{"id":16129,"date":"2020-12-19T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=16129"},"modified":"2020-12-19T20:55:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T20:55:01","slug":"faith-science-and-covid-19-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2020\/faith-science-and-covid-19-part-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Moderator\u2019s Town Hall on \u2018Faith, Science, and COVID-19&#8211;Part Three\u2019 is slated for Jan. 21"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/kathryn-jacobsen.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15142\" \/><figcaption><em>Dr. Kathryn Jacobsen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Annual Conference moderator Paul Mundey is offering the next Moderator\u2019s Town Hall on \u201cFaith, Science, and COVID-19&#8211;Part Three\u201d on Jan. 21, 2021, at 7 p.m. (Eastern time). Dr. Kathryn Jacobsen, who has been the resource person for the previous two town halls on this topic, will again be featured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will center on current trend lines related to the COVID-19 crisis along with relevant topics such as the rollout of vaccines. A special focus will be the role of churches in response to the crisis, as the faith community is called to grapple with the realities of both faith and science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacobsen is a member of the Church of the Brethren and a professor in the Department of Global and Community Health at George Mason University, Fairfax, Va. She is a specialist in infectious disease epidemiology and global health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Register at <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ModTownHallJan2021\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"tinyurl.com\/ModTownHallJan2021\">tinyurl.com\/ModTownHallJan2021<\/a>. Interested persons are encouraged to sign up early, as the event is limited to the first 500 registrants. Email questions to <a href=\"mailto:cobmoderatorstownhall@gmail.com\">cobmoderatorstownhall@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/conference-business-for-2026\/\">Conference business includes resolutions on weapons transfer, care for immigrants and refugees, polity adjustments for licensed and commissioned ministers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/essential-services-of-ordinances\/\">Essential services of ordinances now available online as For All Who Minister prepares for reprinting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/bdm-rebuilding-program-new-focus\/\">Brethren Disaster Ministries Rebuilding Program serves Hurricane Helene and Western Maryland storm survivors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/shine-free-worship-resource\/\">Shine Everywhere free six-week worship series helps churches nurture faith at home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/invitations-to-look-up\/\">Feature for Earth Month and Poetry Month: Invitations to look up, to seek abundant life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual Conference moderator Paul Mundey is offering the next Moderator\u2019s Town Hall on \u201cFaith, Science, and COVID-19&#8211;Part Three\u201d on Jan. 21, 2021, at 7 p.m. (Eastern time). Dr. Kathryn Jacobsen, who has been the resource person for the previous two town halls on this topic, will again be featured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[3,1657,1865,1867,1794,1822,1866],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-16129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-church-of-the-brethren","tag-covid-19","tag-dr-kathryn-jacobsen","tag-faith-and-science","tag-moderators-town-hall","tag-pandemic","tag-webinar"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16130,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16129\/revisions\/16130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16129"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=16129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}