Three years after Port Charlotte, Florida was hit by Hurricane Ian, a church that hosted as many as two to three teams of volunteer groups per month is closing the door on that chapter but leaving room for an epilogue. #MissionYearbook #PDA #PresbyterianDisasterAssistance #PresbyterianChurchUSA
As David Rauer eyed the Guadalupe River during a recent Presbyterian Disaster Assistance deployment to Texas, it was hard to fathom how the seemingly innocuous river could have grown so ferocious during the weekend of July 4. #MissionYearbook #TexasHillCountry #PCUSA #PresbyterianDisasterAssistance
As we begin to see the catastrophic impacts Category 5 Hurricane Melissa made as it tore its path through Jamaica and across Cuba, we are praying for our siblings in the Caribbean. #PDA #PresbyterianDisasterAssistance #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA #HurricaneMelissa
In the latest annual report from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, the Rev. Edwin González-Castillo explains how a time-honored proverb, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together,” captures the heart of PDA. #MissionYearbook #Mosaicreport #PresbyterianDisasterAssistance
During its recent annual in-person meeting, the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) met with community partners in San Juan, Puerto Rico. #MissionYearbook #PresbyterianDisasterAssistance #PuertoRico #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
In halting words, a woman recounted being awakened at 4 a.m. to evacuate her home as her neighborhood was engulfed in an inferno propelled by 90 miles-per-hour winds, explosions happening all around her. #MissionYearbook #PresbyterianDisasterAssistance #SanFernandoPresbytery #PresbyterianChurchUSA
Reeling from wildfires that are devastating California, leaders from various presbyteries in the Los Angeles area recently gathered online with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, sharing the severity and emotional toll of the disaster. #PresbyterianDisasterAssistance #SouthernCaliforniafires
The beginning of this year has brought unprecedented challenges for our neighbors in California, who are now facing a devastating disaster. #Californiawildfires #PDA #PresbyterianDisasterAssistance #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA
The next-to-last day of the solidarity visit Presbyterian Disaster Assistance held with churches and mid councils affected by the September hurricanes focused on Salem Presbytery in north-central North Carolina. #TodayintheMissionYearbook #PCUSA #HurricaneHelene #PresbyterianDisasterAssistance
Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, a key provider of relief following Hurricane Helene, hasn’t done its yeoman’s work alone. #TodayintheMissionYearbook #PCUSA #PresbyterianChurchUSA #PresbyterianDisasterAssistance #NorthCarolina #HurricaneHelene
These prayers are also matched with action. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is being mobilized to help the victims and will be there to help the aftermath
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On a recent Sunday following worship, members and friends of Belle-Terrace Presbyterian Church in Augusta, Georgia, shared both their food and their hearts with members of a team making a solidarity visit following Hurricane Helene. #TodayintheMissionYearbook #PCUSA #PresbyterianDisasterAssistance