lent appeal 2016: aid to the church in need presentation

Aid to the Church in Need

PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS NEED YOU

Will you help support a Christian refugee family this year?

#carrythecross

FAITH MATTERS!

‘Aid to the Church in Need is one of the few charities which realises that people cry out for food for their souls as well as for their bodies.’

A missionary priest in Liberia

But first ...

AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEEDa mission of faith

Christians in the UK reaching out to Christians around the world

CHRISTIANS: Syria and Iraq

IF YOU WERE GIVEN 20 MINUTES TO LEAVE ….

WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE?

Arabic ‘N’ daubed on a Christian home in Mosul

Northern Iraq – under siege

Sisters providing urgent assistance

How is Aid to the Church in Need making a difference?

Aid to the Church in Need benefactors provided a large proportion of aid to

to Syrian and Iraqi ChristiansFood, shelter, medicine, clothes

A LIFELINE OF HOPE

WILL YOU HELP US this LENT?

WHAT’S LIFE LIKE – DAY TO DAY?

Employment

Cooking and cleaning

What about the children?

… and young people?

People like to have picture of Jesus, a Cross or Our Lady on their door or on the things around them

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Everything these young people have is thanks to people like you

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Where are they living?

Cramped and crowded

Families – just like us …

SYRIA AND IRAQ:

Every family has a story

Chronic health problems -a real challenge

‘Abouna’ Samir and ‘Abouna’ Bazi

Reaching out – to all in need

‘Of course we have hope, we are Christians – we have hope in

Jesus’

Giving their lives to God

Persecuted Christians NEED YOU - You can reach out THIS LENT – through ACN

PRAYER•Pray for persecuted Christians •Pray for their persecutors

INFORMATION•Tell their stories

ACTION•£2,000 WILL HELP A FAMILY FOR A YEAR with food, fuel and clothes

•£35 WILL HELP A FAMILY FOR A WEEK … how many families can you help?

They haven’t been forgotten!

Food, clothes, clothes, fuel … even Christmas and Easter gift parcels for children ….

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Volunteers make up aid parcels

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One Body in Christ

Christian families in Syria and Iraq

need YOUIf we don’t help them, who will?

PLEASE: Pray for them

Tell their stories

Save them

Christian children in Iraq and Syria send you their love …. and their thanks

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Aid to the Church in Need

PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS NEED YOU

Will you help support a Christian refugee family this year?

#carrythecross