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Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior!
The church year is in full swing, and the ABHMS staff is hard at work, continuing to bring you the latest news, maintain an up-to-the-minute Web site and offer new information and resources to both simplify your life and keep your ministry on the cutting edge. Take this time to peruse the ABHMS Web site to see what's been added, including a new Justice Ministries section, featuring a variety of helpful links. Whether you minister to immigrants, refugees, returning citizens, people with disabilities, disaster survivors, children in poverty or others in need, ABHMS is here to support you, as you do unto "the least of these" (Matthew 25:40). Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III Executive Director American Baptist Home Mission Societies 
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Show your support for employment
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 October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and ABHMS asks Baptist churches, seminaries, and other organizations to sign a statement of solidarity in a pledge to promote employment of qualified people with disabilities. July 26 marked the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but progress fulfilling its promise has been slow. Read the story on ABHMS' home page. Then follow a link to the American Association of People with Disabilities Web site, where you can sign the statement. |
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Evangelism challenges the church's irrelevancy |
 If your church has shied away from evangelism because members are uncomfortable handing out leaflets on street corners, listen to Dr. Jeff Johnson talk about a different way of sharing the Good News. In a podcast that's part of the American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS) series, "Home Mission in Action," Johnson outlines the principles of relational evangelism that successfully bring people to Jesus Christ because its organic roots lie within each and every Christian. Relational or personality-based evangelism works: Let Johnson--national coordinator of evangelism and new church planting at ABHMS--tell you how.
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| Justice Ministries now online | |
 From a Prisoner Re-entry and Aftercare toolkit and links to government organizations to information about immigration reform and refugee resettlement and more, ABHMS' new Justice Ministries Web pages offer the necessary tools for your social justice efforts. As you feed the hungry, clothe the naked, welcome the stranger, and visit the sick and imprisoned (Matthew 25:35), remember that you can always rely on ABHMS as your ministry partner.
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Work week volunteer recounts eye-opening surprise | 
While you may have seen stories about Ecumenical Work Week in New Orleans, you can now read a volunteer's first-hand, personal account. Discover the volunteer's eye-opening surprise upon arriving in New Orleans from Massachusetts for the second time in 18 months. Get a first-person point of view as she tells how the experience forever changed her life and her daughter's.
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Another opportunity to win a canvas tote bag! | 
Yes, we're offering another opportunity to win an ABHMS tote bag! This time, a link in this e-newsletter will lead you to a place where you'll hear the six-digit code. Be among the first 10 individuals to e-mail the correct code to ABHMS' Karen Drummond at karen.drummond@abhms.org, and you could be carrying your necessities in a sturdy, cream-colored canvas tote that lets you declare your American Baptist faith.
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