Category: Peace and Justice Clinic – JFON

Justice for Our Neighbors – Peace and Justice Clinic

Posted under: Local Outreach, Missions, Peace and Justice Clinic - JFON, Refugee, Immigration, and Welcoming the Neighbor
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Some of the many JFON volunteers. They reach out in the love of Jesus and find that it is Jesus whom they meet.

The Justice For our Neighbors (JFON) Peace and Justice Clinic is a joint ministry in partnership with the Western NC Conference.  Here is an opportunity for you to participate or to go for needed services.  We have a real need for Spanish interpreters in this critical ministry that shares the love and hospitality of Jesus.

“Professor Sean Lew and 15 law students from the Charlotte School of Law who are taking an advanced immigration course will join the other volunteers at the March 12th Peace and Justice Clinic at Matthews United Methodist Church.   They are interested in seeing and participating in the clinic’s hospitality ministry associated with the delivery of high quality free immigration legal services.   They will Read more »

Justice For Our Neighbors – “I was a stranger and you welcomed me” – 10-Fold

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Woman receives assistance from JFON case worker

Today’s 10-Fold ministry is UMCOR’s Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) Program, a ministry that welcomes immigrants into our churches and communities by providing free, high-quality immigration legal services, education, and advocacy.  Simply by following the link “Be counted” and submitting, $1 will be donated to the ministry by today’s sponsor.

Motivated by Christian values of love, justice, and compassion, JFON serves Read more »

Justice for Our Neighbors

Posted under: Local Outreach, Peace and Justice Clinic - JFON, Refugee, Immigration, and Welcoming the Neighbor
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Jesus says, “I was a stranger … and you welcomed me.”  Such is the work of UMCOR’s Justice for Our Neighbors Ministry.  Here is one small portrait of such love in action:

Michael Fombang was 12 years old and orphaned by war in the Democratic Republic of Congo when he fled the country in 2001.  He worked on freighters that traveled the world. When one of these docked in the Great Lakes in 2005, Michael was detained by US immigration authorities. He was classified a stowaway and inadmissible to the US except to pursue asylum status. Read more »