Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD) actively supports diocesan leaders in communities impacted by the Southern California wildfires. ERD works with these leaders to identify the needs of the severely affected people in their communities.
Here are some recent updates as the event continues to unfold:
- The fires have caused the death of at least 24 people and displaced 180,000.
- The winds have made the fires hard to contain and predict.
- A new fire, the Auto Fire, ignited late Monday. It is now fully contained.
- Episcopal Relief & Development has been providing spiritual support, technical resources and guidance to clergy and lay leaders who have been impacted by the wildfires.
- Episcopal Relief & Development is working with community leaders to plan and implement emergency, mid and long-term responses.
This is an active disaster. We remind all not to send goods or to make plans to travel to the area to volunteer until the community is ready. Instead, consider making a contribution to the Wildfire Response Fund to support people in impacted communities now and in the long-term.
Please pray for the people being affected by the multiple wildfires in California. Visit the Wildfire Prayer Experience page.
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Episcopal Relief & Development
For over 80 years, Episcopal Relief & Development has worked with an extensive network of faith and community partners to advance lasting change in communities affected by injustice, poverty, disaster and climate change. Inspired by our faith, we reach over three million people each year by focusing on four interconnected priorities: nurturing the potential of caregivers and young children, reducing violence against women and girls, strengthening communities’ resilience to climate change and facilitating humanitarian response to disasters. Together with our partners, we leverage what’s working well to drive impact, learning and sustainability. Together, we create lasting change. Join us: www.episcopalrelief.org/sign-up
Church of the Redeemer
Church of the Redeemer: Worshiping God, living in community, and reaching out to the world around us. We are an Episcopal Church serving north King County and south Snohomish County. We welcome you be with us as we walk the way of Jesus.
Church of the Redeemer is at 6220 Northeast 181st Street in Kenmore, Washington. We are a short distance north of Bothell Way, near the Burke-Gilman Trail. The entrance looks like a gravel driveway. The campus is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. And we managed to hide a large building on the side of a hill that is not easily seen from the street.
The Episcopal Church welcomes you.