LHC Appeals for Ukraine
1. Refugee Meal Appeal
From September – December 2023, we have been using donated funds to run a highly successful community meal project in the building where we house refugee families. These funds run out at the end of December 2023 and so we have launched our Refugee Meal Appeal to enable this excellent work to continue.
This project not only meets the physical needs of refugee families, enabling them to receive a hot, three course meal Monday to Friday each week; but it has also created a deep sense of community among the 50-60 people we are housing in Uzhgorod.
Can you help sustain this project in the months to come?
It costs about €6k per month to fund this important project. If you are able to help us, please see the How to Give information below.
Giving to the Refugee Meal Appeal
2. €130k – Support Ukraine 2024
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, in February 2022, Edik and Liana have loved, served, fed and housed literally hundreds of refugees. They have preached the gospel, made disciples and baptised dozens of new converts. As a community, we fellowship with Edik and Liana – standing with them in prayer, love and sacrificial giving.
The Lighthouse Community sends €9690 each month in order to support Edik, Liana and their ministry in Uzhgorod.
Our €130k Support Ukraine – 2024 fundraiser will enable us to continue financing and releasing this ministry throughout 2024.
The money you give will:
– enable 20+ families to be housed and cared for in temporary accommodation;
– buy food and essential items that will be distributed to refugees, church members and those in need;
– pay the room rental costs for the Rock of Salvation Church in Uzhgorod, which continues to grow;
– provide support for three other Ukrainian churches;
– pay for a storeroom for food and provisions for refugees, and a meeting room for the Tuesday discipleship group;
– purchase firewood and pay energy bills;
– provide financial support for those in need as a result of the war
Giving to the €130k – Support Ukraine 2024 Appeal
Reference your gift SUPPORT UKRAINE 2024 and give directly, via the links below.
GIVE IN £ via STEWARDSHIP SERVICES
GIVE IN € and £ DIRECTLY TO LHC
90% of all the money raised in the LHC Ukraine campaigns is used to directly support Edik and Liana’s ministry in Ukraine. 10% of the money raised covers the cost of administering these funds.
About the Lighthouse Community
The Lighthouse Community exists to support, send and serve gospel-mission into the Central and Eastern nations of Europe, where we fellowship together as a community of friends and pioneers. Our fellowship is genuine and so we take seriously our responsibility to stand together prayerfully and sacrificially, as the Holy Spirit leads us.
What is the destination of your gift?
The Lighthouse Community will collect your gifts via Stewardship Services / directly from our bank account and distribute these funds each month to Edik & Liana, to support their ministry.
Why give through Stewardship Services?
If you are a UK taxpayer, Stewardship Services enables us to receive your gifts and to reclaim the tax that has been paid. This doesn’t cost you anything extra, but will add value to your gift.
WHY SUPPORT UKRAINE FOR ANOTHER YEAR?
The Bible encourages us to remember the poor (Gal 2:9). We are not able to fix the complex problems created by the war in Ukraine, but we are able to continue standing with brothers and sisters in their time of crisis – remembering them in prayer and with sacrificial giving.
