{"id":25329,"date":"2025-06-13T17:52:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=25329"},"modified":"2025-06-13T17:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T17:53:33","slug":"world-refugee-day-is-june-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/world-refugee-day-is-june-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Brethren Disaster Ministries promotes World Refugee Day on June 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>From Brethren Disaster Ministries<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday, June 20, is World Refugee Day. Please consider taking some time in your worship spaces this month to talk about refugees, to pray for their situations, and to honor their stories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A refugee is someone who flees home and country owing to \u201ca well-founded fear of persecution because of his\/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Church World Service (CWS, <a href=\"http:\/\/cwsglobal.org\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"cwsglobal.org\">cwsglobal.org<\/a>) has collected resources from various faith denominations on migration and displacement, including prayers and liturgies, discussion guides, Sunday school lessons, youth group guides, and ideas for action that put faith into motion. Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/cwsglobal.org\/cws-faith-leaders\">https:\/\/cwsglobal.org\/cws-faith-leaders<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/CWSBanner-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/CWSBanner-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/CWSBanner-600px-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/CWSBanner-600px-560x292.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cwsglobal.org\/cws-faith-leaders\">https:\/\/cwsglobal.org\/cws-faith-leaders<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our hope is that you might use these resources to mark World Refugee Day in your congregations, homes, and other special spaces&#8211;and continue to use them as you discover how to express love for all of God&#8217;s people who are displaced from their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about advocacy for refugees at a time when the US administration has instituted a near total refugee ban and a funding freeze for support for refugees already admitted into the US at <a href=\"https:\/\/cwsglobal.org\/action-alerts\/take-action-this-world-refugee-day-urge-congress-to-defend-refuge\">https:\/\/cwsglobal.org\/action-alerts\/take-action-this-world-refugee-day-urge-congress-to-defend-refuge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For additional information, contact <a href=\"mailto:bdm@brethren.org\">bdm@brethren.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#MissionAndMinistryBoard #StrategicPlan #RacialJustice #LoveOurNeighbors #Discipleship #NewTestamentGiving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts is-layout-flow wp-block-latest-posts-is-layout-flow\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/faithx-wraps-up-summer-of-service\/\">FaithX wraps up summer of service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/health-care-education-scholarships\/\">Health Care Education Scholarships are awarded to nine recipients<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/ddr-update-termination-of-tps\/\">Deportation Defense Response Team provides update as termination of TPS takes effect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/ancillary-insurances-available-via-eder\/\">Ancillary insurances available to Brethren church workers in 2027<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/germantown-hosts-training-program\/\">Germantown Church hosts new \u2018Building and Empowering Lay Leadership\u2019 training program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, June 20, is World Refugee Day. 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