On Thursday afternoon, Clair Sweeney from Aid to the Church in Need, or ACN for short, visited the S6 pupils and gave them a talk highlighting the struggles Christians all around the world face each day.
Before the talk we caught up with Clair to discuss the work ACN does and how young people can get involved. She explained ACN’s mission to protect Christians in countries where it is unsafe to practise their faith. She also talked about the work they do from providing children with bibles in Pakistan to rebuilding destroyed homes in Iraq, and this is only a small amount of work compared to everything they do in the 140 countries they work in.
When asked about how it feels working with so many young people she said “Its fantastic and I love the variety and all the exciting ideas they bring”. She expressed how young people can attend the youth rally being held on the 7th of October and described it as “a real highlight of the year” after having such great numbers the year prior.
Clair expressed how central Prayer and Information is to their organisation and they encourage young people to pray for other Christians in need or tell anyone they can about the amazing work ACN does.
On behalf of the JMAC team, I thank Clair for having a chat with us before delivering an excellent talk to the rest of S6. Thank you for reading.
