rev. jim kirk Archives

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance suspends volunteer trips

Posted March 16th, 2020

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has made the difficult decision to call for the closure of volunteer host sites and cancel volunteer trips through June.

Programa Presbiteriano de Asistencia en Desastres realiza evaluación inicial después de los terremotos en Puerto Rico

Posted January 8th, 2020

El Rvdo. Edwin A. Gonzáles Castillo se quedó paralizado mientras la tierra temblaba.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance making initial assessments of earthquakes in Puerto Rico

Posted January 8th, 2020

The Rev. Edwin A. González-Castillo was frozen, as the Earth shook. It was Tuesday morning, and he was in Guanica, Puerto Rico, when a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck just before 4:30 a.m.

California presbyteries deal with ‘new reality’ of annual wildfire outbreaks

Posted November 13th, 2019

The Rev. David Worth has lived in Southern California for 43 years and can recall wildfires as an occasional, fairly contained occurrence.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance responding to Dorian in the US and Bahamas

Posted September 6th, 2019

As Hurricane Dorian bears down on the North Carolina coast, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) stands ready to respond and already is responding to the devastation the storm left behind in the Bahamas.

Mississippi Presbyterian church, PDA help neighbors affected by ICE raid

Posted August 19th, 2019

The morning of Aug. 7, the Rev. Steven Bryant of First Presbyterian Church in Canton, Mississippi was leading a Bible study on the book of Exodus, noting God’s preference for helping the widow, the poor, the stranger, the person in a foreign land. “We didn’t know that outside, these horrible events were transpiring,” Bryant said.