SPDR

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Meet Your SPDR Liaisons

Did you know your presbytery has a designated SPDR Liaison? This past September, some of our SPDR Liaisons, along with members of the...

Nov 152 min read

Tres Rios Presbytery: Church Safety & Crisis Response

This past June, two congregations in Tres Rios Presbytery participated in a pilot initiative to increase Church Safety & Crisis Response...

Oct 83 min read

Hurricane Helene Response & Recovery

Cindy White looks over the devastation inside her home in North Carolina caused by Hurricane Helene. Only a tiny number of households in...

Sep 102 min read

Preparing for Hurricanes and Other Emergencies

September is National Preparedness Month September marks National Preparedness Month, the annual public service campaign to remind...

Jul 112 min read

Phone Volunteers Needed for Hurricane Beryl Relief

Dear SPDR & Presbytery Leaders, As you are well aware, Hurricane Beryl has impacted millions of residents across our Synod and beyond. I...

Jun 272 min read

Hurricane Preparedness Webinar & Resources

July 2024 The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season is already underway, and the Synod Partnership for Disaster Recovery (SPDR) is hosting an...

Apr 232 min read

Healing all kinds of brokenness, even a broken pipe!

The church is no stranger to the brokenness of this world, but Lord help us when something at the church breaks! In January, Oklahoma saw...

Apr 153 min read

Recovering Oklahomans After Disaster (with Iowans)

This past March, I spent a week in Oklahoma with a group of Presbyterians from Iowa. Together we worked on storm damaged homes through a...

Mar 83 min read

Texas Panhandle Fire Update - 03-08-2024

Text below is an excerpt from today's report. Click file above for the full report Palo Duro Presbytery: Thank you for your prayers and...

Mar 64 min read

Transforming Donations to Disaster Recovery & Resiliency

Editor's Note: The blog article is accompanied by a two episode Disaster Partnership Conversation podcast on Sunspots, the podcast of the...

Mar 56 min read

Texas Panhandle Fire Update - 2024/03/05

Prayerful Monday afternoon, Allow me to share update summaries today that I have received from a number of sources: Prayer from the hymn...

Mar 27 min read

Texas Panhandle Fire Update - 2024/03/02

In additions to sites listed below, donations can be made to: Palo Duro Presbytery - https://paloduropresbytery.org Synod of the Sun -...

Feb 53 min read

Church Safety & Security Deadline Alert!

Are you aware that the federal government offers grants to houses of worship with the intent of increasing the safety and security of its...

Jan 52 min read

2024: The Year of Resilience

FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency for our nation, recently announced 2024 as the “Year of Resilience.” Someone from FEMA must...

Dec 11, 20232 min read

SPDR 2023 Year at a Glance

I’m excited for you to see how far we have come in our first full year of living into SPDR: the Synod Partnership for Disaster Recovery!

Nov 7, 20232 min read

Building Resiliency: Taking a Moment for Gratitude & Hope

Do you have a gratitude practice? Many years ago, one of my Sunday School teachers taught me about gratitude journaling. I’ve never...

Oct 5, 20233 min read

Meet Kathy Broyard: Presbyterian Emergency Management Specialist

How did a radio engineer end up transitioning into a career in disaster ministry? To find out, you’ll have to listen to our next Sunspots...

Jun 12, 20233 min read

Disaster Recovery and the LGBTQIA+ Community

“Queer life, trans life, is often full of storms and winds and floods and fires: the storms of religious contempt; the winds of gender...

May 10, 20233 min read

Tornado Recovery in Arkansas & Oklahoma

Did you know that from January to March of this year, 410 tornadoes have been reported in the United States? Four hundred and ten marks...

Mar 8, 20234 min read

A Collective Lent

I’ve always loved the honesty of Lent. When else but on Ash Wednesday can you remind everyone, no matter how young or old you are, you...