Rev, Abu-Akel, a Palestinian-American, was elected Moderator for the coming year by the 214th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) .  Rev. Abu-Akel was born April 13, 1944, Kuffer-Yassif, Palestine. He came to the United States in 1966. He was ordained as a PC(USA) minister in 1978 in the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta and became a U.S. citizen in 1981.

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Directions: Fourth Presbyterian Church is located across Michigan Avenue from the Water Tower Place at 126 E. Chestnut Street. Paid Public Parking is available both at the Water Tower Place and south of the Church - 900 N. Michigan - Bloomingdales building.

From the EL: Take the Red Line to the Chicago station. Walk three short blocks to Michigan Ave., then 2 short blocks north to Fourth Presbyterian Church on Chestnut Street.

For information contact: Loren Lybarger, CNEP, ldlybarg@midway.uchicago.edu
Barbara and Don Troutman, Chicago Presbyterian Middle East Task Force, donnneil@earthlink.net
Martha Witwer, Fourth Presbyterian Church, mwitwer@theramp.net

Sponsored by: The Middle East Task Force of the Chicago Presbytery and the Church Network for Education on Palestine