Clear Creek Community Church is partnering with Bright Hope to help bring relief to the desperate situation in Haiti. Bright Hope partners with churches in areas of the world where people make less than a dollar a day. This giving opportunity will allow you to help the church in Haiti assist their own community. You can visit the Bright Hope website (http://www.brighthope.org/get_involved/waystogive/donation.php) to make a donation. You can also give through Clear Creek. Make checks payable to Clear Creek Community Church and put “Mission Fund: Disaster Relief” in the memo. Below is a message from Bright Hope…

From Bright Hope:

The lives of 2 million Haitians hang in the balance as Port-Au-Prince and outlying areas suffer the affects of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake.The split-fault quake occurred Tuesday afternoon about 10 miles west of the Port Au Prince and could be felt as far away as 300 miles.

As the sky turned gray with a choking dust the infrastructure of city lay in rubble. Destroyed were buildings including the hospital, the National Palace, commerce center, government buildings and many homes. It was a long, dark, frightening night as Haitians searched for survivors. Many are missing or feared dead.

The Bright Hope Response

We are in touch with our church network in Haiti (Jepthe, our Project Developer in Haiti) and currently assessing how our assistance can best help save lives and glorify God. I spoke with one Haitian leader who said “the best built buildings in Port-Au-Prince have been destroyed, imagine what has gone on throughout the city.”

We will have two immediate responses: Distributing food, water, clothing and temporary shelter (immediate needs) and secondly to supply Med Packs (personal hygiene and First Aid kits) to needy families. All our relief efforts are accomplished through churches. It will take days to know the full impact. Communications have been difficult as services have been interrupted. As we hear from our partners, we will update our website.

Help is needed in four ways: Pray, Network, Act, Give

Pray! Pray! Pray!

Please pray now and in the upcoming days for the Haitian people, our Partner Developers and the Churches and Pastors we work with to provide relief.

Network:

Could you recommend Bright Hope to your friends on Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and email to help in Haiti? Please forward this letter and our website (www.BrightHope.org) to those in your network.

Act:

We need groups to fill 5,000 Med Packs — a project for churches, small groups, scout groups, etc. Order in minimum quantities of 20 at $15 each ($300) or you can sponsor a pack and we will fill one for you for $30. To order a box of Med Packs ($300) call 224-520-6100 and speak with Joy. To sponsor a $30 Med-Pack visit our website.

Give:

As God would lay it on your heart at our website (www.BrightHope.org)