Refugee Resettlement

Get Involved

• Create a Good Neighbor Kit for Iraqi Refugee Families - When families do arrive they normally have barely more than the clothes are their backs and few belongings. Most families will be going from the airport straight into an apartment. They will be lacking the essentials, things like pots and pans, bedding, towels, basic hygiene equipment, etc. We have a comprehensive shopping list of items each family should have when they move into the apartment. Your Community Group can contact Chris McElwee to sign up to build a kit, divide it up and go shopping. You may even be able to pick the family up from the airport and introduce them to their new apartment.
• A More Intensive Experience for Iraqi Refugee families - Going deeper with people in your community groups involves more than gathering together in homes for Bible study and fellowship. It also involves reaching the world, which means sharing the Gospel and serving others. Wheaton Bible Church's mission is to Love God, Grow Together and Reach the World. When we are doing all three parts of our mission, we believe we are most completely responding to God's call.
• Community Group Mission Projects - From time to time we want to let you know of some opportunities for your Community Group to jump into as a mission project.

As you may already know, WBC is gearing up to reach North Africans who are immigrating to France. Hopefully you are familiar with our outreach to people living in the Timber Lake (formerly Westwood) Apartments in West Chicago, called Puente del Pueblo. The fact is that these two initiatives have a common thread.

Because of our involvement in Timber Lake (formerly Westwood), with our offices and staff already there, and because of our outstanding after-school program, World Relief will be resettling Iraqi refugees into the Timberlake Apartments.

• How does this fit together? Our outreach to North Africans and our outreach to Timber Lake (formerly Westwood) locally will both involve ministry to people of a Muslim background. We believe God has brought all of this together. What could be more synergistic than reaching Muslims both overseas and locally, especially when we have already established such a strong presence in Timber Lake.
• Where do you fit in? We are looking for Community Groups to come together to help resettle families arriving from Iraq. You would work together as a team, with full support from Global Outreach, Local Impact and World Relief to help a family restart their life in the U.S. This is an amazing assignment God has given us. By building relationships with these families, we will be presented with opportunities to share the Gospel. Many of these families will have never read the Bible or heard the Christian message of grace.

Contact

Are you interested? Want to hear a little more? Contact Chris McElwee, 630.876.6624 for more information.