Stories of hope: Presbyterians respond to bring hope following Hurricanes Katrina/Rita/Wilma

University of Minnesota team in New Orleans

Volunteer work team stories from the Gulf Coast

Links to stories submitted as web sites

Stories of hope from around the United States

Children's stories of hope

Work Team Stories

Mississippi

Gulfport/Biloxi

First Presbyterian Church of Boise, Idaho, volunteer shares about their work time in the Gulf, April 2007

Cincinnati Presbytery team of 11 churches serves in Gulfport, Mississippi

First Presbyterian Church of Hickory, North Carolina, serves in Gulfport, Mississippi

First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach, Virginia, team serves in Biloxi and D'Iberville

First Presbyterian Church of Wappingers Falls, New York, serves in Gulfport, Mississippi

Reflections from an Orange Grove Volunteer, Biloxi, Mississippi

Pearlington

United College Ministries in Northern Virginia (UCMNV) teams serve in Pearlington, Mississippi

United Church of Big Rapids, Michigan, returns to Pearlington, Mississippi

First Presbyterian Church of Charleston, Illinois, team serves in Pearlington, Mississippi

Brunswick Church of Troy, New York, raises funds to send returning volunteer work team to Pearlington, Mississippi

Gautier

Cary Presbyterian Church of Cary, North Carolina, journies to Gautier, Mississippi

D’Iberville

Overlake Park Presbyterian Church of Bellevue, Washington, volunteers make a third trip to serve in D’Iberville, Mississippi

First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, Missouri, volunteer work team serves in D'Iberville, Mississippi

Oakland Avenue Presbyterian Church of Rock Hill, South Carolina, sends teams to serve in D'Iberville, Mississippi

First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Virginia, sends a team to the PDA Volunteer Village in D'Iberville, Mississippi

Members of Monmouth Presbytery go to D’Iberville, Mississippi

Louisiana

Houma

A Gulf Coast vacation - The United Presbyterian Church of Washington, Iowa, serves in Louisiana

Ladue Chapel team completes fourth disaster recovery trip to Houma, Louisiana, March 2009

Dayton Memorial Presbyterian Church team on mission in Houma, Louisiana

First Presbyterian Church of Lincoln, Nebraska, serves in Houma, Louisiana

Volunteers from Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Missouri, serve in Houma, Louisiana

MIT School of Architecture and Planning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, builds sustainable housing in Houma, Louisiana

A Volunteer's Journal, Houma, Louisiana

Grand Opening at PDA Volunteer Village in Houma, Louisiana

Luling

Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church of Puyallup, Washington, continues to serve in the Gulf Coast, April 2009

Member of First Presbyterian Church of Portland, Oregon, reflects on her work through the Luling, Louisiana, PDA Volunteer Village

New Orleans

Survivors and volunteers often work together in the clean-up and rebuilding efforts. Photo: Bobbi Updegraff

Teams from St. Andrews Presbyterian Church of Kilmarnock, Virginia, make three trips to the gulf and build a shower trailer for Presbyterian Volunteer Villages, 2006 - 2008

Main Street Presbyterian Church of Petersburg, Indiana, goes to New Orleans: July 2008

Oahe Presbyterian Church mission team serves in New Orleans

First Presbyterian Church of Greenville, North Carolina, serves in New Orleans

West Side Presbyterian Church connects with other churches to send team to New Orleans

First Presbyterian Church of New Orleans opens newly refurbished child development program

Help is on the Way, First Presbyterian Church of Jamaica serves in New Orleans, July 2008

First Presbyterian Church in Portland, Oregon, goes to the Gulf Coast

Texas

Cincinnati Presbyterians Provide Hurricane Disaster Relief Again and Again

Work team stories submitted as links to other Web sites

Thanks to Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church, Maryland, for sharing photos from their most recent trip to serve in the Gulf Coast. Members of the church have served in both Louisiana and Mississippi.

• Team from Bedford Presbyterian Church, Bedford, New Hampshire, returns to Louisiana, February 2008
• Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church of Puyallup, Washington, team returned to New Orleans, April 2008
• Brunswick Church of Troy, New York, team returned to Pearlington, Mississippi, April 2008
• First Presbyterian Church in Ogdensburg, New York, team will serve in Mississippi in May 2008
• The Guinston Gutters volunteer work team from Airville, Pennsylvania, makes multiple trips to Louisiana
• Presbytery of Cincinnati team returns to the Gulf Coast, April 2008
• Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church of Gaithersburg, Maryland, makes another trip to the Gulf - March 2008

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