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OGHS News
Gulf Coast Hurricane Educational Mission Trip
One Great Hour of Sharing in conjunction with the Office for National Disaster Ministries will host an Educational Mission Trip to share what has happened over the three years since the 2005 hurricanes devastated the Gulf Coast.
Darfur Fact Sheet - 2008
UCC Partners, ACT-Caritas has released the latest Darfur Fact Sheet on the response in South and West Darfur during January-March 2008. Keep up-to-date on the situation in Darfur and learn about ways you can help!
Global Food Crisis Fact Sheet
Although media attention has turned away from the escalating global food crisis, by no means has the crisis lessened. Millions and millions of impoverished people throughout the world are seriously in jeopardy and the threat is growing. In the last six months alone, prices of such basic food staples as corn, rice and wheat have increased more than 50%. For the more than one billion people already living on the UN minimum survival wage of U.S. $1 a day, this is devastating. One Great Hour of Sharing continues to work on initiative that address food security throughout the world.
OGHS Contest Winners
The "What Do You See?" Contest published in the most recent copy of the OGHS Mission Report, received many responses to describe and interpret the new OGHS logo. Below are two of the entries that closely represent the mission and spirit of the Offering. Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest.
(I see)...lots of interesting images form as I continue to look at it. The first thing I see is an apple, symbolizing the food that OGHS donates to the hungry of the world. The colors surrounding the white apple make me think of our Earth, the land and sea that we must care for. The two people that grow from the colored background are reaching toward each other, made themselves of the Earth's elements, and working together to create the food that sustains us all. These people don't look very comfortable--their work is not easy, but it is important. And it is impossible for each individual to do this work by themselves.
Thanks for the new thought-provoking image,
Submitted by Kim Thackray
First Congregational UCC
Corvallis, Oregon
At first look, the white parts of the logo appear to be "fruits of the vine" spanning the globe. On further examination, one sees two figures, bending to touch each other around the earth.
My mission/spirit interpretation:
"Person to person, reaching around the world to share God's gifts."
Submitted by Patricia Keith
Member of First Congregational UCC
Ocala, FL 34476
The Tents of Hope project is a one-year campaign in which people respond as communities to the crisis in Darfur, Sudan. Tents are designed and become a unique work of art and focal points within communities to raise awareness on the current situation for the people of Sudan. This is but one way that the United Church of Christ is responding. Support for this initiative comes from One Great Hour of Sharing. To find out how the UCC is responding responsibly, click here.
Northwest Storm Damage
A massive rainstorm stalled over Washington and Oregon causing record level flooding in residential areas in both states. Officials are scrambling to assist residents stranded when the Chehalis River spilled over its banks on Monday December 3. Helicopters have rescued dozens of residents from rooftops, and many communities are cut off from ground transportation. Read the Story
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UCC helps provide support to 35,500 survivors of Cyclone Sidr in Bangladesh
Your gifts are needed now to provide essential life sustaining food, water, health care and education for war-affected Iraqi families displaced in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Help the United Church of Christ meet our goal of $100,000 in support.
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