On August 20th, members of the Brethren in Christ Church from across the country gathered on Zoom to tell stories of the peace and justice work...
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Letter Writing in Support of Tracie Hunter
At our last Peace and Justice Project Shine Bright Storytelling Event, we heard Tracie Hunter’s story of racism and corruption in the court system in Hamilton...
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- August 3, 2020
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- Racial reconciliation
Tell us your stories of confronting racism
How have you, or your community, or anyone you’ve seen responded to racism and worked to embrace your anti-racist identity as God ordained ministers of reconciliation?...
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- June 26, 2020
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- Racial reconciliation
Shine Bright Story Share Peace and Justice Zoom Call 8:30 pm (EST) Thursday, June 25th
We need to talk. We believe that dialogue will give us the courage and motivation to keep at the hard work we are given to do....
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- June 15, 2020
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- Racial reconciliation
“You Got Booked” and Conversations with People Who Really Got Booked
On Saturday, February 15, 2020, a couple dozen people gathered at Mechanicsburg Brethren in Christ Church to learn about the injustice of the criminal justice system...
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- February 23, 2020
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- Mass incarceration
Handling Our Fears
by Jan Engle Lewis *Reprinted from the Spring 2016 edition of Shalom! A MISSIONARY COUPLE I came to know while living in Ecuador recently posted a Facebook link...
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by Ben White *Reprinted from the Summer 2015 edition of Shalom! I’M A PASTOR in South Jersey so, naturally, I go to Taco Bell a lot. It’s an “all...
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by Kurt Willems *reprinted from the Summer 2015 edition of Shalom! THERE ONCE WAS a boy who lived in the tension between joy and pain; happiness and hurt; light...
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by Zach Spidel *Reprinted from the Fall 2015 edition of Shalom! AS BROTHER JOSE gave us instructions for serving the meal, he emphasized several things: how important it...
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by Ken Abell *reprinted from the Winter 2016 edition of Shalom! I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me,...
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