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Neon Reformed OPC is Getting a Facelift! From day one, Neon Reformed OPC’s building, a former store, has never looked much like a church building, but now, and because of the devastating flood last July, it is well on its way to becoming one of the nicest buildings in town. And, although a building is not what makes a church, the previous
Refugees Twice Over Pastor of Bethlehem, Sofonias, is in the center of this photo. Please pray for a group of brothers and sisters who are refugees twice over. A number of people from a nation in the Horn of Africa (intentionally vague) have become refugees in Khartoum, Sudan. Among them are a significant number of Christians. The Mobile Theological Mentoring
Measuring Success: Sheds of Hope in Neon by Trish Duggan, OPC Disaster Response Communications Coordinator Eight weeks and more than halfway through the Spring Community Outreach effort in Neon, Kentucky, site coordinators Mike and Sylvia Kelly’s time there has been measurably successful. Sheds have been built, repairs have been made and contacts have been established. Yet this humble couple would
How Crates for Ukraine May Become Seeds for Church Planting Members of the MTW Ukraine Crisis Team By Jamie Dean, OPC Communications Coordinator Not long after Russia invaded Ukraine last year, an American missionary living in the former Soviet state found himself consulting a crisis manual published in the Dominican Republic. It wasn’t what MTW missionary Doug Shepherd expected to
April 2023 Tornadoes We are happy to report, after checking with the OPC Presbyteries in the affected regions, there are no known needs after the recent storms and tornadoes hit in the midwest and southern U.S. Please join us in praising the Lord for the loving protection shown to His church and pray for those of whom were affected.
Deadly Tornadoes Strike the Southern U.S. We are saddened to hear of the devastation across many states from the recent tornadoes in the South. Due to our lack of presence in the affected regions, it is doubtful, at this point, that OPC Disaster Response will be directly involved in this response effort. We know of one OPC family in Georgia
Turkey Earthquake Fund Update To date, the OPC Turkey Earthquake Fund has received $112,507.27 in donations! Thanks to all those who have given! Recently OPC Disaster Response agreed to send $20,000 of those funds to one of our ministry partners in the region and is considering other avenues where these funds may minister while sharing the gospel. If you would
Registrants Respond to Neon Needs by Trish Duggan A recent plea to the OPC Disaster Response registrants for volunteers brought an abundance of inquiries to our volunteer coordinator, Jane Robinson. Thank you! Mike Kelly now has many additional hands for the rest of the month of March, but more are needed for April and May! Our faithful site coordinators, Mike
Helping Your Brother in Need: Crates for Ukraine Grace Chung, a member of OPC Franklin Square in New York, felt inspired by 1 John 3:17: “But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?” as she and her church family packed four crates with medical supplies
Devastation in Turkey and Syria by David Nakhla, OPC Disaster Response Coordinator We continue to be gripped by the dreadful stream of news coming out of central Turkey and northern Syria following the devastating earthquakes that began on February 6. We give thanks that two sister NAPARC denominations/federations (the Presbyterian Church in America – PCA, and Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church – ARP), have Christian contacts