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| Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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Compassion and Aid Received in Haiti
If you've been watching the news, you've inevitably heard about the difficulties of getting aid, supplies, and medical care to those affected by the earthquake in Haiti.
While it is true that the delivery of aid has been hampered by many factors, including infrastructure-related challenges, Week of Compassion can assure you that aid is reaching many of those who need it.
Martin Coria, Church World Service Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, now based in the Dominican Republic and working closely with Servicio Social de Igelesias Dominicana (SSID), noted that with pre-positioned CWS kits and blankets, SSID was able to provide relief to the victims of Haiti's massive earthquake in the first twenty-four hours of the disaster. On Wednesday, January 13, SSID sent a flight with supplies to Port-au-Prince, and their staff was able to see the needs firsthand and quickly provide the most crucial supplies and assistance.
Since then, CWS has established a storage and distribution center in the Dominican Border Town of Jimani, and has begun to provide assistance for Haitians who may try to enter the neighboring Dominican Republic.
Thanks to you, we have helped make possible the following CWS aid and supplies:
- An air-freight arrived on Jan 22 in Santo Domingo. The shipment contained 500 CWS blankets; 1,125 baby kits, 10,595 hygiene kits; 720 tubes of toothpaste; and 25 flashlights with batteries.
- A second shipment, by ocean ship, is to arrive in Santo Domingo on Feb. 2. It contains 500 light-weight CWS blankets; 13,325 hygiene kits; and 375 baby kits.
- Another shipment is also expected to arrive in Santo Domingo on Feb. 2 with 2,950 blankets; 3,150 baby kits; and 7,215 hygiene kits.
- An air shipment of 60 cartons of IMA World Health medicine boxes is expected to arrive in Santo Domingo today, January 26. Each box contains enough essential medicines and medical supplies to treat the routine ailments of about 1,000 adults and children.
Coria also reports that:
- The Episcopal Church of Jimaní has given its building to be used as long as needed for doctors, rescue teams, visitors and volunteers. There are 30 mattresses and secure space to store supplies. This will serve as the hub for CWS and partner operations. A storage/supply center for 100 containers has been established.
- A first aid clinic and emergency room has been located in the Christian School of Parisien, in Haiti, some 8 kilometers from the Haitian/DR border - about two hours from Port-au-Prince. There is space and capacity for no more than 30 patients at a time, and it is secure.
- Food and supply distribution sites have been established across the border through Haitian churches and managed through different Haitian non-profit organizations and community leader associations. The hub of a five-center distribution network is located in Pétionville.
Disciple Don Tatlock, CWS Latin America and Caribbean program manager, continues work with distributing supplies to those in Port-au-Prince, noting the strength of CWS's already-existing relationships in helping to determine priorities for CWS distributions.
Likewise, through Church World Service's participation in the larger ACT Alliance international ecumenical partnership, Week of Compassion donations have gone to the construction of temporary water systems, the provision of water purification materials, tents and food packages.
For more information and details, you can check the resources on Week of Compassion's Haiti site, which include podcasts from Don Tatlock and Donna Derr, CWS director of emergency response, as well as links to CWS and ACT.
We continue to lift up the people of Haiti, all those on the ground working for the recovery effort, and all those who have offered their resources to aid with the relief effort. Week of Compassion is committed to Haiti for the long term. Once the news cameras are gone and the celebrity telethons are long forgotten, we will still be at work in Haiti. Thank you for making that possible.
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Katie Newton is taking donated clothing to WHEAT’s Clothes Silo every couple of months.
The Clothes Silo is a non-profit women’s resale boutique that provides professional clothing at no cost to women entering or re-entering the work force. They also collect other women's clothing, including shoes, purses and accessories for these women and to resell to raise funds.
Please bring donations of clothing with hangers to the church campus during office hours or call Katie (602-402-4830) to make other arrangements.
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The third Sunday of each month is Refugee Donation Sunday. In September that will be September 20th. Please bring your good quality household items, especially chairs, end tables, and lamps. They will picked up by Lutheran Social Ministry Southwest which helps with the location of refugee families in the Phoenix area.
Monetary donations can be received by the church when marking your
offering “Feed My Sheep”.
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General Message Points
Love Your Kids is a statewide project sponsored by more than 100 Arizona businesses, hospitals, non-profit and community-based organizations, faith-based groups and schools to provide KidsCare enrollment assistance to families of uninsured children.
Approximately 130,000 children in Arizona are eligible for the plan but are not enrolled.
KidsCare is a low-cost state-sponsored program that provides medical, dental and vision coverage to eligible children ages 18 and younger. Parents pay a monthly premium for this cost-sharing health insurance program. Premiums for the program cost no more than $25 a month for one child and no more than $35 a month for multiple children.
Only one-third of Arizona’s uninsured children who are eligible for KidsCare are actually enrolled in the program.
Families must select a health plan on the application, which is available online at www.azkidscare.gov.
· Families can apply for KidsCare if their child is:
o 18 years or younger
o A resident of Arizona
o A U.S. citizen or a qualified non-citizen – regardless of the status of the parents
o Not currently covered by other health insurance
o Does not qualify for coverage through a state agency employee
o Is a member of a household that meets the KidsCare income guidelines and is willing to pay a monthly premium
· Love Your Kids was held on Thursday, Feb. 14 at approximately 75 locations statewide. Check for future dates.
· For a complete list of event sites, log onto www.loveyourkidsaz.org
· or call 1-800-352-3792 or 602-263-8856.
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Companioning the grieving is about bearing witness to the struggles of others; it is not about directing those struggles.
You don’t heal from the loss of a loved one because time passes; you heal because of what you do with the time.
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love, that we may sing for joy and be glad in all our days. Psalm 90:14
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
The world of the generous gets larger and larger. . .The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed; those who help others are helped.
Proverbs 11:24-25
One way to think of yourself is that you are the sum total of all that you have experienced in your life so far.
The essence of finding meaning in the future is not to forget my past, as I have been told, but instead to embrace my past. For it is in listening to the music of the past that I can sing in the present and dance into the future. We see those we love in every sunrise and in every sunset, in every tree and in every flower.
May you be given more and more of God’s kindness, peace, and love. Jude 1:2
An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.
“A faithful friend is the medicine for life.”
The Apocrypha
What a splendid way to move through the world…to bring our blessings to all that we touch.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope. Romans 15:13
Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to an all-knowing God.
Go slowly and be patient with yourself.
What you are is God’s gift to you. What you do with what you are is your gift to God.
Teach me, Lord, to value each day, to live, to love, to laugh, to play.
Tuck this thought into your heart today. Treasure it. Your Parent God cares about your daily concerns.
What a splendid way to move through the world…to bring our blessings to all that we
touch.
Each tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the
handle of faith.
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.
Giving encouragement to others is a most welcome gift, for the results of it are lifted spirits, increased self-worth, and a hopeful future.
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”
Helen Keller
Loss provides an opportunity to take inventory of our lives, to reconsider priorities, and to determine new directions.
Grieving is as natural as breathing, for it we have lived and loved, surely we will grieve.
Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
To honor your grief is not self-destructive or harmful, it is self-sustaining and life giving!.
What a splendid way to move through the world…to bring our blessing to all that we touch.
Hope in grief is heart-based, not head-based.
Tomorrow is the promise that there is still much to celebrate!
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Companioning the grieving is about bearing witness to the struggles of others; it is not about directing those struggles.
Companioning the grieving is about discovering the gifts of sacred silence; it is not about filling every painful moment with words.
Companioning the grieving is about listening with the heart; it is not about analyzing with the head.
Companioning the grieving is about honoring the spirit; it is not about focusing on the intellect.
Companioning the grieving is about being present to another’s pain; it is not about taking away the pain.
Companioning the grieving is about going to the wilderness of the soul with another human being; it is not about thinking you are responsible for finding the way out.
Companioning the grieving is about being still; it is not about frantic movement forward.
Companioning the grieving is about respecting disorder and confusion; it is not about imposing order.
Companioning the grieving is about walking alongside; it is not about leading.
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Prayer Shawl Ministry is an important part of our Outreach Ministries. Click HERE to read more.
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Come Join Our New Outreach Ministry with Children in an After-School Enrichment Program
For Whom? Children of Pueblo Elementary School, near the church.
What? An after school enrichment program in which FCC members
tutor children (in reading and math) and provide nurturing
programs (through arts, crafts, music, games and yes, snacks!)
Where? At church (A Driver will pick up kids from Pueblo Elementary School) When? 2-4 hours on Tuesdays (2 PM to 5:30 PM)
This is an on-going ministry. There is not program during Scottsdale's School District vacations and holidays. It concludes at the end of the school year.
Why? This is for children who can not afford after school programs.
Parents will pick them up at our church.
Qualifications for On-site Volunteers:
1. Love Children
2. Give 2-4 hours a week
3. Get fingerprinted for background check
4. Take the training --
Call the church office or Judy Stall for the next scheduled session.
Ways You Could Help:
Pray that Christ is revealed to all involved
Tutor in reading and/or math
Teach an art project and/or help kids do project
Provide/Serve snack
Clean-up and set-up
Drive van (between age 25 and 70)
Contact Judy Stall at 480-951-7090 or the church office 480-948-5636
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WHEAT is located at 4000 N. 7th Street in Phoenix - Phone 602-955-5076.
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Lamp & Furniture Drive!
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest’s Refugee Resettlement Program needs your help!
Wondering where to put that old lamp? Thinking about a yard sale?
We are looking for donations of the following items to help us resettle newly arrived refugee families:
• Lamps / light-bulbs
• Coffee Tables
• Nightstands
• Plates / cups / silverware / etc
• Other household items
With your help we can provide welcoming new homes to our refugee brothers and sisters.
All items can be delivered to our office at: 2020 W Indian School Rd, Suite E-26, PHX, 85015. Please call Rev. Donna Buckles at 602-248-4400, ext. 117, for more information. Pick-up can be arranged for larger items.
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