Posted January 25, 2012 | Category: Disaster Response, Local Service | Written by: Deb Lightfoot
Written by Deb Lightfoot I’ve spent quite a bit of time lately attending meetings of various Disaster Relief organizations, and have found them full of folks dedicated to making things better when your life is hit with a disaster. Meeting regularly with these groups gives us an opportunity to...
Posted May 23, 2011 | Category: Disaster Response, News and Inspiration | Written by: Gretchen Kerr, Disaster Response Team Leader
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy May 23, 10:57 a.m. Northland has been in touch with David Canther (ACTS World Relief) through the early morning, and the determination is that ACTS has teams closer that are responding as we speak. Northland is in the...
Posted May 20, 2011 | Category: Disaster Response, News and Inspiration | Written by: Robert Andrescik, Northland's PR Guy
Dear Dr. Hunter, You probably are already very aware of this, but we wanted to let you know about a very special group of people—the beautiful brothers and sisters in Christ who traveled from Northland to help out in Pleasant Grove, AL. We were blessed to spend the weekend with them helping in...
Posted May 13, 2011 | Category: Disaster Response, News and Inspiration | Written by: Gretchen Kerr, Disaster Response Team Leader
The final wave from Northland’s Disaster Response Team have deployed to Alabama to demobilize the activities and to prepare the mobile kitchen for its return to Florida. There have been SO many amazing stories of lives saved and people changed by committing their lives to Christ. Recently, team...
Posted May 12, 2011 | Category: Disaster Response, News and Inspiration | Written by: John Tardonia, Disaster Response Team
Sarah Die displays the wedding ring she recovered following the tornadoes in Alabama. Billy Die and his wife, Sarah, were home together the evening the tornado ripped through their peaceful community in Concord Alabama. They sought shelter in the master bathroom while the storm tore off their...
Posted May 12, 2011 | Category: Disaster Response, News and Inspiration | Written by: John Tardonia, Disaster Response Team
Judy Cook stands on what remains of her home after tornadoes swept through Pleasant Grove, Alabama, destroying half of the homes there. There are many miraculous stories of God’s protection from the tornadoes in Alabama. A team from Northland arrived at what was left of the home of Judy Cook...
Posted May 10, 2011 | Category: Disaster Response, News and Inspiration | Written by: Robert Andrescik, Northland's PR Guy
A reconstruction team from Northland just hit the road for Pisagh, Alabama, for Camp ToKnowHim, which lost 3 of their 8 cabins to the recent tornadoes. Godspeed to: Dudley Bell, Bruce Pemberton, Richard Gauss, George Schmid, Bud Abt, Chris Lee, Tony and Cindy Brown, Bill Geary, and J.T. Almon....
Posted May 9, 2011 | Category: Disaster Response, News and Inspiration | Written by: Gretchen Kerr, Disaster Response Team Leader
Here are some thoughts from Renee, one of the first members of Northland’s Disaster Response Team to arrive in Alabama, who recently returned hom to Florida: I am sitting here in my house this morning and it seems very quiet. So many thoughts running through my mind. The people of Pleasant...
Posted May 9, 2011 | Category: Disaster Response, News and Inspiration | Written by: Gretchen Kerr, Disaster Response Team Leader
Letter from a 4th grader brought back with Northland’s Disaster Response Team.
Posted May 6, 2011 | Category: Disaster Response, News and Inspiration | Written by: Gretchen Kerr, Disaster Response Team Leader
PICTURE: Northland Disaster Response Team members keep on truckin’ in Pleasant Grove, AL. Team No. 5 left Northland this morning at 6 a.m. for Pleasant Grove, and they have an important stop to make along the way ... This weekend, the Northland congregation is collecting much-needed new sox and...