2/13: Helping Haiti/After Shock (6 pm, Elizabethtown Public Library)
Posted by tom | Jan 30, 2012
On February 13 at 6 pm, Helping Haiti kicks off at Elizabethtown Public Library. Helping Haiti is a South Central PA grassroots networking event involving a group of people with a heart for Haiti and representatives of several local organizations with work in Haiti:
- Haiti Connections (Coordinated by Mennonite Central Committee East Coast)
- Haiti Connection Network
- PSU-Hershey Center for Global Health
The gathering was inspired by Kent Annan, author of two InterVarsity Press books and co-founder of Haiti Partners. Kent will join us for the evening and share some of his story, recently published in After Shock: Searching for Honest Faith When Your World Is Shaken. Afterward he will take questions and sign books, his other InterVarsity Press title being Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle. When the library closes at 8 pm, some of us will walk over to Folklore Coffee for further conversation :) Please share the word . . .
If you miss Kent on Monday evening, he will speak on several campuses during the week. Confirmed speaking engagements: Messiah College (Tuesday Chapel, Tuesday evening), Penn State Hershey (Tuesday noon lunch lecture), F&M (Wednesday evening InterVarsity large group), Evangelical (Thursday brown bag lunch), York College (Thursday evening InterVarsity large group). He may also speak at Penn State Hershey (Wednesday lunch), Lebanon Valley College (Wednesday afternoon). Continue to check back for updates . . .
If you have not already done such, I encourage you to pick up a copy of After Shock. In the book, Kent wrestles w/the impact of the earthquake on his faith journey and the work to which he's been called in Haiti. Copies will be available at his presentations. If you have interest in an After Shock discussion group, let me know.
For more information on Kent's February 13-16 visit to South Central PA go to the Library Event Page and/or the Facebook Event Page.
