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