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#1 ORDER YOUR PACK!
What do you love? Your x-Box, your bed, phone, chocolate, fast food? Could you get sponsored to give it up for a short time to stand with those who have to give up everything to follow Jesus? Order our awesome Choose to Lose pack to help you lose what you love!
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#2 RAISE MONEY, PRAYER AND AWARENESS
Set up a JustGiving page to raise money and support young Christians around the world who have lost family, home, friends, safety and freedom because of their love of Jesus. We’ll send you resources to help you raise money, and to also reflect, pray and tell others what you are doing and why!
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#3 LOSE WHAT YOU LOVE…
Choose how long! Some have gone a day, 48 hours a week or even more! Join with hundreds of others by giving up something you love to stand with those prepared to lose everything for their faith in Jesus.
Open Doors Youth, PO Box 6, Witney, Oxon, UK, OX29 6WG
We serve Christians around the world whose brave faith in Jesus means they are, beaten, threatened, imprisoned, tortured, falsely accused, disowned and hated.
Choose to Lose something you love to raise money and prayer for Christians who have lost everything because of their faith in Jesus.
Will you take on the Choose to Lose fundraising challenge? The idea is simple: get sponsored to give up something you love for a short time to raise money and prayer for young Christians around the world who, in choosing Jesus, have lost nearly everything.
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By getting sponsored to lose something you love, you can help to raise money for projects around the world that are supporting young people who have lost much because of their faith in Jesus. Set a target and see what your money could achieve…
Could send a Christian young person at risk of persecution from North Africa to a youth camp, helping them to connect with God’s Word, grow in faith and find support and friendship with other young Christians.
Could provide school fees for a young person from Nigeria whose father has been killed for his Christian faith.
Could provide 20 young people from Central Asia with a Bible in their own language.
Could provide 6 months of protection, care and education for a Christian young person in Colombia at risk of abduction or threats from armed groups
“Our youth group … were given an insight into how it feels to be denied something… they were really challenged by the stories of people who have given up everything for Jesus. They were left grateful, humbled and motivated to pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ facing persecution around the world.”
Order your pack today to lose what you love. Your pack will be sent to you in the post and includes…
- A Choose to Lose planning guide with simple steps to help you plan, prepare and promote your fundraiser
- A reflection guide with stories to read and share, prayers to pray and actions to do during your challenge
- An awesome Choose to Lose sticker set to wear or stick on what you’ve given up!
Plus you’ll also get access to a bunch of downloads to help you lose what you love including:
- A bunch of images to post on your social profiles
- Links to setting up an easy JustGiving page to help you get sponsors and raise money
- A youth/small group session to help you introduce Choose to Lose to your group
- Creative and interactive prayer ideas
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Pradip*, a Hindu teenager from Nepal, mocked his sister for becoming a Christian. But then he visited a church with a friend, and that same night he saw a flash of intense light in his room. Confused, he started looking for answers, which he eventually found in Jesus.
For Pradip, it was a winning choice, even though it meant being disowned by his parents, kicked out of home and forced to leave their village. Pradip, like many others, knows that choosing Jesus means losing much. But he knows it also means gaining a future with Jesus, something so precious, it’s more than worth the cost.
Could you be inspired by young people like Pradip, and choose to lose something you love to raise money and prayer for Christians who have lost everything because of their faith in Jesus?