by EPC Admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Pastors, People
The deadly December 10-11 tornado outbreak affected at least one EPC congregation. Paul Tucker, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Greenfield, Tenn., reported on December 13 that a family in the church who lives in Dresden, Tenn., suffered “a total loss.” “They...
by EPC Admin | Oct 1, 2021 | Church News, Ministers, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
Walter Turner, Pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Rome, Ga., since September 2017, has succumbed to COVID-19. In addition to serving the Covenant congregation, Turner was chairman of the Undergraduate Department of Religious Studies at Beulah Heights University...
by EPC Admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Church News, Emergency Relief
As recovery continues in South Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Ida’s destructive wind, rain, and storm surge, EPC Stated Clerk Weaver traveled to Thibodaux, La., to see how donations to the EPC Emergency Relief Fund are being put to work. He joined Bill Crawford,...
by EPC Admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Pastors, Uncategorized
by Bill Crawford Pastor, First Presbyterian Churches of Houma, La., and Thibodaux, La. It’s been an amazing, intense, depressing, and glorious two weeks. Sunday, August 29, will sit in a long history of devastating storms as one of the most catastrophic storms ever...
by EPC Admin | Sep 9, 2021 | Church News, Pastors, People, Uncategorized
“Hear our prayers, O Lord, and raise up our brother and sister for the glory of Jesus our Lord.” Please pray for the congregation at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Rome, Ga. A member of the Session contracted COVID-19 and died last week. Covenant’s Pastor, Walter...
by EPC Admin | Sep 3, 2021 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Pastors, Uncategorized
Reports of damage to EPC church buildings and congregation members’ homes resulting from Hurricane Ida continue to emerge in the days following the storm’s August 29 landfall in Louisiana. Bill Crawford, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Thibodaux, La., said...