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Homes Built in Haiti with 2010 Earthquake Disaster Response Funds
In 2018, the Committee on Diaconal Ministries sent $28,000 of the remaining Haiti Earthquake Relief funds to the OP Haiti Mission for building new homes for five families in the Port-au-Prince congregation that continued to suffer from difficult housing situations in the aftermath of the earthquake of 2010...
How to Volunteer
Find out where OPC Disaster Response is currently mobilized and how to get involved...
Their Creator Knows Their Grief Well: 8th Anniversary of Japan Tsunami
Our next door neighbor recalled how she was talking with friends on the street. They chose to gather in a plastic greenhouse for safety from the earthquakes. She ran to the second floor of her home. In just minutes, the tsunami washed her friends away...
Hurricane Harvey Response: An Evangelist in Houston
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...
California Wildfires: Thank You from Ridge PCA (Paradise, CA)
The OPC Committee on Diaconal Ministries (CDM) investigated the needs of churches affected by the California wildfires in the autumn of 2018, and selected Ridge PCA (Paradise, CA) as the church to which it would donate funds and to which it would recommend that OPC members direct their personal giving..
Photo Gallery: Disaster Response Volunteers in North Carolina
Many thanks to Hurricane Florence volunteers who have served in North Carolina since the autumn of 2018...
Video and Photo Gallery: Disaster Response Volunteers in Puerto Rico
Many thanks to Hurricane Maria Response volunteers who served in Puerto Rico...
Photo Gallery: Disaster Response Volunteers in Houston
Many thanks to Hurricane Harvey volunteers who have served in Houston since the autumn of 2017...
A Christian Response to Disaster
NEW HORIZONS, January 2019: Over five hundred men and women from churches all over the United States have endeavored to live out a Christian response to six major disasters since 2011. The testimonies of their love, work, skill, and rebuilding efforts and their examples of Christian charity are continuing to inspire new waves of volunteers...
Hurricane Maria Response: Video by David Chism
David Chism from New Hope OPC (Frederick, MD) led a hurricane response team to Puerto Rico in November 2018. He created this video to document the trip...
Ready for the Storm
NEW HORIZONS, December 2019: The development of a response plan by the disaster response team and diaconal committee of the PSE, in conjunction with information from local church officers, allowed us to ensure that each of our church members was accounted for and property damages were assessed once the storm hit...
Short Video: Moving Testimony from Houston
Check out this 1 minute video clip from one of the families helped by OPC Disaster Response volunteers in Houston...
Short Video: Homeowner Testimony from Houston
"They want to share God's love with everybody..."
Hurricane Michael: OPC Spared!
The Lord, in his good and kind providence, chose to spare those OPC members who live in the path of Hurricane Michael of harm or significant loss of property. We give thanks for this undeserved care...
Tips for Organizing a Disaster Response Team from Your Church
Serving on a disaster response team or short-term missions team is an opportunity to live out your faith by working at the intersection of the Great Commandment and the Great Commission...
Disaster Response Resources
Disaster response guides, tips, and videos, to help you and your church respond to disasters...
New Neighbors, New Friends
Please pray that the Lord might bring more children to our after-school program, more adults to our English class, and more interested people to our Bible study...