How to help – for Churches
Acting for peace together
Churches play a vital role in creating, together, a world where everyone belongs. Act for Peace’s origins stem from church communities like yours with the first Christmas Bowl appeal over 75 years ago.
The Christmas Bowl tradition has helped thousands of people around the world who are without the peace of a safe place to belong.
Your faith in action demonstrates the transformation that is possible when the church unites to extend a hand of generosity.
Act for Peace – the international humanitarian agency of the National Council of Churches in Australia – brings together thousands of churches across Australia.
In the spirit of ecumenism, we act for peace together to give hope to families displaced by conflict and disaster.
We stand united in our shared beliefs:
- Working together
- Peace with justice
- The interdependence of people and planet
See how your church can act for peace in the world below.
How you can help
Christmas Bowl
For over 75 years, church communities like yours, have been giving hope to families who are displaced through the Christmas Bowl appeal.
In 1949, Rev. Frank Byatt first laid a bowl of remembrance on the Christmas dinner table asking his family to ‘share your good dinner with hungry children in other lands’. From this simple act of compassion, the annual Christmas Bowl appeal was born – a much-loved tradition in churches across Australia.
Funds raised through the Christmas Bowl continue to support people who are forced to flee their homes due to conflict and disasters. Those funds are invested in life changing humanitarian programs around the globe that empower people to find safety in exile and rebuild their lives.
From your church community to theirs, your Christmas Bowl gifts help bring the peace of a safe place to belong, to those who need it most.
aid crisis appeal
Governments around the world slashing humanitarian aid funding, and it comes with a human cost.
No human should have to pay for budget cuts with their safety, their dignity, or their life.
Together we can put the human back into humanitarian aid, for humanKind.
Please pray for the future of humanitarian programs and sign the church petition.
for humanKind
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