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Please join us for a vigil for our country and world, hosted by Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
We will welcome speaker Kathy Kelly, the board president of World BEYOND War. She has made over two dozen trips to Afghanistan from 2010–2019, living with young Afghan Peace Volunteers in a working-class neighborhood in Kabul.
With Voices in the Wilderness companions, from 1996 through 2003, she traveled 27 times to Iraq, defying the economic sanctions and remaining in Iraq throughout the Shock and Awe bombing and the initial weeks of the invasion. She joined delegations to the West Bank's Jenin Camp in 2002 during and after Israeli attacks, to Lebanon during the 2006 summer war between Israel and Hezbollah and to Gaza, in 2009, during Operation Cast Lead and following the 2013 Operation Pillar of Defense.
Kathy has been an educator for most of her life, but she believes children of war and those who are victims of violence have been her most important teachers. We look forward to hearing from Kathy during our vigil.
All are welcome. The vigil will include lament, song, prayer, and a call to live into hope. In times such as these, community is vital. Please join us.