Editor’s weekly roundup: June 7, 2019
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disaster relief
‘The whole thing is overwhelming’
SAND SPRINGS, Okla. — The rains came down, and Christians are stepping up. In this flood-ravaged Tulsa suburb, members of Churches of Christ are cleaning…
Amid flooding fears, Arkansas church prepared to offer shelter to evacuees
In recent days, flooding fears rose in the Arkansas towns of Russellville and Dardanelle, which sit across the Arkansas River from each other, about 80…
At 87, ‘disaster deacon’ opens his heart — and church — to flooding victims
TULSA, Okla. — Oh, Kenneth Hearrell has stories to tell. About how he rode a horse five miles to his two-room schoolhouse from first through…
Church member known for notes of encouragement dies in Oklahoma floods
An Oklahoman known for sending hundreds of cards to encourage his church family and community died during record-breaking floods in the Sooner state. Larry Larimore,…
Church of Christ serving as emergency shelter after major flooding in Oklahoma
The Crosstown Church of Christ in Tulsa, Okla., is serving as a Red Cross emergency shelter after major flooding in Oklahoma. Another Tulsa congregation —…
Nebraska congregations work to show love, support to flood victims (updated)
UPDATED STORY: The Nebraska City Church of Christ, a small congregation on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River, is working to help neighbors hit…
Africa’s ‘double tragedy’
Cyclone Idai killed an estimated 1,000-plus people as it struck the southeastern coast of Africa in mid-March. But the number of casualties from the storm…
‘Every time I watch a storm …’
The nation turned its attention to southern Alabama after a devastating round of tornadoes tore through the region on Sunday. But the storms, which claimed…
Perseverance after the storm
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — You might think that people living in an area that has seen dozens of hurricanes, knowing the perceived danger of those storms,…
