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Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh // photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance
Special Offering 2026 : A NEW WAY Hello Disciples! Week of Compassion is in our Special Offering season and we want to say THANK YOU.
Your gifts continue to serve the most vulnerable people across the world. Every day, we witness the growing impacts of climate-driven disasters across the United States and Canada. We see our neighbors navigating escalations in immigration enforcement and increased restrictions to refugee protections. We watch international conflicts disrupt national and community life. The needs are deep, the impacts are lasting, and in many places recovery will take years – often unfolding in ways we cannot yet imagine. And still, you show up. 2025 Year in Review2/3/2026 responding with compassion around the world Dear Friends,
“Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?” - Isaiah 43:18–19 As we reflect on 2025, these words feel especially true. This has been a year marked by profound challenge and deep disruption across the world — and yet also by unmistakable signs that God continues to make a new way, even through uncertainty, loss, and change. Christmas 202512/23/2025 a greeting from the Executive Director of Week of Compassion Dear Disciples,
As we arrive at these final days before Christmas – when candles burn low, travel settles in, and communities pause to breathe after a long year – I find myself returning to the heart of this season: God draws near to us in love. This truth feels especially profound as we look back on 2025. BEYOND: General Assembly 20257/24/2025 Week of Compassion highlights from Memphis What a joy to gather with Disciples and friends in Memphis July 12-15 for General Assembly 2025! It is always a treasured time, to worship and learn, pray and play, and imagine together what God has in mind for each of us and all of us in this moment and in the days ahead. Here are a few highlights of Week of Compassion connections during this full and meaning-filled Assembly.
a pastoral letter - on events in Iran6/21/2025  Dear Disciples,
Grace and peace to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. I write to you today from Johannesburg, South Africa, where I am gathered with global church leaders at the World Council of Churches Central Committee meeting. As we have met in prayer and discernment, our hearts have turned often to the people of Iran and the growing tensions in the Middle East. In moments of silence and shared lament, we have lifted up those affected by the recent military attacks and the communities now facing deep uncertainty and fear. "Where are the Christians now?"5/29/2025 a pastoral letter from Week of Compassion As the Week of Compassion Board of Stewards gathers online today for the Spring 2025 business meeting, Executive Director Vy Nguyen offers this reflection, focused on the reality and import of the present moment, and the impacts on this ministry we share. We offer it here as a pastoral letter, confident that even amid desperately challenging realities, we are rooted and grounded in faithfulness and hope.
 Hello Disciples!
Week of Compassion is in our Special Offering season and we want to say THANK YOU. Your gifts to Week of Compassion continue to serve the most vulnerable people across the world. Every day, we witness weather-related disasters in the United States and Canada, an ongoing immigration and refugee crisis, and international conflicts that continue to disrupt nations and lives. The impacts are profound and long-lasting, and recovery will last for years to come. We are grateful for every one of you – those who take the long view, who know that God’s goodness is a constant presence and guide, and who understand that the work of compassion is work we do together. |
