Bells and Donations for Haiti

Our churches will place offering plates in the back of our worship spaces for the next few weeks for those who would like to contribute to the Presbyterian Disaster Relief's response to the tragic earthquake in Haiti. This Sunday, Jan. 17, churches in Delaware City and Port Penn are being asked to toll their bells at 1:15 p.m. as communities take three minutes to pray for the people there.

Following is a prayer by the moderator of the PCUSA:

We pray for Haiti

God of compassion

please watch over the people of Haiti,

and weave out of these terrible happenings

wonders of goodness and grace.

Surround those who have been affected by tragedy

with a sense of your present love,

and hold them in faith.

Though they are lost in grief,

may they find you and be comforted.

Guide us as a church

to find ways of providing assistance

that heal wounds and provide hope.

Help us to remember that when one of your children suffers

we all suffer;

through Jesus Christ who was dead, but lives

and rules this world with you. Amen.

— Bruce Reyes-Chow, Gradye Parsons and Linda Valentine