Join the 40 Days of 4-Giveness this Easter

How can Rwanda’s story of reconciliation impact your life and community?

As We Forgive (AWF) is excited to announce the “40 Days of 4-Giveness” campaign.  This Easter season, we’re inviting individuals and organizations across the country to engage their communities in radical forgiveness by meditating on the story of Rwandans who are forgiving the killers of their families after genocide.

Will you consider hosting a screening?

Beginning February 17th our goal is to partner with 40 churches, universities, and individuals to host local screenings of As We Forgive with the goal of raising funding to build one new home in the Living Bricks Village.  Living Bricks is a project that equips repentant ex-genocide prisoners with the tools to build critically needed housing for their victim’s families, resulting in communities where former enemies live as neighbors through reconciliation. Operated by a partnership with Prison Fellowship International, the cost of each home is $5,000 with 100 percent of proceeds going directly to the village.

Joining the campaign are musician Sara Groves, author Gabe Lyons, journalist Mark Moring, author and pastor Mark Batterson, journalist and author Amy Sullivan and filmmaker and author Craig Deitweiler.  Each week, we’ll release a blog post from these contributors with their reflections on forgiveness, reconciliation and redemption at www.AsWeForgiveMovie.com

Will you engage your community in radical forgiveness?

The 40 Days of 4-Giveness is an opportunity to engage your community in a discussion and study on the power of forgiveness and redemption.  Rather than asking people to give up sweets this season, the 40 Days campaign encourages people to simply give.  Participating groups will receive the As We Forgive Movie Event Kit containing a discussion guide on the 4 gives:

give truth + give mercy + give hope + give back

Click here to find out more about the As We Forgive Movie Event Kit.  If you’ve already hosted a screening in the past, you’re invited to screen the film again free of charge to help build a house in the Living Bricks Village.

To host a film screening or to learn more about how to get involved in Living Bricks, please contact Genevieve Ebel, AWF Outreach Director at: genevieve@asweforgivemovie.com

We hope these Rwandan’s story of forgiveness after genocide will inspire your community and we look forward to partnering with you all in this 40 Day campaign!

Sincerely,

Laura Waters Hinson

Director, As We Forgive