Join in the Up From the Rubble: Harmony’s Hope for Haiti campaign to rebuild the church, school and clinic for Harmony Ministries in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The fund-raising event (business casual attire) is at 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 20 at the FCF Holland Community Center in North Scottsdale. There will be videos, pictures, a bassoon quartet, a Haitian choir and Pastor Luc Deratus from Harmony Ministries; wine and “nibbles” too.  The goal:  $150,000.  A PPC member has made a $40,000 matching gift challenge, so let’s meet and exceed that.

Up From the Rubble:  Harmony’s Hope for Haiti Fund-Raising Gala

FCF Holland Community Center

34250 N. 60th Street, Scottsdale  85266

Directions:  Take Scottsdale Road north to Carefree Highway; turn left (west). Go to 60th Street (there’s a stoplight) and turn left (south). Turn right into the first street/driveway; the Community Center is the first building on the left.

Donations can also be sent to Pinnacle Presbyterian Church. Please make checks payable to:  Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, memo: Harmony’s Hope.

Put on your sneakers and join us for the PPC “Hoofin’ It for Haiti” walk-a-thon on Saturday, March 19 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the PPC campus. It’s $5 to enter ($20 maximum per family) and there are crafts and activities for the children as well as a petting zoo from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Walk, stroll, pull a wagon full of grandkids, or whatever. Bring a picnic lunch and your camera and make a day of it. Join Pastor Luc at 4 p.m. and for the cookout dinner starting at 5 p.m. And yes, there’s a bake sale too!

A generous PPC family will  match all funds raised in the walk-a-thon (up to $2500), so let’s get walking and make a donation for Harmony Ministries.

Kent Annan

“It’s a heartbreaking day to look back at what happened a year ago in Haiti – and during the year since. A day for silence, reflection, prayer, and working to do what we can.” This is a reflection from Kent Annan’s Internet blog on Jan. 12, 2011 – the one–year anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti.

Kent Annan, author of After Shock (January 2011) and Following Jesus through the Eye of the Needle (2009), is co–director of Haiti Partners, a nonprofit organization focused on building schools and training teachers in Haiti. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, he began working in Haiti in 2003 after previously working with refugee ministries in western Europe, Albania and Kosovo. He now travels to Haiti regularly from Florida, where he lives with his wife and two young children.

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Pastor Luc Deratus, the founding minister of Harmony Ministries

Pastor Luc Deratus will visit PPC from Oct. 1-4, meeting with small groups and preaching at Sunday worship services. Come listen to and be inspired by this man of unshakable faith and uncommon perseverance.

Events include:

• Saturday, Oct. 2: Gathering for people interested in a possible trip to Haiti in 2011
• Sunday, Oct. 3: Pastor Luc will preach at both the 8 and 10 a.m. worship services; public welcome
• Sunday, Oct. 3: Pastor Luc will provide additional comments at an assembly in the Sanctuary, starting at 11 a.m.; public welcome

For information contact Roy Gust (480.315.1701 or gustben@msn.com) or Jan Loichle (480.575.9125 or jloichle@me.com).