Help your neighbours celebrate their religious holidays by sharing with them how their holiday points to Jesus. That is what the early Christian missionaries did and why most people now celebrate Christmas and Easter.
Here are some cards you can download, and websites you can recommend:
Buddhists -- Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year usually occurs in early February. In our community the Lion Dance is performed in front of all shops to drive out evil spirits and bring good luck. This tract is designed for the Vietnamese Chinese community for the year 2011. It points out that Jesus overcomes evil spirits.
Vietnamese, Chinese, English tract
Hindus -- Deepavali
The festival of Deepavali is a beautiful and dazzling time of fun and religious observance. It is the celebration of the victory of light over darkness and good over evil.
Jesus himself said, "I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall never walk in darkness but will have the light of life"
To learn more - visit hereslife.info/deepavali
Muslims -- Eid El Adha
During the festival of Eid El Adha, Muslims sacrifice a lamb, goat or cow to remind them of Abraham's (Ibrahim's) sacrifice.
Christians now understand what the Righteous God intended to show us through the story of Ibrahim and believe that God has given Isa al-Masih as a sacrifice. We believe that nothing else completes the story of Ibrahim’s intention of sacrificing his son, than Isa al-Masih’s death on the
cross and his resurrection after three days. Instead of the blood of animals, in which there is no power to save us from our sins, the Holy Lamb came from above, the saviour Isa al-Masih .
To learn more - visit hereslife.info/eid
Arabic - English - Farsi - Turkish Tract
If you know of other holidays that can be celebrated in a similar manner, please contact us and help us design an appropriate tract and website.