Food For The Poor (FFTP) will be hosting a special prayer service for Haiti at Parkridge Church, 5600 Coral Ridge Drive, Coral Springs on April 26 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

The event will bring together clergy, parishioners, and dignitaries who will collectively lift their voices in an expression of hope for peace in the troubled nation.

The event will include updates from Mario Nicoleau, CEO of Food For The Poor-Haiti, and from the Bitar brothers, physicians at Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince, who prefer not to use their first names. Nicoleau and the Bitar brothers are among the many Haitians now stranded in the United States because they are unable to secure a flight back home.

In addition to updates from the Bitar brothers and Nicoleau, Friday’s event will include brief words of encouragement from Pastor Eddie Bevill, of Parkridge Church, and Pastor Dr. Keny Felix, President of the Southern Baptist Convention National Haitian Fellowship, as well as a performance by the Redemption Baptist Church Choir, of Pompano Beach, Fla. Dr. Jackson Voltaire, President of the Florida Baptist Haitian Fellowship, also will be in attendance.

The prayer service also will be broadcast live via YouTube at foodforthepoor.org/haitiprayerservice.

The prayer service will also provide an opportunity to for the public to contribute toward relief efforts in Haiti. Donors can visit foodforthepoor.org/prayersforhaiti to support Haiti.

For more information, please visit foodforthepoor.org.