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Graduate Other Events

Reunion Gathering

There will be a 'Reunion Gathering' of GCF members who graduated before the year 2000.  Meeting of other cohorts will follow later.

It will be on Zoom on Saturday 5th June from 5 pm to 6 pm Sri Lanka time. 

Appreciate it if you register at - https://forms.gle/RUQNJCeNhtGDkrKf8. But you can link directly too. 

Co-organizers Amal Kumarage & Sharmini Wickremaratne (GCF Exco)

Discussion on Presidential Election and Us – A Christian Perspective

This program was held on October 22, 2019 at St. Luke’s Church (Boralle) Hall with a panel comprising of Nishan De Mel – Executive Director and Head of Research of Verité Research, Prashan De Visser – President and Founder of Sri Lanka Unites and Elijah Hoole – columnist and entrepreneur. The event organized by GCF/FOCUS in collaboration with the Reconciliation and Peace (RAP) Desk of the Colombo Diocese of Church of Ceylon was attended by nearly 200 inter-denominational participants and was live-streamed for those outside Colombo.