“Today I drove well over 200+ miles to get to various locations to serve our city,” wrote Lisa Stringer on Saturday, September 2. “It is now past 7:30 PM and Doug is still out serving and has accumulated his own share of miles.” The Stringers started the day at Houston’s New Life Church, where they met an 18-wheeler filled with […]
The National Weather Service has upgraded Tropical Storm Harvey to hurricane status, with sustained winds of 80 MPH. Harvey is expected to make landfall on Saturday morning in the Corpus Christi area as a Category 3 hurricane. Houston is forecast to receive 5 to 15 inches of rain, and several counties are under voluntary evacuation. Gov. Abbott has […]
Somebody Cares Chapters across the USA have spent the summer reaching out to their communities with summer activities! SC New England held Bless The City in June, with a day of food, music, prayer, and distribution of an entire truckload of household goods! They have also just completed their Basketball & Creative Arts Camp. “It was an awesome […]
Friday August 11 Scripture “A son honors his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the LORD Almighty. (Malachi 1:6) I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers […]
As a member of the Prayer & Crisis Referral Network (PCRN), Somebody Cares helps bring hope to desperate callers through our 24/7 Prayer & Crisis hotline. Working with partners like SCA, The War Room Movie, radio networks, and others, the PCRN prayed with over 9,000 callers in the month of June. And six people, including […]
Somebody Cares is partnering with the Prayer and Crisis Referral Network (PCRN) to provide a crisis prayer line accessible by phone or text 24 hours a day. Calls for prayer to the SCA line will be immediately forwarded to an on-duty, trained prayer volunteer. Each volunteer has access to the Somebody Cares referral list as […]
by Doug Stringer A young couple who are faithful ministry partners felt led to give a sacrificial gift of $50,000 with anonymity as a Matching Challenge Gift from the sale of their home. With tears, they shared with Lisa and me that they really sensed how important all the ministries of Somebody Cares and TPMI […]
Severe earthquakes rocked central Italy (magnitude 6.2) and Myanmar (magnitude 6.8) on Wednesday, Aug 24th. In Italy, first responders are still digging through mountains of rubble to rescue survivors. Outside assistance is slow to reach the communities due to the limited access and on-going aftershocks. Somebody Cares has been in contact with local church partners […]
Somebody Cares continues to bring relief to areas of Southeast Texas and Louisiana that were devastated by record-high flooding. Below are reports from our chapters and field reps: Jasper/Newton Counties TX First Baptist Church of Kirbyville TX, facilitators of our Somebody Cares Jasper/Newton Counties chapter, has been hosting a shelter for two weeks and offering […]
Our Somebody Cares Newton/Jasper Counties chapter is playing a key role in relief work from the devastating floods resulting from torrential rainfall that began last week. With the Sabine River reaching record heights, a mandatory evacuation for everyone living along the river below Bon Wier TX became effective at 7am on Saturday, March 12. Somebody […]
