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To our beloved Brothers and Sisters in Thailand...20 October 2011 Your steadfast love, O GOD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your judgments are like the great deep; you save humans and animals alike, O GOD. (Psalms 36.5-6) To our beloved Brothers and Sisters in Thailand – The CCA member churches and councils are in solidarity with you in braving the floods that has already extensively damaged the country. In our supplications we affirm and plead for God’s steadfast love and generosity in responding to the urgent needs of people affected by the floods. In addition to our faithful accompaniment in prayer and in deed, CCA offers a small token donation for the relief and rehabilitation work of the Church of Christ in Thailand (CCT). Our plea to CCA members is to help support CCT in its enormous work. Attached please find an update on the flood situation and an appeal from CCT. You may email the Rev. Sayam Muangsak, CCT General Secretary (secretary@cct.or.th), and Dr. Prawate Khid-arn, Acting Manager of CCT Policy Management Office (prawate@gmail.com). Let us continue upholding each other in prayer. Yours in Christ, Henriette Hutabarat Lebang General Secretary Encl.: as stated posted by cbs on Friday, October 21, 2011 UPDATE on the Floods in ThailandOctober 14, 2011 Dear Sisters and brothers in Christ,  The Prime Minister said the flooding in Nakhon Sawan and Ayutthaya is the most critical and many provinces have been declared disaster zones. At least two industrial estates have been flooded, the Saha Rattana Nakhon, Rojana 1, 2 and 3. The government is pulling out all the stops to rescue the Ban Wa (Hi-Tech) Industrial Estate in flood-stricken Ayutthaya province on Thursday after a section of the makeshift flood prevention dyke was breached and floodwater poured into the facility, according to Minister of Industry, Wannarat Channukul. Nakhon Sawan is in critical condition after flood prevention dykes failed to divert overflows from the deeply flooded provincial business centre, while Dechatiwong Bridge is now being specially protected because authorities fear that its failure could paralyze travel to the northern region. Meanwhile, Chiang Rak Road in Pathum Thani is submerged under 80cm of water causing a serious traffic jam after heavy rains in the morning. This road is at the back entrance of the Thammasat University’s Rangsit campus where its gymnasium is being used as a temporary shelter for flood victims. Opposition Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva and some senators on Monday proposed that the government impose an executive decree for administration actions in emergency situations, or an emergency decree, in flood-impacted provinces to facilitate relief operations. (Source: MCOT online news) CCT Response: The CCT approved an additional 200,000 Baht for humanitarian assistance. In addition, The McCormick Hospital donated medicines and Dara Academy School contributed 50,000 Baht, a truck for loading; and driver and staff to assist the relief operations. Sixteen members of the CCT Relief Team were scheduled to distribute humanitarian aid to the flood victims in Manorom District in Chainat Province on October 15-16, 2011. A bag containing rice, dried food, crackers, canned food, medicines, mosquito coils, soap, lighter, toothbrush, toothpaste, etc. will be given to 1,200 households. For long-term rehabilitation, ecumenical friends from Church World Service (CWS), Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), DIAKONIA, Dan Church Aid (DCA), Ecumenical Coalition on Tourism (ECOT) and Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) met with the CCT-Social Development and Service Unit (SDSU) at the CCT-75 Anniversary Building in Chiang Mai on October 14, 2011. Mr. Natapong of SDSU presented pictures of the flooded areas in Chainat Province, one of the critical disaster zones. The discussion was successful as ecumenical friends expressed concern to the flood victims in Thailand. Mr. Takeshi Komino of CWS will send an alert information to ecumenical organizations. He will also continue further discussion with CCT for future cooperation. To support CCT in its efforts to provide relief aid to the flooded victims, pleased send your contributions to: Account name: The Foundation of the Church of Christ in Thailand Bank name: Siam Commercial Bank, Thanon Phetchaburi Branch (S/A) Account number: 008-2-61457-4 Swift code: SICOTHBK Prepared by: Dr. Prawate Khid-arn Acting Manager Office of the CCT Policy Management Chiang Mai, Thailand posted by cbs on Friday, October 21, 2011 GMIM: CELEBRATING 77 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICESteadfast and ever faithful to her calling, the Gereja Masehi Injili di Minahasa (GMIM or the Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa), one of the 31 members of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) in Indonesia celebrated its 77th year of service to God and the people of Minahasa in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. GMIM was born in 1934, a hundred years after the German missionaries were sent by the Dutch Board of Missions to evangelize the people of the northern part of Sulawesi, one of the four biggest islands of predominantly Islam Indonesia. Liza B. Lamis Communications Consultant 03 October 2011
posted by cbs on Thursday, October 06, 2011 CCA Pastoral Letter to the Philippines03 October 2011 To: National Council of Churches in the Philippines Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches Episcopal Church in the Iglesia Filipina Independiente Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo Iglesia Metodista en las Islas Filipinas United United We are deeply worried with you, brothers and sisters in the Philippines as you suffer again another disaster (super typhoon Pedring, internationally codenamed Nesat), leaving in its wake 21 people dead, 33 missing, 5,000 homeless and an estimated Php 982 million in damages to agriculture and infrastructure…this after barely coping with the destruction of previous typhoons. HENRIETTE HUTABARAT LEBANG General Secretary CCA Ecumenical Partners
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