Emmanuel International

It Begins At Home. NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Psalm 103:1 ESV. “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!”

Did you know that at one time, Emmanuel International had a very active “home-based” program for volunteers?  This program was called ECHO, a summer program for young people in local Canadian churches to enroll as volunteers to help those in need.  Coordinated through the EI office, these young people spread out in their communities, looking for opportunities to serve:  grass cutting, tending flower beds or garden plots, washing cars and windows and more.

Excerpt from Spring 1981 Update: “Teams of Christian young people, having committed their summer to the Lord, will be reaching out into their communities with practical demonstrations of Christian love.  As they knock on doors looking for ways to help the needy, they will very naturally encounter many opportunities to share what Jesus Christ means to them.  In the past, it has been exciting to watch the reaction of people as our young people explain that their services are free and they are helping because they care.”

Some of these summer volunteers went on to join EI for a year of service overseas. 

Where it all started

September 12, 2024

The Letters of Patent declaring Emmanuel Relief and Rehabilitation International to be a recognized charitable organization is dated September 11, 1975.  September 12, 2024 begins our 50th year, our Jubilee year!  In the Bible, every 50th year was a reset year, a year of rest. The Jubilee was a year of acknowledging Sovereign God, His grace, His provision, His heart for His people.  

With Samuel of old, on the 12th of September 2024, join us in raising our Ebenezer; for truly, ‘hitherto has the LORD helped us.” 

 I Samuel 7:12:  “Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far has the LORD helped us.”