Today in the Mission Yearbook - Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church's commitment to disaster response

Amy Kim Kyremes-Parks explains the operation of the Disaster Relief
Distribution Center at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in Asheville, N.C.

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — After showing visitors the massive food and disaster relief distribution program going on daily outside and inside Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in Asheville, North Carolina,  Amy Kim Kyremes-Parks still marvels at what she sees every day. “We are Matthew 25 for real,” said the church’s Director of Formation for Children and Their Families.

Asked Tuesday how she completes the many duties of ministry done amidst the work of the church’s Disaster Response Team — whose efforts have taken over Grace Covenant’s sanctuary ever since Hurricane Helene struck on Sept. 26-27 — Grace Covenant’s pastor and head of staff, the Rev. Dr. Marcia Mount Shoop, said, “This is ministry.

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Let us join in prayer for:

• Stephanie Caudill, Mission Associate for Resources & Promotion, World Mission, Presbyterian Mission Agency
• Omar Chacon, Mission Specialist II for Migration & Accompaniment, Compassion, Peace & Justice, Presbyterian Mission Agency

Let us pray:

Lord, continue to bless all those who reach out to those in need. Amen.