LOVE CARE SERVE

Read this one-time publication of Nazarene Youth International for stories of how youth are engaged in compassionate ministry across Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. From disaster response to prison ministries, young people are living out the love of Christ.

THE CHURCH AS AN AGENT OF WELCOME: Encountering God through the practice of hospitality

• From Brazil to Armenia, people are leaving their homes

• Teenagers in Virginia find relationships through mentoring

• Children living with HIV in Ukraine gain support in a kids’ club

CLEAN WATER FOR ALL: How wells and sanitation are changing communities

• In rural Mozambique, churches are creating community around clean water

• A ministry in downtown Kansas City is providing safe spaces for women

• Community is gathering around a large organic garden in Argentina

• In Liberia, women are starting their own businesses and finding economic freedom

INTO THE RED-LIGHT DISTRICT: Showing hope to women in exploitation

• In a red-light district in India, women who are exploited are finding hope

• One organization in Canada gives job training and dignity to those living on the streets

• Families involved in foster care share their stories and their calling

• In Germany, the work of a local church sheds light on God’s presence in brothels

SEEKING REFUGE: Stories from refugees caught in crisis and how the church is serving

• Refugees share their stories of fleeing and finding hope in a series of featured stories

• Sponsored children share their favorite recipes so you can bring the world to your kitchen

• Families in Odessa, Ukraine, make a new life after being displaced by violence

• The church becomes family in a slum in the Philippines, where possibility replaces poverty

• People grow a future in Kosova, where one church is alleviating hunger with greenhouses

DISASTER RESPONSE: When tragedies strike, the local church is there before, during, and after

• When a string of disasters rocked our world, churches mobilized to care for people in the aftermath

• Why a young woman in Ghana started a justice club to make sure girls can stay in school

• A former sponsored child shares how sponsorship changed the trajectory of her life

• Savings groups are enabling people to turn their dreams into reality for the first time

Ministry in the Margins: How Churches Are Living Out Compassion Among the Least of These

• On Skid Row in Los Angeles, karaoke builds community among people facing addiction and homelessness

• In an L.A. neighborhood known for gang violence, the Bresee Youth Center empowers students to become leaders

• Volunteers in Swaziland care for people living with HIV/AIDS

• A 20-something shares his experience working with children displaced by war

• Children with special needs find love and acceptance

Reflecting God’s Love: Clean Water Is Transforming Lives in Sierra Leone

• Churches in Sierra Leone are giving the gift of safe water, which is the difference between life and death for many

• In Kroo Bay, a slum in Sierra Leone’s capital, the church is helping prevent the deadly sting of rampant malaria

• A mobile intervention clinic in Moldova is offering the possibility of new life for women caught in sex trafficking

• In East Toledo, Ohio, a church is getting outdoors and building relationships in the community

• Sheep and chickens are providing food and a future for families in rural Armenia

BEYOND BELIEF: How a mentoring ministry in Nashville is empowering youth to believe in themselves

• In an area of Nashville, Tennessee, known for violence and poverty, mentors aim to transform the lives through empowerment

• After decades of separation, a pastor is reconnected with the couple who sponsored him

• A church in Monrovia, California, is making sure everyone is welcome at the table by providing immigration resources

• Villages in rural Sri Lanka finally able to have access to the clean water they’ve needed for years

Compassionate Churches Are Changing Communities

• Photo essay: Investing in the dreams of children in Mozambique

• How people leaving prison and addiction are finding wholeness

• What happened when a church said, “Come as you are."

• Compassion in a community torn apart by war

Relief to Recovery: The Church in Nepal Is There for the Long Haul

• Images of the devastation after Nepal’s earthquake — and the church’s pursuit of hope

• Turning dreams into reality for entrepreneurs

• Holding onto hope in the face of HIV and AIDS

• How child sponsorship is changing futures

Faces of Hope: How Churches Are Picturing a Better Tomorrow for Children

• Special photo issue

• How the refugee crisis is affecting children—and what churches are doing in response

• An alternative to despair in an Indianapolis neighborhood

• Taking vulnerable children off the streets of Madagascar

• Teaching childlike faith in the Philippines