Putting our faith into action!

Over the past few years, a number of Terrace community members have sponsored several Syrian Refugee families. Though many have left since their initial arrival, two families remained for many years and chose to call Terrace home. These two related families left Syria around the same time over 10 years ago with another brother and his family. The three families lived together in a Lebanese Refugee Camp for four years until the first family was sponsored to come to Terrace in 2016. A few years later the second family was also sponsored to come here. These two families were integrated into our community, living and working in Terrace and creating strong friendships and social ties.

Unlike our church’s past sponsorships, this one is unique in that we are seeking to sponsor a specific family. This family has lived in a Lebanese Refugee Camp for over ten years, since fleeing their war-torn home in Syria along with two other related families (read the story above). The goal is to reunite this family with their extended family members here in Canada, and to help them settle and thrive here in Terrace.

We need to raise about $40,000 to sponsor this family. We have done so with bottle drives, used book sales, online auctions and many generous freewill donations.