{"id":24441,"date":"2017-09-03T23:24:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T23:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=24441"},"modified":"2017-09-03T23:24:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T23:24:36","slug":"church-attendees-dig-deeply-to-help-harvey-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=24441","title":{"rendered":"Church attendees dig deeply to help Harvey victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I am going to presume for a moment that this scene played out in church sanctuaries all across Texas — and, indeed, the nation — earlier today.<\/p>\n

We attended church this morning at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Amarillo, Texas. The senior pastor, the Rev. Howard Griffin, was presiding over a combined service; First Pres normally has three services each Sunday, but on this Labor Day weekend, the entire congregation gathered for a single service.<\/p>\n

The gorgeous First Pres sanctuary was full.<\/p>\n

The pastor announced that all the proceeds from this morning’s offering was going to aid a church — First Presbyterian Church of Houston — in its efforts to help the victims of that monstrous hurricane-turned-tropical storm that deluged the Gulf Coast region. The video we watched while sitting in our church pews was heart-wrenching; the devastation along the coast — from Corpus Christi to the Golden Triangle — takes one’s breath away.<\/p>\n

Griffin said previous efforts to aid other disaster victims have brought hefty five-figure amounts when the plates get passed throughout the congregation. I am quite certain many of our fellow congregants dug a little deeper this morning to assist their fellow Texans in this time of desperation and despair.<\/p>\n

I am also going to suggest that this act of generosity, compassion and godly spirit occurred all across this great nation in houses of worship of all faiths and all great religions.<\/p>\n

That’s what we do as Americans. We offer our treasure to those in trouble.<\/p>\n

I am one American who this morning was proud to play a small part in what I am certain was a gigantic act of compassion.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, our prayers continue to flow down yonder.<\/p>\n\n

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