Monthly Outreach
**This is the last Sunday in November we will be featuring the Refugee Fund. We will continue to gratefully accept any donations into the New Year. **
The Refugee Team appreciates the Grace with which people have already donated financially to this appeal…. we are well on our way, and hope to exceed our $10,000 plus target.
All donations are gratefully accepted via several methods: The Outreach Blue Envelopes with cheque or cash, or indeed any Envelope dropped off at the Church Office, also online with Tithel.y. All formats should be clearly defined as “St George’s Refugee Fund”. This also means that tax receipts will be available via the Church.
Prayerfully submitted by your Refugee Team: David, John, Jennifer, Peter and Rosamund.
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Our Outreach feature for November is the St George’s Refugee Fund. As many of you know Ruth and Tesfalem have safely arrived in their new Victoria home! However, due to cost of living increases we have had to amend our sponsorship budget, which was set 5 years ago.
The Refugee Team appreciates the Grace with which people have already donated financially as well as setting up their home.
With the support of our Social Justice and Outreach Team we are now asking for a last final push to add $10,000 plus to the budget to help our commitment to Ruth and Tesfalem until September 2025.
Our goal is to reach $10,000……we can now say that we are on our way, and hope to exceed this.
All donations are gratefully accepted via several methods: The Outreach Blue Envelopes with cheque or cash, or indeed any Envelope dropped off at the Church Office, also online with Tithel.y. All formats should be clearly defined as “St George’s Refugee Fund”. This also means that tax receipts will be available via the Church.
Prayerfully submitted by your Refugee Team: David, John, Jennifer, Peter and Rosamund.
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As many of you know Ruth and Tesfalem have safely arrived in their new home!
Now that we all have had time to take a breath, we look forward to the upcoming year as we fulfill our sponsorship support, along with their co-sponsor, Ermias, Ruth’s brother.
The reality of five years passing since we drew up an original budget incurs cost-of-living increases. Also acting on information given by Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada [IRCC] in January we retained a suite in the Spring, and then had to hold that while we waited for their arrival week by week, which finally came to be on Sept 20th.
All this means that although we have them safely settled in a comfortable home, we have to consider our new sponsorship budget, which in reality brings a $10,000 short fall.
The Refugee Team appreciates the Grace with which people have already helped Ruth and Tesfalem. With the support of our Social Justice and Outreach Team we are now asking for a last final push of donations to complete our commitment over their full year, into Sept 2025.
Prayerfully submitted by your Refugee Team: David, John, Jennifer, Peter & Rosamund.