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 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...
by EPC Admin | Aug 29, 2021 | Church News, Denominational News, Emergency Relief
[videopress YZfgx2yK permalink=”false” loop=”true” autoplay=”true”] As Hurricane Ida approaches Louisiana with 150 mph winds, please join EPC leadership in prayer for those in its path. Several EPC churches in Louisiana are in the...
by EPC Admin | Oct 9, 2020 | Church News, Emergency Relief, Ministers, Pastors, People, Presbytery News, Uncategorized
As Hurricane Delta bears down on the northern Gulf Coast, volunteers from numerous EPC churches expect to ramp up their ongoing recovery efforts since Hurricane Laura swept through southwest Louisiana in late August. Delta is expected to strengthen by the time it...
by EPC Admin | Aug 27, 2020 | Denominational News, Emergency Relief, Global Movement, Uncategorized, World Outreach
The EPC has launched an emergency relief fund to help relieve suffering caused by a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, on August 4. The blast killed more than 180 people and injured an additional 6,000. An estimated 300,000 people were left homeless. Donations to...