Welcome!
Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) is a faith-driven ministry, welcoming immigrants into our churches and communities by providing free, high-quality immigration legal services, education and advocacy. The JFON program was initiated by the General Board of Global Ministries in 1999 and has served thousands of immigrants throughout the United States.
The United Methodist Community on Relief (UMCOR) sponsors the program with 24 clinic sites operating nationwide. JFON-Southeastern Michigan was formed in 2009 with sites hosted at Dearborn First United Methodist Church , The Baldwin Center in Ponitac, MI and Ypsilanti First United Methodist Church Habla Español? Clic acá
Do you want to help out JFON-SEMI?
JFON-SEMI has together a Wish List of office supplies that we need.
If you have an Amazon Account you can order the items and ship them directly to us. We set up an Amazon JFON-SEMI Wish List. The link to the list is http://amzn.com/w/3TPX527ELJNNO.
Or you can purchase the items and drop them off at one of the clinics sites at First United Methodist Church of Ypsilanti, First United Methodist Church of Dearborn, or at the Baldwin Center.
Standard letter sized envelopes - Brother toner for MFC 7840W - Tabs for marking pages - Sign here tabs - Binders - Folders - Shredder - Printer/copier/scanner - Computers - Letter size note pads - Pencils - Tissue paper - Bottled Water - Rolodex - Coloring books - Crayons - Printer Paper - Black and Red pens - staples - legal sized envelopes - stamps - Hanging file folders (letter size)
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A Taste of Justice…
JFON-SEMI would like to invite you to share your favorite recipes in the first ever JFON-SEMI Cook book. Over the next few months we are hoping to compile a list of recipes that we can turn into a cook book to sell as a fundraiser. We are looking for anything from appetizers to entrees and desserts. Have a favorite snack food or non-alcoholic drink mix? We will take those as well. (Click here to download a recipe form) (Return any recipe forms to 20000 W. 13 Mile Rd. Beverly Hills, MI 48025)
Faith and Immigration: The Migrant Christ – part 2
written by: Joseph Bradley
Global migration has been happening for thousands of years. Throughout the entire bible there are countless stories of migration and human movement in and through-out the biblical world. However, one of the most striking examples of migration comes from Christ himself.
Our next characteristic of this Migrant Christ is one that is present throughout the entirety of Jesus’ ministry. Jesus has this almost supernatural ability to see through the labels and other junk and see people for who they really are. Whether its a tax collector or a prostitute Jesus doesn’t view them as such and definitely doesn’t treat them as such. Jesus sees them as people that deserve love and grace, as children of God. Put another way, Jesus sees people not status.
Mark 4:15-17
15 Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) 16 But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees[b] saw him eating with tax collectors and other sinners, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat with such scum?[c]”
17 When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
Time and time again people scoff at Jesus for those who he chooses to hang out with. Even his own disciples see him talking to a Samaritan woman at the well and wonder why he is doing talking to HER. I honestly believe its because Jesus sees the intrinsic worth in all persons and chooses to focus on that rather than what others might choose to see.
At Justice for Our Neighbors we serve all types of clients with all kinds of backgrounds and religious preferences. While we are limited in the types of cases we can actually help with, we view every person that comes into our clinics as a person of worth and worthy of a consultation as well as our hospitality, love and Grace.
While others might choose to focus someones legal status, we at JFON do not. In a world that is looking for someone or some section of the population to blame for their problems, we realize that immigration is more than quite simply an issue. We realize that these are peoples lives.
