UCC Refugee Justice Sunday

UCC Refugee Justice Sunday #UCCRefugeeJustice

---

FOR WORSHIP 

• 2019 Bulletin Insert – Litany
• Sermon notes – Hebrews 13:1-2
• Children’s Sermons, Bible Studies, Personal Stories 

---

FOR ADULT OR CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL OR COFFEE HOUR

• Refugee Justice Sunday Quiz
• Discuss scripture on welcoming the stranger 
• Have your whole congregation print and sign this letter asking your member of Congress to protect the U.S. refugee resettlement program or take turns signing the letter online!

---

Getting involved in your local community and more

WELCOME LOCALLY 

Build relationships with local refugees resettling in the USA. Locate a resettlement office near you. The UCC is part of thirty-four CWS refugee and immigration offices spread across 21 different states or you may help resettle through other resettlement networks.

Invite local media to your worship or welcome event to honor the journeys of refugees and immigrants.

 

---

ACCOMPANY GLOBALLY 

Recognize your long-term & strategic impact through Global Ministries partners. 

Use this display at your next congregational or conference meeting (link coming soon).

Use your everyday leverage. Sign-On to advocacy letters as Educators, Business People, Faith Leaders, and/or members of the Medical Community. Receive updates in Refugee Accompaniment E-newsletter.

Strengthen LGBTI Refugee Support such as the CWS Safe Space program.

Engage UCC Refugee Justice Sunday (#UCCRefugeeJustice) as part of the larger community of faith: as the United Church of Christ-Christian Church/Disciples of Christ Ecumenical Partnership, as members of Church World Service and the National Council of Churches (#greateras1), and in full communion with the United Church of Canada (#uccwithrefugees).

For more information or to be added to our distribution list on Refugee Ministries, contact UCC Program Associate for Refugee and Asylum Ministries and Disaster Ministries, Amanda Sheldon, sheldona@ucc.org

---

KEEP UP-TO-DATE WITH RECENT STORIES

UCC Leaders: Keep Children Together – 6/15/18

Migrant Families at the Border Have Nowhere to Go! – 6/15/18