Southern Baptists, Red Cross join in effort to move evacuees
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| Mother, son reunited Samantha Hall and her 15-year-old son, who were separated from each other and from other family members during their evacuation from the Superdome, were reunited with help from Texans who saw divine encounters prompting their aid to the New Orleans family. Photo by Bonnie Pritchett |
What began as an effort by individual Texans either to get evacuees from overflowing shelters to permanent housing or to reunite them with families separated by the storm soon swelled to a national movement coordinated by the Red Cross that can be implemented by individual Southern Baptist churches utilizing existing busses or vans.
Family, separated at Superdome, reunited by new friends
HOUSTON (BP)--As if being forced from their home by powers beyond their control and living in squalor in the New Orleans Superdome weren’t enough, the six-member Hall family was separated in the process of being transported to a safer location.
Bush, speaking from New Orleans, casts vision of brighter days
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Reminding the nation of its valiant past and persistent resolve to press on through hardship, President Bush sought to lift the spirits of Americans discouraged by the “cruel and wasteful” hurricane that swept through the Gulf Coast nearly three weeks ago.
Hope & equality underscored by Bush at Katrina prayer service
WASHINGTON (BP)--Hurricane Katrina’s devastation was beyond the control of human beings, but Americans have the opportunity to build hope and equality in its aftermath, President Bush said at a prayer service Sept. 16.
GuideStone assistance in place for Katrina-impacted participants
DALLAS (BP)--Immediate assistance to GuideStone Financial Resources participants and eligible churches in areas destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Katrina has been put in place by the Southern Baptist Convention entity’s staff.
As floodwater rose at seminary, crew faced a mounting crisis
ATLANTA (BP)--When Hurricane Katrina passed, Chris Friedmann breathed a sigh of relief. As associate vice president for operations at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Friedmann stayed to secure the campus after the storm.
Then floodwaters began to engulf New Orleans and the city descended into chaos.
In the midst of the unfolding tragedy, Friedmann and essential security and maintenance employees watched over the seminary. With much of the campus and surrounding Gentilly community under water, the seminary was completely cut off from the city.
ON SITE: Absorbing tears, nurturing hearts after Katrina
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| All ages Youth in Tylertown, Miss., distribute meals prepared by Michigan Baptist disaster relief volunteers as life begins to stir again in this town 50 miles north of New Orleans.Photo by Bruce Mundell |
Instead, she was excited.
She was on a disaster relief feeding unit team from her Southern Baptist church in Michigan, preparing several thousand meals a day for a community left without power, without phones and without the means to care for itself.
SBC disaster response ‘in transition’ as ministries mount
ALPHARTEEA, GA (BP)--Thirty-six Southern Baptist state conventions have now been activated to provide disaster relief services in the Gulf Coast, preparing and serving hot meals, and providing hot showers, laundry units and cleanup and recovery services. Through Sept. 15, more than 5,000 Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have served 2.2 million meals to victims of the hurricane.
Disaster volunteers carry light, Miss. exec tells NAMB staff
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--“The darker the night, the brighter the light,” Mississippi Baptist leader Jim Futral told North American Mission Board staff Sept. 15, applauding the response of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief workers who were first on the scene with feeding units following Hurricane Katrina.
SPORTS: Pro players do their part to help hurricane victims
JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--Images of the destruction, the shattered lives, the sheer hopelessness wrought by Hurricane Katrina have filled the airwaves, the newspapers and cyberspace over the past several days.
