March 13 - Chili Dinner to Benefit Haiti Earthquake Relief
A Chili Dinner fundraiser for Haiti Earthquake Relief is scheduled for March 13, 5 - 8 p.m., at Bruen Chapel UMC, 3035 Cedar Lane, Fairfax. Entertainment will begin a 5 p.m., with dinner to be served beginning at 6 p.m.. Proceeds will go towards the Haiti Relief effort of the United Methodist Committee on Relief. UMCOR is a mission arm of the United Methodist Church that is responsible for United Methodist sponsored relief and reconstruction work in many places around the world that have experienced disaster. Tickets are $8 for adults, $4 for children; additional donations for Haiti Relief also will be accepted. Call the Church Office at 703 560 1665 for information.
P.S. The United Methodist Committee on Relief has begun the United Methodist response to last week’s earthquake in Chile. If you would like to donate to that relief effort, we will begin collections on March 14. On March 14, we also will take our One Great Hour of Sharing Offering that supports the United Methodist Committee on Relief in a more general sense and enables this organization then to direct 100% of its relief offerings to the specific areas for which they are intended.
Prayer for Chile and Asia
Center for Worship Resourcing
The General Board of Discipleship
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Prayer for the People of Chile and Asia
by Safiyah Fosua
Terror
Terror
Terrible times!
God of Ages and Generations,
Be with neighbors across the globe,
While it looks like the world is caving in upon itself
And there is nowhere to hide.
Be with Chile
When the aftershocks come without warning
Making mini-missiles of once-harmless things
And any glass that remained falls to join the shards on the ground.
Be with the people of Chile who just suffered one of the worst earthquakes recorded
With the people of Japan and Hawaii and points in between who ran in terror for high ground.
Be with worried relatives and people digging with their hands
As we watch our neighbors search for survivors yet again — so soon!
Let what we see with our eyes
Move our hearts to compassion,
Our lips to prayer
Our hands to generosity in this time of great need.
Be with us all, O God,
While the earth quakes its discomfort
And mirrors our yearning for your return.
Wrap your arms around Chileans,
Asians and Haitians,
People in danger everywhere
People right here.
Remind all of us of your promises
Never to leave us
That we are not forsaken
That our names are carved in the palm of your hand
That we are your beloved.
The earth is quaking.
Things familiar are falling to the ground.
God, be with us all in these
Terror
Terror
Terrible times! Amen.
UMCOR Relief Efforts
See other Chile Earthquake Response–Resources on this website.
Safiyah Fosua is Director of Invitational Preaching Ministries with the General Board of Discipleship.
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Posted 3-01-2010.