Photo: CEC/Kinga Majewska
A small team of communicators made a big push for peace by covering the ecumenical conference, "Resisting empire, promoting peace: Churches confront the Russian world ideology" was held in Helskini from 1-3 December.
The event was organised by the Conference of European Churches (CEC) in cooperation with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Orthodox Church of Finland.
The communications team has provided a well-rounded storytelling framework that has documented the conference proceedings in ways that bring the intense dialogues to life for churches across Europe and the world.
Mikael Kinanen, videographer from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland, said he appreciated how conference participants have eschewed hierarchical formalities and are warmly relating their visions to the communicators.
“They are enthusiastic, and it has been nice to be able to document how people have been intensely concentrating, and how thoughtful they have been,” said Kinanen.
Naveen Qayyum, CEC Communications Coordinator, expressed deep thanks for the communications team, some of whom are volunteers, and some from CEC member churches and partner organizations.
“The communications team in Helsinki has documented and presented the proceedings of this importance conference in an engaging way, with honest storytelling, compelling images, and an historical record that will portray an intensely challenging time for Europe and its churches,” she said.
The communications team includes:
- Samy Pfeffer, video producer
- Mikael Kinanen, videographer, from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland
- Iida Silfverhuth, from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
- Gérald Machabert, Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace and Lorraine
- Kinga Majewska, photographer
- Susan Kim, news writer