In this Pentecost season, we remember that the Holy Spirit is continuously moving among us, urging us out into the world to share God’s love. Migration Accompaniment Ministries (MAM) is humbled by the many ways that churches across the United States and around the world share God’s love by opening their buildings, their homes and their hearts to encounters with refugees and others on the move.
We are grateful to Hope Restoration and the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) for their life-saving ministries with Sudanese and South Sudanese who fled the violence in Khartoum. Thanks to our partners in Central and Eastern Europe who provide basic aid, integration-related services with Ukrainian refugees who have settled there. We are profoundly moved by the ministries of St. Egidio, the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) who minister with internally displaced Ukrainians in the midst of war. These are just a few of our sibling churches and aid organizations who every day wake up to meet Jesus in the face of someone new.
In April, we said good-bye and thank you to Lucy McDermott and welcomed Omar Salinas Chacón as the new Migration Specialist for MAM. Chacón is supporting Mid-Councils, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) congregations, national and local partner organizations in our common ministry.
As you explore the articles and resources highlighted in this newsletter, we are truly grateful for your support and partnership. Together, we can live out our call to be a Sanctuary and Accompaniment Church.
Susan Krehbiel,
Associate for Migration Accompaniment Ministries
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
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