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Tornado Hits Oklahoma, Your Help Is Needed
Tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa on Sunday and Monday doing the most damage as they ripped through the Oklahoma cities of Shawnee and Moore, suburbs of Oklahoma City. A continued tornado warning is being issued for much of the Midwest.
The tornado that tore through Shawnee destroyed a mobile home park and left two elderly men dead and an estimated 29 injured. The death and destruction of Monday’s two-mile wide tornado that beat a path through Moore remains to be seen though news reports suggest that as many as 24 children have lost their lives at a Moore, Oklahoma elementary school. It is estimated that 171,000 people lived within the path of the storm. Aerial footage shows homes in rubble and cars overturned. Early reports confirm that two elementary schools have been severely damaged.
Nazarenes on the ground are already assessing disaster response strategies as they work to get in contact with the pastor from the Moore Church of the Nazarene, located about two miles from the destruction zone. District Superintendent Jim Cooper says that the church wants to be a part of any relief effort to the hundreds without homes, clothing, and resources. He says that there are probably some from the church whose children attended the two damaged elementary schools.
As the tornado watch continues, we ask you to pray for those whose livelihoods have already been destroyed and those still under threat. Give to the relief efforts online here or by sending in a check.
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Make checks payable to General Treasurer and send them to:
Global Treasury Services
Church of the Nazarene
P.O. Box 843116
Kansas City, MO 64184-3116
Be sure to put ACM1041 USA Tornadoes in the memo area.
In Canada:
Make checks payable to Church of the Nazarene Canada and send them to:
Church of the Nazarene Canada
20 Regan Road, Unit 9
Brampton, Ontario L7A 1C3
Be sure to put ACM1041 USA Tornadoes in the memo area.
Thank you for your contribution!
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