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| Pastors Van Horne and Lavaunas |
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~SPECIAL GUEST~
On Sunday January 17, we welcomed Pastor Livenson Lavaunas as our guest preacher. He serves the Eglise Lutherienne d’Haiti church and is from Port-au-Prince, the capital
city. He received his theological education at the United Theological School in Jamaica, and was graduated in 2008. He is
fluent in more than a half dozen languages. Our Pastor Snapp was present in Haiti and participated in Pastor Lavaunas’
ordination.
The sermon achieved poignancy as Pastor Lavaunas
arrived in the US just prior to the earthquake in Haiti.
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| Link for ELCA Earthquake Giving |
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked the island country of Haiti on Tuesday, January 12. Buildings are destroyed, the search
for survivors is intense and the streets of Haiti are filled with people in shock and searching for loved ones among the rubble.
ELCA Disaster Response partners have survived the quake and are already working to serve the people of Haiti.
Your
help is needed today. One hundred percent of your gifts designated to Haiti will be used in this vital response
effort. Link to ELCA for giving.
Generous financial support through the ELCA now totals more than $5.8 million.
Trinity's generous response has surpassed $7,797! The Kingdom Kids' Souper Bowl event on Feb. 7 collected $318.
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The following article was posted on the ELCA Website:
In a Feb. 19 e-mail message to the ELCA churchwide organization,
the Rev. Joseph Livenson Lauvanus, president of the Lutheran Church in Haiti, wrote, "Port-au-Prince has now become a desolate
place with no sign of activities. The buildings that are still standing are potential problems for both those who have their
tents near them and the pedestrians. The government now is trying to smash down all the buildings that have cracks and cannot
be used any more. The aftershocks are still prominent in Port-au-Prince."
Lauvanus wrote that
church yards are "the best shelter place one can find," and are crowded with people. For those staying in Port-au-Prince there
is a great need for food, he wrote. Power outages, sanitation and children who are without parents or guardians provide
significant challenges, he wrote.
"Everybody, Christians and non-Christians, have considered the
church as their refuge," he wrote. "The Lutheran church in Carrefour for instance is the one among all our churches that has
been badly damage(d) by the earthquake. People use the backyard to erect their tents."
"As we
are reaching out to those who are living in distress, we request your prayers and continuing support to share God's love,
grace and compassion to our brothers and sister(s) who are currently undergoing one of the worst times of their life," Lauvanus
wrote.
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Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
401 5th Street North
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-822-3307
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