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Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is partnering with Charity Folks and the American Red Cross for a Hurricane Relief Auction - September 2nd.

100% of the final bid on each auction item will benefit The American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

Charity Folks - Hurricane Relief homepage

Freedom Experience (FX) is a free, 2-3 day event that features dramatic stunts, amazing illusions, rock music, exciting school assemblies, and death-defying escapes. By pulling together several churches in a city, FX is able to create a high quality week of creative evangelism that reaches out to a post-modern generation.

Currently the FX is touring with…

X-gamers:

Chaos on Wheels - a group of professional X-game bikers who create excitement by mixing a variety of high flying bicycle stunts with freestyle riding.

Tim Byrne - one of the top technical freestyle skateboarders in the world.

Musicians:

Inhabitated � In our entertainment driven society, where young people are constantly bombarded with ideals contrary to holiness, Inhabited seeks to plant values of truth, restore hope, and rescue those that are lost. Inhabited�s unique sound teamed up with their highly energetic stage performance proves their reputation among the critics, who deem them as one of the most influential bands to hit the Christian music scene.

Illusionist:

Brock Gill - he is not just an entertainer, he is first an evangelist. He is considered one of the most effective student ministers in the country. Brock uses death-defying escapes and amazing illusions to draw large groups of students out to an evening event where he visually shares the Gospel. Brock performs about 50 school assemblies and over 150 outreach rallies each year.

Check out the FX website for more info, and how you can bring this amazing event to your town.

http://www.freedomexperience.com/

Katrina was the fourth most powerful hurricane ever observed

Louisiana Gov. Blanco declared Wednesday a day of prayer. “As we face the devastation wrought by Katrina, as we search for those in need, as we comfort those in pain and as we begin the long task of rebuilding, we turn to God for strength, hope and comfort.

Katrina has inflicted more damage to Mississippi beach towns than did Hurricane Camille (1969), and its death toll is likely to be higher

Eighty percent of New Orleans is now flooded by the effect of Hurricane Katrina, with some parts of the New Orleans under 20 feet of water.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin reportedly said Wednesday that the storm probably killed thousands of people in his city.

“We’re racing the clock in terms of possible injury,” said Michael Chertoff, the national homeland security secretary. “We’re racing the clock in terms of illness, and we’re racing the clock to get them food and water.”

Peter Teahen, the national spokesman for the American Red Cross, said: “We are looking now at a disaster above any magnitude that we’ve seen in the United States. We’ve been saying that the response is going to be the largest Red Cross response in the history of the organization.”