Stories tagged with: hurricane katrina

• Record 7.3 million meals provided to Gulf hurricane victims

  by Mickey Noah, posted Tuesday, October 11, 2005 (18 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--An all-time record has been reached -- more than 7.3 million meals prepared to date for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita under the Southern Baptists’ mammoth disaster relief effort across the Gulf Coast. Read More

• Steeple remains seminary’s beacon for the Gospel in N.O.

  by Gary D. Myers, posted Tuesday, October 11, 2005 (18 years ago)

  At the steeple Endel Lee, a New Orleans Seminary professor and Navy chaplain, leads a brief worship service Oct. 5 for relief workers and seminary families on the steps of Leavell Chapel with its beacon-like steeple. Photo by Gary D. Myers

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Visible from miles away, the steeple of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s chapel has always been a symbol of hope in the city of New Orleans.

        In 2002, when seminary administrators chose a new logo for the school, they chose the steeple as a symbol for the NOBTS. The symbol represents the seminary’s witness in the city and the world.

  As seminary families returned to campus in the early morning hours Oct. 5-9, the steeple was the only light visible for miles and miles. This lone point of light shining in a sea of darkness represented the hope many have for the seminary and city -– a hope rooted in Jesus Christ.

  “The steeple was the first thing we lit when power was restored,” NOBTS President Chuck Kelley said. “It really is a light in the midst of darkness.” Read More

• Seminary’s former residents endure days of cleaning & moving

  by Gary D. Myers, posted Tuesday, October 11, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--The first week in October was a week of emotional highs and lows for the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary family. Joy mingled with pain and loss. Tears mixed with laughter and hope. Read More

• Mayor says gambling key to reviving New Orleans economy

  by Staff, posted Monday, October 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Though he said he is not particularly keen on the practice and would prefer another solution, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is proposing the implementation of Las Vegas-style gambling in order to jumpstart his city’s economy after Hurricane Katrina. Read More

• Kelley: Flooded seminarians ‘working to heal one another’

  by Sherri Brown, posted Monday, October 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  Seeing the damage New Orleans Seminary students Melinda and Justin Langford look over the remains of their first-floor apartment. The couple moved into the apartment -- and painted all the rooms -- two weeks before Hurricane Katrina hit, destroying all of their possessions. Photo by Sherri Brown

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--It’s the hardest thing he’s ever done, said Chuck Kelley, president of New Orleans Baptist Seminary.

        “This is something no one could imagine. There’s no book for this, no path for this,” Kelley said after returning to the campus to help students and faculty dig through flooded houses and mud-covered possessions.

        “Driving through this city is like driving through a Hollywood science fiction set,” he said.

  Kelley, whose house on campus was not flooded, returned Oct. 5 when the campus first opened to faculty and students wanting to return to salvage what they could from their campus houses. He spent the next several days, dressed in a T-shirt and work pants, walking from house to house. Read More

• Prof: Flood damage at residences ‘impossible to comprehend'

  by Sherri Brown, posted Monday, October 10, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Instead of heading for the library to study for classes, Justin Langford and his wife, Melinda, spent the weekend sorting through the mud and mold in their New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary apartment, trying to salvage pieces of their lives. Read More

• Disaster relief gets $4M boost Reccord tells NAMB trustees

  by Martin King, posted Friday, October 07, 2005 (18 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--A $2 million challenge for donations to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief has been met and will result in an additional $2 million grant to assist the North American Mission Board in its comprehensive Gulf Coast hurricane relief ministries. Read More

• Experienced chaplain heads to La. to work as chaplain assessor

  by Bob Nigh, Baptist Messenger, posted Friday, October 07, 2005 (18 years ago)

  OKLAHOMA CITY (BP)--Joe Williams knows better than most the enormous psychological, emotional and spiritual toll placed on those who serve as a chaplain in the event of disaster. Read More

• 'Mind-numbing' devastation: Southern team helps in relief

  by David Roach & Jeff Robinson, posted Thursday, October 06, 2005 (18 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Pictures are typically worth a thousand words, but the images that the television coverage of Hurricane Katrina produced did not prepare Mary Sills for the destruction she witnessed first-hand in southern Mississippi. Read More

• NOBTS president thanks SBTS for ‘sacrificial gift’

  by Jeff Robinson, posted Thursday, October 06, 2005 (18 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--While many see only rubble when looking at what is left of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Chuck Kelley sees something decidedly different: opportunity.

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