1. Aid to the Church in Need PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS NEED YOU Will you help support a Christian refugee family this year? #carrythecross

2. FAITH MATTERS! ‘Aid to the Church in Need is one of the few charities which realises that people cry out for food for their souls as well as for their bodies.’ A missionary priest in Liberia © Aid to the Church in Need

3. But first... AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED a mission of faith Christians in the UK reaching out to Christians around the world

4. CHRISTIANS: Syria and Iraq Bullied Insulted Discriminated against Attacked Kidnapped Driven from their homes Murdered Tortured Killed

5. IF YOU WERE GIVEN 20 MINUTES TO LEAVE …. WHAT WOULD YOU TAKE?

6. Arabic ‘N’ daubed on a Christian home in Mosul

7. Northern Iraq – under siege

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10. Sisters providing urgent assistance © Aid to the Church in Need

12. How is Aid to the Church in Need making a difference? Aid to the Church in Need benefactors provided a large proportion of aid to to Syrian and Iraqi Christians Food, shelter, medicine, clothes A LIFELINE OF HOPE WILL YOU HELP US this LENT?

13. WHAT’S LIFE LIKE – DAY TO DAY? Employment © Aid to the Church in Need

14. Cooking and cleaning © Aid to the Church in Need

15. What about the children? © Aid to the Church in Need

16. … and young people? © Aid to the Church in Need

17. People like to have picture of Jesus, a Cross or Our Lady on their door or on the things around them © Aid to the Church in Need

18. Everything these young people have is thanks to people like you © Aid to the Church in Need

19. Where are they living? © Aid to the Church in Need

20. Cramped and crowded © Aid to the Church in Need

21. Families – just like us … SYRIA AND IRAQ: Every family has a story

22. Chronic health problems -a real challenge © Aid to the Church in Need

23. ‘ Abouna’ Samir and ‘Abouna’ Bazi © Aid to the Church in Need

24. Reaching out – to all in need © Aid to the Church in Need

25. ‘Of course we have hope, we are Christians – we have hope in Jesus’ © Aid to the Church in Need

26. Giving their lives to God © Aid to the Church in Need

27. Persecuted Christians NEED YOU - You can reach out THIS LENT – through ACN PRAYER Pray for persecuted Christians Pray for their persecutors INFORMATION Tell their stories ACTION £2,000 WILL HELP A FAMILY FOR A YEAR with food, fuel and clothes £35 WILL HELP A FAMILY FOR A WEEK … how many families can you help? © Aid to the Church in Need

28. They haven’t been forgotten! Food, clothes, clothes, fuel … even Christmas and Easter gift parcels for children …. © Aid to the Church in Need

29. Volunteers make up aid parcels © Aid to the Church in Need

30. One Body in Christ Christian families in Syria and Iraq need YOU If we don’t help them, who will? PLEASE: Pray for them Tell their stories Save them © Aid to the Church in Need / Anton Fric

31. Christian children in Iraq and Syria send you their love …. and their thanks © Aid to the Church in Need © ACN/Anton Fric

32. Aid to the Church in Need PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS NEED YOU Will you help support a Christian refugee family this year? #carrythecross