Category: Disaster Assistance
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Philippines Typhoon Haiyan
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PDA is responding to the Philippines in collaboration with our mission partner the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) and fellow members of the ACT (Action by Churches Together) Alliance. An initial grant of $50,000 from One Great Hour of Sharing funds will help provide emergency food, water and other basic humanitarian needs…
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Responding to the Oklahoma Tornado
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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) will be responding with One Great Hour of Sharing funds and members of the National Response Team to the devastating tornado that struck Moore, a populous suburb of Oklahoma City, Okla. The 200 mph, F-4 tornado struck Monday evening and destroyed whole neighborhoods. Two elementary schools were in the tornado’s path,…
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Together, Let Us Build A Home
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Meet the Coats family. Lori and Randy live together with their daughter and five year old grandson on Daisy Hill in Borden, Indiana. On March 2, 2012, the Coats’ home was one of many destroyed by the F4 tornado that ripped through 5 counties in Southern Indiana. To magnify the depth of the disaster, in the…
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Community Presbyterian Rededication in Henryville
Dear Friends, The Presbytery of Ohio Valley and the Session of the Henryville Community Presbyterian Church invite you to attend a special service of rededication for the Henryville Community Presbyterian Church building on Sunday, September 23, at 4:00 pm (eastern time). A reception will follow in the church hall. Join us for this celebration of the hard…
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Tornado Recovery Update: We’re Building a House!
July 17, 2012 Dear Friends, I’m learning that they don’t call it “long term recovery” for nothing! Indeed, the process of helping people restore and reclaim and rebuild and recover following a disaster requires months and months of hard work. I am so grateful for all the good and hard work of so many in…
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“Dancing Up A Storm” Relief
Friday, June 22nd from 6:00-9:00pm “Dancing Up a Storm” Relief will be held at the Mitchell Presbyterian Church 520 State Road 60 East Mitchell, IN Put on your dancing shoes! Come, enjoy the music of the 50’s up to the present! Local celebrity Joe Byrum will be the DJ Entry Fee is a Donation. All…
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Report from POV Assembly 3/8/12
Presbytery of Ohio Valley “What Happened at Assembly on March 8?” Post Tornado Meeting The Presbytery met for the first meeting after the tornadoes impacted so many of our people and communities. The clerk was simply marking people from those towns and counties as excused. He was thinking that they were far too busy. He needed…