PC(USA) - Presbyterian Disaster Assistance - Stories of hope

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	Stories of hope: Presbyterians respond to bring hope following Hurricanes Katrina/Rita/Wilma University of Minnesota team in New Orleans Volunteer work team stories from the Gulf Coast Survivor stories Links to stories submitted as web sites Stories of hope from around the United States Children's stories of hope


	Work Team Stories Mississippi Gulfport/Biloxi Cincinnati Presbytery team of 11 churches serves in Gulfport, Mississippi First Presbyterian Church of Hickory, North Carolina, serves in Gulfport, Mississippi First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach, Virginia, team serves in Biloxi and D'Iberville First Presbyterian Church of Wappingers Falls, New York, serves in Gulfport, Mississippi Reflections from an Orange Grove Volunteer, Biloxi, Mississippi Pearlington United College Ministries in Northern Virginia (UCMNV) teams serve in Pearlington, Mississippi United Church of Big Rapids, Michigan, returns to Pearlington, Mississippi First Presbyterian Church of Charleston, Illinois, team serves in Pearlington, Mississippi Brunswick Church of Troy, New York, raises funds to send returning volunteer work team to Pearlington, Mississippi Gautier Cary Presbyterian Church of Cary, North Carolina, journies to Gautier, Mississippi D’Iberville Overlake Park Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, Washington, volunteers make a third trip to serve in D’Iberville, Mississippi First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, Missouri, volunteer work team serves in D'Iberville, Mississippi Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church of Rock Hill, South Carolina, sends teams to serve in D'Iberville, Mississippi First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia, sends a team to the PDA Volunteer Village in D'Iberville, Mississippi Members of Monmouth Presbytery go to D’Iberville, Mississippi Louisiana Houma Dayton Memorial Presbyterian Church team on mission in Houma, Louisiana First Presbyterian Church of Lincoln, Nebraska, serves in Houma, Louisiana Volunteers from Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Missouri, serve in Houma, Louisiana MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, builds sustainable housing in Houma, Louisiana A Volunteer's Journal, Houma, Louisiana Grand Opening at PDA Volunteer Village in Houma, Louisiana Luling Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church of Puyallup, Washington, organizes a tri-church work team in Luling, Louisiana Member of First Presbyterian Church of Portland, Oregon, reflects on her work through the Luling, Louisiana, PDA Volunteer Village New Orleans Survivors and volunteers often work together in the clean-up and rebuilding efforts. Photo: Bobbi Updegraff Main Street Presbyterian Church of Petersburg, Indiana, goes to New Orleans: July 2008 Oahe Presbyterian Church mission team serves in New Orleans First Presbyterian Church of Greenville, North Carolina, serves in New Orleans West Side Presbyterian Church connects with other churches to send team to New Orleans First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans opens newly refurbished child development program Other sites in the Gulf Coast Before and after. Photo by Samuel Hensell First Presbyterian Church in Portland, Oregon, goes to the Gulf Coast Two South Carolina Churches unite to send a team to Bayou LaBatre, Alabama John Knox Presbyterian Church story Reedy Fork Baptist Church story White Memorial Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, North Carolina, volunteer work team serves in Mandeville, Louisiana Washington State University K-House team serves in Louisiana First Baptist Church in Wyandotte, Michigan, helps disaster survivors The Brother Craig Project - team serves in Pointe Aux Chenes, Louisana Two Pennsylvania churches team up for a work team trip to South Alabama Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church in Duluth, Georgia, holds "Goodies for Good" sale to benefit hurricane survivors Monmouth Presbytery reports on its October 2005 trip to the Gulf Coast Winter Park Presbyterian Church brings care to Hurricane affected areas Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program employees volunteer during the early days of the U.S. Hurricane Response Presbyterian Support Helps Move UNICEF Kits to Hurricane Evacuees


	Survivor Stories of Hope The kitchen at Canal Street Presbyterian Church before completion. Photo: Eleanor Soltau Update on Canal Street Presbyterian Church of New Orleans - first worship service in the sanctuary since the hurricanes held on Palm Sunday Restaurant owner in Gautier, Mississippi, says thank you to the many Presbyterians who have helped the community, April 2006 Atakapa Tribe survivor story, by Marian MacNeill PDA Team member Marian MacNeill shares survivor story, December 2005 Survivor hopes to return to New Orleans Child to Child Letters — survivors of the 2004 Asian Tsunami in Indonesia write letters to child survivors of the 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the United States

	Work team stories submitted as links to other Web sites Photo by Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church of Maryland — a volunteer in New Orleans. Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church of Puyallup, Washington, team returned to New Orleans, April 2008 Brunswick Church of Troy, New York, team returned to Pearlington, Mississippi, April 2008 First Presbyterian Church in Ogdensburg, New York, team will serve in Mississippi in May 2008 The Guinston Gutters volunteer work team from Airville, Pennsylvania, makes multiple trips to Louisiana Presbytery of Cincinnati team returns to the Gulf Coast, April 2008 Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church of Gaithersburg, Maryland, makes another trip to the Gulf - March 2008 First Presbyterian Church of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, serves in Gulfport, Mississippi, July 2006 Princeton Seminary Students Reflect on Service in Mississippi - article from inSpire, Princeton Theological Seminary First Presbyterian Church of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, sends volunteer work team to Mississippi, February 2006 Coe College sends alternative spring break mission team of 15 faculty/staff and 45 students to Gulfport, Mississippi Dirt, sweat and shingles make memories on Gulf Coast volunteer trip: The Jewish News Weekly of northern California article by Suzan Berns, March 31, 2006 Christ's Church — Methodist and Presbyterian United of Monmout , Oregon, reports on its December 2005 volunteer work team experience in the New Orleans area Mountain Valley Mission Community of Shenandoah Presbytery sent a work team of 25 to the Volunteer Village at Orange Grove in Gulfport, Mississippi for 10 days in January 2006


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