Stories tagged with: gulf coast

• Louisiana church steps up to fill void, Texas DR volunteers redeploy

  by Erin Curry, posted Friday, September 23, 2005 (19 years ago)

  LaPLACE, La. (BP)--For three weeks these Texans and Louisianans gave it their all, serving more than 1 million meals, distributing 11,000 evangelistic tracts and 1,200 Bibles, and seeing at least 45 new professions of faith in Christ. But as another fierce hurricane took aim at their home state, more than 300 volunteers from the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention headed out of Louisiana to turn their attention toward their own families and neighbors.

        “We will be transferring the operations of meal preparation over to local Baptist churches to work under the leadership of The Salvation Army,” said Bill Davenport, director of disaster relief for the SBTC. Read More

• Southern Baptist Disaster Relief readies for Hurricane Rita

  by Tim Yarbrough, posted Friday, September 23, 2005 (19 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Southern Baptist Disaster Relief is gearing up to prepare 400,000 meals daily following Hurricane Rita. Read More

• ‘Milestone’ reached in Katrina response as Rita grows

  by Tim Yarbrough, posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 (19 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--More than 3.5 million meals have been prepared by Southern Baptist Disaster Relief following Katrina as some volunteers in Louisiana and Mississippi are evacuated in preparation for another possible assault on the Gulf Coast by Hurricane Rita.

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• 30,000 meals served to Dennis victims as Emily approaches

  by Tim Yarbrough, posted Friday, July 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

  Among the 800 Danny Sprayberry (left) and Billy Key, volunteers with the Calhoun Baptist Association (Alabama) disaster relief team, clear debris from the yard of a home in Flomaton, Ala. Sprayberry and Key were among 800 volunteers who responded after Hurricane Dennis’ landfall. Photo by Doug Rogers

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers have prepared nearly 30,000 meals for victims of Hurricane Dennis.

  While many disaster relief services are winding down in Alabama and Georgia following Dennis, the American Red Cross has requested that Southern Baptist Disaster Relief officials prepare to deploy mobile kitchens units for Hurricane Emily, which is expected to strike southern Texas next week. Read More

• Disaster relief rooted in CP, associational missions

  by Keith Hinson, posted Friday, July 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

  Stirring ministry Oklahoma disaster relief volunteers (from left) Bub Osten, Lawrence Priest, W.A. Boured and Thomas Parris prepare a hot meal for Hurricane Dennis victims from a feeding unit stationed at First Baptist Church in Atmore, Ala. Photo by Doug Rogers/Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions

  FLOMATON, Ala. (BP)--For many Southern Baptists involved in disaster relief, the importance of supporting the Cooperative Program and associational missions comes to life in fresh new ways.

  Jeff Howard, pastor of the Little Escambia Baptist Church in Flomaton, Ala., said his congregation gained a new appreciation for the Cooperative Program in the wake of Hurricane Ivan last September which savaged Alabama much more than this July’s Hurricane Dennis.

  "Our congregation last year saw the mobilization of volunteers after Ivan, realizing 90 percent of the help people received was from Southern Baptists -– every bit of that supported through the Cooperative Program and disaster relief," Howard said. "It was an eye-opener for our people to see that we send all this money and now we see in a very practical way just what this ministry means to people in a time of crisis." Read More

• Sullivan greets pastors, volunteers; rainfall fails to dampen spirits

  by Joni B. Hannigan, posted Friday, July 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

  MILTON, Fla. (BP)--Braving gray skies, thunderclouds and driving rain, Florida Baptist Convention Executive-Director/Treasurer John Sullivan visited churches in the Florida Panhandle July 14 assessing damage and thanking pastors and relief workers for their efforts since Hurricane Dennis hit July 10. Read More

• Volunteer brings smiles to children in time of disaster

  by Brittany Burcham, posted Friday, July 15, 2005 (19 years ago)

  FLOMATON, Ala. (BP)--In the days following Hurricane Dennis, in the parking lot of Little Escambia Baptist Church in Flomaton, Ala., you could see the familiar sight of disaster relief volunteers reaching through the front windows of cars to provide victims with much-needed ice, hot meals and other supplies. But there was a new sight -— Kaye Lee reaching through the back window of the car to hand over a goodie bag and a hug to a surprised and grateful child. Read More

• Welch thanks workers, prays with hurricane-weary pastors

  by Joni B. Hannigan, posted Thursday, July 14, 2005 (19 years ago)

  Stepping up to pray At Robinsonville Baptist Church in Alabama, which sustained structural damage from Hurricane Dennis, Southern Baptist Convention President Bobby Welch (from left) joins in prayer with pastor Mike McMorris, Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions Executive Director Rick Lance and several others. Photo by Doug Rogers/Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions

  PENSACOLA, Fla. (BP)--Southern Baptist Convention President Bobby Welch visited the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast July 13-14, bringing greetings and prayers on behalf of the 16-million-plus Southern Baptists nationwide.

  Volunteer: ‘Everyone Can’ Bobby Welch, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, traveled to areas in Florida and Alabama affected by Hurricane Dennis, thanking disaster relief workers on behalf of Southern Baptists. At Immanuel Baptist Church in Pace, Fla., Welch was recognized by one of the George Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers who begin to chant “Everyone Can,” reflecting Welch’s call for Southern Baptists to baptize 1 million people in a year. Photo by Joni B. Hannigan

        Characterizing himself as an ambassador of good will, Welch traveled from Florida to Alabama and back, surveying damage, praying with pastors and thanking Southern Baptist Disaster Relief workers for their labor.

        In Pensacola, Welch met with Bob Greene, director of missions for the Pensacola Bay Baptist Association, and Bobby Musselwhite, director of missions for the Santa Rosa Baptist Association. Rick Lance, executive director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, met with Welch in Alabama.

  Both DOMs serve in areas where the Category 3 Hurricane Dennis blew in July 10 from the Gulf Coast. In addition to damaging homes and ripping trees and signs from the ground, Dennis knocked out power to an estimated 500,000 people, 50 percent of whom had power restored by July 14. Read More

• Pastors along coast thankful that Hurricane Dennis was less destructive than Ivan

  by Joni B. Hannigan, posted Tuesday, July 12, 2005 (19 years ago)

  PENSACOLA, Fla. (BP)--Feeding and clean-up began July 11 in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi after Hurricane Dennis clamored for attention from relief workers still impacted by Florida's historic 2004 hurricane season. Despite a much weaker storm than anticipated, Hurricane Dennis roared into the Gulf Coast July 10, knocking out power to nearly half a million residents in three states and forcing water to overflow bays and rivers. Read More

• Food units, chainsaw crews move in to help with recovery

  by Keith Hinson, posted Tuesday, July 12, 2005 (19 years ago)

  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--In the wake of Hurricane Dennis, Alabama Baptists have mobilized quickly with food, chainsaws, volunteers and other resources sent to storm-affected areas -- particularly in Escambia County, Ala. Read More