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Projects
for Our Homeless
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IPSWICH
WINTER NIGHT SHELTER
JIMAS
have teamed up with seven churches that are working
together to provide a night shelter in Ipswich
for the winter. They
will take it in turns to offer a night's accommodation
to homeless people everyday throughout the months
from December until February. Muslim volunteers
from JIMAS are taking part in this initiative.
The
churches involved are Burlington Baptist Church,
Ipswich International Church, Holy Trinity Church,
The Salvation Army, Hope Church and a combined
shelter from Christ Church URC Baptist Church
and St Pancras Church.
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We
understand that the suffering of breaking hearts
through being unwanted is greater than the pangs
of a meager diet, or scant clothing in cold weather,
with only the sky as shelter at night. By joining
in these efforts we take part in a small way to
give them through our hands their daily bread,
and by our understanding, love, peace and rest.
Earn the forgiveness of Allah by sharing the joy
of faith by making those in need feel wanted and
dignified.
If
our hearts are free of slavery to others but happily
enslaved to the One God; Allah; then we have clean
enough hearts that can love others for His sake.
Such hearts should satisfy the hunger for love
in the poor and the lonely. We can give them warmth
with kindness in our faces and smiles in our eyes.
How
else do you seek peace if not through service
unto others? What is the fruit of your faith,
how does your faith deepen, and why do you pray?
When we listen to our hearts in silence what do
we hear?
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VOLUNTEER
TRAINING DAY
Saturday
12th November
9.30
a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
St.
Johns Church
Cauldwell Hall Road
Ipswich
PLEASE
BRING A PACKED LUNCH
If
you want to volunteer then
please contact us at:
mail@jimas.org
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Origo Open Day Starting in February
2011
Regular date where the Ipswich Origo Community Centre
on Upper Orwell Street is opened up solely for the
use of our local homeless men and women. Drinks,
snacks and a warm, comfortable and relaxing sit
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Winter
Warmer Gifts January 2011
Providing some essential winter items in a personal
package to our homeless in Ipswich, wholly funded
by JIMAS and the kind donations of people, thus
enabling the community to be sincere, self-reliant
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For
the JIMAS "Project for Our Homeless" in January
2011, we liaised with the Salvation Army, the
Umbrella Trust, Primark, and BBC Radio Suffolk.
A gift-box consisting of the following items were
put together as Winter Warmer Gifts for distribution
by our volunteers as a gesture of kindness and
goodness:
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- Draw-string
rucksack
- Thermal
vest
- Foil
blanket
- Hat
- Gloves
- Rain
poncho
- Toothbrush
& paste travel set
- Lip
balm
- Sweets
- Jimas
letter
- Helpful
organisations list
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JIMAS
is a UK Muslim Educational Charity that engages
people from any background, whatever their beliefs.
JIMAS voluntarily serves the whole British community
through various charitable projects in order to
improve our society by being neighbourly, compassionate,
filling gaps where needs are not fully met, and
by doing things of common benefit for all. We
are completely self-funded. We have grown to be
a trusted and reliable part of Ipswich life and
people.
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