Fairly Traded: New Partnership with Episcopal Relief and Development

Important news release!  The EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT FAIR TRADE PROJECT is now partnering with Equal Exchange to bring healing to our hurting world.  That means that for every pound of delicious chocolates, cocoas, teas, nuts, and our new coffees, 15% of the cost will benefit ERD. 

I hope you will be at church this Sunday, May 17, to celebrate our designation as a Fair Trade Congregation.  Taste the new coffees we will be selling, and sample several home-made treats made from Equal Exchange chocolate and cocoa.  Remember to buy more of the chocolates you love as well!

Remember, you can shop for great Fair Trade products at coffee hour on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month.

Carolyn Lief

Haiti updates: flooding now

Bart Smoot brings this to our attention: now there are floods in Haiti:

Flooding triggered by heavy rain killed at least 11 people in Les Cayes, Haiti's third most populous city and an area unscathed by the devastating January 12 earthquake that flattened much of the country's capital.

Three were killed in Torbeck, which is the region Bart serves.

Updates on the situation in Haiti from Episcopal Relief and Development: current update and overview. Also, click here for photos.

And not forgetting the suffering in Chile: ER-D updates here, where ER-D is also reaching out.

Keep the people of Haiti and Chile in your prayers. Their need will continue beyond the "news cycle".