Thursday, January 14, 2010

Haiti Special Request

This is from a friend of mine and Tracie Gray Jernigan's former pastor/boss in Houston. He is now in Maryland. Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested.

Paul

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Subject: Haiti Special Request
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:26:18 -0500
From: Long, Gary


Hello friends,

Thank you for being a reader of my weekly column, "Long Story, Short."  Tomorrow I'll be sending you the regular edition, but tonight I'm writing with a prayerful request for you to help the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship with their relief efforts in Haiti following the horrendous earthquake this week.  CBF has field personnel on the ground in Haiti.  First Baptist Church Gaithersburg, the church I pastor, is being called to aid the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.  Our mission partner, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, has field personnel in Haiti and is challenging us to do four things:

• First you can pray: Prayer requests will be updated regularly.  CBF is updating prayer requests from Haiti at this link:  http://www.thefellowship.info/Pray

• Second you can give: Your gift will go to earthquake relief. Give to CBF online at www.thefellowship.info or give to your church and ask them to send along your offering.

• Third, you can get involved: If you want to help directly with response efforts, please let us know your skills and experience.  CBF is building a disaster response team and an application is available athttp://www.thefellowship.info/Disaster-Response-Application

• Fourth, you can stay connected: Read the latest news release,  updates on the CBF blog, and connect through CBF's Haiti ministry network's Ning site. That link is http://fellowshipportal.ning.com/group/haitipartnersforchrist .

This is one of those times I'm very proud to be a Baptist.  Members of the larger family of Baptists are joining together to do something bigger than we could ever accomplish alone.  Won't you consider participating in at least one of the ways above?  If you have trouble with any of the links, please respond to this email and I'll be glad to help you get where you're trying to go.

Prayerfully, Actively,
Pastor Gary

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