Standing in Solidarity with the Church in the Land of the Holy One

When sirens echo across borders and families huddle in shelters, we remember these words:

“Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.”
— 1 John 3:18

In a time when conflict hangs heavily over the region, our brothers and sisters in the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East continue to work for peace.

This Good Friday, we have the chance to stand with them through our Good Friday Gift.

In the city of Salt, Jordan, the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf is a beacon of hope. Run by the Anglican Church, it is a school where Deaf, Deafblind and hearing children learn side by side – an act of peacebuilding in itself.

A short video about the school made by the Friends of the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf in the UK

Last year, the institute became the first integrated school in Jordan, bringing together children who have long lived in parallel but separate worlds. Their classrooms are places where reconciliation is taught in every shared activity, every gesture of sign language, every moment of learning.

This Good Friday, you have a chance to further the work of this inspirational school.

A Good Friday Gift for a Time of Crisis

The Holy Land Institute for the Deaf is working to transform its classrooms into fully accessible, interactive learning spaces.

This year, your Good Friday Gift will provide:

In a region where fear threatens to divide communities, the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf is shaping a generation that sees one another not as strangers but as companions.

Your generosity this Good Friday will touch the lives of:

• Students – Deaf, Deafblind, hearing-impaired, and hearing – who are learning together as equals
• Staff members who guide, protect and accompany them each day
• Family members, many of whom face economic hardship and rely on the school’s free or accessible education

With families across the Middle East shaken by uncertainty, your generosity this Good Friday is a powerful act of solidarity – a way of offering what the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem, The Most Reverend Dr. Hosam E. Naoum, calls “the sanctuary of Christian love.”

Why Your Support Matters Now

The Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem has urged the global Church to respond with unceasing prayer and steadfast love as communities across the region endure escalating violence. In this moment, supporting the Good Friday Gift is more than a charitable act.

It is a witness that says to our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land: “You are not alone.”

Will You Help Bring Light This Good Friday?

In turbulent times, we recall that the darkness of Good Friday leads directly to the life-affirming day of the Resurrection. We believe that light and life will defeat darkness and death.

Today we stand, as we have since the aftermath of World War I, with our brothers and sisters in the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East, reassuring them that we have not forgotten them in their time of need.

And we join in building peace in a tangible, life-giving way through our Good Friday Gift.