Pray on Team JESUS!
By Margaret Colson/Florida Baptist Convention, posted October 7, 2024 in Disaster Relief
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (BP) – As Florida Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers continue to come alongside community residents impacted by Category 4 Hurricane Helene – and with Hurricane Milton now setting its sights on Florida’s west coast – all Florida Baptists are being encouraged to join relief efforts by giving, going and praying.
Less than 12 hours after Hurricane Helene’s Sept. 26 landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region, David Coggins, FBDR director, said that volunteers began transporting and setting up equipment and resources at First Baptist Church in Perry, which is serving as the disaster relief command center. From that command center, hundreds of volunteers have been working with partners, such as The Salvation Army and Southern Baptists’ Send Relief, to provide meals, damage assessment, clean-up and recovery, and spiritual care and witness as they help community residents address immense needs in Hurricane Helene’s aftermath. More Here
