DRSI helps Ottawa, Naplate jumpstart tornado recovery
The EF3 tornado that raked Naplate and Ottawa in LaSalle County, Ill., Feb. 28 lasted about eight...
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Stories of recovery following last year’s Ecuador earthquake
On April 16, 2016, Ecuador suffered the deadliest earthquake to hit the small South American...
Read MoreUCC continues to support Ecuador quake recovery
On April 16, 2016, Ecuador suffered the deadliest earthquake to hit the small South American...
Read MoreHaiti’s Hurricane Matthew recovery continues with UCC support
United Church of Christ Disaster Ministries this week sent another $50,000 for Hurricane Matthew...
Read MoreGood relationships net free bunk beds for disaster volunteer host
This is a story about how people in two countries, two U.S. states and two cities kept 24 surplus...
Read MoreUCC sends famine assistance to South Sudan, aids other countries
The United Church of Christ is sending an initial $85,000 in aid to South Sudan and three other...
Read MoreFlorida church hosts first Hurricane Matthew recovery work team
Thanks to a willing spirit and the determination to make it happen, the United Church of Christ of...
Read MoreDisaster Ministries supports Illinois church’s tornado response
Open Table United Church of Christ in Ottawa, Ill., doesn't wear its name lightly. "Feeding is...
Read MoreFlorida Conference matches Disaster Ministries’ matching grant for CWS buckets, kits
The United Church of Christ's Florida Conference is matching UCC National Disaster Ministries'...
Read MoreDisaster Recovery Support Initiative launches
Rachel Larratt, Long-Term Recovery Group Formation Advisor, Disaster Recovery Support...
Read MoreCelebrating $274,002 in volunteer flood recovery labor in SC
United Church of Christ Disaster Ministries and its partners in the ecumenical Disaster Recovery...
Read MoreDisaster Ministries’ support continues for Haiti’s Hurricane recovery
Among post-Matthew repairs is a new roof for the Pestel public high school in Haiti's Grand'Anse...
Read MoreMeet UCC Disaster Ministries’ Partners in Service
When the UCC's Partners in Service network held its annual meeting last week, the four volunteers...
Read MoreUCC offers matching grants for CWS Emergency Cleanup Buckets, other Kits
In preparation for this year's heavy storm season, United Church of Christ Disaster Ministries is...
Read MoreWhere UCC Disaster Ministries worked in 2016
Flood recovery in South Carolina: A volunteer rehabilitates a flood-damaged home in Columbia,...
Read MoreMonica Returns to Timor
Staff with child In the four years Tom and I were away from Lospalos, Timor,...
Read MoreWhere There is Water
THINK OF ALL THE WAYS THAT YOU HAVE USED WATER SO FAR TODAY. Did you take a shower this...
Read MoreA Note of Resiliency of the War-Affected Amidst Violence
Last July, the Ecumenical Institute in Jaffna organized a two-day program with...
Read MoreStorm survivor testifies it’s still “devastating” one year later
Cynthia Charles, outside her son's apartment building, armed with fresh fruit snacks for her...
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