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March 17, 2023
Last week (March 6-10) the staff and Advisory Committee of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance traveled to Fort Myers, FL to meet as a group and with partners in the area. On Tuesday we drove to the community of Immokalee to learn from several of our partners there, including the Immokalee Fair Housing Alliance (IFHA), Coalition of… Read more »
February 23, 2023
This week, as we commemorate the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, we are sharing reports and stories from our partners on the ground. By Simon Chambers, Director of Communications, ACT Alliance Budolai is an energetic NGO (non-governmental organization) leader in Balti, Moldova. He is also a person with a strong faith. His organization,… Read more »
February 22, 2023
This week, as we commemorate the one-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine, we are sharing reports and stories from our partners on the ground. By Simon Chambers, Director of Communications, ACT Alliance In early 2022, Elizabeth lived with her family- parents, grandparents, and little brother- in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She was finishing up high school… Read more »
February 3, 2023
PDA’s Associate for Migration Accompaniment Ministries, Susan Krehbiel, is currently traveling as part of a PC(USA) delegation to Eastern Europe, meeting with partners responding to the war in Ukraine. Throughout this trip, she will share reflections as time allows. We met Marina, an engineer, (not her real name) at an overnight shelter in Zahony,… Read more »
January 19, 2023
You can take action here! The Christmas celebrations have ended, the decorations are now packed away for another year (or 10 months), and we are all settling back into our normal routines. For some, however, there is no going back. Like the Magi who were warned to find a different route from which they… Read more »
December 9, 2022
Advent means “arrival,” the season we await the coming of Jesus Christ into our midst. Bernard of Clairvaux, the twelfth century abbot and theologian, wrote that there are three Advents: there’s Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem, the coming of Jesus at the end of the age, and the “middle” Advent, or the everyday arrival of Jesus… Read more »
November 30, 2022
As we enter into this Advent Season, we want to share resources to help you honor and welcome newcomers as part of your congregation’s observance of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Seeking Peace & Joy for All lifts up the many different holidays and holy days celebrated throughout the winter and highlights faith resources to support… Read more »
November 18, 2022
Dear friends, Peace to you all in this time and always. We are writing to share some exciting news regarding some changes that involve the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) and Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA). Recently, the Rev. Dr. Diane Moffett, President and Executive Director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, announced that the Rev. Denise Anderson… Read more »
October 11, 2022
In 2020, a deadly tornado hit Seneca, South Carolina. Two-and-a-half years later, a group from First Presbyterian Church of Seneca is paying it forward. Last week, a work team gathered at Ferncliff Camp and Conference Center, where PDA and Church World Service support their Disaster Assistance Center, to help process Gift of the Heart kits…. Read more »
August 25, 2022
This story is written by Simon Chambers, Director of Communications at ACT Alliance. Survivor and community-led response (SCLR) is a methodology in humanitarian work which involves a close connection with the people and communities that are directly impacted by the humanitarian situation to find out what their most pressing needs are, and then working to… Read more »
