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Our goal is to invite newcomers and members to become fully engaged in an ELCA congregation and in the ELCA as a church body.

We invite you, today, to become a proud ambassador of our church. Spread the word about the many lives affected positively by the ELCA. Read stories of faith in action on the ELCA website. Ask your pastor or a leader in your congregation about programs and ministries your congregation offers. Invite a friend to come to worship the next time you go. Tell them about the ELCA and how it brings meaning and purpose to your life.

If you are an ELCA member, by increasing your involvement, you renew your role as a proud ambassador of the ELCA. Through your everyday words and actions, you can encourage friends and neighbors who are seeking faith to join us, making a true, lasting difference in their lives.

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ELCA HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

On Tuesday, January 12, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked the island country of Haiti, primarily impacting the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Offices, hotels, houses and shops have collapsed. The presidential palace is in ruins and many churches have been destroyed. Hospitals are overflowing and the search for survivors is intense.

The streets of Haiti are filled with people in shock and searching for loved ones among the rubble.

Your help is needed today to bring immediate relief and continued hope for our brothers and sisters in Haiti. About 3 million lives, one-third of Haiti's population, are affected by this earthquake.

Already one of the poorest countries in the world (70 percent of Haiti's population lives in extreme poverty), this catastrophe will exacerbate the suffering felt by many already living with hunger and poverty.

ELCA Disaster Response is already working through long-standing partnerships on the ground to provide emergency food, water, shelter and medical supplies.

Financial gifts are urgently needed. Your gifts to ELCA International Disaster Response, designated for Haiti Earthquake Relief, will be used entirely--100 percent--for immediate relief and ongoing recovery in Haiti. Your prayers and generous gifts will make a life-saving difference. Please give today.

There is now an online giving option on this Bethel webpage. Click below to donate to the Haiti Relief Fund. Thank you for your contribution.

Haiti Relief Fund

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ELCA News

Our goal is to invite newcomers and members to become fully engaged in an ELCA congregation and in the ELCA as a church body.

To visit the ELCA website, click here.

ELCA HAITI EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

ELCA NEWS