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Coronavirus Update. Israel's approach to the COVID-19 pandemic is to "flatten the curve". Nazareth Baptist School's campus is closed until April 22, 2020, or possibly later. Beginning on Monday, March 16, 2020, students will be engaged in distant learning. Effective immediately, all malls, hotels, cafes, restaurants and theaters will be shut down. Vital services such as pharmacies, groceries and banks will continue to operate. Travel as you know from US news is highly restricted. FON has canceled all 2020 programs through August 2020. This includes the Mother's Day program team, the Renovation team and all summer program teams. NBS will not have a Mother's Day program due to the school closure. Some renovation efforts will be conducted by professionals and team projects will be postponed. The summer programs are in flux. The MOE has not at this point given NBS guidance about the Bagrut (mandatory exams) or any class extensions to make up for lost time. With distant learning, FON and NBS hope that the school year will not be extended and that the exams will be held as scheduled. FON/NBS/LBC are working together to alter the summer program schedule so that it can operate with a leaner staff and continue to offer the students a strong Evangelical summer program. Pray for the summer leaders, especially, Mimi, Ruba and Manal, as they adjust the plans. FON's plans to financially support the students who will attend the summer programs are unchanged. In the unlikely event that the programs are canceled, FON will reserve these funds for 2021 summer programs. Your prayers are invited and appreciated. Your donations are necessary to support the summer programs as well as ongoing actions to improve the safety, spiritual and academic environments at NBS. As many of you know, Mike and I (Donna Chisam) are in Nazareth on behalf of FON. We are teaming with the NBS Board to set a strong strategic course for the future. At this time, we are in quarantine until March 24, 2020. We are fine and have no symptoms. We are managing well and staying busy leading FON from afar and working through video conferencing with the NBS team. Thank you for your prayers and concern.

Photo Journal

Throughout the school year, the government conducts readiness drills. On March 3, 2020, a drill was held. This photo shows one of several assembly areas. As you can observe by the photo, the area is overcrowded. This area may be okay for a drill, but it is unsuited in the event of a real event. Please pray for NBS and its leaders as they team together to identify other areas that might be suitable for such an emergency and make any building adjustments necessary so that the alternative areas might be brought up to code. Pray for FON as we team with NBS to make the campus safe for students and faculty.

Kindergarten students participated in an Artistic Story Exchange that was facilitated by the NBS Narrative 4 Club.

The coexistence of faith and science. NBS hosted a professional from the Technion to discuss with students the relationship of faith and science. Father John Beshouti is a computer science professor as well as a Catholic Priest. He shared his journey of faith in the world of science. He stressed that there is no contradiction between faith and science. The students asked many questions and Father Beshouti answered them with excellence. Left to right: Rokni Kawar, HS math teacher; Botrus Mansour, NBS General Director; Father John Beshoti; Ruba Kadosh, HS Vice Principal; and Remah Abdo, Educational Counselor.

NBS hosted a Sports Festival on March 10, 2020. The festival included a volleyball game between Christ Church School and NBS as well as a ceremony to honor two distinguished NBS graduates who excelled in sports, Anan Jarjour, a prominent volleyball coach, and Shahed Aboud, an Israeli National Basketball player. Shahed graduated from Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA where she was awarded a basketball scholarship.

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Please mail donations and correspondence for Dr. Roger Mardis to: Friends of Nazareth %HBC 219 Simpson Street Florence, AL 35630

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Friends of Nazareth Friends of Nazareth (FON), A Nazareth Educational Ministries Association (NEMA) Corporation, is a n0n-profit corporation. It is operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the corresponding section of any future Federal tax code. Our tax ID is: 59-3800059. FON reserves the right to withhold up to 5% of designated donations for administration. Stock Donations : Please contact the NEMA-FON broker for assistance. John Dupuis Wells Fargo Investments 201 N. Court Street Florence, AL 35630 256.764.1000 Consider setting up a fundraiser on Facebook to benefit Nazareth Educational Ministries Association (Friends of Nazareth). Simply search donations on Facebook. Click on Facebook Shortcuts, Fundraisers. Create your post. Invite friends to participate and post on your homepage. Facebook does not take a fee for charitable gifts. Therefore, all of the donated funds come directly to NEMA-FON.

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