FAITH AND HOPE IN ACTION 2014–2015
Faith and Hope in Action
GIFT CATALOGUE
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For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10
Faith and Hope in Action
Unless otherwise indicated, Scriptures are taken from the New International Version.
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AREAS TO GIVE
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Sea to Sea
Silk Road
Desert Sand Caribbean Sun
Note: Alliance Justice and compassion Supports ministries in all areas.
Asian Spice
About the cover: The name of the younger boy is Macario Chon Valenzuela, and the elder is Pascual Chon. These two boys are some of the best thinkers we have amongst the children. Macario and Pascual go to school at the bottom of the canyon in Guacayo, the place where the medical clinic and women’s shelter will be built. They both have it in their minds that it is better to change lives and live in a different way. School is very important to them because they know that this will help them change their future for the better and the future of their people. Pascual Chon has had his life changed in many ways. His father became a believer about two years ago. This strongly impacted the family, and now the entire family has accepted Christ. His mom and brothers serve Jesus together. Macario is a cousin of Pascual. Both boys are learning what is means to worship God through music. Together, they are
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learning from Macario’s father, who uses his talents
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to praise God.
WELCOME TO THE 2014 – 2015 ALLIANCE JUSTICE AND COMPASSION GIFT CATALOGUE! C&MA Vision Prayer: O God, with all our hearts we long to be: a movement of churches transformed by Christ, transforming Canada and the world. By your grace and for your glory: • Renew and empower us through a fresh encounter with yourself. • Release us to be strategic in service, kingdom-connected in practice, passionate in pursuit of your mission and mercy. Use us to fulfill your purpose for Canada and the world. We are called to be ministers of Christ’s message of reconciliation, which offers to release people from spiritual, physical, relational, social and economic bondages. As a family of churches, we seek to live out Christ’s mission that redeems our relationships with God, with one another and with his creation. We have International Workers in over 40 countries that we have identified as our Four S regions (Silk Road, Caribbean Sun, Asian Spice and Desert Sand). Together with the Fifth S, the Canadian Sea to Sea region, we are seeking to bring a holistic message of healing and wholeness as we engage in transformative practices that improve, in sustainable ways, the well-being of people who have been made vulnerable by circumstances of poverty, disaster and injustice. This gift catalogue outlines many of these ministries. We invite you to participate with us in offering dignity and hope to those who live on the margins of society. It is our vision that as a result of these kinds of holistic ministries, we will see communities transformed by Christ, set free from the effects of broken, sinful worldviews and behaviours.
Thank you for partnering with us! Fa it h a nd H o p e in A c t io n
Blessings,
Joanne Beach Director of Alliance Justice and Compassion
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Proverbs 19  :17
Caribbean Island Ministries The Island is experiencing a time of change and abundant to establish a Christian business training centre called
Leadership development
Entrepreneurs for God. The goal is to develop Christians
Cover all expenses for one student
who will be successful in growing their businesses over
to attend three courses at the
the long term. The centre now has students from over 50
business school.
opportunity in the world of business. This is the time
churches from multiple denominations—one of several collaborative initiatives of believers on this Island. Students will attend three courses per year for training
$60
in business, leadership and discipleship. Alongside the
Microeconomics
practical skills needed to administer a micro-business,
Sponsor one new micro-loan for
students will be counselled in the development of godly
a student who has completed
character, dependence on God and a passion to lead others
the training.
to adopt these important life ethics, especially in the marketplace.
$500
Upon successful completion of the training, students will
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receive a micro-loan that will offer them the opportunity
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to put into practice the skills they have learned. Some will
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go on to lead cooperative groups, inviting people from the
Economic sustainability is an important
community to participate.
focus for this Caribbean Island. We are praying for the long-term growth of the
He who is kind to the poor lends to the Lord.
micro-loans initiative, and for God's kingdom to be witnessed through the impact of believers who are serving and blessing their society.
Matthew 25 :40
Inca Link Giving Life a Second Chance
In response to the high rate of teenage pregnancy in place for expectant homeless teens since 2010. This
Prenatal and Infant Care
place of refuge offers an alternative to situations
Your gift of $100 will contribute to the
which often end in abortion. In this stable and
girls’ nutritious meals, personal hygiene
nurturing environment, girls can find emotional
items, maternity clothes, doctor visits,
stability and become equipped with empowering
medications and infant care (typically
maternal skills.
$380/month).
Girls receive support from the beginning of
$100
Quito, Ecuador, Casa Elizabeth has been a welcoming
pregnancy until three months after the baby is born. With your help, five girls at any one time will be cared for with nutritious meals, personal hygiene items, maternity clothes, doctor visits, medications and the necessary provisions for their newborn baby.
Prayer Please pray that the local churches will be renewed with a spirit of service
Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
under Christ’s compassion and that the impact on the lives of these young mothers would resound throughout the country at large as they themselves choose to become a living witness to the hope they’ve found in Christ.
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and love as we see families reunited
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Psalm 146:7(a) & 9(a)
Sun Compassion Costa Rica God is changing lives in the communities of Costa Rica. Donations last year helped initiate transformation
Buy a Calf
of communities and people. Several initiatives are
A donation of $350 will provide many
currently growing as we continue to teach families,
years of milk, cheese and income
enabling them to support themselves. Last year, 72
generation.
children had the opportunity to attend school with all the required textbooks, supplies and uniforms.
$350
This project aims to give families the means to provide for their children, equip them to receive an care of their basic living essentials. When you are poor
Hope for a child’s future
nutrition is often scarce and good food can provide
A donation of $100 will allow a child
both health and basic dignity. Small greenhouses and
to attend school providing the needed
basic training are providing families with a consistent,
textbooks, supplies and uniform.
education, offer them nutritional training and to take
healthy food supply.
$100
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Build a Greenhouse
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Prayer
A donation of $250 will build a
Please pray that God will raise up local leaders, and
greenhouse, enabling the year-round
provide local men and women the desire to transform
growth of healthy food.
their communities for Christ. Pray also that this program will continue to meet physical, emotional and social needs in Costa Rica.
$250
Proverbs 2:6
Sun Compassion Mexico Coming off the streets can be complicated. After dream: graduating from high school and going on
Hope for a Child’s Future
to tech school. Thanks to your support he has also
A donation of $50 or more will help
recently learned skills in construction and electricity.
us build schools, start small farms,
Javier has started several small, self-sustaining
improve lives through education and
animal farms this year, with help from other boys in
provide promising and healthy futures
the home. He has been discipled in God’s Word, he
of hope.
several years in this home for boys, Javier has a new
has learned about financial stability and one day he hopes to have his own small business.
$50
The C&MA in Mexico is committed to compassion projects which help build income-generating infrastructures, empower young people to develop their leadership potential, allow people to be discipled in God’s Word and to allow people to receive education.
For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
Please pray that young people would experience the full healing power of Christ as they enjoy an adventure of faith in Him! As they learn and practice new trades, pray that God would also multiply their influence on society.
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Psalm 146:7-9
Tarahumara Project Imagine a language without words for “hope” or “love.” a remote indigenous group that lives in the Copper
Women’s Shelter and Medical Clinic
Canyon of Mexico. Our Sun Compassion team has seen
Your $100 donation will go directly
first-hand their troubled existence.
to building a place of retreat and
This is what we have learned of the Tarahumara people,
restoration. This gift will have A sobering reality is that 50 per cent of the children die
everlasting results in the lives of the
before the age of 10. The girls who do survive suffer
Tarahumara through the establishment
sexual, emotional and physical abuse that starts around
of this women’s shelter and medical
age 12 and continues into adulthood. There is great
clinic.
need for a women’s shelter and medical clinic because the nearest health facility is a 10-hour journey on foot.
$100
The Mexican Alliance Church and partnering Canadian C&MA churches have been building strong relationships of trust with this community over the past 18 years, and are now seeing people believing in Jesus and seeking wholeness for their people.
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God, you are the One who lifts up the
He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.
oppressed, the hungry, the widow and the bowed down. Lift up the Tarahumara people. Show your face, comfort those in distress and provide for those in need.
Psalm 146:7-9
Patarra Project Angered and frustrated by the pattern in her community of adultery, alcoholism, drug abuse and neglect of one’s
Patarra Project
family, Cecilia saw an opportunity to transform her
Your donation of $75 will continue
community for Jesus by feeding neighbourhood kids right
the momentum of this community
out of her own kitchen.
outreach project so that more children can receive meals and more adults can
This initiative has grown so that now over 100 children receive
engage in Bible study and vocational
a daily meal at a newly built community centre. Cecilia’s vision
training.
has expanded to offer weekly Vacation Bible School programs, a vibrant women’s Bible study, a sewing cooperative and
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vocational training. Funds are needed to complete additional classrooms. As you contribute to this growing community outreach program, God will continue to transform lives. This is a remarkable story of hope out of darkness. One woman’s compassion has inspired others to make profound changes in their community. Cecilia’s love for Jesus is spreading as she and her team show the Father’s deep love for Costa Rica.
Prayer God please honour the hearts of the leaders in this community as they strive to follow you and honour you in all that they do. Give them the desires of their hearts as they look to you for guidance and direction.
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The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.
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Acts 10:35
Community Development Readiness  In the Sun Region, our vision is to equip Christian leaders to reach out in their communities with the hope and freedom
Leadership Training
found in Jesus Christ. We desire to enable leaders to respond
Your gift of $250 will subsidize the
tangibly (Isaiah 58) by supporting community development
training of Christian leaders in Costa
initiatives that often become the catalyst for faith, and
Rica, Guatemala, Mexico and Colombia.
to engage in a life, a community, and yes, even a nation transformed for Jesus Christ.
$250
Community development initiatives that nurture dignity and self-worth, health education, sanitation, maternal care, prevention of disease and disaster mitigation are but a few of the areas where discipleship is occurring. We welcome the subsequent effect of strengthening our local churches.
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We pray that God will call local leaders,
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who are needed to transform their
God accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.
own people, to rise up. We pray for a generation of leaders to stand and transform their neighbourhoods, communities and countries, in order to bring glory to God.
John 10:10
Guinea Rescue Centre Life for mothers in Guinea is very complex. Poverty and lack of resources is endemic. It is estimated that 90 per cent of the
Medical Care
population lives with an income of under $1.25 per day. Statistics
For $75 a month you can provide
show that 56 per cent of men have more than one wife. Many family
medical treatment for an infant in need.
compounds cannot support another child to feed so a woman often feels she has no other choice than to abandon her infant.
$75
Social services for unwanted newborns is non-existent in Guinea. In response to this, our team has established the Source of Life Infant Rescue Centre. As soon as a baby is received, the infant is given a
Baby Formula
complete medical check-up; often there is serious malnutrition and
For $100 a month you can buy formula
illnesses like malaria that need treatment. These medical remedies
for an infant under 6 months of age.
along with costly formula are necessary expenses during the first year of a child’s life.
$100
After 12 months a judicial court may give full parental custody to the Infant Rescue Centre, along with the right to arrange for an adoptive family, either nationally or internationally. Matthew 22:39 teaches us to “Love your neighbour as yourself.” neighbour. We show love to the babies and, in doing so, extend love to
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the mother or family member who brings the child. To the ones who
Father, what will give you glory and
are found abandoned—left alone to perish—we have the privilege of
cause your name to be known in this
caring for them and ultimately placing them with a new family.
land of suffering? You have given us the task of responding to the needs of the
// Colette Baudais, C&MA International Worker
ones who cannot fight for themselves.
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Saving these children is our expression of God’s command to love our
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Isaiah 58:7
Impacting Niger Niger continues to land at the bottom of the United Nations Human Development Index. Seventy-six percent of the population
Rebuilding Homes
lives on less than two dollars a day, and less than one third of the
Your gift of $20 will aid in the
adults are literate. The child mortality rate in Niger remains one
reconstruction of the straw-paneled
of the world’s highest, as one in five children die of preventable
huts that are destroyed annually
diseases like malaria and malnutrition before the age of five.
by rain. Working with communities towards innovative, long-term
Those who farm in Niger are subsistence farmers who rely upon
housing solutions, we can counteract
their yield to feed their family for twelve months, until the next
this reality and avert recurring
harvest takes place. Their livelihood is increasingly difficult as
housing crises.
they toil against chronic drought, changing rainfall patterns, soil degradation, pests and poor seeds. The struggle to produce
$20
sufficiently for their families year to year escalates as famine years are increasing in regularity, leaving little time for the farmers to recover and rebuild.
alongside the Fulani and Taureq people groups, in order to see
Improving Agricultural Outputs
them overcome these unfortunate realities, and to see their
Your gift of $150 will go towards
communities transformed both physically and spiritually.
an agricultural training program
It is in this context that our International Worker team is working
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designed to help farmers learn
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agricultural techniques that can
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increase their yield to better sustain
Please pray for wisdom as we work with these communities
their families throughout the year.
towards long-term housing solutions. Pray also that farming needs will be met, and that people will recognize God’s provision for them.
$150
Matthew 25:40
Impacting Niger In Niger, children are facing incredible vulnerabilities. Nigerien children are not enrolled in primary school.
A Brighter Future
Many families simply cannot afford to provide the
Your gift of $50 will go toward tuition,
tuition and school supplies their children need.
supplies, educational resources and
Besides being economically disadvantaged, many
tutoring, as well as post-secondary
Nigerien children also die needlessly of preventable
training and scholarships. By helping to
diseases. Seven children under the age of five die
send a child to school, we can empower
every single hour from pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria
a new generation to change their future
and other easily preventable causes. That is one child
and their country.
It is estimated that nearly one and a half million
every eight and a half minutes, and two hundred forty-nine children each day. That is more child
$50
deaths than 50 developed nations put together, yet it costs only an average of $1.25 to save a child from these causes of death.
Medications for kids Your gift of $10 will increase access to medications for 8 children and save them from preventable diseases that cause death.
$10
Prayer Please pray that parents would see the value of education and of accessing public health services, so that their children can have a healthier future full of opportunity.
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Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
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Isaiah 58:10
Kids in Crisis In Guinea, we are working alongside Christian nationals to care for orphaned children; many of
School Kit
whom are HIV positive. There are currently thirty-four
Your gift of $75 will provide one child
kids at the Kids in Crisis Centre, and eight of those
with the required school uniform,
are babies. Local Christians are extending love and
tuition fees and school supplies for one
encouragement to children who need a home. It is a
year. An educated child will have life-
great opportunity to serve the community and model
changing opportunities and hope for
God’s care for the marginalized.
their future.
The orphan ministry ensures holistic development of
$75
the children which includes the provision of school kits for education, nutritious meals and biblicallybased teaching.
Feed a child Your donation of $50 will provide nutritious food for an abandoned child for one month.
“I dream of a home where children who are rejected and cast out because of AIDS or because they were
$50
born out of wedlock will be cared for, loved and
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introduced to Jesus, the one who rejects no one. I
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dream of providing a better future for these children on this earth, a future without stigmas, insults, hate or rejection, a future full of love and acceptance such as
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only the Lord can provide through his children.”
Please pray that God will raise up godly, compassionate leaders as we invest in
// Lizette Lavoie, C&MA International Worker
the next generation of Guineans.
Luke 9:1-2, 6
Sandbox Medical In this North African country the standard of medical in the public hospitals. Private Christian hospitals
Medical Instruments
are experiencing a loss of Christian doctors because
Your gift of $50 will provide funds
of a faith bias that does not allow Christians to study
to purchase much-needed small
medicine. There is a renewed focus by church leaders
medical instruments, such as artery
in this country to equip professionals and to raise
forceps or clamps to properly equip
the standards of their hospitals for the purpose of
operating rooms.
care is not adequate. No one trusts the care provided
becoming a beacon of light and love to their local community. One of our International Workers, who is
$50
a surgeon, has joined this initiative that seeks to train Christian surgeons and provide quality healthcare. African countries.
So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.
Patient Treatments Your gift will enable very poor families to have their surgical needs met with quality care at a reasonable cost.
$25
Prayer Pray that patients will experience the love of Christ through the care of the Christian surgeons, and come to experience Christ as their ultimate Healer.
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The training is extended to believers in other North
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Jeremiah 29:11
Niger Vocational Training Centre Education for girls in Niger is often not an option.
give practical welding instruction and will partner
Spending their days helping with cooking,
with local instructors to prepare the apprentices
housekeeping and caring for younger siblings, they
for the national welding exam. The program also
are often married by age sixteen or younger. The
includes training in construction and small business
child bride numbers in Niger are among the highest
knowledge. Health and life skills round out the
in the world. Through the Niger Vocational Training
teaching, with biblical truths woven throughout. We
Centre, young girls are given the opportunity to
select unschooled young men who are ready to work
participate in a three-year program that focuses on
for a second chance at life.
health and life skills as well as vocational training, such as sewing. Upon graduation, each student keeps her sewing machine which will enable her to make a steady income in the safety of her own home.
All the girls in the first graduating class passed their National Certificate exam! Now as we visit these young
Males growing up in a pastoralist culture herding
ladies many of them are using their skills to apprentice
cattle and goats do not develop the trade skills that
with tailors or have set up their own tailoring shops.
are desperately needed to provide for their families.
They are confident moms with healthy new babies and
The Niger Vocational Training Centre’s ‘Second
an assuredness that they are prepared for their new
Chance’ apprenticeship program is providing
roles as wives and mothers.
necessary vocational training to young men. Our
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team, led by a qualified Canadian welder, will
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// Chantelle McIver, C&MA International Worker
Prayer Please pray for the new group of 60 young ladies who will start our program Fall 2014 and for hardworking, eager young men to join our apprenticeship program. Pray for wisdom as we walk with these young people through many hard situations of early marriage, abuse, assault and hopelessness; that Christ will be their comfort and hope!
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Hot Lunch for One Month Your gift of $40 will
Protecting and Training young women
Accessing higher education – trades skills
provide a month of meals
Your gift will equip a
Your gift will go towards scholarships
for one student which
student with the sewing
and monthly stipends to allow
will directly impact their
machine, fabric and
promising young men to attend the
physical growth, capacity
supplies needed to
Niger Vocational Training School to
to learn and overall
embark on her new
learn the skills needed to obtain better
health.
opportunity!
jobs to provide for their families.
$40
$75
$100
One of our previous apprentices from the men’s program has found a full-time job at a school where he does welding and construction. They sing praises of this young man’s integrity, work quality and character. We hope many more young men and women of character, knowledge and confidence will come through our school and be ready to change their own lives, and the lives of those around them!
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Fa it h a nd H o p e in A c t io n
// Paul McIver, C&MA International Worker
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Isaiah 1:17
Human Rights and Emergency Fund In some countries it is illegal to profess found out is great. There is no legal
Assistance for Persecuted Christians
protection when a charge of apostasy is
Your contribution will help to provide
made; everything is taken away, including
financial support for persecuted
identity, passports, bank accounts and
Christians in crisis. Funds will be used
possessions. Marriages are even annulled
to assist with relocation, legal costs
and custody of any children is taken away.
and emergency medical care (like
Fleeing for your life is the only recourse
hospitalization and medicine).
a Christian faith—and the cost of being
because, once arrested and found guilty by the courts, harsh imprisonment and
$100
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even a death sentence are sure to follow.
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Learn to do right; seek justice. D efend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
Prayer Pray that those who suffer persecution will know and experience the presence and protection of the Lord. Pray that the oppressors will turn from their ruthlessness and come to know the truth.
Psalm 86:5
Rehab Centre and Recovery Drug and alcohol addictions are an ever-increasing problem in Serbia. Hundreds of thousands of individuals and families are being
Recovery Program
disabled, ruined and killed by rampant substance abuse. Drugs are
Your gift of $75 will cover the cost
available at low cost and lead both individuals and communities to
for one week of room and board,
poverty and despair. Many young men knock on our door, desperate
counselling, physical therapy and
for a solution to their drug and alcohol problems.
discipleship.
Our rehabilitation centre, a ministry of the local church, recently
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celebrated a five-year anniversary, where we acknowledged the men who have successfully finished the six-month program. After 15 months, they return to their families, able to work and start afresh. God has healed, restored and opened doors for new opportunities. New men arrive regularly; the need is so great that a second location has opened this year.
“I lived in the park, slept on a bench all alone. I was raised in the orphanage and was sure that no one would ever care for me. Drugs were my way of coping with loneliness. Now all that has changed. I
Prayer Pray that the God will restore health
“God showed me mercy, people at the centre gave me mercy. I
and hope to the men’s lives, giving
finished the program, relapsed and came back. I was welcomed and
them the strength to overcome their
forgiven. This is my only family. I thank God for saving my life and
addictions and to bring healing to
not giving up on me.” // M.
broken relationships.
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feel loved and accepted by people and by God. I am free, and words cannot explain how grateful I am.” // B.
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Matthew 25:36, 40
Terminally Ill Patients Medicine, hygiene items, diapers, medical assistance—all of these items are luxuries for the
Medical Care
sick in Serbia. Terminally ill people, in particular,
Your gift of $80 makes it possible for
struggle to obtain these necessities. Our hospice
a patient to receive proper care and
teams have the unique privilege of sharing Christ’s
medication for one month.
love by coming alongside, providing needed items and praying with the sick and their loved ones. Many
$80
have made peace with God in the midst of these most difficult times. “Eighty-nine-year-old Andreas had been diagnosed with dementia following a stroke two years ago. Andreas was a construction worker who now lives with permanently damaged knees and has hard time walking. We provided crutches and a walker that now give him greater mobility. Andreas may be deaf, but he
I was sick and you looked after me. . . Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.
can see the goodness of God through the love we show him. His daughter-in-law, the family’s sole caregiver, is very open to hearing about Jesus, the One who motivates us to extend acts of compassion, which have
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been very precious to this family.”
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// Vera and Daniel, C&MA International Workers
Prayer Pray for the hospice teams, that God
This visible expression of God’s love extends to many
will use them as they show compassion
families in Serbia who are deeply touched by this
to those who are hurting. End-of-life
compassionate ministry.
care is a powerful witness for Jesus.
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CARIBBEAN SUN Caribbean Island Ministries—Leadership Development
$60
Caribbean Island Ministries—Microeconomics
$500
Inca Link—Prenatal and Infant Care
$100
Sun Compassion Costa Rica—Hope for a Child’s Future
$100
Sun Compassion Costa Rica—Buy a Calf
$350
Sun Compassion Costa Rica—Build a Greenhouse
$250
Sun Compassion Mexico Tarahumara Project Patarra Project Community Development Readiness
$50 $100 $75 $250
DESERT SAND Guinea Rescue Centre—Medical Care
$75
Guinea Rescue Centre—Baby Formula
$100
Impacting Niger—Improving Agricultural Outputs
$150
Impacting Niger— Rebuilding Homes
$20
Impacting Niger—A Brighter Future
$50
Impacting Niger—Medications for Kids
$10
Kids in Crisis—School Kit
$75
Kids in Crisis—Feed a Child
$50
Sandbox Medical—Patient Treatments
$25
Sandbox Medical—Medical Instruments
$50
Niger Vocational Training—Hot Lunch for One Month
$40
Niger Vocational Training—Accessing Higher Education—Trades Skills Niger Vocational Training—Protecting and Training Young Women
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ASIAN SPICE Beautiful Gate
$50
Cup of Cold Water—Women’s Literacy and Health
$100
Sustainable Rural Livelihood
$75
Sustainable Village Health Care—Midwifery Kit
$50
Sustainable Village Health Care—Village Health Care
$30
Sustainable Village Health Care—Medicated Family-Sized Mosquito Net
$25
The Dawn Project
$70
Tricked, Trafficked, Treasured
$50
Love Lives Here—Safe House and Skills School
$30
Urban Gardens
$50
Vietnamese Diaspora Outreach
$50
Wonder Products Refugee Ministry
$75
SEA TO SEA Refugee Fund
$50
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$50
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Matthew 28:19, 20
Beautiful Gate The plight of disabled people so often goes unheeded in great distances for medical aid. Beautiful Gate Church
Beautiful Gate Ministry
acknowledges the difficulties faced by the poorest of the
Your gift of $50 or more will enable
poor, the disabled and the lepers, and it aims to come
Beautiful Gate Church to provide
alongside them with the love of Jesus. Workers at Beautiful
food and housing to villagers coming
Gate Church meet the practical needs of poor villagers by
to the city for medical care, and
providing food and housing in the church compound, and
to offer follow-up pastoral care,
seeing them through all their medical needs. Many of these
encouragement and support in
villagers come to church services held in the compound,
local villages.
the developing world. Villagers frequently have to travel
and some return to their villages as baptized believers. Beautiful Gate’s ministry continues to expand into outlying
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areas. Pastoral teams are sent regularly to offer preaching, discipleship and baptisms in new churches.
Prayer Pray that many more will come to faith in Christ through the work of the Beautiful Gate ministry. Pray also for the spiritual growth of these new and developing churches. Finally, pray for the safety of the leaders who travel to houses and newly planted churches in remote areas.
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Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
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Isaiah 30:18
Cup of Cold Water Illiteracy on this Asian Spice island causes many that are freely offered. Forty to 60 percent of
Women’s Literacy and Health
the women here are simply unable to fill out
Your gift of $100 will provide many
the government forms that entitle them and
with needed medical treatments,
their children to medical care. Of the few who
as well as funds for one woman to
can fill out their forms, many still suffer from
complete her literacy course.
people to needlessly go without medications
illness and preventable disease because of their poverty and distance from healthcare. Our Spice
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team is offering literacy classes for women while
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incorporating health clinics for their families.
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Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!
Prayer Please pray that God will bless the women who attend the literacy classes as they learn to read and write. Pray also that they will understand the true source of their blessings as God’s love is expressed to them.
Galatians 2:10
Sustainable Rural Livelihood In one Asian Spice country, rural subsistence farmers but it is impossible for them to earn any income to
Sustainable Rural Livelihood
support additional needs—especially where inequality
Your gift of $75 enables one individual
between the urban privileged and the rural poor exists.
to earn the income they need to pay
may have small plots of land to grow their own food,
for clothing, basic healthcare and The Sustainable Rural Livelihood Project is providing families with a business structure for earning a living within their own villages while continuing to farm. Yarn
educational expenses.
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and clothing accessories are made in their homes and then these products are brought to markets around the world. In addition to supplementing their income, this project has opened a door to build relationships in these rural communities and offered opportunities to share the Good News.
Prayer It is our prayer that by providing employment rather than simply giving handouts, women will be dignified as they work to provide for their families. Beyond simply putting food on the table, they will also be able to afford clothing, education and healthcare.
Fa it h a nd H o p e in A c t io n
All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
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2 Corinthians 9:12
Sustainable Village Health Care Many tribes in Papua live too far from urban centres
Many women in this region have participated in
to receive important medical care. As a result, a high
prenatal education; some have become instructors
number of preventable deaths occur because of
and share this valuable knowledge with others.
malaria, complications in childbirth and malnutrition.
Some women have received midwifery skills that are helping to save lives. Our goal is that prenatal training,
Infant and child mortality rates are extremely
along with midwifery care, access to medication and
concerning in areas without access to medical care.
provision of mosquito nets will equip villages with the tools they need for self-governed, self-sustained, long-
It is not uncommon for women to bear 10 children,
term village healthcare.
and yet see only half of these children reach adulthood because of difficulties in childbirth, poor nutrition and lack of medical assistance. Donating to the Sustainable Village Health Care project will provide much needed prenatal education, training in midwifery techniques, access to medication and mosquito netting. Malaria is the number one killer in the lower-lying areas, especially of little children, yet these protective mosquito nets are not readily
This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
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available to people living in the interior.
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Prayer Pray that God will work among these villages to raise up Christian leaders who will seek to bring holistic healing to their communities.
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Midwifery kit $50 will provide training for a woman in midwifery techniques and the means to travel to remote villages to assist women in childbirth.
$50 Village Health Care Your $30 gift will allow nationals to be better equipped to help their own people through the purchase of medicine and other health resources.
Medicated Family-Sized Mosquito Net Your gift of $25 will provide a family with protection against malaria.
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Luke 18:16
The Dawn Project The Dawn School, located in a Southeast Asian country, is providing values based on the fruit of the Spirit. Additionally, the school offers
The Dawn Project
extracurricular programs including English classes, dance, art and
Financially stable families in this
music—opportunities that most kids in this country would never
country can typically cover the costs
otherwise have.
associated with education, which
quality elementary education for local children with the addition of
provides for necessities like three The Dawn Project provides nutritious meals for the children and
uniforms, a book bag, notebooks and
hygiene products like toothbrushes and toothpaste, while also
writing supplies. However, many of
maintaining teachers’ salaries and facility rental fees. Students
the less fortunate families cannot do
receive a health check-up every three months, while their parents are
likewise. Your donation will provide
also offered health and nutrition programs as a way to improve their
these items and serve to bless a child
child’s overall well-being.
whose family does not have the means to send them to school.
This school is having a positive influence in several surrounding communities since the children who attend come from all areas and
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strata of the city. Your continued support of the Dawn School Project is very welcome to help the school meet educational, family and
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community needs.
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But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.”
Prayer Pray that this school will continue to have a positive influence in the outreaching communities as the children come from various areas and strata of the city.
Deuteronomy 10:19
Urban Gardens In this Asian Spice country, urban gardens are and skills necessary for growing fresh fruits and
Urban Garden Project
vegetables in poor refugee neighbourhoods. In
$50 contributes towards the cost
building greenhouses and gardens, we are offering
of constructing and maintaining a
life skills that empower a refugee community to
growing project.
being developed as a way to provide the tools
provide nutritious food for themselves. It also offers us an amazing opportunity to organically
Construction costs for a greenhouse
deepen relationships and to further the reach of
is $600; establishing a small garden
the Gospel in this region.
costs $200.
“The greenhouses built last year are doing very well
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and are providing church-planting pastors with an income! They are incredibly thankful for the opportunity, and enthusiastically spread the word that others are welcome to collaborate in new
And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.
Prayer Pray that these gardens flourish in order to continue providing nutrition and income for these impoverished communities.
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growing projects.”
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Isaiah 1:17
Tricked, Trafficked, Treasured The Tricked, Trafficked, Treasured project seeks to bring healing and wholeness to young women who
Treasured Healing!
have been trapped in the sex trade. The counselling,
Your gift of $50 will contribute to the
skills training and employment opportunities offered
freedom of those trapped in the sex
to these women are vital to their healing as they
trade as they enter a healing program
reintegrate into society with dignity.
that offers new skills and knowledge, which will move them towards a hope-
The first indication of one girl’s change was in her demeanour—within the first week, she softened and had a peaceful look on her face. A girl who used to
filled future.
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be expressionless and hard to read now smiled and became engaged. When she arrived, her birthdate was unknown to her. When asked to choose a date to celebrate, she chose April 20, Easter Sunday, to represent her new life in Christ. Now it is her desire to
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share her newfound faith with her family and village.
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Learn to do right; seek justice.Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
Prayer Pray that the girls will experience Christ’s love, and that they will have the courage to leave the lifestyle that they are caught in.
Acts 2:28
Love Lives Here The Tricked, Trafficked, Treasured ministry to Asian Spice country has helped many escape from
Safe House and Skills School
a life of bondage. The C&MA National Women’s
Your contribution of $30 will support
Ministries 2014-2015 project will enable this
the building of the new training
ministry to expand by providing funds to build a
facility and safe house.
young women rescued from prostitution in an
skills training centre and safe house. By acquiring new skills in a caring environment, these young
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women will be empowered to find employment that will change the course of their lives and restore dignity and wholeness.
"I love to live in this place; my life is so different here. This place has love. I see love around me. In this place I am so happy—I start to have joy. I see people care for me and help me when I need help. The safe house gives me hope that I have a future. It gives me new life and a new chance that I can go
“I believe God loves me. Why I believe that—
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because I used to live in the suffering life, but
Pray that each young woman who
in this place my life is not the same. It is so
enters this caring place would see
comfortable; I have good food to eat that I never
that “love lives here” and encounter
had before. I never even thought my life could be
the One who provides, restores and
like this. It is like a dream.” // J.
offers new life.
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back to school." // B.
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Luke 19:10
Vietnamese Diaspora Outreach Ministry in Taiwan Migrant workers from Vietnam (the diaspora) have
hygiene care packages. Many choose to follow Jesus
been economically motivated to pursue jobs or
before returning to Vietnam.
marriages in Taiwan that promise to provide income for their families back home. Unfortunately, they
At the Taipei prison, feelings of failure, shame and guilt
are often caught up in systems of injustice and
weigh heavily on the minds of incarcerated foreigners.
exploitation, helplessly unable to provide for their
Visits from those who listen with compassion and offer
families. Attempting to escape these situations,
spiritual guidance can bring hope within these prison
hundreds often find themselves in Taiwanese
walls, and many inmates have experienced the grace
prisons or detention centres.
and love of God. We give thanks for those who now testify of their growing faith.
The Vietnamese Diaspora Outreach Ministry has determined to care for the physical and spiritual
Vietnamese Gospel Centre
needs of these people. The influence of the gospel
In the heart of Taipei, the Vietnamese Gospel Centre
message is now reaching into North Vietnam as
welcomes many who are now seeking refuge and
many carry their newfound faith back home.
healing. This drop-in centre offers them a place
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of safety where they find friendship, love and
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Detention Centre Evangelism and Prison Ministry
acceptance.
There are at least four large Immigration Detention
This past year, we have celebrated what God is
Centres in Taiwan. Our team makes regular visits to
doing through the Gospel Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2030;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;a group of new
these centres to share the Gospel and to distribute
Vietnamese believers have planted a new church
Prayer Pray for Vietnamese foreign workers and their families; pray that God will intervene in the lives of their oppressors. Pray for newly formed church groups in Taiwan.
under the Taiwan Alliance Church Union (TACU). The Gospel Centre is in the process of providing ongoing leadership and administrative training for this newly formed church.
Ministry to the Vietnamese Diaspora Your gift of $50 will offer both physical and spiritual care to exploited migrant workers and brides, restoring hope for their future.
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
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Genesis 16:13
Wonder Products Refugee Ministry An Asian Spice region juice production venture a neighbouring country (who are otherwise
Wonder Products Refugee Ministry
unemployed). We are modelling and teaching
Your gift of $75 will contribute to
honest work ethics, which are highly valued and
expanding employment opportunities
necessary for integrating into the local society.
for refugee workers.
is making a difference by hiring refugees from
By providing work for these displaced people, we hope to instill dignity and a sense of belonging
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within the community.
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She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”
Prayer Pray that through this ministry, God will reveal himself as El Roi, the God who sees them and provides for them.
Deuteronomy 10:19
Refugee Fund Refugee Sponsorship Refugee sponsorship, at its best, is a relational investment
Refugee Fund
in which sponsors work together to help displaced persons
A private sponsorship of refugees
resettle into a local Canadian community. The result of
involves a one-year financial
assisting one family can have an impact for years to come,
commitment that may be beyond the
not only on those who have been sponsored, but also the
reach of an Alliance group that wants
whole community and future generations.
to undertake a sponsorship. Your donation can help offset the financial
Alliance churches are often approached by complete
barrier for sponsoring groups who fall
strangers living within their neighbourhoods who are
short in their financial commitment.
desperately seeking sponsors to help bring their loved ones to Canada. By agreeing to become sponsors, Alliance groups
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are not only able to help save the lives of a refugee family, but they soon discover Christ at work in their communities as deeper relationships are forged. The C&MA in Canada, as an officially recognized Sponsorship Agreement Holder (SAH) with Citizenship and Immigration Canada, has the capacity to make a difference in the lives
And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners . . .
of many refugees through the Private Sponsorship of private sponsorship of refugees with the full support and guidance of the Justice and Compassion staff who are SAH representatives.
Prayer Pray for refugee families that are
For more information on becoming involved with refugee
currently being assisted by local
sponsorship, contact alliancecompassion@cmacan.org.
Alliance churches to resettle in Canada.
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Refugees program. Alliance churches can enter into the
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Defend Dignity Sexual exploitation is on the rise in Canada due to the lucrative nature of human trafficking. Traffickers and pimps in our country make an average of $280,000 per year from each victim. Defend Dignity works to end sexual exploitation by challenging the demand for paid sex and by acting as a catalyst for individuals and churches to get involved in this human rights issue.
Awareness and Advocacy Your gift helps Defend Dignity raise awareness through events and training all across Canada. It also enables us to advocate with governments for law reform that would protect vulnerable people from exploitation.
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Prayer Pray for people who are being trafficked or who are at risk of being trafficked. Pray for those who are engaged in the trafficking and the exploitation of others. Pray for our governments, law enforcement agencies and organizations working to combat trafficking.
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Join the campaign to end modern-day slavery and defend the dignity of every woman and child. Together we can end prostitution in Canada.
DEFEND DIGNITY TOOLKIT
The Defend Dignity Toolkit We’ve developed a toolkit for people who are excited to take the next step in helping to defend dignity. This kit contains resources that will fully equip you
Toolkits *
to become another voice advocating and educating
The Defend Dignity Toolkit is an
others to get involved.
excellent resource to help equip you with the tools needed to educate others and to engage in the issue of human
*The toolkit will be mailed to you upon your purchase order; tax receipts will not be issued for this item.
$50
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Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
trafficking.
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1 John 3:16-17
Alliance Compassion The Alliance Compassion Fund is used to support Justice and Compassion ministries in Canada and around the world that
Alliance Compassion
need immediate and one-time funding that is not already covered
Your gift will be used where it is
under other projects. We need funds for immediate use as needs
most needed.
are brought to our attention. Alliance Compassion responses are implemented, whenever possible, in partnership with local believers, a national church or a local Christian relief and development agency.
Your Gift of Any Amount $
Donations in the past have gone towards one-time gifts to ministries that cared for lepers in Thailand, new immigrant children in Toronto, orphans in Niger, the sick in Serbia and other
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compassion needs.
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This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
Prayer Our prayer is that as people experience loving compassion, they will be drawn to Jehovah Jirehâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;God providerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the One who meets every need!
Proverbs 22:9 (CEV)
Food Aid The United Nations reports that 870 million people—or one in eight—suffer from chronic hunger. The majority of hungry
Food Aid
people, 852 million, live in developing countries. It also states
Money designated to this fund will be
that hunger kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and
transferred to our C&MA—Canadian
tuberculosis combined. This happens in a world that produces
Foodgrains Bank account where
enough food to feed our entire population. The World Hunger
it will be eligible to receive up to
Organization states the problem is that many people in the
a 4:1 match from the Canadian
world do not have sufficient land to grow food, money to buy
Government’s development fund to
food or access to food. When we become aware of needs, we are
enable us to offer food programming
called to respond. Through our partnership with the Canadian
throughout the world, either
Foodgrains Bank (CFGB), we are engaged in programming that
administered by our international
seeks to address hunger issues.
teams or other CFGB partners.
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The Lord blesses everyone who freely gives food to the poor.
Prayer Please pray for the three agricultural and food assistance projects we are currently funding in Niger that are impacting over 15,000 beneficiaries.
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Deuteronomy 15:7-8 (ESV)
Village Savings and Loans Village Savings and Loans is a community-based 15-25 people who generate their own fund by making weekly
Village Savings and Loans
financial contributions. This money is then used to make
Your donation will provide a start-
loans to one another. This method equips those in extreme
up kit and implementation training.
poverty with the knowledge and skills that will enable them
It will also contribute funds for
to work as a community to increase their earning ability
sustainable livelihood training.
microfinance method that is based on savings groups of
so they can provide for their daily needs, their childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education and a system to save money in order to be
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prepared for emergencies. Our priority is to train, equip and
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resource nationals to administrate this program.
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If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need,â&#x20AC;&#x2030;whatever it may be.
Prayer Pray that God will bless communities who desire to support one another and provide for those in need living among them.
Isaiah 58:10
Global Emergency Response Fund The Canadian Alliance Family is committed to respond natural and human-made calamities such as earthquakes,
Global Emergency Response Fund
floods, droughts and war. The Global Emergency Response
Your donation to this account will
Fund is designated for disaster relief for the various stages of
enable the C&MA to respond with
immediate relief, rehabilitation, recovery and reconstruction.
relief aid for people who have been
with disaster relief assistance for situations caused by both
affected by disasters, both globally Our priority for implementing relief programming is to resource and partner with local believers, a national church (when possible) or a local, or international Christian relief
and domestically.
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agency. The size of specific responses will be determined by availability of resources and the capacity of our Global Ministry team or selected partners to implement the projects. For current updates, visit: www.justiceandcompassion.com/disaster-response
Prayer Pray for those areas in which emergency response has been needed, that they would experience the love of God, and find spiritual peace and a restoration of hope as they rebuild their homes and communities.
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If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,â&#x20AC;&#x2030;then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
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2 Corinthians 8:1-5
Global Advance Fund Your contributions to the projects outlined in this catalogue provide the funds for our International
Global Advance Fund
Workers to do these ministries. A separate fund
Your contribution to the GAF
called the Global Advance Fund (GAF) provides the
will provide the means for our
finances for their cost of living and administrative
International Workers to reside in the
expenses. Through this fund, the Alliance provides
country where they are administering
International Workers with fixed allowances so
the compassion ministries.
they can focus more on ministry and less on fundraising. This is very different from many mission organizations, in which workers are required to raise
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their own financial support.
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Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s people.
Your Gift of Any Amount $
Prayer Pray that people will generously support the Global Advance Fund so that we can provide for our current International Workers and those whom God wants to send next
Together, through compassion and care, and with your generosity, we are meeting needs, communicating love and seeing peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lives transformed.
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