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January 28, 2010
Dear Friends and Supporters,
As I mentioned in our last Haiti Update, CORE Alliance (www.core-alliance.org) is building Homes for Haiti. This project has taken off nationwide, with homes under construction in Myrtle Beach, Denver, and Houston, with more churches and cities coming onboard every day. The beauty of this project is that everyday volunteers can literally lend a hand to the victims of the Haiti Earthquake today, without having to burden an already crumbling infrastructure by travelling to Haiti right now.
Now is the time for you and your community to get involved. Consider doing the following things to support the Homes for Haiti project:
Pray daily for the people of Haiti, the relief workers on the ground in Haiti, and the volunteers and supporters of the Homes for Haiti project through CORE Alliance.
Begin vigorous fundraising and promotion in your local community for the Homes for Haiti project. Take special offerings in your next worship service, solicit support from the general community, get local companies and organizations to contribute, and promote the project in the local media. Even if you are not building these homes in your community, your fundraising will support the expenses at our Homes for Haiti Construction Sites across the country. Contact me for more information on what CORE Alliance needs and how you can help.
Launch this project in your local community. Join Houston, Denver, and Myrtle Beach and find a facility, get support, recruit volunteers and be a Homes for Haiti Construction Site. Contact me for more information on what it takes to organize your community to take on this project.
We would love you to partner with us in this project. CORE Alliance hopes to build thousands of these homes. We need donations of money, materials, tools and equipment, and transportation. Contact me at director.corealliance@gmail.com or 877-684-CORE (2673) for more information on how your Church, organization, company or community can get involved. Follow me on Twitter (@mattschultz84) to get regular updates on the Homes for Haiti project.
In Service to Him,
Matthew Schultz
CORE Alliance
To Support the Haiti Relief Efforts of CORE Alliance and our Partners,
Make checks payable to CORE Alliance, memo “Haiti” and mail them to:
CORE Alliance 18220 Upper Bay Road Houston, TX 77058
Dear Friends and Supporters,
As I mentioned in our last Haiti Update, CORE Alliance (www.core-alliance.org) is building Homes for Haiti. This project has taken off nationwide, with homes under construction in Myrtle Beach, Denver, and Houston, with more churches and cities coming onboard every day. The beauty of this project is that everyday volunteers can literally lend a hand to the victims of the Haiti Earthquake today, without having to burden an already crumbling infrastructure by travelling to Haiti right now.
Now is the time for you and your community to get involved. Consider doing the following things to support the Homes for Haiti project:
Pray daily for the people of Haiti, the relief workers on the ground in Haiti, and the volunteers and supporters of the Homes for Haiti project through CORE Alliance.
Begin vigorous fundraising and promotion in your local community for the Homes for Haiti project. Take special offerings in your next worship service, solicit support from the general community, get local companies and organizations to contribute, and promote the project in the local media. Even if you are not building these homes in your community, your fundraising will support the expenses at our Homes for Haiti Construction Sites across the country. Contact me for more information on what CORE Alliance needs and how you can help.
Launch this project in your local community. Join Houston, Denver, and Myrtle Beach and find a facility, get support, recruit volunteers and be a Homes for Haiti Construction Site. Contact me for more information on what it takes to organize your community to take on this project.
We would love you to partner with us in this project. CORE Alliance hopes to build thousands of these homes. We need donations of money, materials, tools and equipment, and transportation. Contact me at director.corealliance@gmail.com or 877-684-CORE (2673) for more information on how your Church, organization, company or community can get involved. Follow me on Twitter (@mattschultz84) to get regular updates on the Homes for Haiti project.
In Service to Him,
Matthew Schultz
CORE Alliance
To Support the Haiti Relief Efforts of CORE Alliance and our Partners,
Make checks payable to CORE Alliance, memo “Haiti” and mail them to:
CORE Alliance 18220 Upper Bay Road Houston, TX 77058
January 22, 2010
Dear Partners in Ministry,
I was listening to a song by one of my favorite artists this week. For those that don’t know of Steven Curtis Chapman, he’s a Christian recording artist that has spanned several decades. He lost his 5 year old daughter in a tragic accident not too long ago, and his most recent album chronicles his struggles through grief and hope. His song, “Beauty Will Rise” spoke to me this week in regards to the tragedy in Haiti:
But buried deep beneath
All our broken dreams
we have this hope:
Out of these ashes... beauty will rise
and we will dance among the ruins
We will see Him with our own eyes
If you’ve been hearing the stories coming out of Haiti, you have heard of the struggles of the people and the desperate needs that seem insurmountable. But we also hear stories of miraculous rescues from the rubble, of children feeding the elderly, and of people praising God in the wake of this disaster.
CORE Alliance (www.core-alliance.org), in partnership with Christ in Action (www.christinaction.com) and FriendShips (www.friendships.org), will be helping contribute to being part of that hope that will rise out of the ruins. Plans are underway to partner together to build “mini-homes” for the people Haiti. While not designed to be long-term permanent housing, these mini-homes will serve as temporary, stable, and secure shelter for people living amongst the ruins of what was once their home. These homes will be built here in the US by volunteers, flat-packed “IKEA”-style and shipped to Haiti by FriendShips to be assembled by volunteer teams at a base camp established by Christ in Action in Haiti. Each home will cost approximately $600 to build.
We are locating a warehouse here in Houston for volunteer teams to construct these homes, and there are already commitments from organizations in Florida, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. We would love you to partner with us in this project. CORE Alliance hopes to build 1,000 of these mini-homes. We need donations of a local facility or warehouse, materials, tools and equipment, transportation, and most importantly prayers, funds, and volunteers. Additionally, our CORE Partners outside Houston can organize your local community to build these homes in your area.
Contact me at director.corealliance@gmail.com or 877-684-CORE (2673) for more information on how your Church or organization can get involved.
This is my challenge to you and your Church: How will you get involved?
In Service to Him,
Matthew Schultz
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church & CORE Alliance
To Support the Haiti Relief Efforts of CORE Alliance and our Partners,
Make checks payable to CORE Alliance, memo “Haiti” and mail them to:
CORE Alliance
18220 Upper Bay Road
Houston, TX 77058
Dear Partners in Ministry,
I was listening to a song by one of my favorite artists this week. For those that don’t know of Steven Curtis Chapman, he’s a Christian recording artist that has spanned several decades. He lost his 5 year old daughter in a tragic accident not too long ago, and his most recent album chronicles his struggles through grief and hope. His song, “Beauty Will Rise” spoke to me this week in regards to the tragedy in Haiti:
But buried deep beneath
All our broken dreams
we have this hope:
Out of these ashes... beauty will rise
and we will dance among the ruins
We will see Him with our own eyes
If you’ve been hearing the stories coming out of Haiti, you have heard of the struggles of the people and the desperate needs that seem insurmountable. But we also hear stories of miraculous rescues from the rubble, of children feeding the elderly, and of people praising God in the wake of this disaster.
CORE Alliance (www.core-alliance.org), in partnership with Christ in Action (www.christinaction.com) and FriendShips (www.friendships.org), will be helping contribute to being part of that hope that will rise out of the ruins. Plans are underway to partner together to build “mini-homes” for the people Haiti. While not designed to be long-term permanent housing, these mini-homes will serve as temporary, stable, and secure shelter for people living amongst the ruins of what was once their home. These homes will be built here in the US by volunteers, flat-packed “IKEA”-style and shipped to Haiti by FriendShips to be assembled by volunteer teams at a base camp established by Christ in Action in Haiti. Each home will cost approximately $600 to build.
We are locating a warehouse here in Houston for volunteer teams to construct these homes, and there are already commitments from organizations in Florida, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. We would love you to partner with us in this project. CORE Alliance hopes to build 1,000 of these mini-homes. We need donations of a local facility or warehouse, materials, tools and equipment, transportation, and most importantly prayers, funds, and volunteers. Additionally, our CORE Partners outside Houston can organize your local community to build these homes in your area.
Contact me at director.corealliance@gmail.com or 877-684-CORE (2673) for more information on how your Church or organization can get involved.
This is my challenge to you and your Church: How will you get involved?
In Service to Him,
Matthew Schultz
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church & CORE Alliance
To Support the Haiti Relief Efforts of CORE Alliance and our Partners,
Make checks payable to CORE Alliance, memo “Haiti” and mail them to:
CORE Alliance
18220 Upper Bay Road
Houston, TX 77058
January 15, 2010
Dear Partners in Ministry,
The Relief efforts in Haiti continue to progress. I just finished a conference call with the leadership team of World Vision, and heard first hand accounts of the desperate needs in Haiti, and the impact the relief efforts are already having. As we continue to assess the situation and support our partners on the ground, I ask you to pray for those aid workers, flight crews, warehouse staff, and logistics teams that are working tirelessly to get the relief supplies to where they are needed most.
CORE Alliance continues to support our ministry partners on the ground. CORE Alliance board member Kim Reed will be taking 3 surgeons and medical supplies to Haiti in the coming days. If you have access to surgical and medical supplies, please contact us at director.corealliance@gmail.com. Our ministry partner Angel Flights will be transporting the team and supplies into Haiti.
We have been in contact with our partners at Orphan Grain Train (www.ogt.org), who had sent a semi-truck load of food to Haiti just one week before the earthquake. They are additionally sending 2 semi-truck loads of food immediately (1 by air, 1 by sea), and are making plans for additional relief shipments. Additionally, Friend Ships Unlimited (www.friendships.org), a non-profit humanitarian shipping organization, has a ship docked in Lake Charles, LA collecting 170 tons of relief supplies and will be departing for Haiti in the coming days.
The highest priority that our partner churches can continue to help with is Emergency Aid funding. CORE Alliance has a strong relationship with World Vision, and we encourage churches looking for an immediate impact to raise funds for World Vision, or for the ongoing relief effort with CORE Alliance through our ministry partners on the ground.
Continued updates will be made available through e-mail and updates on our website, www.core-alliance.org. Feel free to contact me at director.corealliance@gmail.com if you want to know more about how your church can get involved.
In Service to Him,
Matthew Schultz
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church & CORE Alliance
To Support the Haiti Relief Efforts of CORE Alliance and our Partners,
Make checks payable to CORE Alliance, memo “Haiti”
Mail them to: CORE Alliance, 18220 Upper Bay Road, Houston, TX 77058
Dear Partners in Ministry,
The Relief efforts in Haiti continue to progress. I just finished a conference call with the leadership team of World Vision, and heard first hand accounts of the desperate needs in Haiti, and the impact the relief efforts are already having. As we continue to assess the situation and support our partners on the ground, I ask you to pray for those aid workers, flight crews, warehouse staff, and logistics teams that are working tirelessly to get the relief supplies to where they are needed most.
CORE Alliance continues to support our ministry partners on the ground. CORE Alliance board member Kim Reed will be taking 3 surgeons and medical supplies to Haiti in the coming days. If you have access to surgical and medical supplies, please contact us at director.corealliance@gmail.com. Our ministry partner Angel Flights will be transporting the team and supplies into Haiti.
We have been in contact with our partners at Orphan Grain Train (www.ogt.org), who had sent a semi-truck load of food to Haiti just one week before the earthquake. They are additionally sending 2 semi-truck loads of food immediately (1 by air, 1 by sea), and are making plans for additional relief shipments. Additionally, Friend Ships Unlimited (www.friendships.org), a non-profit humanitarian shipping organization, has a ship docked in Lake Charles, LA collecting 170 tons of relief supplies and will be departing for Haiti in the coming days.
The highest priority that our partner churches can continue to help with is Emergency Aid funding. CORE Alliance has a strong relationship with World Vision, and we encourage churches looking for an immediate impact to raise funds for World Vision, or for the ongoing relief effort with CORE Alliance through our ministry partners on the ground.
Continued updates will be made available through e-mail and updates on our website, www.core-alliance.org. Feel free to contact me at director.corealliance@gmail.com if you want to know more about how your church can get involved.
In Service to Him,
Matthew Schultz
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church & CORE Alliance
To Support the Haiti Relief Efforts of CORE Alliance and our Partners,
Make checks payable to CORE Alliance, memo “Haiti”
Mail them to: CORE Alliance, 18220 Upper Bay Road, Houston, TX 77058
January 14, 2010
Dear Partners in Ministry,
On Tuesday, January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the island nation of Haiti. A country already devastated by violence and political turmoil, this disaster has leveled much of the capitol city, Port-Au-Prince. Casualties are estimated in the tens of thousands.
Already positioned with an office and staff in Haiti that survived the earthquake, World Vision has deployed their Global Response Teams to Haiti, and is already actively serving the victims of this disaster. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church and CORE Alliance have had a strong partnership with World Vision for many years, including during our most recent disaster deployment for Hurricane IKE. We have already been in contact with representatives from World Vision, and we are receiving regular updates on the status of the relief effort, and the needs of the relief workers and victims.
At this time, the most pressing need if for Emergency Aid Funding. As the Global Response Teams from World Vision assess the situation, resources are being assembled and delivered where they are needed most. Please provide financial support to our ministry partners at World Vision. I encourage our partners to solicit donations for funding the relief efforts of World Vision and CORE Alliance through special offerings and gifts during this weekend’s worship services. Partners can send funding to Haiti through CORE Alliance or donations can be made directly to World Vision online at www.worldvision.org.
Additionally, doctors, nurses, and medical supplies are desperately needed. CORE Alliance Board member Kim Reed is organizing an effort to get these professionals and supplies to the island ASAP. Please contact us at director.corealliance@gmail.com if you can help in this area.
Updates on how CORE Alliance and its partner churches and volunteers can further support the victims of the Haiti Earthquake and the relief efforts of World Vision will be posted on our websites at www.gdlc.org and www.core-alliance.org when available. Feel free to contact me about the Haiti Earthquake and the World Vision and CORE Alliance relief efforts at director.corealliance@gmail.com.
In Service to Him,
Matthew Schultz
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church & CORE Alliance
To Support the Haiti Relief Efforts of CORE Alliance and our Partners,
Make checks payable to CORE Alliance, memo “Haiti” and
Mail them to: CORE Alliance 18220 Upper Bay Road Houston, TX 77058
Dear Partners in Ministry,
On Tuesday, January 12, 2010 a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the island nation of Haiti. A country already devastated by violence and political turmoil, this disaster has leveled much of the capitol city, Port-Au-Prince. Casualties are estimated in the tens of thousands.
Already positioned with an office and staff in Haiti that survived the earthquake, World Vision has deployed their Global Response Teams to Haiti, and is already actively serving the victims of this disaster. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church and CORE Alliance have had a strong partnership with World Vision for many years, including during our most recent disaster deployment for Hurricane IKE. We have already been in contact with representatives from World Vision, and we are receiving regular updates on the status of the relief effort, and the needs of the relief workers and victims.
At this time, the most pressing need if for Emergency Aid Funding. As the Global Response Teams from World Vision assess the situation, resources are being assembled and delivered where they are needed most. Please provide financial support to our ministry partners at World Vision. I encourage our partners to solicit donations for funding the relief efforts of World Vision and CORE Alliance through special offerings and gifts during this weekend’s worship services. Partners can send funding to Haiti through CORE Alliance or donations can be made directly to World Vision online at www.worldvision.org.
Additionally, doctors, nurses, and medical supplies are desperately needed. CORE Alliance Board member Kim Reed is organizing an effort to get these professionals and supplies to the island ASAP. Please contact us at director.corealliance@gmail.com if you can help in this area.
Updates on how CORE Alliance and its partner churches and volunteers can further support the victims of the Haiti Earthquake and the relief efforts of World Vision will be posted on our websites at www.gdlc.org and www.core-alliance.org when available. Feel free to contact me about the Haiti Earthquake and the World Vision and CORE Alliance relief efforts at director.corealliance@gmail.com.
In Service to Him,
Matthew Schultz
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church & CORE Alliance
To Support the Haiti Relief Efforts of CORE Alliance and our Partners,
Make checks payable to CORE Alliance, memo “Haiti” and
Mail them to: CORE Alliance 18220 Upper Bay Road Houston, TX 77058
What is CORE?
CORE (Christians Organized for Relief Efforts) is an open group of churches banding together with the mission of serving the community as the hands and feet of Christ. Pooling our resources and efforts enable maximum impact in the community by
What is our mission?
To strategically partner with other organizations in order to combine resources in a way that enables us to provide the maximum relief to the most people and places in the world.
What is our vision?
To partner with over 1000 organizations and provide relief to people in over 100 countries around the world.
How do we define relief?
Anything that relives poverty, suffering, or hardship. Relief can come in the form of education, economic empowerment, food, material donations, aid, or disaster assistance.
How did we begin?
CORE was established in 2005 by two churches from Houston, Texas to assist in meeting the needs of people hit by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast area. Ultimately, CORE housed nearly 9000 volunteers coming from all over the US and several countries as they rallied to provide relief to Mississippi citizens.