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Hurricane Irma Response: Updates from Naples, Florida
What a great day this was with the team from Michigan and the Haitian Hurricane Heroes. Thanks for your prayers! Tomorrow we will be working in our neighborhood, The Shores. Please pray for opportunities to share the hope of Christ . . .
Hurricane Harvey Response: OPC Response Work in Texas
We have entered homes and businesses inundated by flooding to tear out and clear away ruined furniture and household belongings, walls, floors, carpeting, cabinets, and plumbing.Β We are endeavoring to offer solace and support in the name of Jesus...
Hurricane Irma Response: Key West Updates
Brothers and sisters, there is much to thank the Lord for with this initial report... More details will be forthcoming as more assessments will be made on others homes and property . . .
Hurricane Irma: Florida Churches Update
Reports from our churches that were in the path of Irma...
Hurricane Irma: Pray for OP Churches in the Path of Irma
Good morning from Naples on what will most likely be, simply put, a day of enormous calamity here in Southwest Florida . . .
Hurricane Harvey Response: Serving One Another Generously
What seems like an impossible task thatΒ canΒ lead one to despair can suddenly become bearable when the Lordβs people respond to the call to serve one another generously and without reserve.Β God has been good . . .
Hurricane Irma Response: Update from Naples, Florida
It has beenΒ surrealΒ here the last few days not knowing where this storm will make landfall: People are on edge all over town as Iβve seen loud parking lot arguments, road rage incidents, and shopping-cart-rage incidents in stores! Some gas stations have long lines down the street, others are completely empty because they have no more gas . . .
Update from Haiti: Hurricane Irma Moves On
Reports from around Haiti are encouraging. We are grateful for your prayers and the fact that the path of the storm was well to the north of Haiti...
Hurricane Irma: Update from Puerto Rico
The structure of our church didn't suffer any damage. All the members are OK, to my knowledge. The only problems are: electricity and water.Β We praise the Lord that He preserved us from that huge Hurricane . . .
Refugee Ministry Videos by David Nakhla
Two video presentations on Refugee Ministry by David Nakhla...
Travel Tips
Visit the Travel Tips page at the OPC short-term missions website at OPCSTM.org...
Refugee Relief: Good Samaritans in Greece
The providential hand of the Lord has placed thousands of refugees within reach of various congregations of the Greek Evangelical Church who are actively seeking to be good stewards of this unique opportunity...
Refugee Relief: Foreign Missions at Home
NEW HORIZONS, October 2016: Be a friend. Ask questions. Listen to stories. Share a gospel word. Bring new friends to a spiritual Sabbath feast and introduce them to your Father and to your family. This is positive Christian witness...
M and J: A Refugee Story from Greece
We both knew, without exchanging words, that now the veil from her heart is removed. That she is free for the first time in her life. That Jesus has embraced her and given her a hope beyond understanding. Now she understands the reason for the love poured out on her since she arrived . . .
Refugee Relief Update
The CDM has engaged Rev. Al Tricarico to participate in its investigation of how best to minister to refugees long-term both in Word and deed....To date, the OPC has received over $31,000 in gifts designated for refugee relief...
Refugee Relief: An Update
The Committee on Diaconal Ministries (CDM) wishes to express its thanks to the many individuals and churches that have sent in funds designated for Refugee Relief, now exceeding $18,000...
The Refugee Crisis: The OPC Perspective
We may not be able to understand the ultimate reasons for the catastrophe that is unfolding before our eyes, but ought we not view this, in part, as an opportunity set before us by divine providence to do what we can to minister to these refugees, especially fellow believers who are being persecuted for their faith . . .
Refugee Relief
The OPC's Committee on Diaconal Ministries is now accepting gifts designated for refugee relief . . .
The Refugee Crisis: A Man-Made Disaster
Even as it has been said that βthe blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church,β the refugee crisis is creating opportunities for a gospel witness in places and with people that previously seemed impossible to reach . . .