E3  New Afghan Neighbors

“You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God “ (Lev 19:34).

Updates of God's Faithfulness

Our New Neighbor Teams

TEAM LOCATIONS

#1  Arlington/Winchester

#2 Boston/Brookline

#3 Jamaica Plain/ Roslindale

#4  Melrose/Malden

#5  Quincy

#6  Reading

#7  Cafe Team Location TBD

New Neighbor Journey

EMBRACE
(30-60 days)

  • Create a soft landing for our new Afghan neighbors.

 

  • Provide basic necessities, trauma care, intensive language learning and a safe place to recreate the rhythms of life that lead to flourishing.

EDUCATE
(3-6 mos)

  • Walk alongside our new Afghan neighbors as they settle into their own home in a new community.
  • Accompany their self-directed journey of employment and education as we enter a time of mutual learning.

ESTABLISH
(9-12 mos)

  • Continue the journey of mutual accompaniment as we journey together to success.

 

  • Create an extended-family ethos of encouragement where we celebrate and reach milestones together.

    Local Church Journey

    EMBRACE
    (30-60 days)

    • Create a relationship with an Afghan family unit who are new neighbors.

     

    • Enter a journey of vulnerable, reciprocal disclosure as each person begins to know one another across cultures and experience God’s goodness.

    EDUCATE
    (3-6 mos)

    • Learn the heart language of another people group and discover how to share Christ’s love in the resettlement process.
    • Deepen your church’s understanding of what it means to make strangers into friends.

    ESTABLISH
    (9-12 mos)

    • Building a strong social base will provide the generational resilience and strength that leads to long-term thriving.
    • A single family from your church community will become extended family to your new Afghan neighbours.