Crates for Ukraine
March 7, 2023
Dear CPC Family,
As Jack Stotts shared on Sunday morning (during Sunday School), CPC has an opportunity this week to be involved in international mercy ministry.
We are joining OPC Disaster Response and the PCA’s Mission to the World (MTW) for a project called Crates for Ukraine.
It’s very rare (thankfully) to have OPC missionaries in a country at war, but that is the case in Ukraine where the Hacquebord Family serves in Lviv (western Ukraine) alongside MTW missionaries in support of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine.
Because of Lviv’s position of relative safety and stability, it’s a strategic point for mercy ministry to the whole country. This is a great opportunity for our brothers and sisters in Ukraine to do both mercy and gospel ministry in a time of great need.
What is Crates for Ukraine?
Crates for Ukraine aims to get needed basic relief and first aid supplies to Lviv (into the hands of our missionaries and partner churches) for distribution throughout Ukraine. With just a little effort on our part here in Corona, we can help to bear the burdens and meet the needs of our brothers and sisters in Ukraine while also equipping them to serve others with the mercy of Jesus Christ.
Our goal is to stock 1-4 basic care crates by next Monday (March 13). Jack, one of CPC’s resident logistics experts, is arranging for as many crates as we fill to be shipped to the Crates for Ukraine drop-off point in Dallas where they will then make the journey to Ukraine.
How can you participate?
The most important ways to get involved are to pray and to help stock our crates. Jack has put together an Amazon registry where you can easily purchase the needed items. Please do this ASAP in light of our tight deadline. We need to finish assembling the crates this weekend so they can ship on Monday. You may bring purchased items to church on Sunday.
Families and their children may want to participate by writing encouraging notes or drawing pictures for families and children in Ukraine. These cannot be included in the crates, but we will gladly collect them on Sunday and get them to Dallas for separate shipment to Ukraine.
Above all, pray. Pray for our missionaries. Pray for those who will receive these relief supplies. Pray for openings for the gospel and for peace to be restored in Ukraine. Most importantly, pray that Jesus Christ might be praised as we follow him in the ministry of mercy.
If you have questions or would like to volunteer your time, feel free to contact Jack.
What a joy to serve together in this way!
“So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.” Acts 11:29-30
In the Father’s Love,
Pastor Andrew