Plainsboro resident Lynn Lewis has been to Bosnia, and now she brings a Bosnian perspective to Prince of Peace Church in West Windsor with a talk by Sarajevo native Aldin Coralic on Sunday, February 23.
Working with the International Service Trip ministry of New Jersey Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lewis paid her own way to Bosnia to work with children at IST’s Friendship Camps. The camps are intended to bring healing, hope, and peace into the lives of children and communities affected by the war and the ongoing tensions in the country. “The New Jersey International Synod has gone a long way towards helping the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina heal after the war,” says Lewis.
On her first trip to Bosnia three years ago she met Aldin Coralic, a senior interpreter for the IST and part of the Practice Peacemaking team at the church’s national youth convention. A Sarajevo native, Coralic was seven years old when the war started and spent the duration of the war in Sarajevo with his family.
Lewis and Prince of Peace Lutheran Church are hosting Coralic, who will speak about the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina at 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. His talk will cover the 1992-1995 war, the situation in the divided city of Mostar, and the mission of the IST in New Jersey.
The community is invited to attend the lecture and open dialogue about the impact of the Bosnian war and the ongoing efforts to further reconciliation and peace in the region. Donations will be accepted on behalf of the friendship camps in Bosnia.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 177 Princeton-Hightstown Road, West Windsor. Sunday, February 23, 9:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Free-will donations invited. 609-799-1753. www.popnj.org.
