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Easter Offering

As Easter approaches we ask that you prayerfully consider giving to our Easter offering. The 2010 recipients are:

  • Grace International School, Chiang Mai, Thailand
  • Rancho Santa Marta, Mexico
  • Nepal ProjectsAnand Niketan School, Lamtaput, India
  • Powerhouse Ministries, Folsom
  • Russia Youth Center
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Missions Auction & Dinner

Join us for live and silent auctions.
Funds raised will support our short-term mission teams.

Saturday, March 13
4 PM Doors Open & Silent Auction Begins
6:30 PM Dinner
7:30 PM Live Auction Begins

Tickets: $15 per person
Tickets are available Sundays in Caffe Presse, in the front office, and in the missions office. Space is limited, and with hundreds of fantastic items to bid on, you'll need to sign up soon!

Dinner Menu: Whole Roasted New York Strip Blackened Chicken San Francisco Caesar Salad Real Rice Pilaf Julienned Carrots Pear & Blueberry Cobbler w/Cream Funds raised will support our short-term mission team trip. Location: FOPC Family Life Center Contact: Missions Department Email: lbabli@fopc.org 

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Spot Light on Haiti
haiti.jpgThank you to all who donated to our Haiti relief fund. Our special offering on Sunday January 17th totaled a little over $15,000. These funds will be sent to Samaritan's Purse as they meet first wave needs and to work with the needs for "Real Hope for Haiti Rescue Center." We came to know of this center through church members, Ron and Christi Kagstrom. Their daughter Anna has been serving as a missionary in this area for the past year.

During the first earthquake the rescue center sustained damage to the building they were occupying. With the aftershocks the country is still receiving, the building was further damaged and it is not possible for the children to live there. The center is in the process of moving to another home in the same village. They will need to do some rewiring to the house and get a new battery inverter system which they hope to have completed in the next 2 to 4 weeks. We are proud to say that FOPC will help with these needs.

In the meantime the children continue to sleep outside and the center is getting dangerously low on supplies. The center houses and cares for approximately 60 children at a time in varying states of illness and are often suffering from severe forms of malnutrition. Anna, working with her agency was in Florida for a couple of days and was able to purchase some of the much needed supplies and send them back to the center. (Again, FOPC was able to help with the purchase of these supplies.)

Another service the Real Hope for Haiti Center provides is a medical clinic in the village. During the first days after the quake people from Port-au-Prince were making the 20 mile trip to get medical help at the clinic as the hospitals and rescue centers in the capital were overrun with patients. The staff continues to help in as many ways as they can.

Please continue to hold the center and all of the Haitian people in your prayers. Even in the face of tragedy God can be glorified. Pray that those working there with Christian organizations will continue to be a light to the people of Haiti at this time. If you would like to make a donation, checks can be made payable to FOPC with the word Haiti written in the memo line. Checks can be dropped in the offering plate, given to the missions or finance office or can be mailed to the church.

To learn more about the Rescue Center go to www.haitirescuecenter.wordpress.com