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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Haitian Relief Fund - Your gifts will make a world of difference

              

This note comes to us from our Associate Conference Minister for the Eastern Association of the Iowa Conference, and speaks to our desperate need to offer SOMETHING in the face of the disaster in Haiti.  Of course, the people of Haiti need our help, but (and this is important) we also have a deep need to offer our gifts to help heal this terrible tragedy. 
One Great Hour of Sharing dollars are already on their way.  But more is needed.  Bring a check to church  (One Great Hour of Sharing money goes directly with no overhead costs) or give online (select the OGHS link on our donaiton page) or give to the Red Cross.  Your gifts will make a world of difference.

Some years ago, on a busy Sunday, I misplaced my paycheck.  After worship, one of the fathers of our congregation greeted me with an outstretched hand.  "Looking for this?"  It was the missing check.  "Your kid put it in the plate."  When I asked three-year-old Noah about it, he answered with a patient sigh, "Jonna, I HAVE to have OFFERING."   Amen.  When we worship God, we offer gifts.
  
    I write to you on the morning after the earthquake in Haiti.   My beloved, we have to have offering.  Please write a check to your congregation today, directed for One Great Hour of Sharing - Haiti. If there are children in your home, help them to make an offering alongside yours.  Don't worry that your check is too small.  In the face of overwhelming need, checks for $1.00 or $5.00 can feel barely worth writing.  They are absolutely worth writing today.   

Yours in Christ's love, Jonna Jensen

Posted By: Media  @ 9:25:35 PM

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