Do you have family or friends displaced and unsettled by recent hurricanes and flooding?
Television cameras have moved on, but there is much cleanup and rebuilding still to be done. I'm not referring to the floods in Illinois and Indiana, nor Hurricane Ike, nor Hurricane Gustave, nor an Alabama tornado, nor a typhoon in Myanmar, nor an earthquake in China, nor floods in Iowa, nor Hurricane Rita, nor Hurricane Katrina, but the Tsunami of December 2004. And there are likely areas preceding these that still beg attanetion.
Our congregation cannot send mission teams to each area, but we can send one to Iowa. Why go there when there are so many areas closer to home that have since been hits with floods? Simply, because we said we would. Margaret Gambill, Nancy Gambill, Dennis Higgins and I will be heading the Cedar Rapids, IA on Sunday, September 21.
And, as a congregation, we are reaching hurting persons in areas overwhelmed with loss of life, health, homes, businesses, pets, and more. Each gift we give to Week of Compassion, is joined to other gifts from our sisters and brothers in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). But these acts of generosity also connect us to partners across denominational and cultural lines to act decisively with compassion as a sign of hope. Thank you!
What suggestions do you have for our next mission trip?
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