News Briefs for July 13
Briefs about almost 150 ICOM "Exhibitor Spotlights," tornado recovery efforts near Cincinnati, a Christocentric art exhibition in Northeast Ohio, a sewing ministry in North Carolina, and a learning retreat in Indiana.
Articles for tag: Tornado Relief
February 9, 2022
Bowling Green Church, IDES Helping Community Recover from Tornado
For the past two months, since a tornado struck its town on Dec. 10, Bowling Green (Ky.) Christian Church has been helping its community with the able assistance of IDES.
March 6, 2020
Several Tennessee Churches Cope with Losses Resulting from Deadly Tornadoes
(Originally posted Friday, March 6; updated Monday, March 9) Alive Nashville, a Stadia church plant that started last September, had been meeting on Sundays in a building that was “ground zero” for the tornado that struck East Nashville early Tuesday. Since the storm, the church has been working to serve one another and others in the neighborhood devastated by the tornado. According to lead pastor Brandon Jacobs‘ Facebook posts, the church has been praying, receiving aid requests, assessing needs, lending a hand and/or connecting victims with people or agencies that can help, engaging in some small-scale cleanup, and determining how
December 12, 2018
Churches Rescue City’s Hoops Program (Plus News Briefs)
Compiled by Chris Moon Calvary Christian Church in Winchester, Ky., is ramping up for the little league basketball season one year after the church helped rescue the sports program after the closure of the community’s YMCA. Calvary Christian is one of several churches sponsoring Upward 40391, a Christian-based basketball and cheerleading program. The program came into existence after the Winchester YMCA closed in late 2016. “We were breaking down barriers and coming together for the cause of the kids,” CCC’s lead pastor Mike McCormick told the Winchester Sun. About 940 preschoolers through 12th-graders are signed up for the program this
March 8, 2012
IDES Working to Help Tornado Victims
International Disaster Emergency Service is mobilizing churches, volunteers, donations, and disaster response teams to assist tornado victims in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, and surrounding areas.
CIY Leading ‘Engage the City’ to Serve Joplin
Christ in Youth is leading “Engage the City,” a July opportunity for students to serve tornado victims in Joplin, Missouri, and learn from local leaders.
