Ongoing hurricane response
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The DVD "Three Years of Responding to Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Presbyterians' Faithful Witness and Relationships Continue” lifts up three years of hurricane response by examining the impact of Presbyterian work on the U.S. gulf coast; it also includes segments from previous gulf coast DVDs, including a Project Homecoming video (featured on this page), A Day in the Life of a Presbyterian Work Team, promotional music videos — including one from youth weeks 2008, and Voices from the Gulf —interviews with homeowners, volunteers, clergy and staff who are all part of a collective effort for long-term recovery along the Gulf Coast.
Project Homecoming, a joint ministry of the Presbytery of South Louisiana and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, has been described as "a PC(USA) focus on helping people return home; not only as assistance in rebuilding houses, but as a witness to the love of Christ, whose healing power brings all who are touched 'home' to a place of joy, love, and peace in life.”
In a little more than its first year of operation (beginning April 2007), Project Homecoming housed more than 1,800 volunteers, logged more than 340,000 volunteer hours, gutted more than 990 homes, and completed more than 90 homes.
Order your free copy of the DVD "Three Years of Responding to Gulf Coast Hurricanes: Presbyterians' Faithful Witness and Relationships Continue”, PDS# 25412-08-007.
Voices from the Gulf
These short interview vignettes lift up the words and reflections of the homeowners, volunteers, clergy and staff who are part of a collective effort for long-term recovery along the Gulf Coast.
Homeowners
Resident Michelle Kidd Gary Jupiter
New Orleans, Louisiana
Janice Forbes & Lynette Dupre
Houma, Louisiana
Yolanda Cerrato-Valladares
New Orleans, Louisiana
Sunshine & Gary Tatum
Gulfport, Mississippi
Volunteers
Volunteer Jess Harrell Chris Peters
Forest Lake Presbyterian Church
Columbia, South Carolina
Rev. Lisa Hickman
New Wilmington Presbyterian Church
New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
Godwin Dixon
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Flower Mound, Texas
Presbyterian Clergy & Staff
PDA Logistics Manager Wilf Wityshyn
Rev. Dr. Alan Cutter
Executive Presbyter, Presbytery of South Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Wilf Wityshyn
PDA Logistics Manager
Gulfport, Mississippi
Rev. Scott Castleman
New Life Community Church & Handsboro Presbyterian Church
Gulfport, Mississippi
Volunteers needed: videos from the field
(September 2005) - These short video clips speak to the need for volunteers to help with the Hurricanes Katrina and Rita response. [Read more]
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