World Relief - Refugee Resettlement Team
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Refugee Resettlement Infotational Meeting
Wheaton Bible Church will be resettling several Iraqi families over the next few months. If you, your family or your community group are interested in being a part of a refugee resttlement team, please attend an informational meeting on September 19 in Room 206 from 12:30-1:30 pm. Lunch is included. Contact Eileen Carapia at ecarapia@wheatonbible.org for more information.
Iraqi Refugee Resettlement
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 in their apartments. Things like pots and pans, bedding, towels, basic hygiene etc…. We have a comprehensive shopping list of items each family should have when they move into the apartment. To see the list, click here. Your Community Group can contact Chris McElwee to sign up to build a kit, cmcelwee@wheatonbible.org, 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.
From time to time we want to let you know of some opportunities to for your Community Group to jump into 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 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 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 Westwood Apartments.
How does this fit together? Our outreach to North Africans and our outreach to 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 Westwood.
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.
Are you interested? Want to hear a little more? Contact Chris McElwee, 630.876.6626 for more information.
Iraqi families will be arriving soon. By the end of the fall, we expect there will be 10-15 families living in Westwood. There are a lot of ministry opportunities ahead.
