Preparing for the Rakai Series

As February quickly falls away, we charge into March, the month that holds the first two messages in our three part Rakai Team series at The Prairie Chapel. We couldn't be more excited about this opportunity to promote the work the church is doing in partnership with Orphan Justice Mission. It will be a series raising awareness of the global orphan crisis, it's causes and solutions, as well as a celebration of our friends in Rakai, Uganda, and the work they are doing to care for the children in their communities.

The Rakai Awareness Team recently had a planning meeting for the series and we are excited about the video, music, picture, and speaking elements that are being worked on by various members of the team. Rich Fitch is developing an intro video for the first Sunday that will give us a sense the global orphan crisis as well as show Rakai in relation to Schoolcraft, MI. Cammy Lenning has been identifying songs that introduce our emotions to the power of taking care of the "least of these" and Kyle Douglass and Dave Sanders are working on the various teaching elements that will be incorporated into the series.

We've also introduced a Lent reading guide, which starts this Wednesday, February 25, 2009 (Ash Wednesday), as a way to begin saturating our hearts and minds with scriptures that speak about the reasons for our involvement with Rakai and other service projects. We hope that the reading guide, as we move towards Easter, will help remind us of the fact that Jesus didn't hold anything back from us in our need, giving his own life, and he's calling us to do the same for those who can't care for themselves. Click here to download the Lent reading guide.