The people of the United Methodist Church have a long and storied history of providing relief in a number of ways to people across the globe who have suffered great tragedy and loss as a result of natural disasters. Since the horrific events of January 12 in Haiti, our United Methodist Committee on Relief has been making plans to get to Haiti as soon as possible to assist in the relief efforts.
To this end, there are two ways you can participate almost immediately in helping to ease the burden felt by our friends in Haiti:
1) Attend worship this Sunday (January 17) and participate in the special offering that will be taken up to support UMCOR's work in Haiti. Due to the faithfulness of the United Methodists throughout the year, you can rest assured that 100% of any contribution you make to this special offering will go directly to assisting the people in need. Through other offerings and regular giving, UMCOR's overhead is already provided, thus allowing any special offerings such as this to go completely towards relief.
2) Attached to this e-mail is the list of supplies that go into a health kit that is provided to people in need through our Sager-Brown Supply Depot just up the road in Baldwin. More than a few from our congregation are involved in this ministry through our bi-weekly mission on Thursday mornings. Part of what we do there is assemble health kits to be used in places like Haiti. Due to the strict regulations concerning shipping and customs restrictions in other countries, it is important to follow this list EXACTLY as printed. If you are one of our friends who is not a resident of the Morgan City area, you also send a check for $12 per kit to us and we will make sure that those funds are provided to our friends at Sager-Brown for supply purchases.
As the situation develops, we will have more information about teams and other ways in which to get involved in helping out this country that has been absolutely devastated.
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One other note - please don't forget about the Ecumenical Prayer Service observing the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity that we will be hosting NEXT TUESDAY at 6:30PM. Sponsored by the Houma-Thibodaux Diocese of the Catholic Church, this will be a great time of fellowship and worship with people from other Christian traditions. A light reception will follow in our fellowship hall.
See you Sunday!
Lamar
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