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Six Weeks of Compassion

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The Relief and Development Ministry of the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ is Week of Compassion.  August 2, 2015 through September 13, 2015 we are celebrating the “Six Weeks of Compassion”.

When we look around, it is easy to see a complicated, conflict- ridden world with needs almost too great to measure, so it may not seem that simple. But by the grace of God, all of us have the power to give, and the gifts we give make the world more the way God intended it to be—a place where everyone has what they need. Together, we can achieve a fair balance on this planet we all share, giving right back to God what God has so richly bestowed upon us. The Week of Compassion offering is this opportunity to give back to God by sharing our abundance with others in need.

In Colorado in 2013, floods rushed through towns large and small. WOC forged relationships with community leaders and local recovery organizations helping empower the communities impacted by this disaster and empowering congregations to minister and respond.

In Colorado in 2013, floods rushed through towns large and small. WOC forged relationships with community leaders and local recovery organizations helping empower the communities impacted by this disaster and empowering congregations to minister and respond.

The Week of Compassion offering reaches those near and far, sometimes changing the life of someone in distress in your own congregation or community, and at other times impacting the lives of those we may never meet but who are in desperate need of our compassion and generosity. God provides the gifts and resources so that we can give back. It’s not the size of the gift that matters; it’s that we give of what we have.

 

WOC in partnership with Church World Service and the people of Mbangulo built a sand dam and shallow well in a arid region in Kenya. Within one month the lives of those in the community were transformed; they no longer had walk 6 miles and stand in lines for four to five hours to access clean water.

WOC in partnership with Church World Service and the people of Mbangulo built a sand dam and shallow well in a arid region in Kenya. Within one month the lives of those in the community were transformed; they no longer had walk 6 miles and stand in lines for four to five hours to access clean water.

During what the Apostle Paul calls a “severe ordeal of affliction,” the early churches of Macedonia somehow managed to “overflow in a wealth of generosity” for their sisters and brothers in need. Their own extreme poverty combined with their abundant joy resulted in this overflow, and as Paul testifies, they not only gave according to their means, they gave beyond their means.

WOC will you putAs the Church in the world, through Week of Compassion, we have the opportunity to act in one accord as the body of Christ, to ensure that all of God’s children have what they need.