Presbyterian Mission Agency Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) Archives

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) worship service honors those who’ve experienced disasters

Posted August 29th, 2024

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance led a worship service this week in honor of people all over the world who have been affected by natural disasters or other tragedies, from tornadoes to gun violence.

Louisville-area volunteers ‘assemble’ to support disaster-impacted communities

Posted May 30th, 2024

The brightly lit Ramsey Gym at Beulah Presbyterian Church in Louisville recently came alive as some 20 area volunteers became a cheerful human assembly line in support of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.

‘It’s hard work and it’s not always simple work, but it’s important work’

Posted May 29th, 2024

Given the opportunity to talk about the well-known and well-respected work of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA), the Rev. Edwin González-Castillo did not hesitate when he took to the Between 2 Pulpits microphone recently.

Caring for people on the move

Posted May 28th, 2024

The work of Susan Krehbiel, associate for Migrant Accompaniment Ministries with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, is focused on people on the move.

PDA’s newest volunteer host site commissioned in Mississippi

Posted November 3rd, 2023

Leland Presbyterian Church in Mississippi welcomed four members of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) National Response Team on Sunday, Oct. 29, as part of a commissioning ceremony for the church’s recently established disaster recovery volunteer host site as well as for the site’s coordinator.

Renewal occurs through relationships between new PC(USA) community leaders and pastors in Puerto Rico

Posted August 22nd, 2023

Video: https://vimeo.com/840948023 Through a collaboration between Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and 1001 New Worshiping Communities, church planters and spiritual leaders visited Puerto Rico in June to learn about ongoing efforts to rebuild after hurricane disasters. 1001 New Worshiping Communities leaders recognized many commonalities with pastors in Puerto Rico, including the necessity of bivocational calls and a need for community engagement and the work of healing and relief.

PC(USA) offering support after massive fire in Cuba

Posted August 16th, 2022

Ministries of the Presbyterian Mission Agency continue to keep a close watch on Cuba after lightning triggered a massive fire at an oil storage facility in Matanzas, Cuba, earlier this month.

PC(USA) ministry staff deepen understanding of global women’s issues at UN event

Posted April 29th, 2021

When the 65th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women convened in March, the Presbyterian delegation included women from churches and mid councils from around the country, leaders from the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations, and Racial Equity & Women’s Intercultural Ministries.

In times of need, local volunteers step up

Posted December 2nd, 2020

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) volunteers Richard and Susan Caldwell had been praying about their mission work and where God would lead them to when fate stepped in. In April, tornadoes tore through their state the morning after Easter, sparing their South Carolina home but leaving extensive damage just blocks from their church, Seneca Presbyterian, and killing one person.

How does PDA respond to a disaster during a pandemic?

Posted May 27th, 2020

Somewhat submerged in the barrage of headlines about COVID-19 is news that Mother Nature is still doing her thing. As always, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) plans to respond to calls for help, though in a somewhat altered way, given the limitations of a churchwide domestic travel ban and social distancing necessary to stop the spread of the coronavirus.