Responding to the Haiti earthquake
As the Fellowship nears completion of a base of operation in the earthquake-ravaged country of Haiti, opportunities are opening for on-site volunteers to assist in the country’s recovery from the 7.0 earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince Jan. 12.
CBF field personnel Nancy and Steve James will continue coordinating medical work in Cap-Haitien – about 100 miles north of Port-au-Prince. Scott Hunter, one of CBF’s former field personnel serving on temporary assignment, is establishing an operation base southwest of Port-au-Prince, near the epicenter where 98 percent of all local structures were either damaged or totally destroyed.
Tori Wentz, one of CBF's field personnel who works as a nurse, has just arrived in Haiti and is assisting with medical needs in the tent cities around Grand Guave, the area where Hunter is working.
LEARN
The Fellowship blog features regular updates from CBF field personnel Nancy and Steve James and contractor Scott Hunter in Haiti. Also, read the blog for recent developments on Fellowship’s disaster response and ways you can engage in relief efforts. Learn more at www.thefellowship.info/blog.
For additional information on the Fellowship’s role in responding to disasters, go to www.thefellowship.info/cbfresponds.
GIVE
As of Feb. 26, Fellowship Baptists have given $348,827.93 to relief work in Haiti. Your support is making a difference in the lives of those affected by this disaster. Relief work will continue for many months and even years to come. Your gifts are still needed. To give, go online to www.thefellowship.info/give.
SERVE
As the Fellowship and partner organizations assess the long-term needs in Haiti, individuals and teams will be needed to serve. If you are interested in seeing how your skills might be used in this long-term relief effort, go to www.thefellowship.info/serve. To learn more, contact Chris Boltin at (800) 352-8741.
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Know a college student interested in church ministry? The application deadline for CBF's Collegiate Congregational Internship program has been extended to April 1. This program matches a student with a church for a paid 10-week summer internship. Learn more.
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PRAY
“Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute” (Psalm 82:3).
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Excerpt from Prayers for the People, a free yearlong guide to prayer for CBF missions and ministries.
Order the Prayers of the People prayer calendar as a way of remembering CBF missions and ministries throughout the year. |
Delta Jewels design and make beautiful jewelry. These young ladies, ages nine through 19, live in Helena, Ark., one of the poorest areas in the United States. They are considered at-risk teenagers whom many have given up on.
However, this jewelry co-op, started by CBF field personnel Ben and Leonora Newell, has become the shining light in these girls’ lives. These young women are realizing entrepreneurial skills as well as learning to care for others. They are finding inner strength and worth. Please pray for the Delta Jewels as they try to balance their lives with jewelry production, school, social interactions, and spiritual devotion to God.
Learn more at www.deltajewels.com or through this three-and-a-half-minute video. Also this month, CBF’s missional formation resources feature the Newells’ ministry. Visit www.missionseducation.org for more information.
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NEWS
New hymnal editors expect resource to be useful to all Baptists, other denominations (3/9/2010)
CBF BLOG
Check out all updates from disaster response ministry in Haiti and Chile. Other entries include:
•Is There a Glimmer of Light at the End of a Long, Pretty Dark Tunnel?
•ChurchWorks Worked!
•Listening to Scripture stirs us!
•Book Review: Tending to Eden, by Scott Sabin
•Coaches along the course
•Young Adult Ministry Killing the Church?
•‘Turning negatives into positives’
•The Future Looks Bright
•Good news (finally!) about retirement planning, investing
•I just prayed for Chile
Find more on the CBF Blog
FEATURED RESOURCE
 Spark™ helps leaders plan fun and effective activities for children’s missional learning. Designed for elementary-aged children, Spark is a quarterly publication with weekly sessions. To order visit the CBF Store online or call (888) 801-4223.
PRAYER CALENDAR
March 10-16
(CH) = Chaplain
(FP) = Field Personnel
(PC) = Pastoral Counselor
(FPC) = Child of Field Personnel
(PLT) = Church Planter
(PMP) = Partner Mission Personnel
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Dean Akers, Cibolo, TX (CH, Joshua Ballew, 1992, China (FPC)
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Julia Flores, Lynchburg, VA (CH), Genene Nisbet, Louisville, KY (PC), Beth Ogburn, Oklahoma City, OK (CH)
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Melin, Asia (FP), Kenneth Bentley, Carbon Hill, AL (CH), Leah Crowley, Homestead, FL (FP), Jameson Williams, Shelby, NC (CH)
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Wayne Lanham, Forest, VA (CH)
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Carita, Southeast Asia (FP, Bonnie Brown, Owensboro, KY (CH), Matthew Myrick, 1991, Kenya (FPC), Mary van Rheenen, Europe (FP), Fran Stuart, Deerfield Beach, FL (CH)
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