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Elba Church Feeds the Hungry

by Glenda Williams, BNc correspondent

ELBA, Ala (BNc) — For years, the church in Elba, Alabama had a small pantry housed in a closet, but they were never able to feed the hungry as they do now.

Recently the church built a family-life annex complete with a spacious kitchen and dining area, classrooms, restrooms, and a large pantry. Located right behind the church building, the annex is convenient to the offices of the church’s minister and secretary. Although the new construction allowed them to continue dispensing food from the pantry to the hungry who came seeking, it didn’t take long for the church members to see the need to step up their efforts in feeding the hungry. Read more

Churches aid Arkansas town hit by tornado

VILONIA, Ark. (BNc) – A tornado destroyed part of this Central Arkansas town last night, as a dozen twisters left their mark on the state.

Evangelist Ted Knight noted that his sponsoring church, the Levy congregation in North Little Rock, has already sent supplies and is organizing help for the town residents.

In an email today, Ted wrote, “Our phone has been ringing off the wall, and we are thankful for that, because it shows the interest and concerns of so many for the people in our State who have suffered from the tornados last night. I have been to Vilonia today, and it is just heart-breaking to see what has happened. However, it is a time of opportunity for us as God’s people to once again let the beauty of Jesus to be shown in us.” Read more

JAPAN: Missionary plans trip to worst area

Editor’s note: The earthquake and tsunami damage to Japan was so great, that we are sharing a series of stories, emails, and reports. All can be localized under the tag Japan. Following is an email from Marlin Ray, at Ibaraki, sent this morning.

IBARAKI, Japan (BNc) – We are doing well. It is clear and cold in Ibaraki with temperatures near freezing or lower at night and about 45 during the day. We still get aftershocks all the time, probably eight or 10 big ones everyday. I am getting used to them at night so that I usually sleep through most of them. Read more

Park Ave. church sends $90k to Japan

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BNc) – Elder Paul Goddard of the Park Avenue congregation reported today that they have now collected over US$90 thousand for the churches in Japan.

“We will be wiring it to Mito [the Japanese congregation] this week. Regions Bank has waved our fees for the transaction,” Paul said. Read more

JAPAN: Unstable situation poses ‘dilemma’

JAPAN (BNc) — The preacher’s wife at Ochanomizu sent this unedited email to Dwight Albright Sat., Mar. 26.

Good morning. I will share with you some of the conditions here. It is still quite unpredictable. Yesterday as was told, citizens are fearful because of the nuclear accident, especially from reports that they cannot deliver goods to those living in Fukushima. In the midst of this we are all trying to encourage each other to keep a level head. The stress in children is beginning to be seen. They are writing about this condition with children. Read more

2010 Operation Christmas Joy

by Glenda Wiliams, BNc correspondent

GENEVA, AL (BNc) – Joy Galloway, Kellee Jackson, Maggie Moyer and Wanda Cannon worked all year buying items to be packed and shipped to Panama for the 2010 Operation Christmas Joy project. This year’s backpacks were filled for the school in Santa Fe Darien as well as collected teaching supplies for teachers. 206 backpacks, 71 teacher bags, shoeboxes filled with gifts, medical supplies and other items were packed and shipped from the Geneva church building. Read more

Spreading the good news with a bucket

by Barbara A. Oliver, managing editor

IVANO-FRANKIVSK, Ukraine (BNc) – One congregation does its benevolent work by the bucketful.

The Judsonia, Ark., church, together with other congregations, is involved in benevolent aid to Sudan, Ukraine, Nigeria, India, Honduras and a number of other nations. With the shipments of aid, they include “family buckets,” five-gallon plastic buckets filled with a variety of household items.

The brainchild of Kathy Cadden in Columbus, MS., the buckets are contributed by numerous congregations in Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky and Missouri.

“These have really been an excellent way of getting urgently needed commodities to those in great need,” said John Kachelman, Jr., preacher with the Judsonia congregation. Read more

Brazilian church sends aid to Haiti

by Randal Matheny

Olinda, BRAZIL (BNc) — The Peixinhos church, located in the city of Olinda on Brazil’s northeast coast, is sending aid to Haiti through the state military police organization.

Haiti suffered a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake Tuesday, Jan. 14.

Carlos Eduardo Vilas Boas, said today on the Facebook social network that the congregation will work with Lieutentant-Colonel Ricardo Santos to send the supplies. Read more

Philippine church helps typhoon victims

BAGUIO, Philippines (BNc) – In the face of the destruction from two typhoons, Ondoy and Pepeng, the church in Mangaldan has been busy help typhoon victims. Typhoon Ondoy was the previous typhoon that hit Manila. The typhoon referenced in this report hit the center of Luzon (Island). Mandaldan is several kilometers north of Manila, near Lingayen Gulf.

Kenneth Thomas, a Tennessee   Christian who has preached in meetings in  the Philippines, forwarded this information to Brotherhood News. “The Mangaldan church building was flooded, but because it is a two-story building, the second story served as an evacuation point for about seven families from the members and neighbors. The streets were up to chest deep. In one barangay [neighborhood] alone there were 21 persons who drowned.”

A former preacher for the Mangaldan congregation, David Quidem, sent the following account to brother Thomas:

“Typhoon Pepeng returned and hit our place in Mangaldan from Monday until Friday. Heavy rainfalls continued until the afternoon. The water reached the road around 6 p.m.

“The water was rising so fast I brought my motorcycle inside the house thinking that the water wouldn’t reach it, but I was mistaken. When the water entered the house, my family decided to transfer to my sister-in-law’s house because her house has a second floor. The water inside our house reached about 1 meter high. The furniture, clothing, appliances, some of my books, and even the motorcycle were all flooded. The water along the road is about 6-7 ft high. Dagupan City and Mapandan (5 ft) was flooded also. The Mangaldan church of Christ had water 5 ft deep.
“The water continued to rise until 2 a.m., so we watched without sleep. Around 4 a.m. the water stopped rising, so I concluded that this was the final stage. Every hour the water gradually subsided until about 7 a.m. I returned to the house to see what happened. The worst thing that we will need to do is removing the mud and cleaning up. As of now, we don’t have electricity in our area.
“My nephew’s house was totally submerged. None of them got hurt because they had moved to our family home. I am still grateful to the Lord that all my family is safe, even my relatives who were most affected.
“We also experienced what Metro Manila experienced with the typhoon Ondoy. Yesterday I went to Municipal Hall and saw a long line of people waiting for relief goods from the government. The public market was flooded and some of the brethren who owned stores were selling rice. One of the brothers came to me yesterday asking for help. His entire crop was destroyed. The same thing happened to other brethren. Along the highway are destroyed properties. I don’t know the conditions of the brethren in Dagupan City and Mapandan yet.”

Junas Sagurit, a preacher for the Mangaldan church reported:

“The eldership of the Mangaldan congregation decided to spend all the remaining church money to help the typhoon victims. We are hoping for your continued prayers for all the people affected by this tragedy.”

Carl and Don Walker, preachers in Georgia, are right now serving in that area with medical and evangelistic work.

Don reported on Facebook, “Just finished a great day with the Medical Mission at Salumonge Sur in the Philippines. The doctors saw over 1000 people and the pharmacists filled over 4500 prescriptions. Best of all we have had 47 baptisms in the last 3 days! Keep us and these folks in your prayers.”

An update from Don on October 22  reported, “As of Thursday afternoon, there had been 73 baptisms on this medical mission–which is healing many souls as well.”

Brazil supporter JoAnn Scruggs dies

JoAnn Scruggs, ardent supporter of the work in northeastern Brazil, died Wednesday, July 22.

She participated in many evangelistic campaigns to Brazil and supported a school for underprivileged children. Read more

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