Hurricane Katrina - what to do?

If you're in a parish or other situation where this would be helpful, you're very welcome to view and print the "Facing Our Fears" parish flyer, a one-page parish flyer from Faith at Home. This free issue of our flyer was developed after Sept. 11, 2001, to be helpful with a faith-based perspective for parents and others who spend time with children. You may freely distribute printed copies of the Faith at Home "Facing Our Fears" flyer if you do not change it in any way. View the Faith at Home parish flyer, "Facing Our Fears" (a PDF file).

I have already heard of a friend's upcoming "Chili and Change" evening to come together and raise money ("all the change in your pockets and more!") for disaster relief. This will be a good gathering for us adults and also for our kids. In addition to this wonderful idea, there are many other ways to quickly give cash -- which we learned after the December 2004 tsunami in southeast Asia is the most portable and most immediately useful donation possible. Some avenue for disaster donations:

Episcopal Relief and Development, and the American Red Cross.

Keep watch, dear Lord

Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep.

Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love's sake. Amen.

From the night service of Compline, The Book of Common Prayer 1979 (ECUSA)