Message-ID: <75BDC232017E1B00@mailgate.hcjb.org.ec> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 13:43:48 -0500 From: "MACHARG, KEN" <mailto:kmacharg@HCJB.ORG.EC> Subject: The Least of These To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
The stories of poverty make the news all too frequently. Hunger,
homelessness, refugees, famine, violence and others appear regularly on
the radio and in the newspapers. Yet, with increasing problems
world-wide, many governments are cutting back their foreign relief aid
and questioning how much to spend on poverty at home.
On the other hand, non-government organizations are continuing the
struggle to address these problems and find solutions.
International Shortwave radio station HCJB, The Voice of the Andes
will begin a program addressing these issues on January 6. Titled "The
Least of These," the program will focus on news reports from around the
world, interviews with newsmakers, and stories of religious, private
and governmental organizations which work each day to alleviate the
needs of so many needy people.
The program's title comes from the biblical reference in Matthew
25:35-40:
"'For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and
you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,
I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after
me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'
"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry
and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we
see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe
you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'
"The King (Jesus Christ) will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever
you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for
me.'" (New International Version)
"The Least of These" will be broadcast via HCJB on the following
schedule, beginning Monday, January 6.
Every Monday:
To: Europe at 20:00 UTC on 11960
To: The Americas at 2:00 and 5:00 UTC (Tuesday), 8 and 11 p.m. EST.
Kenneth D. MacHarg
Casilla 17-17-691
Quito, Ecuador
mailto:Kmacharg@hcjb.org.ec
FAX: 593-2-447-263
Phone: 593-2-466-808
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