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| Tuesday, September 27, 2005 |
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State Hurricane Reports
Disaster Relief
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Texas—In the aftermath of Hurricane Rita, Bob Pettit reports that he has spoken with Ray Rector, pastor of First Church of God in Port Arthur, and Marvin Sanders, interim pastor of First Church of God in Beaumont. The church in Port Arthur is located in a section where the water is as high as the roof in some areas.
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| Wednesday, September 21, 2005 |
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Camp Christi to House Evacuees
Disaster Relief
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The Church of God in Virginia has opened Camp Christi to house evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. Camp Christi, located atop Christiansburg Mountain in Montgomery County, Virginia, has the capacity to house 195 people.
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| Tuesday, September 20, 2005 |
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God's Grand Diversion to Grand Isle, Louisiana
Disaster Relief
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Forty-four thousand pounds of meat, and nowhere to put it! That's what our Hurricane Katrina food relief convoy faced while sitting in the parking lot of the North Park Church of God in Meridian, Mississippi.
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| Thursday, September 15, 2005 |
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Caffin Avenue Church Still Under Water
Disaster Relief
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Pastor Victor Simmons of Caffin Avenue Church of God in New Orleans has been in contact with Obadiah Smith, coordinator of compassionate ministries at Church of God Ministries. As previously reported, the church was completely flooded.
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| Saturday, September 10, 2005 |
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Houston First Church of God Reports
Disaster Relief
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Houston First Church has been overwhelmed by the generosity of individuals and congregations as the church responds to the needs of victims of Hurricane Katrina evacuated to Texas.
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| Friday, September 09, 2005 |
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Updates from Meridian
Disaster Relief
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Meridian, Mississippi—We, as of yesterday, are an official disaster area. One thousand homes in the city and possibly another five hundred in the county have sustained some level of damage.
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| Friday, September 09, 2005 |
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Vero Beach Responds
Disaster Relief
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An e-mail received from Erica Falchetti, treasurer of Florida Church of God Ministries, reports that First Church of God in Vero Beach is responding to the relief needs with a three-pronged approach.
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| Thursday, September 08, 2005 |
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Hurricane Katrina Updates
Disaster Relief
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Word from churches in the New Orleans area is to emerge. The following is based on an e-mail from Philip "Butch" Knieper to Earl T. Wheatley, Jr.
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| Wednesday, September 07, 2005 |
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AU Welcomes Displaced Students
Disaster Relief
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Anderson, IN—Anderson University (AU) is asking students, faculty, staff, and alumni for financial and prayer assistance to support the hurricane relief efforts in the Gulf Coast states. In addition, the institution will help displaced students attending colleges and universities that have shut down due to the recent disaster.
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| Wednesday, September 07, 2005 |
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Mississippi Churches Embrace Evacuees
Disaster Relief
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Earl T. Wheatley, Jr., senior pastor at NorthPark Church of God in Meridian writes that NorthPark is hosting the Red Cross volunteers, possibly for as long as the next two weeks.
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