Workshop on Biblical Exposition 2010 – May 5-7, 2010
Ancient Texts Today – Preaching Hebrew Poetry & Wisdom
This year’s workshop is designed to give you the tools to preach from these genres and to discover the connections between the poetic word and the Living Word, between wisdom and Jesus as Divine Wisdom. This year’s guest speakers include:
David Jackman, President of the Proclamation Trust in London, UK
Josh Moody, Senior Pastor, College Church in Wheaton, IL
Doug O’Donnell, Senior Pastor, New Covenant Church in Naperville, IL
Cost before April 21: $99
Cost after April 21: $124
Register today at the Simeon Trust Website
Also, if you know pastors who would enjoy and benefit from this upcoming workshop, please send their names and contact information to Susan Crickmore, scrickmore@college-church.org.
For more information on Workshops or the Simeon Trust, click here
Friday, January 29, 2010
Haiti: Wound Care Donations
The team made up of CMP churches going to Haiti in a few weeks has been collecting supplies for months. Now, with the recent tragic events in Haiti, there is a bigger need than ever for medical supplies specifically for wound care. The list below has been developed by our medical team, and we would appreciate any and all donations even at this late date.
Wound Care Donation List
If you are interested in gathering these things at your church or donating individually, please contact Ann Powers (apowers@pcanet.org) for drop off options. Time is short; bags will be packed within the next two weeks.
Wound Care Donation List
ALL kinds of dressings
wrapping bandage (also called athletic tape or bandage tape)
medical tape
suture kits
steri strips or butterfly closures
PPE ( Personal Protection equipment like disposable gowns, goggles/shields, masks)
curlex wraps/ stretch gauze 3 and 4 inches
ace wraps
4X4 gauze non-sterile
splints
slings
knee/ankle braces
disposable ice packs
spray wound cleanser
peroxide
alcohol
chuxs
pain patches
Neosporin larger tubes
Neosporin individual packets
If you are interested in gathering these things at your church or donating individually, please contact Ann Powers (apowers@pcanet.org) for drop off options. Time is short; bags will be packed within the next two weeks.
Haiti: Wound Care Donations
The team made up of CMP churches going to Haiti in a few weeks has been collecting supplies for months. Now, with the recent tragic events in Haiti, there is a bigger need than ever for medical supplies specifically for wound care. The list below has been developed by our medical team, and we would appreciate any and all donations even at this late date.
Wound Care Donation List
If you are interested in gathering these things at your church or donating individually, please contact Ann Powers (apowers@pcanet.org) for drop off options. Time is short; bags will be packed within the next two weeks.
Wound Care Donation List
ALL kinds of dressings
wrapping bandage (also called athletic tape or bandage tape)
medical tape
suture kits
steri strips or butterfly closures
PPE ( Personal Protection equipment like disposable gowns, goggles/shields, masks)
curlex wraps/ stretch gauze 3 and 4 inches
ace wraps
4X4 gauze non-sterile
splints
slings
knee/ankle braces
disposable ice packs
spray wound cleanser
peroxide
alcohol
chuxs
pain patches
Neosporin larger tubes
Neosporin individual packets
If you are interested in gathering these things at your church or donating individually, please contact Ann Powers (apowers@pcanet.org) for drop off options. Time is short; bags will be packed within the next two weeks.
Monday, January 25, 2010
ESMI Haiti Update #8
From Sharon… Dear Friends,
Tomorrow will make it 14 days since this devastating earthquake. The pressure and intensity to get aid to the people have not subsided. Time and resources continue to be our greatest challenges with still not enough food and medical care reaching the people with the greatest need. For example in Les Cayes alone, 150,000 refugees are now there from PAP. Louis wrote on Friday:
"I just talked with some key leaders in the south. The demand is so high and we don't have the means to meet it. The churches are crowded. People came from all over and they don't have anywhere to go. Most of the people, before they left the villages, sold their land and everything. So now they have to start again. Please continue to pray with us. We have so much medical need that a whole month of 100 doctors will not be enough to serve every body. So many people fled PAP with broken bones and severe, life threatening and infected injuries. We have a hospital at Bonne Fin which my father build. It has 300 beds. All of them are occupied and patients are on the floor. We have at Cite Lumiere another Medical Clinic equip with 75 beds. Same story."
Below is an update on the response that has come in to the immediate needs mentioned on January 17:
1. Containers with Food Supply via the DR-To date, ESMI has sent in 6 food containers and distributed with over 100 Haitian volunteers from the South helping.
2. Food Containers from the US- We have a container that will be ready to leave by this Wednesday from Miami to the DR. God's willing, it should be in Haiti early next week.
3. Medical Team- 47 nurses and doctors are currently in Haiti. Thanks to Lisa, Susie, Julie and Fabiana for coordinating this. They have medical teams lined up to go in and out up to the end of February. Please contact esmieletter@aol.com if you would like to be a part of a medical team.
4. Tents for Churches and homes- Thanks to Brother Ed who secured forty-five 10x12ft tents that can each house a family of 10 people. God's willing, these will be shipped by Wednesday to the DR and should be cleared by the end of this week to be given to the families most in need.
As ESMI continues to work on the above 4 needs, we will also begin to do the following:
5. ESMI has identified 400 pastors to begin a more intentional network of food distribution. On Wednesday, January 27, ESMI's leadership team will meet with these pastors in PAP. It is important that these leaders be empowered also to participate in the effort. This is a work that cannot be done alone. It is bigger than any one church or any one organization. With a unified effort, the church in Haiti can help meet the needs of her people.
Tomorrow will make it 14 days since this devastating earthquake. The pressure and intensity to get aid to the people have not subsided. Time and resources continue to be our greatest challenges with still not enough food and medical care reaching the people with the greatest need. For example in Les Cayes alone, 150,000 refugees are now there from PAP. Louis wrote on Friday:
"I just talked with some key leaders in the south. The demand is so high and we don't have the means to meet it. The churches are crowded. People came from all over and they don't have anywhere to go. Most of the people, before they left the villages, sold their land and everything. So now they have to start again. Please continue to pray with us. We have so much medical need that a whole month of 100 doctors will not be enough to serve every body. So many people fled PAP with broken bones and severe, life threatening and infected injuries. We have a hospital at Bonne Fin which my father build. It has 300 beds. All of them are occupied and patients are on the floor. We have at Cite Lumiere another Medical Clinic equip with 75 beds. Same story."
Below is an update on the response that has come in to the immediate needs mentioned on January 17:
1. Containers with Food Supply via the DR-To date, ESMI has sent in 6 food containers and distributed with over 100 Haitian volunteers from the South helping.
2. Food Containers from the US- We have a container that will be ready to leave by this Wednesday from Miami to the DR. God's willing, it should be in Haiti early next week.
3. Medical Team- 47 nurses and doctors are currently in Haiti. Thanks to Lisa, Susie, Julie and Fabiana for coordinating this. They have medical teams lined up to go in and out up to the end of February. Please contact esmieletter@aol.com
4. Tents for Churches and homes- Thanks to Brother Ed who secured forty-five 10x12ft tents that can each house a family of 10 people. God's willing, these will be shipped by Wednesday to the DR and should be cleared by the end of this week to be given to the families most in need.
As ESMI continues to work on the above 4 needs, we will also begin to do the following:
5. ESMI has identified 400 pastors to begin a more intentional network of food distribution. On Wednesday, January 27, ESMI's leadership team will meet with these pastors in PAP. It is important that these leaders be empowered also to participate in the effort. This is a work that cannot be done alone. It is bigger than any one church or any one organization. With a unified effort, the church in Haiti can help meet the needs of her people.
Friday, January 22, 2010
2010 General Assembly
2010 General Assembly information is available online now.
Please find the link below:
http://www.pcaac.org/2010GeneralAssembly/commissionerregistration.htm
Please find the link below:
http://www.pcaac.org/2010GeneralAssembly/commissionerregistration.htm
PCA Stats Reminder
A reminder to work with your session and your admins (if you are so blessed) to send in your church stats to the Stats Office by 2/12 (I have also received emails saying 2/19, but the earlier the better).
http://www.pcaac.org/StatsOnlineSubmission.htm
If you are having trouble, please contact:
http://www.pcaac.org/StatsOnlineSubmission.htm
If you are having trouble, please contact:
Susan B. Cullen
scullen@pcanet.org
678-825-1000
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Haitian Christmas Letter
From Hector Mardy to those that encouraged and supported the efforts the Haitian Christmas Project in Chicago.
Please find the letter here. This file is a PDF. You may need to download the file before opening.
Please find the letter here. This file is a PDF. You may need to download the file before opening.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Giving to Haiti
If you are considering giving to Haiti Relief efforts, please use this website to support our missionaries on the group in Haiti:
http://esmihome.org/
http://esmihome.org/
ESMI Haiti Update #7
Dear Friends,
An aftershock of a 6.1 magnitude hit Haiti this morning I'm awaiting news from Dony on what the situation is. ESMI is so thankful to many of you who will remain committed as Haiti walks this very difficult path.
Praise God for the response that is coming in. Two 20 ft truckload of food and water were purchased and crossed into Haiti from the DR yesterday. Thank you all for making this possible. We are also partnering with other ministries to get food into Haiti. Today at noon, God's willing, a 17-seater plane from the Bahamas will fly into PAP filled with food, medical supplies, and water.
Next is the distribution of food. Louis was organizing 30 people from the south to head to PAP yesterday. ESMI needs to secure vehicles, preferably dump trucks to go into different areas to do this. We are setting up stations in Petit Goave, Carrefour, Miragaone, and Grecier for now. These are areas that have suffered substantial damage also but have received little to no aid. We will work with the pastors of these communities.
Today will also be a day of more strategic planning on distribution and coordination of those desiring to help at this crucial time. Pray for wisdom. The plan is to have two sites to host Haitians and US teams: Croix des Bouquets and Carrefour. The orphans will be removed from the latter area and the home turned into a guesthouse for now. At the moment, there are 2 medical teams desiring to go tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. Pray for the logistics to be worked out and to see if this is still possible after this 6.1 aftershock.
Suggestions for Packing Containers for Food and Clothing:
Some of you are already collecting food to send in containers once the ports in Haiti open. We'd like to offer the following suggestions as you do so.
Food
As you collect, please pack a number of food items for immediate consumption- biscuits, chips, sardine, tuna sandwich mix, canned sausage, lots of small bottles of water, malta drink (Haitians love this drink-Floridians check Publix), Boost or other nutritional drink, evaporated milk, cereal, etc. and of course, rice, black beans, red beans, oil, canned meat, spaghetti, enriched fine yellow cornmeal, bulgar wheat, baked beans, canned soup, tomato paste, salt, sugar, black pepper, food seasoning, spices, etc. These are just some of the items the Haitians enjoy food-wise.
Clothing-Please,please gently worn clothing and shoes.
Tents- These are needed for temporary housing. Many, as you have seen, are sleeping in the streets with sheets as tents. We are also looking for large tents for churches to have their services. It rained yesterday in PAP. I leave the rest to your imagination.
To maximize the use of space in the containers, pack these items in boxes.
Again, we thank you for your prayers. We serve a sovereign God whose good purpose through all of this will one day be seen.
Blessings,
Sharon
An aftershock of a 6.1 magnitude hit Haiti this morning I'm awaiting news from Dony on what the situation is. ESMI is so thankful to many of you who will remain committed as Haiti walks this very difficult path.
Praise God for the response that is coming in. Two 20 ft truckload of food and water were purchased and crossed into Haiti from the DR yesterday. Thank you all for making this possible. We are also partnering with other ministries to get food into Haiti. Today at noon, God's willing, a 17-seater plane from the Bahamas will fly into PAP filled with food, medical supplies, and water.
Next is the distribution of food. Louis was organizing 30 people from the south to head to PAP yesterday. ESMI needs to secure vehicles, preferably dump trucks to go into different areas to do this. We are setting up stations in Petit Goave, Carrefour, Miragaone, and Grecier for now. These are areas that have suffered substantial damage also but have received little to no aid. We will work with the pastors of these communities.
Today will also be a day of more strategic planning on distribution and coordination of those desiring to help at this crucial time. Pray for wisdom. The plan is to have two sites to host Haitians and US teams: Croix des Bouquets and Carrefour. The orphans will be removed from the latter area and the home turned into a guesthouse for now. At the moment, there are 2 medical teams desiring to go tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday. Pray for the logistics to be worked out and to see if this is still possible after this 6.1 aftershock.
Suggestions for Packing Containers for Food and Clothing:
Some of you are already collecting food to send in containers once the ports in Haiti open. We'd like to offer the following suggestions as you do so.
Food
As you collect, please pack a number of food items for immediate consumption- biscuits, chips, sardine, tuna sandwich mix, canned sausage, lots of small bottles of water, malta drink (Haitians love this drink-Floridians check Publix), Boost or other nutritional drink, evaporated milk, cereal, etc. and of course, rice, black beans, red beans, oil, canned meat, spaghetti, enriched fine yellow cornmeal, bulgar wheat, baked beans, canned soup, tomato paste, salt, sugar, black pepper, food seasoning, spices, etc. These are just some of the items the Haitians enjoy food-wise.
Clothing-Please,please gently worn clothing and shoes.
Tents- These are needed for temporary housing. Many, as you have seen, are sleeping in the streets with sheets as tents. We are also looking for large tents for churches to have their services. It rained yesterday in PAP. I leave the rest to your imagination.
To maximize the use of space in the containers, pack these items in boxes.
Again, we thank you for your prayers. We serve a sovereign God whose good purpose through all of this will one day be seen.
Blessings,
Sharon
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