This Lent, all are invited to join a global walk of solidarity and advocacy.

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The Details

During the period of Lent, we will walk in prayerful solidarity for the more than 28,000 killed since October 7.  Then on Good Friday, we will come together to walk 2.5 miles (representing the 25 miles of the Gaza Strip).  

We will gather in the parking lot of First United Methodist Church of Arlington (313 N. Center St. Arlington, TX 76011) at 10:00 AM on Friday, March 29.  

Following the walk, we are planning a possible lunch a nearby restaurant.  Rather than paying for your meal, we invite you to make a donations to United Methodists for Kairos Response.  (More information below)

On Good Friday, post a photo to social media with a "why you walk" statement and #GCPilgrimage #PilgrimageForPeace #PermanentCeasefireNow 

What is a Pilgrimage?

A pilgrimage is a sacred journey, a prayer with one's body - be it by foot, or wheelchair, or on an animal - to a destination with the desire to turn one's heart to God, and share in God's heart for all of creation, particularly the vulnerable. 

What is the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage?

The Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage is a network of autonomous Christian groups with shared convictions who are engaging in a prayerful show of solidarity in cities around the world, where people during Lent will walk the length of the Gaza strip. 

Click here to visit the official website for the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage. 

What do we want?

1. Enduring and Sustained Ceasefire.

2. Immediate flow of life saving food, water, aid, fuel, and humanitarian assistance.

3. Release of all hostages - both the Israeli hostages held by Hamas and the Palestinian hostages held in Israeli prison system. 

4. End of occupation so a just-peace can begin. 

Why do we walk?

“As disciples of Christ, we are called to love our enemies, seek justice, and serve as reconcilers of conflict. We insist that the first moral duty of all nations is to work together to resolve by peaceful means every dispute that arises between or among them. … We believe that human values must outweigh military claims as governments determine their priorities.” (Social Principles of the United Methodist Church ¶165.C) 

In addition to walking, we invite you to donate to support the work of United Methodist Kairos Response. 

What is UMKR?

In October 2010, United Methodist clergy and laity from around the United States came together in a grass roots effort to respond to the “Kairos Palestine Document.” This document is an urgent plea from Christians in the Holy Land for decisive action in support of a just peace. It is a powerful call to churches around the world to go beyond merely talking about peace and take real steps to help bring a just peace to the people of Israel and Palestine. 

Learn more about Kairos Palestine

UMKR seeks, through nonviolent means and in partnership with Palestinian Christians, freedom, justice and equality for all Palestinians and Israelis. 

Today UMKR's advocacy has several areas of focus:

•  DIVESTMENT and BOYCOTT campaigns and actions that focus on businesses' and institutions' complicity in Israeli apartheid and the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. 

•  POLITICAL ACTION that supports human rights and international law

•  RESPONSIBLE TOURISM in the Holy Land

•  EDUCATION about the history and current conditions in Palestine and Israel, and the message of Palestinian Christians in "Kairos Palestine."

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To donate by mail, please make your check payable to

our fiscal agent: Open Table of Christ UMC.  

Be sure to write "UMKR" on the memo line of the check. 

Mail your donation to the UMKR Treasurer:

UMKR

c/o William P.  Aldrich

42 Gaspee Point Drive

Warwick, RI 02888 USA    

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