{"id":50106,"date":"2023-02-07T22:18:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T03:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/?p=50106"},"modified":"2023-06-03T04:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T09:58:59","slug":"ucc-and-disciples-express-support-for-partners-following-tragic-earthquake-in-western-asia-and-southeastern-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalministries.org\/ucc-and-disciples-express-support-for-partners-following-tragic-earthquake-in-western-asia-and-southeastern-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"UCC and Disciples express support for partners following tragic earthquake in western Asia and southeastern Europe (with news and updates)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tragic images and reports continue to circulate of the massive devastation caused by earthquakes and aftershocks in western Asia and southeastern Europe early this week. We offer our prayers for the souls of those who have perished, for the healing of those who have been injured, and for the safety and comfort of those who survived and are displaced, homeless, frightened, and traumatized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We petition our loving and compassionate God for strength for those who are already responding to search for those who may be lost, to deliver medical care to those in need, and to console and encourage the many who are now wondering what is next.  And we offer encouragement to our partners throughout the region \u2013 in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Greece, and beyond \u2013 who are working tirelessly to be present in most appropriate ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The region is already scarred by war, economic crises, and the impact of external policies.  Our partners in the region are calling on the global community to lift sanctions on Syria, a country torn by 12 years of strife, so that humanitarian assistance can be provided without any hindrance.  We support that call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These partners, who are well-practiced in emergency response, are already in motion to respond to the immediate needs of communities that were destroyed in an instant.  We will support their efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And partners who are in and of the region will accompany those same communities for the longer term when the initial devastation is no longer in the news.  We will accompany them as we have before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this time when lives are turned upside down, we remember the millions in the region who are displaced from their homes and communities because of this earthquake, previous natural disasters, and by human caused tragedies such as war, many for multiple times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We stand with partners that the dignity of every human being may be affirmed, and that every person may taste the abundant life God promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God have mercy.  Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rev. Dr. John Dorhauer
<\/strong>General Minister and President
<\/strong>United Church of Christ<\/td>		Rev. Teresa Hord Owens
General Minister and President
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)<\/td><\/tr>
Rev. Dr. Karen Georgia A. Thompson
Associate General Minister
United Church of Christ
Co-Executive, Global Ministries
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
and United Church of Christ<\/td>		Rev. Marco Cable, President
Division of Overseas Ministries
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Co-Executive, Global Ministries
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
and United Church of Christ<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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