"One Great Hour of Sharing" offering received on Easter Sunday

Your support of One Great Hour of Sharing brings fresh water to thirsty communities around the globe. 

• Eleven-year-old Erube lives in a small village in a drought-plagued country in southern Africa.  Two or three times daily, she walks three miles round-trip to fetch water.  Most days there's no time for school.
• Meanwhile, in Indonesia, Muhamad's small village washed away in the December 2004 tsunami.  Half his family was lost in the disaster.  Even survivors faced death when only contaminated water was available.
• Roughly 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to safe water.  Nearly all of them live in developing nations.  Without a stable source many people suffer from thirst, famine and disease.  However, when we give lovingly, hope emerges in unexpected places.

In villages like Erube's, for instance, One Great Hour of Sharing supports initiatives to drill local wells designed to protect water from contamination.  Those wells spell freedom for children like Erube to do what they're best at:  being children. 

Meanwhile, Muhamad and his neighbors know the impact of One Great Hour of Sharing because they now have clean water and basic sanitation.  That frees villagers like Muhamad to focus energy on the long process of recovering life and community.

      "When was it that we saw you thirsty and gave you something to drink?" they asked.  And Jesus answered them, "When you did it to the least of these…"  Come prepared to give to the One Great Hour of Sharing Offering on Easter Sunday, April 16^th, at the 8:30 and 11:00 A.M. worship services.