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February 17, 2010

New Screening Campaign Will Help Build a Village of Reconciliatoin in Rwanda

The producers of the award-winning film As We Forgive announce the launch of the “40 Days of 4-Giveness” campaign during the Easter season. Starting February 17th, Ash Wednesday, the campaign invites churches and organizations to engage their communities in the topic of radical forgiveness by hosting film screening events to build a “Living Bricks” village of reconciliation in Rwanda.

Living Bricks is a project that equips repentant ex-genocide prisoners with the tools to build critically needed housing for their victim’s families, resulting in communities where former enemies live as neighbors through reconciliation. Operated by a partnership with Prison Fellowship International, the cost of each home is $5,000 with 100 percent of proceeds going directly to the village.

Joining the campaign are musician Sara Groves, author Gabe Lyons, journalist Mark Moring, author and pastor Mark Batterson, journalist and author Amy Sullivan and filmmaker and author Craig Deitweiler. Each week, read a blog post from these contributors with their reflections on forgiveness, reconciliation and redemption at http://www.AsWeForgiveMovie.com/

Posted By: Cynthia P. Brust
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