| Words of Welcome, an eNewsletter from Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
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A Word of Welcome from LIRS President and CEO Linda Hartke |
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 I am pleased to introduce to you Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service's eNewsletter, Words of Welcome. We hope that you will enjoy this inaugural issue and will subscribe to continue receiving stories, resources and opportunities for action each month. Your engagement with LIRS's mission is key to our success, so Words of Welcome is designed to provide words of information about what we do, words of inspiration about the people involved in our work, and words of invitation for you to join with us in living lives of hospitality and building communities of welcome. This month's feature story on Chak Ng epitomizes the spirit of welcome in word and in deed. Please read and enjoy and share with your friends!
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Chak Ng: A Lifestyle of Hospitality |
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| For LIRS Assistant Director for Foster Care and Permanency Chak Ng, welcome begins at the office, where he works for the well-being of immigrant and refugee children. And it continues each day as he heads home to greet his 14 housemates at the Reservoir Hill House of Peace, an intentional community in Baltimore. Read more. |
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Use this litany to pray for asylum seekers in a worship service or Bible study. Formatted as a bulletin insert. Invite someone to share an asylum story, as well. |
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Survivors of torture who seek protection in the United States are often detained before they have a chance to make their case for asylum. Visit the LIRS Action Center today to urge your elected officials to support legislation that would protect torture survivors. |
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Faith and belief in Jesus Christ and praying and fasting [keep me going]. If it wasn’t for God, I’d have a breakdown. I’ve been through a lot, and I’ve seen a lot, but at the same time, I’ve got to give God thanks for being here today.
-- Joshua, a survivor of torture, speaking of his experience in U.S. immigration detention |
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Words of Welcome is a monthly eNewsletter of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, a cooperative agency of the ELCA, LCMS and LELCA. We welcome your feedback. Send compliments, corrections and ideas to wow@lirs.org. Unless otherwise noted, the articles in Words of Welcome are not copyrighted, and may be republished with the following statement: “Reproduced courtesy of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, www.lirs.org.” Photographs may not be reproduced without permission.
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