Hurricane Response Update10/11/2024 responding to Helene and MiltonFollowing Hurricane Helene (September 26) and Hurricane Milton (October 9), Week of Compassion is in close communication with Disciples’ Regional leadership and pastors, and with established partners in the impacted areas. Week of Compassion is currently sending solidarity grants to Disciples congregations and households, while connecting with ecumenical partners in the storm centers and surrounding communities, looking ahead and preparing for the immense long-term recovery to come.
Disciples Respond to Hurricane Helene10/2/2024 EMERGENCY APPEALan update from across the southeast On Thursday September 26, Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend of the Florida Gulf Coast, landing as a category 4 storm with wind impacts of 140mph, bringing a 20-foot storm surge, incredible rainfall and flooding, and sparking tornadoes. The storm tracked across six states, and remnant rainfall reached into several more. Destruction is estimated at $160 billion, one of the costliest storms in US history.
Prayers for Holy Week and Easter3/21/2024  Beginning Sunday, followers of Christ will mark a holy season, with Palm Sunday and Easter celebrations at each end, with days of penitent reflection in between. Across generations, the faithful have found meaning in worship, ritual, and song. Week of Compassion offers these prayers for each day, to draw us closer in faithfulness throughout this truly Holy Week.
These prayers will also post daily on our social media platforms, where you are more than welcome to share. Still ... the Light.12/22/2023 a Christmas Letter and prayer from Week of Compassion Advent is a season of waiting, watching, preparing. It often arrives sparkling and bright, but for others it is less so. It is sometimes uplifting and joyous, and yet some hearts are weighed down and heavy.
Advent waiting is balancing the concerns of a world in need with the anticipated promise of a world that sees its needs fully met. Advent waiting is a spiritual practice of peering through the shadows, each year, to find that even through the gloom, still … the Light of the World comes. |
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