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As the catastrophe of Hurricane, now Tropical Storm, Harvey continues to develop, American Presbyterian branches are responding with aid and prayers. Here are links to the latest information I am aware as well as a brief summary from each branch that I have found has posted online: \u00a0[Update with MSM links and some church info 8\/30\/17; more MSM links and church updates 8\/31\/17]<\/p>\n

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church<\/strong>
\nIn a pre-landfall update<\/a> they named the leaders and members of Good Shepherd ARPC in Houston, Hope Presbyterian ARPC in Pearland, and Faith Fellowship in Cypruss TX for prayer. A post-landfall report<\/a> yesterday gives an update and a link to donate<\/a> through their Good Samaritan Relief fund.<\/p>\n

Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians<\/strong>
\nNothing obvious on the web site but an email\/Twitter bulletin when out before landfall<\/a>\u00a0seeking prayers and updates. After landfall they have retweeted<\/a> to help with relief through World Renew<\/a>. You can get updates from World Renew on Twitter from @WorldRenew_net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Evangelical Presbyterian Church<\/strong>
\nInformation on donations is in both an EP Connections article<\/a> as well as on their Emergency Relief page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Orthodox Presbyterian Church<\/strong>
\nThey have posted a number of resources for prayer and contributions including the article on the main site<\/a>, the OPC Disaster Response Facebook page<\/a>, and the OPC Short-Term Mission and Disaster Response web site<\/a>. They ask us to keep in prayer the leaders and members of\u00a0Cornerstone OPC in Houston and Providence OPC in Kingwood, TX. For updates keep an eye on the Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)<\/strong>
\nPresbyterian Disaster Assistance<\/a>\u00a0(PDA) is deployed on scene and beginning their work. There is PC(USA) coverage in a couple of articles posted on that site – Aug 27<\/a>, and Aug 28<\/a>. The Presbyterian Outlook has just posted a detailed article<\/a> about PDA’s work there and options for supporting the efforts. The PDA site<\/a> also includes worship resources for churches including a bulletin insert<\/a> about the recovery work. Updates from PDA can be seen on their Twitter feed @PDAcares<\/a>. Update: New article<\/a> from PC(USA) on the work by PDA<\/p>\n

Presbyterian Church in America<\/strong>
\nThe PCA’s Mission to North America (MNA) Disaster Response team is also deploying to the area. There is a page with Disaster Updates<\/a> that also has information for Prayer, Giving, Sending Supplies, and Preparing to Go to serve. Updates can be found on the Twitter feed @pcamna<\/a>. Update: New update added to the Disaster Updates page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That is the information I have found at this point. Let me know if you have additional resources and I will update as appropriate.<\/p>\n

Our prayers and support go out to all those affected by this disaster.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Adding some links from the mainstream media that involve Presbyterians. Plenty that mention Presbyterian disaster relief organizations in where to give lists, but beyond that, some others I have seen:<\/p>\n