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From:"David Spencer" <MusicMinistryCanada_Newsletter@yahoogroups.com>
MUSICIANS HELPING VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINA
Friday September 9, 2005
From: David Spencer, Moderator
for our MusicMinistryCanada_Newsletter
Are any Canadian musicians who are Christian reaching out to help victims of Hurricane Katrina? Is your band doing something to help? Are you holding a benefit concert, praying for our brothers and sisters in the southern USA, writing songs to raise awareness, sending money, signing up for a short term missions trip...?
I did some research to share with you below. Please share with us what
you are doing. Send your response to
<MusicMinistryCanada_Newsletter@yahoogroups.com> so that we can all
be inspired to act and use our musical gifts and skills to educate and mobilize
our communities to reach out to others.
To make donations, please consider contacting one of the following organizations:
World Vision Canada: Taking victims food, water, clothing,
medicine, hygiene products. 1-800-268-5528 or
http://www.worldvision.ca.
The Salvation Army: Help feed the hungry. 1-800-SAL-ARMY or
http://www.salvationarmy.ca.
Mennonite Disaster Service: Volunteer teams mobilized across
Gulf Coast to help clean up and rebuild. 1-866-261-1274 or
http://www.mds.mennonite.net.
ShareLife: Charitable arm of the Archdiocese of Toronto is
collecting for Catholic Charities USA. 1-800-263-2595 or
http://www.sharelife.org.
Canadian Relief Foundation: Sending Canadian
doctor/nurse/paramedic relief team. To donate,
http://www.canadianrelief.ca.
World Society for the Protection of Animals: Donate to help
rescue animals. 416-369-0044 or http://www.wspa.ca.
Hudson's Bay Co.: Customers can donate HBC Rewards points
via Canadian Red Cross to Sept. 30.
Harmony Center: Donate to fly two volunteers from Sarnia youth
art centre to Houston to work with children in Astrodome for a
week. 1-519-336-0344 or http://www.harmonyforyouth.org.
Feed the Children: Help victims. 1-877-382-2262 or
http://www.ftccanada.org
Canadian Red Cross: Has sent 37 volunteers to the disaster
zone. Donate directly at 1-800-418-1111 or
http://www.redcross.ca.
Banks and credit unions: Donations at major bank branches and
many credit unions will be sent to the Canadian Red Cross.
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2.The Christian community responds
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Our Lord's Christian community is actively involved in helping to deal with
the Hurricane Katrina crisis. Many churches from north America and around
the world are stepping in to help.
Focus on the Family Canada provides aid
http://www.fotf.ca/familyfacts/tfn/2005/090905.html
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Billy Graham and Franklin Graham's responses and details about the
activities of their "Rapid Response Team".
http://www.billygraham.org/News_Article.asp?ArticleID=113
http://www.billygraham.org/News_Article.asp?ArticleID=112
http://www.billygraham.org/News_Article.asp?ArticleID=111
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CCM Magazine
http://www.ccmmagazine.com/weblogs/well/default.aspx?
adate=09/02/2005#1349189
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The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada: Call to Prayer
http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/mnf/page_viewer.asp?article_id=42
EFC: Disaster Relief Guidelines
http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/mnf/page_viewer.asp?article_id=11
EFC: Disaster Relief Activity and Donation Options
http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/mnf/page_viewer.asp?article_id=12
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KATRINA RESPONSE
is a network of local churches and organizations being mobilized for a
coordinated response. Their website
offers prayer requests, needs, ways you can help, drop-off locations, warehouses,
refuge information, resources, and more. They are also accepting contributions,
moving material donations and coordinating medical teams.
The follow up to the impact of Katrina will take months that should involve His church at the forefront of caring, loving and contributing to the needs of thousands of families. Please pass along this link and encourage those you know to "plug in" to the opportunity to meet these critical needs.
Sincerely, Eric Watt, Executive Director
The Network for Strategic Missions
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CHRISTIAN EMERGENCY NETWORK
www.ChristianEmergencyNetwork.org
Steve Marr
Subject: Hurricane Katrina
You’ve been receiving Business Proverbs for some time now. I pray it has been a blessing to you. I hope it has helped you in many ways.
Could you help me with something that is very important?
My wife, Mary, is the Executive Director of the Christian Emergency Network (CEN), a 501 (C) (3) non-profit. Since Hurricane Katrina, she has been working very long days providing wise, Godly counsel and disaster coordination with denominational and ministry leaders, Christian relief and development agencies, and Christian media. All so that Christians respond to Hurricane Katrina wisely, effectively, and generously with a united prayer, care and share response.
In addition to responding now to these two disasters, CEN
has developed a 72 hour disaster survival guide, a sermon series for pastors
to prepare their own congregations to respond and cope with tragedy, guidelines
on pressing issues, timely accurate programs and training materials to engage
with media during times of crisis, a web-based crisis media center, and an
evangelism booklet offering Hope to the Hopeless, Higher Ground.
CEN is based on the same Biblical business principles you have been receiving every day from Business Proverbs. I have personally mentored and coached Mary and the national leadership team on these godly truths practically since its beginning.
Here’s the favor. If you would donate to the Christian Emergency Network, your gift would be used to better orchestrate a “Christian One Voice” response to Hurricane Katrina – and now Rita, through a united prayer, care and share media message and ministry response.
With your help, CEN will develop new public service announcements that will encourage Christians to keep giving to Christian ministries responding to these disasters and prepare themselves, as well. CEN will develop materials to support CEN denominational partners in their media needs, to sustain their own congregational outpouring of care responsibly and long term. And, CEN will offer media and ministry groups debriefing conference calls to keep them on the cutting edge to serve those they serve.
Through much expanded communication strategies, CEN will help the Church at large share the many “good news” stories of lives saved and helped. CEN will also more widely distribute resources to educate Christians personally on the best ways to effectively help and share the Hope of Jesus Christ with victims of the hurricanes, now all across our nation.
Christian Emergency Network learned a lot from Hurricane Katrina.
Internally, it’s clear that CEN’s own communications abilities – hardware, software, and people-ware – need to be upgraded during national disasters. Externally, donor fatigue is setting in – many more messages and stories of hope and encouragement for Christians are needed on radio, television and print media to sustain what could well become the nation’s largest disaster. This is a time for Christians to lead, however, they too need help. CEN serves those who serve on the front lines and behind the scenes. We all need each other as this is a Biblical proportion disaster urging a Biblical response.
I want you to know that Mary and I do not receive any compensation from Christian Emergency Network. We are in fact CEN’s #1 supporter. If you would choose to help CEN, none of your gift will go to us.
Instead, Mary and I decided to personally match all gifts from Business Proverbs supporters, dollar for dollar – up to $25,000.
I’d be grateful if you would choose to donate a gift to Christian Emergency Network.
Thank you for prayerfully considering this urgent request.
From my heart -- Steve
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