God in search of a people | Rev. David Pileggi

17 April 2022 - Resurrection Sunday - God creates the world out of love. He always wished to dwell among his created people. Even after Adam and Eve fall, God comes in search of his people. Rev. David Pileggi reminds us that God chose Abraham, God freed Israel from Egypt to establish a community to live among. After the resurrection, Jesus goes out searching for his hopeless disciples so they can encounter him, regather into community, and multiply into a people of healing and redemption.

The Rev. David Pileggi is the rector of Christ Church in the Old City of Jerusalem. He and his wife Carol have lived (and raised their three adult children) in Israel for 40 years where David has worked as a journalist/researcher and for 19 years was director of a study program dedicated to teaching Christians about the Jewish context of their faith. He has an M.A. from the Hebrew University in Jewish Studies and is a licensed tour guide. Fascinated by Eastern European Jewish life that existed before the Second World War, he has led countless trips to Poland, Austria, and the Czech Republic, designed to teach Christians about the Holocaust and Jewish life in the modern era. Ordained by Archbishop Henry Orombi of Uganda, he has been the rector of Christ Church Jerusalem since 2008. He also takes a keen interest in the Isaiah 19 Movement and the rights of the Christian minority in Israel.

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