Justice For Our Neighbors: Church Involvement
The "Justice for Our Neighbors" program was begun in 1999 by UMCOR and the Just Neighbors Ministry in Virginia. Currently, there are 14 Justice for Our Neighbors centers located in churches across the country providing immigration counsel and legal advice to low-income people.
The people who seek assistance are often afraid. For one reason or another their cases have become tangled and messy. In the church centers they find a safe haven that allows them to talk freely and seek the help they need.
At this time, UMCOR must ask churches wishing to participate in the program by setting up an immigration counseling program to put this interest on hold. Limited resources and expenses associated with providing the necessary legal resources for the JFON sites have necessitated a period of consolidation and the need to assess the present situation and plan for the future.
Throughout the Old and New Testaments, people of faith are exhorted to show kindness to the strangers in their midst. Justice for Our Neighbors offers United Methodists a way to be faithful to that call. You can support this outreach ministry through Advance #901285-1.
UMCOR encourages you to give through your local United Methodist Church. Gifts may also be sent to: UMCOR, 475 Riverside Dr., Room 330, New York, NY 10115.
To make a credit card donation, call (800) 554-8583.
United Methodists' generous giving to the One Great Hour of Sharing, part of their ongoing contribution to mission around the world, supplements the cost of Advance gifts.
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