Compassion



The Compassion Project at Epiphany continues to grow and embrace more families and individuals who have taken the step to rescue a child from poverty in Jesus’ name. As a parish, we now sponsor more than 150 children throughout the developing world. If you would like to sponsor a child or learn more about sponsorship, you can access the Compassion site directly through the Compassion Project at Epiphany’s unique link: www.compassion.com/sponsor/index.asp?referer=63456

Sponsor a child in Tanzania? Why not visit them? We plan to participate in another mission trip, this time returning to Tanzania to visit the many kids we sponsor there. The trip is scheduled for July 10-17, 2010. More information will be available soon and sign ups are beginning already. If you are interested in going on this life-changing trip, please send an email to epiphanycompassion@gmail.com with TZ trip in the subject line.

This summer we held our fifth Compassion Sunday, with a slightly broader focus on the importance of ministering to children. Babette Arnold spoke about our commitment to raising Godly children in the church, in the community and in the world. Through Compassion sponsorship, we rescue a child in the developing world from hopelessness, and in doing so, we model the love of Christ for our own children and help our kids learn how they can make a difference. As a family, you can write to your child together, pray for him or her and study your child’s country. These are some of the ways Compassion sponsorship can involve the whole family:

Fellow, the millionth sponsored child, pictured with his dad Edoh

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

ONE MILLION COMPASSION CHILDREN SPONSORED! That’s right, this year Compassion celebrated ONE MILLION children sponsored. The millionth child is Fellow, an 8-year old boy in Togo, West Africa sponsored by “the strongest woman in the world,” Olympian weight lifter Jang Mi-Ran. You can read the whole story on Compassion’s website: http://www.compassion.com/sponsordonor/countrynews/tg/Stories/compassion-one-millionth-sponsored-child.htm

  • New! Look for "Compassion Corner,” a monthly feature in the Star featuring regional world news, stories about our sponsored kids, tips for building your sponsor relationship and Vision trip updates. Do you have a story to share about one of your sponsored children? Something funny, interesting, poignant or inspiring you would like to share? Please send your stories to: epiphanycompassion@gmail.com and we’ll include them in our news updates.

  • Epiphany now has three Compassion advocates: Stephanie Green and Babette Arnold have joined Kathleen Caron as official Compassion Advocates! Stephanie and Babette have completed Advocate training and are now available to answer your questions about sponsorship and help you with any issues you may have.

"For whatever you did for the least of these, you did for me"
 
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