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We have wondered about church effects concerning th fire. Sorry to hear this. I cannot call, but in the next day or two I hope something is set up for donations via internet.Praying and very sorry about the loses. Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/

Re: Major CoG losses in California

If that is his personal donation, wonderful. If that is from the general office... pitiful. Imma give it just a few days, but TTFI, I sorta agree........ I would love to see some wealthy person or even the church do a 'match' for every gift (within limits of course)... Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/

If that is his personal donation, wonderful. If that is from the general office... pitiful. So if this did come from General, this would have been the first time the GH has helped a state or a particular Church?You my friend, need an altar because in the face of what California IS going through, to show such arrogance and lack of compassion is outrageous.You should be ashamed.

We went up as far as we could get yesterday & met with some of the pastors/ministers who are up in that area. Our group took up 2 large box vans full of supplies like shampoo, tooth paste, blow-up mattresses, socks, towels, diapers, water & various food supplies etc. Honestly we didn't even make a dent.Dave Lorenzi is working with Pastor Fannin at Liberty Ministries CoG in Sacramento to send 3 semi truck loads which are supposedly en-route. The pastor of our smaller church up there told me yesterday that 25 homes of members were 100% gone.Pastor Grandy's congregation has lost at least 70 homes of members & counting.All the police, ambulance, doctors, sheriff deputies, fire fighters, first responders homes are all gone ...even the hospital is gone. Oddly the movie theater made it along with the bank & a few small office buildings. Pastor Steve Grandy lost his home along with some other properties he had in the area. 2 of his 3 daughters lost their homes along with 7,500 other home losses in this town of less than 30,000 residents.Chico, CA. is the town next to them where they recently opened up a satellite campus at one of our older CoG properties that was in need of repair. So the members of the Paradise church at least have a place to worship even though they have no place to stay while the Red Cross is trying to set up emergency housing. The fire also has destroyed many un-incorporated villages, towns & communities where we had other ministry outlets but all are 100% destroyed. Bishop Hill is sending $10,000 & 3 of the other EC members are sending additional funds I believe to total another $10,000. Some of our Calif. churches have helped but all we can do at this point is try to help them in their emergency mode.We gave them a couple thousand dollars in Walmart gift cards so they could hand them out to the members who have nothing left ...most don't even have a job to go back to.PB Hill said something about asking all churches to try to mention this to their churches this Sunday to maybe gain some help for all of these hundreds of CoG members & ministers whose lives have been turned upside down.If you can help please reach out to the Calif. State Office at 559-322-029 Empty nest syndrome is for the birds!Email me at: [email protected] planters are focused on just one thing ...introducing people to Jesus!

Since it began November 8, the fire has destroyed almost 14,000 homes, 514 businesses and 4,265 other buildings. It has covered more than 153,000 acres, roughly the size of Chicago.Cal Fire, the state's forestry and fire protection agency, announced the blaze was completely contained early Sunday. That does not mean the fire is out. It indicates that a fire line has been cut around the entirety of the remaining blaze, preventing it from reaching trees and other fuel.As of Saturday evening, the un-contained portion of the fire was along steep terrain unsafe for firefighters due to recent heavy rains, the agency said.More than 2,500 people are now accounted for, according to the Butte County Sheriff's Office. While 249 people remain missing, the sheriff's office says, that number is down from more than 1,000 just a few days ago.PB Hill was near the area last Sunday & brought financial aid to a former beautiful CoG church where over 100 member's homes & one elderly member were lost in the fire. I wonder if any single CoG congregation has ever suffered such a loss.Every form of support would be appreciated, thank you! Empty nest syndrome is for the birds!Email me at: [email protected] planters are focused on just one thing ...introducing people to Jesus!

Thank you for the update.

'Me too!'I am very glad to hear the missing number is DOWN, but still terrible! Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/

Having lost my home to Hurricane Floyd in '99, I can't say enough good things about how the COG & Operation Compassion supported us (as members). They sent semis full of supplies/clothing, etc., for the communities affected and in the end, gave each of the members/families affected a generous check. Our church members supported us and literally took us in for 5 weeks to give us a roof over our heads. Now, they also have Men of Action and other teams that come to the place of disaster to help rebuild. I hope they do the same for those affected by the fire.Losing your home and your place of worship is very devastating. Having our local church and our denomination stand behind us for weeks and months was very comforting. They truly showed their love in a very tangible way.This may not be very present on the news/media, but please reach out to these folks if you can. It truly makes a difference.Prayers for you & your CA family, Dean More of Him...less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name