I don’t think I would have this door for ministry with "S" had it not been for an unlikely providence of the Lord, as follows...

I persisted in trying to open up some form of positive conversation and did succeed in getting her to converse a bit. She was intrigued by the topic of grieving and community ...

By the grace of our Lord and the assistance you gave, we are once again made whole. Words cannot express the impact you've had and how grateful we are to you...

This trailer provides a preview of the video on the story of the OPC's Hurricane Harvey Response efforts in Houston, Texas ...

Find out where OPC Disaster Response is currently mobilized and how to get involved...

NEW HORIZONS, March 2019: Stirring up gifts in the body of Christ in Houston and throughout our presbytery means helping one another to see the wide-open door for compassionate service in the wake of the hurricane. Having a full-time evangelist here for Harvey households includes his role in equipping all of us to do this work...

Many thanks to Hurricane Harvey volunteers who have served in Houston since the autumn of 2017...

Check out this 1 minute video clip from one of the families helped by OPC Disaster Response volunteers in Houston...

"They want to share God's love with everybody..."

Please do not consider this the end of the story in Houston....The impact of this storm on the lives of millions of people and thousands of businesses is still being profoundly felt and experienced...

There are truly no words to express the gratitude we feel having such a church as the OPC to come around us and help in our deepest time of need. I will never forget what God has done for us, and my faith has strengthened...

NEW HORIZONS, June 2018: Not only had God sent them to Houston to serve and to give, but also to be served and to receive the blessings of fellowship awaiting them among the saints in Houston...

This has to be one of the greatest things the OPC has done recently...

Our prayer is that through the outreach ministry of disaster relief and recovery, we in the OPC can help people find an enduring answer to the question of “why?” It will be manifested by the work we do of physical and material assistance we provide in the name of Christ, and by the testimony of the gospel that we proclaim to people as we have opportunity...

From Jeff Davis, Site Coordinator:I was blessed to spend time with the team of 37 volunteers from the URC Youth Group in Dutton, Michigan. They proved to be very well organized and joyful in their work and play time...

Every person that we helped was so genuinely thankful and appreciative of the work. But while the help that we gave was very beneficial to the people, the impact that these people made on us was so much greater than the help they could have received from us...

The work here is unquestionably important and an incredible opportunity for us to reach people spiritually.  I am confident that our love in action has touched many, many people and has borne witness to Christ's love...

What began as a frenzied effort to respond to the immediate aftermath of the worst hurricane to hit Texas in decades, and the worst flooding in the Houston area in living memory, has blossomed into a sustained work of mercy and outreach in one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the United States...