence of communities. Among these is the responsible management of resources.
For the above reasons Hope for Kenya Forum has come up with two tools, Seek Peace: Enhancing Peacebuilding in Church and Community and He Owns, I Manage: A Stewardship Manual for addressing issues of stewardship and peace building.
Post Launch:
The hope forum intends to be proactive rather than reactive when it comes to peace and stewardship. The materials will immediately be used in the Riftvalley (Kuresoi area, molo,) Nyanza, Western, Central and Coast provinces.
More about......
1. Grave Errors: "My husband was a tailor,..he left the house and headed to the city to buy materials for tailoring. He and his friends were riding on a pick up when people appeared from the bush and hacked them to death...he's body was burnt beyond recognition and only half of it was found and buried in the forest. We exhumed his body when the violence cooled down and we buried him here...."
This is a documentary on post election violence produced by World Relief and sponsored by Cornerstone church in USA. The documentary is on testimonies from victims of the Kenya’s post election violence with perspectives from experts in the field of peace. The video aims at sensitizing communities on the dangers of negative ethnicity and to act as a preventive tool for future conflicts.
2. Seek Peace
Catherine Morris
“A great deal of human suffering is linked to violent conflicts, political instability, or unjust policies and practices. Short-term humanitarian relief and crisis intervention, while important, are not enough in conflicted or post-conflict societies. There is increasing awareness of the need for post-conflict reconciliation, development of capacity for conflict resolution, and the building of sustainable peace.”
Seek Peace is a joint publication of World Relief and the Hope for Kenya Forum that currently brings together eight Christian agencies (World Relief, World Vision, Africa Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries-ALARM, Change Agents for Peace International -CAPI, Campus Crusade for Christ-Life Ministry, FECCLAHA, ICM and Mennonite Central Committee-MCC).
When the Church in Kenya was deeply wounded following the post-election crisis in the country that saw many people lose their lives, churches burnt and property destroyed, World Relief Kenya and other Christian agencies came together and formed Hope for Kenya Forum as a stop-gap measure that would serve as a channel through which these agencies would walk with the Church and support her in facilitating healing and reconciliation in the country.
After hosting many debriefing meetings across the country with many church and community leaders, requests came from church leaders challenging the Forum to provide a tool that can be used to teach Peace at the local Church and Community levels. Seek Peace is that tool.
3. He Owns, I Manage,
“Transparency and accountability” have become catchwords in our society today though few actually take them seriously or put them into practice. Yet these are at the core of God’s expectation of every leader charged with any responsibility. Here is study that provides an excellent guide to practical stewardship in every sphere of life. I recommend it to every leader serious about stewardship.”
Bishop David Oginde
This is a publication commissioned and written by representatives of some 22 churches in Nairobi, facilitated by World Relief Kenya. The publication is meant to be a tool for study by both individuals and small groups, especially, but not exclusively, in the local church context. We manage so much in terms of personal, natural and public resources but often with a hazy view regarding the true owner. Whatever view we hold regarding the ownership of the resources shapes our attitude to the management of the same.
The 22 churches involved are:
NPC Central, NPC Woodley, NPC BuruBuru, AIC Milimani, AIC Ngong Road, All Saints Anglican Cathedral, St Mark’s Anglican Church Westlands, AGC Good Shepherd, PCEA Nairobi West, PCEA Loresho, Nairobi Chapel, Mavuno Chapel, Mamlaka Hill Chapel, Nairobi Baptist Chuch, Parklands Baptist Church, Karen Community Church, Friends’ Church Ngong Road, Karura Community Chapel, Lavington United Church, Deliverance Church, Langata, Green Pastures Tabernacle, and the Evangelical Free Church Fullerton.
Pray with us that these materials will be used to heal our NATION KENYA!
GRAVE ERRORS:
BOOK/VIDEO LAUNCH:
On Thursday, 3rd December, 2009, at the Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, World Relief Kenya will be launching 2 manuals and a video, namely:
1. Seek Peace: Enhancing Peace Building in Church and Community.
2. He Owns, I Manage: A Stewardship Manual
3. Grave Errors: Stories from the Post Elections Violence
More about......
1. Grave Errors: "My husband was a tailor,...he left the house and headed to the city to buy materials for tailoring. He and his friends were riding on a pick up when people appeared from the bush and hacked them to death...he's body was burnt beyond recognition and only half of it was found and buried in the forest. We exhumed his body when the violence cooled down and we buried him here...."
This is a documentary on post election violence produced by World Relief and sponsored by Cornerstone church in USA. The documentary is on testimonies from victims of the Kenya’s post election violence with perspectives from experts in the field of peace. The video aims at sensitizing communities on the dangers of negative ethnicity and to act as a preventive tool for future.
2. Seek Peace
Catherine Morris
“A great deal of human suffering is linked to violent conflicts, political instability, or unjust policies and practices. Short-term humanitarian relief and crisis intervention, while important, are not enough in conflicted or post-conflict societies. There is increasing awareness of the need for post-conflict reconciliation, development of capacity for conflict resolution, and the building of sustainable peace.”
Seek Peace is a joint publication of World Relief and the Hope for Kenya Forum that currently brings together eight Christian agencies (World Relief, World Vision, Africa Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries-ALARM, Change Agents for Peace International -CAPI, Campus Crusade for Christ-Life Ministry, FECCLAHA, ICM and Mennonite Central Committee-MCC).
When the Church in Kenya was deeply wounded following the post-election crisis in the country that saw many people lose their lives, churches burnt and property destroyed, World Relief Kenya and other Christian agencies came together and formed Hope for Kenya Forum as a stop-gap measure that would serve as a channel through which these agencies would walk with the Church and support her in facilitating healing and reconciliation in the country.
After hosting many debriefing meetings across the country with many church and community leaders, requests came from church leaders challenging the Forum to provide a tool that can be used to teach Peace at the local Church and Community levels. Seek Peace is that tool.
3. He Owns, I Manage,
“Transparency and accountability” have become catchwords in our society today though few actually take them seriously or put them into practice. Yet these are at the core of God’s expectation of every leader charged with any responsibility. Here is study that provides an excellent guide to practical stewardship in every sphere of life. I recommend it to every leader serious about stewardship.”
Bishop David Oginde
This is a publication commissioned and written by representatives of some 22 churches in Nairobi, facilitated by World Relief Kenya. The publication is meant to be a tool for study by both individuals and small groups, especially, but not exclusively, in the local church context. We manage so much in terms of personal, natural and public resources but often with a hazy view regarding the true owner. Whatever view we hold regarding the ownership of the resources shapes our attitude to the management of the same.
The 22 churches involved are:
NPC Central, NPC Woodley, NPC BuruBuru, AIC Milimani, AIC Ngong Road, All Saints Anglican Cathedral, St Mark’s Anglican Church Westlands, AGC Good Shepherd, PCEA Nairobi West, PCEA Loresho, Nairobi Chapel, Mavuno Chapel, Mamlaka Hill Chapel, Nairobi Baptist Chuch, Parklands Baptist Church, Karen Community Church, Friends’ Church Ngong Road, Karura Community Chapel, Lavington United Church, Deliverance Church, Langata, Green Pastures Tabernacle, and the Evangelical Free Church Fullerton.
We pray and believe that these tools will help in the process of healing in country.
On Thursday, 3rd December, 2009, at the Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, World Relief Kenya will be launching 2 manuals and a video, namely:
1. Seek Peace: Enhancing Peace Building in Church and Community.
2. He Owns, I Manage: A Stewardship Manual
3. Grave Errors: Stories from the Post Elections Violence
More about......
1. Grave Errors: "My husband was a tailor,...he left the house and headed to the city to buy materials for tailoring. He and his friends were riding on a pick up when people appeared from the bush and hacked them to death...he's body was burnt beyond recognition and only half of it was found and buried in the forest. We exhumed his body when the violence cooled down and we buried him here...."
This is a documentary on post election violence produced by World Relief and sponsored by Cornerstone church in USA. The documentary is on testimonies from victims of the Kenya’s post election violence with perspectives from experts in the field of peace. The video aims at sensitizing communities on the dangers of negative ethnicity and to act as a preventive tool for future.
2. Seek Peace
Catherine Morris
“A great deal of human suffering is linked to violent conflicts, political instability, or unjust policies and practices. Short-term humanitarian relief and crisis intervention, while important, are not enough in conflicted or post-conflict societies. There is increasing awareness of the need for post-conflict reconciliation, development of capacity for conflict resolution, and the building of sustainable peace.”
Seek Peace is a joint publication of World Relief and the Hope for Kenya Forum that currently brings together eight Christian agencies (World Relief, World Vision, Africa Leadership and Reconciliation Ministries-ALARM, Change Agents for Peace International -CAPI, Campus Crusade for Christ-Life Ministry, FECCLAHA, ICM and Mennonite Central Committee-MCC).
When the Church in Kenya was deeply wounded following the post-election crisis in the country that saw many people lose their lives, churches burnt and property destroyed, World Relief Kenya and other Christian agencies came together and formed Hope for Kenya Forum as a stop-gap measure that would serve as a channel through which these agencies would walk with the Church and support her in facilitating healing and reconciliation in the country.
After hosting many debriefing meetings across the country with many church and community leaders, requests came from church leaders challenging the Forum to provide a tool that can be used to teach Peace at the local Church and Community levels. Seek Peace is that tool.
3. He Owns, I Manage,
“Transparency and accountability” have become catchwords in our society today though few actually take them seriously or put them into practice. Yet these are at the core of God’s expectation of every leader charged with any responsibility. Here is study that provides an excellent guide to practical stewardship in every sphere of life. I recommend it to every leader serious about stewardship.”
Bishop David Oginde
This is a publication commissioned and written by representatives of some 22 churches in Nairobi, facilitated by World Relief Kenya. The publication is meant to be a tool for study by both individuals and small groups, especially, but not exclusively, in the local church context. We manage so much in terms of personal, natural and public resources but often with a hazy view regarding the true owner. Whatever view we hold regarding the ownership of the resources shapes our attitude to the management of the same.
The 22 churches involved are:
NPC Central, NPC Woodley, NPC BuruBuru, AIC Milimani, AIC Ngong Road, All Saints Anglican Cathedral, St Mark’s Anglican Church Westlands, AGC Good Shepherd, PCEA Nairobi West, PCEA Loresho, Nairobi Chapel, Mavuno Chapel, Mamlaka Hill Chapel, Nairobi Baptist Chuch, Parklands Baptist Church, Karen Community Church, Friends’ Church Ngong Road, Karura Community Chapel, Lavington United Church, Deliverance Church, Langata, Green Pastures Tabernacle, and the Evangelical Free Church Fullerton.
We pray and believe that these tools will help in the process of healing in country.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Welfare Desk: Heart to Heart
It has been quite a tough time for the Kenya office this past few months. The different challenges that we have gone through when staff have been sick, others have lost close relatives and of course the huge blow of losing 'Izzo' our accountant. As we look back we cannot forget the pain and our minds are still filled with memories of the time we shared. He's constant laughter and free spirit cannot be replaced. As we strive to move on, all we can do is honor God for HE is still seated on the throne and He is in control of all the things that are happening. We may reflect on this scripture at this time:
Psalm 71:20-21
Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
May the Lord grant you peace in the days to come.
Blessings
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