[ECOTA] Mission Trip to Bay St. Louis Mississippi

[Lisa Fischbeck]

Dear People and Friends of the Advocate --

It’s been a little over two years since Hurricane Katrina devastated  
the coast of Mississippi and brought overwhelming floods into New  
Orleans. This tragedy may no longer be the most pressing thing on our  
minds, but many families in this area are still without homes.  
According to the Presiding Bishop, when the House of Bishops met  
recently in New Orleans they were told that 100,000 housing units  
were lost during Katrina and its aftermath, displacing nearly 250,000  
people. Of those housing units, only about 4000 have been made  
habitable once again!

So, the people of the Advocate are going to do what we can. Join us  
for a mission trip to the Mississippi coast from March 24-30 to help  
the people of Mississippi rebuild their homes, clean up, and help  
restore the beauty of the coastline. We’ll be staying at Mission on  
the Bay (Bay St. Louis, MS) and Camp Coast Care (http:// 
www.campcoastcare.com/), sister camps associated with the Episcopal  
church which grew out of the volunteer efforts that began in the  
early days of the clean up. All adults and youth in grades 7 and  
higher are encouraged to join us on this adventure!!! Please contact  
Sallie Moore at sallie305 at bellsouth.net or Laurea Glusman McAllister  
at GLUSL97 at rhodes-alumni.net if you are interested.

Thanks.
God bless you.
Lisa+

The Rev. Lisa G.  Fischbeck
The Episcopal Church of the Advocate
P.O. Box 9
Carrboro, N.C.  27510
email: lgf at nc.rr.com
phone: 919-219-4437
http:www.ouradvocate.org


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