Responding to the Flooding in Texas

From July 4th to 5th, heavy rainfall resulted in catastrophic flash flooding in the Hill Country area in central Texas. Concerns remain for additional heavy rains and flooding from Hill Country to north Texas. The sudden floods resulted in more than 80 lives lost and search and rescue is ongoing.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is in communication with the Synod of the Sun Presbyterian Disaster Network and Mission Presbytery to coordinate a response and assess the needs, including Emotional and Spiritual Care.

To help those in need, please make checks payable to Presbytery of the Peaks and include the designation number DR000191 (U.S. Flooding). Send checks to the Presbytery office at PO Box 2519, Forest, Va 24551.

Please join in praying for those affected:

Good and Gracious God,

We come before you with humble hearts, overwhelmed by the catastrophic floods in parts of our Mission Presbytery and beyond.

We thank you for the lives saved in the midst of this devastation.

We grieve with those who have lost their loved ones. Comfort and console them, O God!

We pray for those who have lost their homes, businesses, and cherished belongings. Hear our prayers, O Lord!

As the community prepares to rebuild, we pray for strength and resilience.

Grant us all a generous heart, so that we may rally the resources needed to rebuild

our flooded communities.

We trust in your faithfulness, dear God, even in the midst of devastation.

Bless all who work for relief and restoration. And may your peace, which passes understanding, guard the hearts and minds of those who suffer.

May our response reflect your love for all people and all creation, and thus bring honor and glory to your holy name.

We pray all these in the name of Jesus Christ, our Risen Lord! Amen!

Prayer provided by Mission Presbytery.