Tornado rips steeple off Pennsylvania church during worship service
Finleyville, Pennsylvania, US RNS At first, Rev Ken Barner thought it was the sound system. Tucked in a back room just behind the sanctuary of Crossroads Ministries, Barner was preparing to enter the stage for the evening service on Saturday, when he heard what sounded like a freight train. Then the lights flickered and Barner […]
Tornado aftermath: For churches in Mayfield, US, rebuilding means rethinking
BOBBY ROSS, JR, of Associated Press, reports from Mayfield, Kentucky, in the aftermath of a deadly tornado which swept through the community in December…
In US state of Kentucky residents struggle with loss in storm’s aftermath
Mayfield, Kentucky, US AP Jarred Holmes was supposed to have been working inside a candle factory when it was ripped apart by a monstrous tornado that killed an untold number of employees and trapped many others under mounds of debris. But Holmes’ fiancee had insisted he stay home Friday night because of the looming weather. “She told […]
Sight-Seeing: COVID tips for Christian colleges include wear masks, social distance, pray — and watch out for tornadoes
In an article first published on Religion News Service, JAMIE ATEN, founder of Wheaton College’s Humanitarian Disaster Institute, and KENT ANNAN, director of Humanitarian & Disaster Leadership at Wheaton, look at what they’ve learned about running classes during this “challenging time”…
THIS LIFE: DON’T LET FEAR DOMINATE
US columnist CAROL ROUND, in an article first published by ASSIST News Service, looks at why prayer is the answer when we’re facinhg “life’s storms”…