Aug 1, 2016 | SCA Articles, Somebody Cares News
Congratulations to Somebody Cares Tampa Bay for 20 years of service! SCTB was the first Somebody Cares America chapter to be founded outside of Houston and now operates in Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco Counties. SCTB meets the needs of these communities in several...
Jun 14, 2016 | Disaster Response
When record floods hit Southeast Texas in March, Somebody Cares Jasper-Newton Counties jumped into action. A shelter was opened at the First Baptist Church of Kirbyville for 15 days, where residents were also given assistance with personal needs. They then began...
May 25, 2016 | Disaster Response
The official start of the 2016 Hurricane Season is June 1st. While we pray for a calm summer, God’s ways are not always our ways. So, if you live within several hundred miles of a coastline, or for that matter anywhere, we encourage you to take steps now to prepare...
May 2, 2016 | Disaster Response, Somebody Cares News
Over 275 families from the recently flooded Biscayne Apartment Complex in Houston were served during a Saturday’s outreach. God answered prayers as the rain subsided as the outreach began. Volunteers from Somebody Cares, Dream Center Gulf Coast and 16 churches from...
Apr 27, 2016 | Disaster Response, Somebody Cares News
Children have lost their beds. Parents have lost their cars. Families who have experienced flooding 2 or 3 times are distraught, not knowing where to turn. Flood waters still fill homes in some communities around Houston and more rain is expected this week. ...
Apr 18, 2016 | Disaster Response, Somebody Cares News
With 500 year flooding in Houston, 1000 year flooding in Southeast Texas, earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador and increasing persecution of Christians globally, I am reminded that Luke said these things “will turn out to be an occasion for testimony (Luke 21:13)!...
Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
Feb 25, 2016 | Disaster Response, SCA Articles, Somebody Cares News
Cyclone Winston devastated large parts of the island nation of Fiji on February 20, leaving thousands homeless and many dead. Rev. Kurulo, director of Somebody Cares Fiji shares this heartbreaking story: “Ten-year-old Salacieli Serevi of Qelekuro village in...
Jan 18, 2016 | SCA Articles, Uncategorized
Doug Stringer often teaches there is life beyond the storm. For Vickie and Terry Gaskins, this took on a very real and personal meaning that led them to Denison TX, where they operate Rise To the Time, a Somebody Cares Mobile Outreach Center. Vickie had come on board...
