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Need some resources for Juneteenth? We've compiled a few of our favorites here: https://bethebridge.com/juneteenth-resources/

Know of another resource other bridge builders would appreciate? Share in the comments!

Tune in to the Be the Bridge YouTube channel at 6:45pm ET to listen to a special livestream with Latasha Morrison and Bri Stensrud! And, you can always come back later to catch the replay and share this important conversation with your community.

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We had a great time at our Atlanta Civil Rights Tour a few weeks back! Bridge Builders are lifelong learners, and we love any chance we get to learn together.

Have you been looking for a Bible study that walks with you through this current cultural moment and helps you pursue peacemaking, equity, and wholeness with hope? PAX has just what you've been looking for!

We hosted Writer and Editor Dorcas Cheng-Tozun on the Be the Bridge Podcast where she shared about two of the studies:
📖 Migration: Experiencing God’s Care for Immigrants
📖 Mental Health: Experiencing God’s Care for Our Mind, Body, and Spirit

Listen in to this conversation to be reminded that there are resources for bridge builders with theological depth and that the church should be a welcoming place for all.

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📣 It's the last day to register for next week's Proximity Event with Women of Welcome!

Registration closes this afternoon for the main equipping event for women. But registration will stay open until Monday for the free podcast recording open to all.

We can't wait to gather for a powerful day of faithful learning, real-life stories, and local advocacy.

Get your tickets now! bit.ly/atl-proximity

Thank you for your engagement surrounding the Collaborative Lament Service. Due to unforeseen circumstances, we must postpone the service at this time. But, we look forward to gathering together soon and will share an updated date as it becomes available!

Our Easter celebrations mattered, and our anger toward injustice matters. You are not alone; we are holding the tensions of these heavy days together. Keep pressing on, bridge builders.

We're saving a seat for you! If you're in the Atlanta area or want to come on over, we hope you'll join us for our upcoming events.

🗓️ Collaborative Lament Service with The Voices Project, AND Campaign, OneRace Movement, Open Table Community Church, United Church, and Skyland Church - Saturday, April 11 - 2:00pm-4:30pm

🗓️ Proximity Event with Women of Welcome - Thursday, April 16 - 8am-4pm | live podcast recording from 6:45pm- 8:30pm

Find all the details and links at bethebridge.com/events!

Holy Week always brings with it a sacred tension we can’t avoid. It forces us to hold two truths together: grief and hope. At the beginning of Holy Week, I remember…

It was only one week ago that the crowds sang Hosanna (God save us) at Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem, but later in the week those cheers would fall silent. And those same cheers would shout for His crucifixion. Celebration turns to accusation. Praise meets the weight of what it truly means to follow Jesus.

We journey with Jesus from the celebration of His arrival to the cries of His suffering. We trade palm branches for a cross. And in that exchange, we’re given the opportunity to sit with the tension of what it cost God to redeem us.

Holy Week doesn’t gloss over suffering, it forces us to reckon with it. It reminds us that hope isn’t shallow positivity; it’s shaped in the company of mourning. Hope is what allows us to stand at the foot of the cross and still believe that God is good.

So when we leave Palm Sunday, we don’t hold onto the cheers of the crowd, we empty ourselves to follow Jesus. Because the same Jesus who entered Jerusalem as King will also come into our lives as Savior, not through worldly power but through costly humility and love.
And that is the tension we live in…

We mourn what sin has brought to this world, while praying for what our Savior is going to do.

We know Sunday’s coming…but we don’t skip over Friday to get there.