Merciful God,
when the chaos of natural disaster threatens to overtake us, awaken our faith to know the power of your peace.
Deliver us from our fear and ease our anxiety.
Help us to endure the time of uncertainty and give us strength to face the challenges ahead.
Give us the assurance of your presence even in this time so that we can cling to your promise of hope and life shown to us through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.
This page collects resources from the ELCA and partners for Haiti earthquake relief. Check the column at right for latest news. For all news, scroll down and click the View All Related Articles link.
ELCA Disaster Response in Haiti
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Help Haiti
- Online gifts via: www.elca.org/haitiearthquake
- Check or money orders sent to:
ELCA Disaster Response
39330 Treasury Center
Chicago, IL 60694-9300
write "Haiti Earthquake Relief" on your check's
memo line. - Credit card by phone: 800-638-3522
- Credit card contributions may also be made via mail.
- Text LWR to 40579
- As of Jan. 20 Thrivent was matching individual contributions by members at the rate of $1 for every $2 donated. Click here for info
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LDR Haiti Response Briefing
Congregations and individuals continue to respond in unique ways throughout Southeast Pa in response to the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Lutherans are raising funds, sending health kits, addressing immigration issues for Haitians, organizing Disaster Chaplaincy training, and more. Read on for details.
Train as a volunteer disaster chaplain
Liberty Lutheran Services and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia are sponsoring a Volunteer Disaster Chaplain Training Course on March 15-16 at the Seminary. This two-day training prepares faith leaders or spiritual care providers to volunteer as disaster chaplains in mass care settings or to serve as disaster chaplains within their house of worship, religious community or professional institution.
Looking to volunteer in Haiti?
ELCA Disaster Response is receiving an outpouring of offers to serve as volunteers in Haiti. As of today, Disaster Response is telling people interested in volunteering that, “due to the instability of the current situation in Haiti, volunteers may not be needed for six months or more.” You can read the full message and sign up to learn more and be notified when volunteers are needed at the ELCA website at http://tinyurl.com/elcavolunteer
LWR takes text donations for Haiti; Thrivent matches
You can text LWR to 40579 to donate $10 to the organization's Haiti relief efforts. And if you are a Thrivent Financial for Lutherans member, the company will match your donations with $1 for every $2 donated. ELCA Disaster Response is taking donations at http://www.elca.org/haitiearthquake.
Medical volunteers needed in Haiti
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is requesting physicians of specific specialities to deploy with the National Disaster Medical Assistance teams to Haiti. The need is for trauma surgeons, orthopedists, anesthesiologists, and others with experience in treating crush injuries. Volunteers must be able to serve for at least 2 weeks, and be willing to live and work in spartan conditions.
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With the hurricane season in full swing and ongoing disaster responses in more than half of the U.S., there is no better time than now to think about how prepared (or not) we are for natural disasters. Disasters can happen at any time and place, often without warning, and it is vital for everyone to prepare ourselves for the possibility that a disaster could affect you.
ELCA Presiding Bishop Addresses Discernment, Repentance, Reconciliation
On a recent morning walk I reflected upon familiar words from Ecclesiastes, "For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven" (Ecclesiastes 3:1, NRSV). As I walked, I prayed and pondered about this time in the life of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). It is my prayer that we use this time for discerning and engaging; for repenting and reconciling; for restraint but not timidity; and for rejoicing. A Time for Discerning and Engaging Throughout the ELCA I hear people asking, "Is my voice heard? Will my voice be respected as we seek together to discern God's purpose for us?" The answer is yes. Nevertheless, people of deep faith and a desire to be part of this church wonder: Do we mean it when we say we can preach, teach and hold divergent views on sexuality and be full participants in the ELCA's life and witness? Again, the answer is yes.