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Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines
by David Nakhla, OPC Disaster Response Coordinator (November 16, 2013) We have been once again stunned by the magnitude of devastation wreaked by a natural disaster, as one week ago Typhoon Yolanda...
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OPC Spared in Midwest Tornadoes
by David Nakhla, OPC Disaster Response Coordinator (November 2013) Following the news of the destructive tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest on Sunday, November 17, 2013, we were thankful to...
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In Everything Give Thanks!
by David Nakhla, OPC Disaster Response Coordinator (November 2013) “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thess...
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Summer Foreign Missions Teams
by Danny Olinger, Editor, New Horizons (December 2013) Short-term missions coordinator David Nakhla’s goal for each OPC short-term missions team is to help the missionaries on the field in bringing...
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3rd Anniversary of the Japan Tsunami: An Oasis for the Heart
by Lawrence K. Spalink, Christian Reformed World Missions, Japan Team Leader (March 11, 2014) We sometimes call her “the woman at the well.” Her life was a mess. Drawing water from Jacob’s well...
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Hurricane Sandy Disaster Response: 18 Months Later
by David Nakhla, OPC Disaster Response Coordinator (April 2014) Hurricane Sandy storm damage It has been 18 months since Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern seaboard of the USA, wreaking havoc in its...
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Tornado Hits Homes of OPC Missionary’s Family
by David Nakhla, OPC Disaster Response Coordinator (April 2014) Photo from blog of Matthew Tuininga at www.matthewtuininga. wordpress.com A fierce tornado recently destroyed the homes of the...
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A Unique Thank You Note (Hurricane Katrina)
by David Nakhla, OPC Disaster Response Coordinator (May 2014) When I was in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to take part in a presbytery diaconal conference earlier this month, I was approached by a...
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“Missionaries”– Not Just “Volunteers!”
by Janet Birkmann, STM Admin Assistant (January 2015) www.nozomicenter.com www.nozomicenter.com We recently received the following note referring to the teams that the OPC has been sending to Japan...
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Disaster Response – Nepal Earthquake
by David Nakhla, OPC Short-Term Missions Coordinator (May 2015) Many in the church have been asking if the OPC has a conduit for participating in bringing relief to those who have been affected by the...
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Hurricane Sandy Service Trip (July 2015)
by Janet Birkmann, STM Admin Assistant (June 2015) The Star Jet Rollercoaster – Seaside Heights, NJ (near Brick, NJ) following Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Photograph by Ben Lowy (Yahoo News). We are...
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Team Brick: Hurricane Sandy Service Trip
by Kelly Rose, Covenant OPC, Orland Park, IL (August 2015) A short-term missions team from the Midwest arrives in Brick, New Jersey Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in...
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The Unique and Selfless Love of Christ
by Maria Crawford, Immanuel OPC, Bellmawr, NJ (September 2015) Marie Crawford (front row, far left), and the Nozomi Center team with missionaries Cal and Edie Cummings This past July, six of us from OP...
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The Refugee Crisis: A Man-Made Disaster
by David Nakhla, OPC Disaster Response Coordinator (September 2015) “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep...
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Refugee Relief
by David Nakhla, OPC Disaster Response Coordinator (November 2015) (Photo from www.emaze.com; S. Baldwin) At its recent meeting, the OPC’s Committee on Diaconal Ministries (CDM) received the following...
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The Refugee Crisis: The OPC Perspective
Rev. Lendall Smith, President, OPC Committee on Diaconal Ministries (December 2015) Through vivid news reports and video clips, we are all witnessing the refugee crisis that is currently facing the...
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Refugee Relief: An Update
by David Nakhla, Short-Term Missions Coordinator (February 2016) The Committee on Diaconal Ministries (CDM) wishes to express its thanks to the many individuals and churches that have sent in funds...
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Work Teams Headed to the Nozomi Center in Japan!
by Janet Birkmann, STM Admin Assistant (March 2016) nozomicenter.com We are thankful for the many excellent applications we received from those interested in serving on our two Japan Work Teams! Eleven...
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While We Worked on the Building, God Worked In Our Hearts
by Patrick Lewis, Harvest OPC, Wyoming, MI (April 2016) Left to Right: Brian Murphy, James Benefiel, Gelu Vasiu, Noah Rice, Patrick Lewis, Liviu Marhao, Petre Pindic, Cal Cummings In April 2016,...
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Work Teams Headed to the Nozomi Center in Japan
by Janet Birkmann, STM Admin Assistant (updated March 2016) We are thankful for the many excellent applications we received from those interested in serving on our two Japan Work Teams this spring!...
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