BCICRR
Bucks County Interfaith Coalition for Refugee Resettlement
BCICRR to Sponsor New Family!
Welcome Corps Certifies BCICRR as Sponsor!
It is amazing how quickly things can change! In our latest newsletter, we wrote that we are waiting for the wheels of bureaucracy to turn as our application to be a sponsor and the family’s application for their visas are still pending. We have since received an update from Welcome Corps that BCICRR is certified as a sponsor. This takes us one step closer to bringing this family into our community. Now that we are certified, the family will be referred to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program as a priority. We hope that this will expedite their journey and bring them to the United States.
This does not change next steps for the BCICRR community. Please continue to pray that everything goes smoothly and that we can welcome this family into our lives very soon. Please continue to stand ready to move into action when we receive the word. One day at a time as they say!
We Need YOU! Sign Up Here!
You can help us by letting us know how you will help to outfit the new home for this family. Below is a link to sign up to provide new or gently used things that they will need BUT DON'T BUY ANYTHING UNTIL WE KNOW THEY ARE COMING. Just be ready to spring into action when we get the word. Thanks for standing expectantly and hopefully with the BCICRR community.
Click here to sign up.
Faith Reflection
If I can stop one heart from breaking by Emily Dickinson
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain,
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
Our interfaith community grounds our work in the teachings of our diverse traditions. Each meeting of BCICRR begins with a reading or reflection from a member of the community. We share one of them here.
WHO WE ARE
Bucks County Interfaith Coalition for Refugee Resettlement (BCICRR) was founded in 2016 as an all-volunteer group working together to support two Syrian families.
The coalition is made up of Christians, Jews, Muslims, and others who have come together to provide friendship, practical assistance, and financial support for these families. Along the way we have become an extended family, supporting and learning from one another.
