Compassion: noun
1. a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.
-Synonyms 1. commiseration, mercy, tenderness, heart, clemency.

Compassion is a Christian based organisation who has worked with local churches overseas for more than 50 years in assisting, impacting and practically showing the love of Jesus Christ to over 1million poverty stricken children. Compassion's aim is to help children develop economically, physically, socially and spiritually. This enables them to become adults who can make an impact on the world around them.

As a Church we have the most amazing opportunity to partner with Compassion in making a difference in the lives of children, their families and their communities in the Country of Ethiopia. Ethiopia has a population of 67.8 million and 50% of the population are living below the poverty line. As a part of our Faith, Justice and Mercy projects, C7's starting goal is to see 60 children sponsored and taken out of that devastating statistic.

By focusing on sponsoring children in one region at a time, we will see not only individual lives being changed but potentially a whole nation.

Isaiah 61
1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn... 8 "For I, the LORD, love justice;...

It is the Church's responsibility to bring justice and we are the Church. Together, eliminating poverty, one child at a time. For further information or for those of you who will join us in making a difference, go to the Compassion desk after each of our services. For more information on Compassion go to www.compassionuk.org