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American Baptist Home Mission
June 2014

Greetings in the name of

our Lord and Savior!

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Aidsand F. Wright-Riggins III

Executive Director

American Baptist Home Mission Societies (ABHMS)

Judson Press offers uplifting
children's picture book series
Judson Press' "Joe Joe in the City" children's picture book series combines several uplifting features: guidance for children who face today's challenges, a corresponding Scripture verse and African-American history. 
  
  
    

ABHMS continues advocating

for the incarcerated

Praising U.S. Department of Justice announcements to expedite clemency for low-level and nonviolent federal prisoners serving excessive sentences, ABHMS encourages signing an interfaith letter that supports the Smarter Sentencing Act.  
 
 
 

Volunteers needed for summer

mission opportunities

Volunteers are needed; register now for "Coming Together for New Jersey
...Rebuild, Renew and Restore," July 12-19 and Aug. 9-16, and "Home Mission: 'Til the Work is Done," Aug. 3-9.
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
Weekly podcast series offers
inspiring firsthand interviews
Tune in to ABHMS' Faces and Places of Hope weekly podcast series for inspiring firsthand interviews about discipleship, community-building and social justice ministries across the United States and Puerto Rico.
 
 

2014 'ABC Reads' book
study guide available

Now available online for free download is a study guide for the 2014 "ABC Reads" book, "Ministry with Prisoners and Families: The Way Forward." It's perfect for small group discussion. 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

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