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More Ways to Respond6/4/2024 response to severe storms continues![]() Week of Compassion continues to respond to recent severe weather and assess needs for immediate and long-term recovery. First Christian Church, Rogers, took on extensive damage from the tornadoes that battered northwest Arkansas. Throughout the last week, church members and neighbors have worked together to clear trees, board windows, and clean up debris - including many who are dealing with similar concerns in their own homes. On Sunday June 2, one week after the storms, with power restored only the night before, the congregation gathered for worship, to pray, sing, hear the Word proclaimed, and share in communion. Church members and friends from the community stayed after worship to continue working on the church grounds and on church members’ homes. As senior pastor Rev. Shawn Wallace said to those who gathered, “It’s good to see your face! It’s good to see the presence and the life that you bring into this place. … It’s good to have each other. A lot of times we live in our own little silos and we do our own things. I feel like we are being pulled together, that we are all in this together. We feel it together.” Here are several ways for you and your church to respond, now and for the long haul.
Visit the Week of Compassion Volunteer page for these connections and more; complete an interest form and volunteer profile to receive more information as it becomes available. As always, we are grateful for your generous response. When you make a gift to Week of Compassion, marked ‘US Storms’, 100% of designated contributions support immediate responses and long-term recovery in these affected communities. We are grateful to do this work together. Comments are closed.
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