Dominican Republic Mission Trip January 28, 2010

On January 16th, Mosaic sent a mission team to the Dominican Republic.  They traveled into the central mountain range to the town of Jarabacoa to serve alongside the House Upon The Rock Ministry there.  The Ministry runs a medical clinic in the small village of Pedregal.  Part of their ministry is to help build and repair needy homes.  The Mosaic team was there to continue work on a new home for a widow in the village, Mila.  At the same time, they were able to build relationships within the community. 

Help for Haiti January 17, 2010

Here at Mosaic Church we saddened by the devastation in Haiti and want to help out as best we can.  Currently the biggest need is not for material items or volunteers, but for financial resources to aid the people and ministries already in place in Haiti who can help get needed food, water and medical supplies to the survivors. 

If you would like to give financially, we suggest the following ministries that already have local connections in the country: www.watermissions.org (article) and www.missionaryflights.org

Here is a helpful article on charitable giving:  http://blog.charitynavigator.org/2010/01/tips-tips-and-more-tips-for-funding.html

Book Drive for Habitat for Humanity January 6, 2010

Julia’s Coffee  www.juliascoffee.org is a coffee shop and used book store that is a fund-raising program of the Habitat ReStore Charlotte. They receive books through donations and use the proceeds to fund building houses.  Because of the donations, they had book sales of over $105,000 last year and were able to fund an entire Habitat House!

From January 17th – 31st 2010, we will have donation bins at Mosaic each weekend to collect books for the Habitat bookstore.  We are collecting the following types of books: 

• paperback
• hardcover
• fiction/non-fiction
• biographies
• cookbooks
• Children’s books

They do not accept encyclopedias, catalogs, magazines or out dated reference books.  Books should be in “like new” condition.

If you have additional questions, or would like to donate books directly to Habitat for Humanity, please contact Crista Ray at (704) 716-7040 ext 2232 or cray@charlottestore.org.