Haiti- Pray, Give, Go

Two days ago the earth shook under Haitian soil. We call it an earthquake and it is measure in single digits. This one registered at 7.0. Somehow a single digit number does not match the destruction that I see on TV. When I got in to my office this morning I had an email from one of our members. She said she was passing by the church and was thinking about the tragedy in Haiti and wondered if we had any "eye popping" plans to show the love of God and if so she wanted me to know she was in. I love that on two levels. One that she knows our church well enough to think we would be responding some way and she had high expectations as to the extent of the response. The second thing I liked about it is she was letting me know she wanted to be part of the response. She wasn't just saying, "So, Mr. Minister, what are you going to do about this?" I like that. This is how we are going to start. There are 3 ways we are going to call people to respond. PRAY, GIVE, GO. We are putting it up on our website www.hudsonchapel.org. We will be updating to help all of us know what to pray for. We have trusted ministry partners already in Haiti so anyone who wants to give money to be used for relief can give through the church. Finally we want to know who is willing to GO. Right now we can't get into Haiti. No one can. But when we can we will. Here at HCC we are right in the middle of a Vision series. 2010- The Year of Our Lord. We are dividing the year up into six sections that are 2 months each. Each section we will call all of us to do something more than we have ever done before. This first section is SHARE. We want to Share our faith more than we have ever shared before. Throughout the year we will PRAY, READ, RISK, SERVE, and GIVE. You may need to do some things out of order. This may be your time to PRAY, RISK, and SERVE like you never have before. All I know is that if there is a disaster of a 7.0 magnitude, I want to be part of a church that is willing to muster together a 7.0 response.