{"id":3780,"date":"2017-03-29T06:51:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T10:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2017-03-29T06:52:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T10:52:23","slug":"3780","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2017\/03\/3780.html","title":{"rendered":"Refugee relief generates interfaith event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two young mothers, from two different churches, came together to co-organize a Refugee Relief event.<\/p>\n<p>They aligned themselves with already established organizations, the Mennonite Central Committee, which sends relief kits around the world to help displaced people, and the American Civic Association, but took a local turn by including other churches and community organizations. Students from the local college also became involved.<\/p>\n<p>It was an honor to report on the event in upstate New York.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/science-religion-God-narrative-Science\/dp\/0979545455\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1456142730&amp;sr=1-2&amp;keywords=from+science+and+religion+to+god\">from science &amp; religion to God<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need. Love supplies all good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3781\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/files\/2017\/03\/Krisy-Sarah-Abbysm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3781\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2017\/03\/Krisy-Sarah-Abbysm-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"Sorting practical items into relief kits. \" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sorting practical items into relief kits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two young mothers, from two different churches, came together to co-organize a Refugee Relief event. 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