Long-term Recovery Continues in 2024
Three of our West Area churches continue to host long-term recovery teams to rebuild our communities following the devastating tornadoes in December 2021:
- First Christian Madisonville is hosting a long-term recovery site operated by the Fuller Center.https://fullercenter.org/disaster-rebuilders
- First Christian Paducah will partnered with two organizations in 2023 to assist with community recovery in Mayfield:
- Join an International Orthodox Christian Charities home build team as a group or on your own. Come for a week (Sunday – Saturday), or choose as many days as work for you. Learn more at http://fccpaducah.org/home-builds-in-mayfield.html?fbclid=IwAR0NmL5G0YmWKHQ3cKnQRY_qrMc8pcdj9MAwlQU7R3SDBOm1ZUPvtqwB_Xc To register go to https://support.iocc.org/site/Donation2?df_id=8083&mfc_pref=T&8083.donation=form1&_ga=2.19497083.230731000.1669138394-1106329438.1669138394.
- First Christian in Paducah will also be partnering with Week of Compassion and Be The Neighbor this summer to host youth groups for disaster recovery and education. Mayfield is intentionally rebuilding in ways that make home-ownership and safe affordable housing more available. You will work on construction rebuilding projects, build relationships with neighbors and learn about housing justice and best practices for making housing more accessible for all people.https://www.betheneighbor.org/service-page/new-kentucky-housing-justice?referral=service_list_widget
- First Christian Princeton is in partnership with CrossRoads Missions of Louisville to tackle tornado relief projects in westernKentucky. There are opportunities for skilled and unskilled volunteers, families and youth groups. https://www.crossroadsmissions.com/multi-day-opportunities/wky/
We are so thankful for the generosity we have experienced in the wake of the tornadoes. Your gifts to the Week of Compassion have allowed impacted members to receive Household Solidarity Grants and churches to receive Congregational and Community Solidarity Grants. Thank you for your support of Week of Compassion and of our West Area churches and communities.