WCC- February 15th

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

• Sight of the Day- A male delegate from Fijii in a polo shirt and lovely colorful skirt.


• Temperature- Mid 80’s with a cool breeze


• Price for Lunch- $5 American (a buffet)


• Price for Dinner- $5 American


• Cool Conversation of the Day- One Presbyterian New Testament Professor from Germany on the bus this morning.


• New Insights: Ecumenism is not about unity in dogma, but about asking “what do we see together?” rather than “What is right and what is wrong?”- From the workshop entitled “Recentering the Ecumenical movement in Spirituality”

Also, in case you were taking the right of women to be ordained ministers
for granted, understand that in most of the world, women are prohibited, either explicitly or implicitly, from ordained parish ministry. This isn’t true just in regions of the world like Asia, South America, or Africa, but is largely true in Europe as well.            

• Portuguese Word of the Day- Aqua, which means water.


• Great Quote from His Holiness Aram I, Orthodox Patriarch of Lebanon and Moderator of the World Council of Churches


• “I consider the role of youth as being essentially an agent of transformation. We must help the youth to move from the fringes of our churches to the heart of the churches’ life and witness, including the decision-making processes. I cannot imagine a church without youth. They ensure the church’s vitality and renewal. Youth should be actors, not merely listeners; they should be leaders, not merely followers.”