PCA Updates

I get these updates from byFaith weekly email newsletter:

The First Presbyterian Church of Gulfport. Located immediate across the street from the Gulf on U.S. 90. Its building is still standing, but everything (even those pieces of furniture bolted to the ground) inside is gone; this includes the pews, pulpit and organ – nothing is left on the first level and most of the second level is empty. It is just a building with four walls.

The PCA Historical Center is beginning to put together a site containing maps showing the locations of PCA churches in the Hurricane Katrina area. It is not yet complete, but you can begin to get a sense of where these churches are located. Go to http://www.pcahistory.org/churches/katrina.html

Update from TE Rob Oates of Faith PCA Brookhaven, Miss:
Most of the folks from our church, Faith Presbyterian Church, Brookhaven, Mississippi, came through the hurricane with little or no damage. About 12 families did have significant damage to their homes and Mrs. Dorothy McLaren did lose her home. Our congregation is providing shelter and food for about 200 evacuees, many from the New Orleans area. The members of the church here, along with workers from the Red Cross, are putting in very long days caring for the evacuees. And with the situation as it is in New Orleans there is no end in sight. Thank the Lord that power was restored here at the church late Tuesday afternoon and power is being restored slowly through the rest of the city and county. But much of Mississippi is still without power and likely will be for weeks.