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Director sees Jesus in refugees he meets

As director of World Relief in Spokane, Mark Finney sees Jesus in encounters with immigrants and refugees.

"Each day I pray Jesus will help me meet him that day," he said.  "I see Jesus in people who are suffering."

At the U.S. Mexican border recently, he met a man named Jesus. 

Last year at an overcrowded refugee camp in Bangladesh, Mark took a photo of a Rohingya woman and her child, "a classical Madonna."

As director, his work is not about being an educated man sitting in a comfortable office.  It's everyday work with refugees.  He and his staff of 30 help people who have suffered trauma fleeing violence and lived for years in refugee camps settle in Spokane, learn English, find education and job opportunities, adjust to a new culture and go shopping.

 

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December 2019 news stories - click on picture or link to read more

Mission co-workers empower Guatemalan communities through Presbyterian churches
Astronaut tells church youth to step out of comfort zones to realize their dreams
Cathedral's dean values Episcopal Church's 'via media' role for today's climate
African-American opera singer is the music director at First Presbyterian Church in Spokane
Panel explores ways city adopting UN Sustainable Development Goals
Benedictine oblates help start new Ecumenical Catholic congregation in Coeur d'Alene
Faith Action Network recognizes leaders of interfaith, community justice, advocacy efforts in region
Community groups again speak out against racism
At border, pastor encounters a teen named Jesus and others who are 'Jesus'
Letters comment on superfund sites, Branching Out Campaign, ELCA bishops
Fig Tree reaches goal in Branching Out campaign.
 

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