From Outreach Foundation ... "Reaching Out Further" for October 2020

• 2020 Alternative Christmas Gifts

As we celebrate the birth of God’s greatest gift to us, please consider delighting your friends and family with a gift that supports one of the ministry opportunities listed below. We will send you a unique (blank) card which reflects the gift (along with a brief explanation of the gift to include with the card) that you may personalize and send to the person you would like to bless or to include in your own Christmas card.


The gifts you can support for Christmas this year are:

 • Bibles for New Christians, with a suggested gift of $20
 • Food Relief in Venezuela with a suggested gift of $30
 • Christmas for Children at Home of Hope in Beirut with a suggested gift of $40

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• Home of Hope in Beirut, Vulnerable Children's Fund - October Update

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Established in 1998 as a shelter for street children, Home of Hope in Beirut is under the governance of the Lebanese Evangelical Society. They now serve children between the ages of 7 and 18 who have been exposed to abuse by their primary caregivers or by members of their community and are at risk. The children are brought to Home of Hope upon a judicial order and with a protection file.

Raghida Al Assal has been the Executive Director for three years and shares this: Our purpose at Home of Hope is to help the children heal through Jesus Christ. Even though 99% of our children come from non-Christian backgrounds, they attend a weekly chapel at the home. We also encourage all our Christian and non-Christian staff to conduct themselves in an appropriate manner worthy of His mercy.

We currently serve 24 boys and girls between the ages of 8 and 18: 3 Palestinians, 3 Lebanese, 7 Syrians, and the remaining 11 children are undocumented. Undocumented children have no legal identification papers. Therefore, according to the law in Lebanon, they do not exist and have no rights. Home of Hope is the only shelter in Lebanon that takes undocumented children. We provide them with all their basic needs, as well as with academic support, vocational training, social activities, psychosocial support, and medical support.

Another project that we are currently working towards is providing our children with different activities that teach them valuable skills they may be able to use in the future such as sewing, basket making, cooking, woodworking, wall painting, plumbing, hairdressing, etc... About two years ago, we started sending our children to public schools (very few of them have ever been to school), until the age of 14. At that point, we try to identify their interests and direct them towards work skill training.

Home of Hope occupies a large, not-particularly-kid-friendly building that was constructed long ago as a home for the elderly. Raghida is working hard to make it feel less like an “institution” and more like a “home”. A recent gift from The Outreach Foundation allowed for the purchase of wooden beds and new clothes cupboards (all of which the children helped to build). A vegetable garden is planned plus the repainting of walls, renovating the basketball court, and eliminating humidity and mold. The Outreach Foundation will also seek funds, as a part of our Alternative Christmas, to provide a joyful holiday for these precious children.

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• The History of Outreach's Partnership in Egypt

For the last several months, Jeff Ritchie has been chronicling the history of The Outreach Foundation in Egypt.

It has been a joy for Jeff to write the history of The Outreach Foundation in Egypt from 1998 to 2020. The book begins with a history of the Church in Egypt and continues through Outreach's mission activity there over the last twenty-two years.

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• The Annual Appeal

Please consider joining in supporting The Outreach Foundation with the Annual Appeal. Gifts to the Annual Appeal support operating costs for Outreach so that we can continue engaging followers of Christ for his work in the world.

Give to the Outreach Foundation ...

Thank you!

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Engaging followers of Christ for His work in the world, the Outreach Foundation is committed to helping the church live out its missional calling, building the capacity of the global church, especially where the church is vulnerable or growing rapidly, and transforming lives through mission involvement.

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