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Meet Traci And Greg
Traci Harrod and Greg Swinney are The RISE Project’s “trainers” – our leaders for Refugee Journey and the outreach to International Students. Traci is the founder and director of Refuge, a nonprofit...
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How to help
A great way to begin is with our be∙coming∙us: Enlarging the Circle to Welcome Everyone small group study. You can work through this as a family, a group of friends, a Sunday school class, a staff...
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What is RISE?
RISE stands for the Refugee and International Student Engagement Project, a new initiative focused on helping churches and individual Christians be more intentional about loving our neighbors from...
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Q&A with Traci Harrod
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Traci Harrod, the founder and director of Refuge, a non-profit organization that provides workshops, training, and consultation to faith communities and...
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World Refugee Sundays
June 18th and 25th are World Refugee Sundays—-and great opportunities for your church to raise awareness about the issues facing displaced people around the world. The United Nations has designated...
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Q&A with Greg Swinney
Greg Swinney serves as the executive director of Crossroads International Student Ministries. For over thirty years he has worked with and among international students from all over the world. Greg...
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One story: First Christian Church, Phoenix, AZ
“At the moment we have an Ethiopian church, a Rwandan church, a Burmese church, a Congolese church and a Nepali church meeting on our campus. Somehow the word got out that FCC had room and was...
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6 Ways to Engage with Refugees During the Holiday Season
1. Christmas is a perfect time to reflect on the gift of Jesus to all the world, and to pray humbly (both privately and collectively) for God’s help in knowing how to reflect God-With-Us in all of...
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The Welcome Project
Dr. James Litsey has joined us as a new trainer in ministry and outreach to refugees. He is the founder and director of The Welcome Project in Owensboro, KY. Here’s his story! “For a while I was...
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Six Questions to Consider Before Starting a Refugee Ministry
What does your Father want from this ministry? He wants his children to welcome, not distantly tolerate, strangers. He wants you to welcome them face-to-face. (Matthew 25:41-46) He wants to see his...
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A New Year
As the new University fall semester gets underway this month and you can just feel the excitement in the air. New classes, new students, even many new professors. Many of these students and professors...
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Who Can You Welcome?
I have a friend who was an Army infantry officer in Afghanistan. He was involved in numerous firefights, lost some friends, and hardened his heart. And he came to hate Muslims. All Muslims. Upon...
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Phil Parker, a Testimony
Listen as Phil Parker, a 2018 Rise Project grant recipient, shares about the great work they are doing in Virginia. The post Phil Parker, a Testimony appeared first on RISE.
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