Unlocking Hope Where Hope Was Born

Pinnacle Scholarship Recipients

The Pinnacle Endowed Scholarship is a scholarship given annually to a student at Dar al-Kalima University. The scholarship is funded through an endowment created by Pinnacle Presbyterian Church in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Aseel, 2021

Aseel, 2021

Aseel lives in Beit Jala. She majored in elementary education at Bethlehem University and teaches religion and sports to classes from the first grade to seventh grade. She loves sports more than anything and wants to continue her education in sports. Aseel chose to major in sports at Dar al-Kalima University to be able to teach it with experience. One day she hopes to train a team and become a team captain.

Salah, 2020

Salah, 2020

Salah is the inaugural recipient of the Pinnacle Endowed Scholarship. Salah grew up in Battir, a small town near Bethlehem, and decided to pursue his passion for cinema at Dar al-Kalima University. Salah understands and respects the society, culture, and traditions from which he has come and finds great value in self-examination. The practice of critical thinking is one of the great opportunities Salah and his classmates are offered at Dar al-Kalima University. Salah hopes to be a voice for social change and continues to dream for himself and his community through his passion for cinema.

Unlocking Hope Where Hope Was Born

In 2018, during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, members of the church were able to witness firsthand the creativity of DAK students and their works of art, the economic development that comes from job training and cultural heritage preservation, and the empowerment of graduates who were becoming the next generation of creative leaders and peacemakers in the region.

Inspired by this visit, Pinnacle Presbyterian Church reached out to Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb for suggestions on how to support the university and its students. The church launched a “Bethlehem initiative” to institutionalize an ongoing relationship with DAK and contribute to education in the broader Israeli/Palestinian context. This resulted in the creation of a $100,000 endowment for a scholarship in 2020. The scholarship fund is administered by the Presbyterian Foundation for Bright Stars of Bethlehem.

“Hearing student stories, seeing the works of artistic self-expression they’ve created, and praying for their well-being and the well-being of Bethlehem connect us in ways beyond description. It is a blessing. We are grateful and hope to do more.”

–Wes Avram, Pinnacle Presbyterian Church Senior Pastor

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