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Jan 102 min read
SPDR 2024 Year in Review
A whole year ago, we started off with what felt like a blank slate. Three hundred and sixty five days later, how did the events of this...
Dec 9, 20242 min read
Meet Your SPDR Liaisons
Did you know your presbytery has a designated SPDR Liaison? This past September, some of our SPDR Liaisons, along with members of the...
Nov 15, 20242 min read
Tres Rios Presbytery: Church Safety & Crisis Response
This past June, two congregations in Tres Rios Presbytery participated in a pilot initiative to increase Church Safety & Crisis Response...
Oct 8, 20243 min read
Hurricane Helene Response & Recovery
Cindy White looks over the devastation inside her home in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Helene. Only a tiny number of households in...
Sep 10, 20242 min read
Preparing for Hurricanes and Other Emergencies
September is National Preparedness Month September marks National Preparedness Month, the annual public service campaign to remind...
Jul 11, 20242 min read
Phone Volunteers Needed for Hurricane Beryl Relief
Dear SPDR & Presbytery Leaders, As you are well aware, Hurricane Beryl has impacted millions of residents across our Synod and beyond. I...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
Hurricane Preparedness Webinar & Resources
July 2024 The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season is already underway, and the Synod Partnership for Disaster Recovery (SPDR) is hosting an...
Apr 23, 20242 min read
Healing all kinds of brokenness, even a broken pipe!
The church is no stranger to the brokenness of this world, but Lord help us when something at the church breaks! In January, Oklahoma saw...
Apr 15, 20243 min read
Recovering Oklahomans After Disaster (with Iowans)
This past March, I spent a week in Oklahoma with a group of Presbyterians from Iowa. Together we worked on storm damaged homes through a...
Mar 8, 20243 min read
Texas Panhandle Fire Update - 03-08-2024
Text below is an excerpt from today's report. Click file above for the full report Palo Duro Presbytery: Thank you for your prayers and...
Mar 6, 20244 min read
Transforming Donations to Disaster Recovery & Resiliency
Editor's Note: The blog article is accompanied by a two episode Disaster Partnership Conversation podcast on Sunspots, the podcast of the...
Mar 5, 20246 min read
Texas Panhandle Fire Update - 2024/03/05
Prayerful Monday afternoon, Allow me to share update summaries today that I have received from a number of sources: Prayer from the hymn...
Mar 2, 20247 min read
Texas Panhandle Fire Update - 2024/03/02
In additions to sites listed below, donations can be made to: Palo Duro Presbytery - https://paloduropresbytery.org Synod of the Sun -...
Feb 5, 20243 min read
Church Safety & Security Deadline Alert!
Are you aware that the federal government offers grants to houses of worship with the intent of increasing the safety and security of its...
Jan 5, 20242 min read
2024: The Year of Resilience
FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency for our nation, recently announced 2024 as the “Year of Resilience.” Someone from FEMA must...
Dec 11, 20232 min read
SPDR 2023 Year at a Glance
I’m excited for you to see how far we have come in our first full year of living into SPDR: the Synod Partnership for Disaster Recovery!
Nov 7, 20232 min read
Building Resiliency: Taking a Moment for Gratitude & Hope
Do you have a gratitude practice? Many years ago, one of my Sunday School teachers taught me about gratitude journaling. I’ve never...
Oct 5, 20233 min read
Meet Kathy Broyard: Presbyterian Emergency Management Specialist
How did a radio engineer end up transitioning into a career in disaster ministry? To find out, you’ll have to listen to our next Sunspots...
Jun 12, 20233 min read
Disaster Recovery and the LGBTQIA+ Community
“Queer life, trans life, is often full of storms and winds and floods and fires: the storms of religious contempt; the winds of gender...
May 10, 20233 min read
Tornado Recovery in Arkansas & Oklahoma
Did you know that from January to March of this year, 410 tornadoes have been reported in the United States? Four hundred and ten marks...
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