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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
5k Run - Fundraiser for Haiti Relief
NPN LA Marathon 5k Run
Team World Vision
Fundraiser for Haiti Relief
Los Angeles, CA | March 20, 2010
Start Time: 8:00 am @ Dodger Stadium, Lot G
Help our neighbors in Haiti: Join Team World Vision at the LA Marathon 5k and raise funds to help provide emergency supplies and long-term recovery.
No fundraising minimum! Every amount helps.
ViSiT THe WeBSiTE HeRe To LeaRN MoRe!
I would love others to join me!
Team World Vision
Fundraiser for Haiti Relief
Los Angeles, CA | March 20, 2010
Start Time: 8:00 am @ Dodger Stadium, Lot G
Help our neighbors in Haiti: Join Team World Vision at the LA Marathon 5k and raise funds to help provide emergency supplies and long-term recovery.
No fundraising minimum! Every amount helps.
ViSiT THe WeBSiTE HeRe To LeaRN MoRe!
I would love others to join me!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Prayer for Haiti
Written on behlaf of the NewSong Church community
Read on 1/23/10 with the congregation
Reader:
Dear God, we pray to you today, knowing that you are the Healer, the Rescuer, the Light of the World. We pray that you would heal those who have been hurt in the earthquake in Haiti. Touch them and allow your gentle healing hand to comfort them in their pain. Provide medical workers that are willing to serve. Bless those medical works that have responded and give them peace as they spend this time surrounded by tragedy. Show your mercy and power by healing your creation in Haiti.
Response:
You, God, are the Great Healer. Reveal yourself and be glorified in restoring Haiti back to health. Comfort those who are hurting and provide strength for those who are ill.
Reader:
We pray, Lord, that you would rescue those who have been trapped or not yet found in Haiti. Bring hope for those who have lost loved ones and for those who have not yet heard the status of their loved ones. Strengthen rescue workers to continue their work. Provide the needed supplies for rescue and recovery in Haiti.
Response:
You, Lord, have the power to rescue. Show your mercy to those who are lost or trapped and bring hope to those who are awaiting their return. Rescue your creation in Haiti and be glorified as the one who saves.
Reader:
Jesus, you are the Light of the World. We have seen your faithfulness in the past and we have chosen to trust you. We pray that you would reveal yourself – your faithfulness, your great power, your grace and mercy, and your persistent hope. Show Haiti that you are the God that is worthy of all praise. Show Haiti that in you there is no darkness. Restore Haiti. Provide homes for the homeless; provide food for the hungry; provide safety for the threatened; provide hope to those who are without hope! Be the light that leads Haiti to recovery.
Response:
You, Jesus, are the Light of the World. Be the hope that Haiti needs. Shine your light in this dark place and make yourself known. Call hearts to turn to you and restore their souls as you restore their land. Lord, in Haiti, be praised and be glorified.
Amen.
Read on 1/23/10 with the congregation
Reader:
Dear God, we pray to you today, knowing that you are the Healer, the Rescuer, the Light of the World. We pray that you would heal those who have been hurt in the earthquake in Haiti. Touch them and allow your gentle healing hand to comfort them in their pain. Provide medical workers that are willing to serve. Bless those medical works that have responded and give them peace as they spend this time surrounded by tragedy. Show your mercy and power by healing your creation in Haiti.
Response:
You, God, are the Great Healer. Reveal yourself and be glorified in restoring Haiti back to health. Comfort those who are hurting and provide strength for those who are ill.
Reader:
We pray, Lord, that you would rescue those who have been trapped or not yet found in Haiti. Bring hope for those who have lost loved ones and for those who have not yet heard the status of their loved ones. Strengthen rescue workers to continue their work. Provide the needed supplies for rescue and recovery in Haiti.
Response:
You, Lord, have the power to rescue. Show your mercy to those who are lost or trapped and bring hope to those who are awaiting their return. Rescue your creation in Haiti and be glorified as the one who saves.
Reader:
Jesus, you are the Light of the World. We have seen your faithfulness in the past and we have chosen to trust you. We pray that you would reveal yourself – your faithfulness, your great power, your grace and mercy, and your persistent hope. Show Haiti that you are the God that is worthy of all praise. Show Haiti that in you there is no darkness. Restore Haiti. Provide homes for the homeless; provide food for the hungry; provide safety for the threatened; provide hope to those who are without hope! Be the light that leads Haiti to recovery.
Response:
You, Jesus, are the Light of the World. Be the hope that Haiti needs. Shine your light in this dark place and make yourself known. Call hearts to turn to you and restore their souls as you restore their land. Lord, in Haiti, be praised and be glorified.
Amen.
A Chocolate Treat
Every year on Valentine's Day we purchase chocolate and other wonderful gifts for those we love and care about. But these same delicious boxes of chocolate that signify love and care to us might mean pain and suffering to others. A recent report by the Department of Labor documented that some
of the chocolate we consume is tainted by forced labor. The report highlighted that forced and child labor continue to occur in a region that produces 70% of the world's chocolate nine years after these very same labor abuses were first exposed.
This Valentine's Day our gift to you is an enhanced Free2Work.org, which will help you know the likelihood that your chocolate is produced using bonded or forced child labor.
"As consumers it's our responsibility to know if the goods we buy are perpetuating exploitative labor. Unfortunately, it's highly unlikely any system can ensure a product is 100% slave-free but as consumers, it is our responsibility to know which products are less likely to be produced by slaves," David Batstone, President of the Not for Sale Campaign. "The concentration of slave labor used in chocolate production has significant implications for the credibility of the entire industry."
This week before you purchase chocolate for your loved ones, become a conscious consumer. Check out the company ratings on Free2Work.org and join the movement to end modern-day slavery.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
A Valentine's Day Gift
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