{"id":26310,"date":"2018-12-15T10:10:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-15T15:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/cec_prayers_for_victims_of_strasbourg_shooting\/"},"modified":"2018-12-15T10:10:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T15:10:09","slug":"cec_prayers_for_victims_of_strasbourg_shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/cec_prayers_for_victims_of_strasbourg_shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"CEC: Prayers for victims of Strasbourg shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CEC_logo-5.jpg\" alt=\"CEC_logo.jpg\" width=\"124\" height=\"93\" \/>With deep concern and sadness, the Conference of European Churches received the news of shooting in Strasbourg, where according to media reports, a gunman opened fire at a Christmas market on 12 December 2018, killing three people and wounding thirteen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe strongly condemn this senseless attack on innocent people and offer our solidarity and prayers for the community and families of all those affected by this violence,\u201d says a letter to the churches in France issued by CEC and the Churches\u2019 Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are praying with and for our Member Churches in France, especially the Union of Protestant Churches in Alsace and Lorraine (UEPAL) which has its headquarters in the affected area. We are particularly moved as CEC President Rev. Christian Krieger, who is president of the Reformed Protestant Church of Alsace and Lorraine and Vice-President of UEPAL, lives in the city, as well as our staff members from the CEC Strasbourg office,\u201d reads the letter<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Strasbourg is attacked \u2018from the inside\u2019 we grieve with the\u00a0people of\u00a0this city and we hold on to the same hope as them for peace. We\u00a0trust the message of Christmas will continue to enlighten and enliven the streets of Strasbourg, despite the stifling attempts of violence,\u201d reads the letter.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ceceurope.us9.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=ebf90afe96f5033772b0ec5ea&amp;id=8254b1569f&amp;e=f4a707c0be\" target=\"_blank\">Full text of CEC-CCME letter to Member Churches in France<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With deep concern and sadness, the Conference of European Churches received the news of shooting in Strasbourg, where according to media reports, a gunman opened fire at a Christmas market on 12 December 2018, killing three people and wounding thirteen. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/cec_prayers_for_victims_of_strasbourg_shooting\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20010,"featured_media":26311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[],"topic":[20237],"region":[20053,20022],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CEC: Prayers for victims of Strasbourg shooting - Global Ministries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/cec_prayers_for_victims_of_strasbourg_shooting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CEC: Prayers for victims of Strasbourg shooting - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With deep concern and sadness, the Conference of European Churches received the news of shooting in Strasbourg, where according to media reports, a gunman opened fire at a Christmas market on 12 December 2018, killing three people and wounding thirteen. &hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/cec_prayers_for_victims_of_strasbourg_shooting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-15T15:10:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/CEC_logo-5.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Middle East &amp; Europe - Global Ministries\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Middle East &amp; Europe - Global Ministries\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/cec_prayers_for_victims_of_strasbourg_shooting\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/cec_prayers_for_victims_of_strasbourg_shooting\/\",\"name\":\"CEC: Prayers for victims of Strasbourg shooting - Global Ministries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-12-15T15:10:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-15T15:10:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#\/schema\/person\/446b6f8492d6e1e8a620fbef58ed876f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/cec_prayers_for_victims_of_strasbourg_shooting\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/cec_prayers_for_victims_of_strasbourg_shooting\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/cec_prayers_for_victims_of_strasbourg_shooting\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CEC: Prayers for victims of Strasbourg shooting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/\",\"name\":\"Global Ministries\",\"description\":\"Global Ministries is a common missional witness of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ. 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