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World Refugee Day Prayer Breakfast
Join CLWR for a complimentary breakfast on World Refugee Day. All welcome.
Winding road of refugee sponsorship leads to new start for Syrian refugee
Like so many Canadians, and others around the world, in the summer of 2015, members of St. Andrew’s Anglican/Zion Lutheran Church were touched by the plight of Syrians trying to flee the war in their home.
Make Room at the Table
Make Room at the Table is a way for you to make a place at your table and connect with refugees—to invite them as guests and to share a meal with them. It is an opportunity to welcome the stranger into your home.
Refugee sponsorship a life-changing event for family
Seeking refuge in Sudan was the start of a life-changing experience for Freawet Mega, who is originally from Eritrea.
From the ‘hardest place’ to a relaxed and peaceful life
Refugee sponsorship offers new life in Canada to family who fled conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Celebrating 30 years of refugee sponsorship
Thirty years ago, three congregations in Winnipeg’s North End worked together to sponsor an Eritrean mother and daughter.
Welcoming the stranger
For St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winnipeg, MB, sponsoring a refugee family is a tangible response to Christ’s call to help and welcome the stranger.
Responding to the South Sudan refugee crisis
On July 8, 2016 fighting erupted in Juba, South Sudan, between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the SPLA-In Opposition.