Tragedy in Haiti
Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
In light of the nightmare that is unfolding in Haiti your Session is encouraged to prayerfully consider receiving an offering to alleviate the pain in a country of great need. It is clear that more details will be evident in the coming hours. If you choose to receive an offering please send it to the Presbytery of Lake Erie (2816 Elmwood Avenue, Erie, PA 16508). On the memo line place “Haiti relief”. All the money received by the Presbytery of Lake Erie will be given to Account No. DR000064 and will be directed through the PCUSA to relieve this horrid suffering. Your prayers and your gifts will make a difference.
3 ways to help our brothers and sisters in Haiti
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PC(USA) Mission Partners - please pray for them.
Sharyn Babe, the PC(USA) mission worker closest to the earthquake’s epicenter, and her husband, Rodney, have communicated that Sharyn is hospitalized. We are waiting for additional information from Rodney about her condition. Mark Hare, the other PC(USA) mission worker in Haiti, and his wife, Jenny, live in Papay, a town about 100 miles from the epicenter. The Hares have told Presbyterian World Mission that Papay did not receive major damage and that they are safe.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance already mobilized.
PDA is rushing an initial $100,000 from One Great Hour of Sharing and designated funds to help provide immediate emergency relief to the affected people. Funds are being sent through our ecumenical and local partners working in Haiti.
If you are able to make a donation please send it to the Presbytery of Lake Erie (2816 Elmwood Avenue, Erie, PA 16508). On the memo line place “Haiti relief”. All the money received by the Presbytery of Lake Erie will be given to Account No. DR000064 and will be directed through the PCUSA. Updates will be made at the PDA website.
THE PRESBYTERY OF LAKE ERIE
Welcome to the website of the Presbytery of Lake Erie! These are exciting times in the life of the church. Come and join with one of the 60 congregations in this presbytery as they testify to the reconciling power of God in their lives! The Presbyterian Church seeks to be a community reconciled to God through Christ.
To be reconciled to God is to be sent into the world as his reconciling community. This community, the church universal, is entrusted with God’s message of reconciliation … Wherever the church exists, its members are both gathered in corporate life and dispersed in society for the sake of mission in the world.
-The Confession of 1967
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Rev. David S. Oyler,
General Presbyter
Presbytery of Lake Erie
Rev. David S. Oyler Lake Erie Presbytery
General Presbyter Elmwood Ave.
Presbyterian Church