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		<title>Lectionary reflection May 19, 2013 (Pentecost)</title>
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		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/05/09/lectionary-reflection-may-19-2013-pentecost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Epp-Fransen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach reflects on the lectionary passages for Pentecost and the pouring out of the Spirit today. In what ways is the Spirit being poured out today? If we have eyes to see and faith to believe, we will see the Spirit working in many ways. As a start we might look for instances [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&#038;blog=3767563&#038;post=8651&#038;subd=washingtonmemo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer for the Korean peninsula</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/05/03/prayer-for-the-korean-peninsula/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/05/03/prayer-for-the-korean-peninsula/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Faith Reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Korea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[God who knows all history, hear our prayer; For an identity shaped by the shame of occupation, hear our prayer; For a land still cringing from the rape of a war waged more than six decades ago, hear our prayer; For bodies that toiled to rebuild and recover, hear our prayer; For the painful separation [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&#038;blog=3767563&#038;post=8640&#038;subd=washingtonmemo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Too much of the pie</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/05/02/too-much-of-the-pie/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/05/02/too-much-of-the-pie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 17:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Epp-Fransen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Militarism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach writes about military spending in the discretionary budget for the latest Third Way Cafe. When President Obama released his budget for Fiscal Year 2014 a few weeks ago, he requested $527 billion for the Pentagon and another $88 billion in war spending. While a slight decrease from last year’s request, the request [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&#038;blog=3767563&#038;post=8637&#038;subd=washingtonmemo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;If the U.S. discretionary budget were a pie, Pentagon spending would easily make up more than half of it. Because so many resources are devoted to the military, fewer resources are available for programs like job training, transportation, and support for those struggling to overcome poverty in this country and around the world.&#34; http://www.thirdway.com/WV/?Page=7781&#124;Too+Much+of+the+Pie</media:title>
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		<title>Immigration Reform – Get Ready!</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/05/01/immigration-reform-get-ready/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/05/01/immigration-reform-get-ready/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 20:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sterling Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action Alerts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Immigration reform is moving full steam ahead in the U.S. Senate and is starting to take shape in the House of Representatives. There are several ways you and your congregation can take action to help push Congress toward passing just and compassionate immigration reform in 2013: 1) May 6 – Call/webinar on Senate bill Members [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&#038;blog=3767563&#038;post=8634&#038;subd=washingtonmemo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Immigration Bill Analysis Call</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/18/senate-immigration-bill-analysis-call/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/18/senate-immigration-bill-analysis-call/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sterling Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action Alerts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[action alert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[call]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday, April 19th, 12 PM PDT/3 PM EDT Call in Number 805-399-1000, Code 104402 Please RSVP for the webinar A bipartisan immigration reform bill has just been introduced in the U.S. Senate.  Please join the Interfaith Immigration Coalition for an informative and timely webinar on how the bill could impact your families and communities. An exceptional [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&#038;blog=3767563&#038;post=8628&#038;subd=washingtonmemo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MCC Washington joins letter to President opposing lethal use of drones</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/17/mcc-washington-joins-letter-to-president-opposing-lethal-use-of-drones/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/17/mcc-washington-joins-letter-to-president-opposing-lethal-use-of-drones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militarism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sign-on Letters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the MCC Washington Office joined a dozen other faith-based organizations in a letter to President Obama. The letter begins: As people and communities of faith, we are moved to express our great concern about the use of armed unmanned aerial vehicles, known commonly as drones, for targeted killings of alleged members of Al Qaeda, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&#038;blog=3767563&#038;post=8619&#038;subd=washingtonmemo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Immigration Bill released</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/17/senate-immigration-bill-released/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/17/senate-immigration-bill-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sterling Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[immigrant families]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bipartisan group of eight Senators who have been working on comprehensive immigration reform introduced their bill today.  Alliance 4 Citizenship has created Q&#38;A&#8217;s about the bill in English and Spanish. The bill would create a path to citizenship for currently undocumented immigrants, that would take at least thirteen years to complete.  Steps would include [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&#038;blog=3767563&#038;post=8614&#038;subd=washingtonmemo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate immigration plan emerges</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/17/senate-immigration-plan-emerges/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/17/senate-immigration-plan-emerges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammy Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislative Updates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate is expected to release text of an immigration reform bill later this week.  Several details about the Senate plan have been reported in major news outlets &#8212; the Washington Post has a good summary.  The bill would allow millions of undocumented immigrants to get on a path to U.S. citizenship but would also [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&#038;blog=3767563&#038;post=8611&#038;subd=washingtonmemo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday night is family night</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/08/tuesday-night-is-family-night/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/08/tuesday-night-is-family-night/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sterling Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Action Alerts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[call]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family separation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Unity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigrant families]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call Congress every Tuesday for family unity in immigration reform. The Senate bipartisan proposal is likely to eliminate certain family-based visa categories &#8211; siblings and adult children in particular. Now is the time to let our senators know we oppose making it harder for people to reunite with their families. Make Tuesday Night Family Night. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&#038;blog=3767563&#038;post=8605&#038;subd=washingtonmemo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>30 Colombian Communities March for Justice</title>
		<link>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/04/30-colombian-communities-march-for-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://washingtonmemo.org/2013/04/04/30-colombian-communities-march-for-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Gross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Latin America/Caribbean]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Days of Prayer and Action]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victims' Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This Saturday, April 6, approximately 1,000 campesinos from the Montes de Maria region of Colombia will be taking nonviolent direct action to demand holistic reparations as victims of the decades-long  disastrous armed conflict. They will be walking 80 miles from El Carmen de Bolivar to the city of Cartagena. According to Anna Vogt, a Mennonite [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=washingtonmemo.org&#038;blog=3767563&#038;post=8567&#038;subd=washingtonmemo&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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