Thursday, July 02, 2009

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The Compassion Response Fund is an allocation the Week of Compassion Advisory Committee makes each year to enable WoC to respond quickly to requests for emergencies, disasters and other urgent and unexpected needs as they arise. For 2009 the WoC Committee has allocated $600,000 for the Response Fund; it is the single largest item in the WoC program budget.
Heavy rains, hail, tornadoes and high winds have descended upon several states in the last 14 days. The severe storms that swept through the Dallas-Fort Worth area on June 10 damaged a portion of the roof of Disciples Christian Church in Plano, causing extensive water damage to the church’s sanctuary and office area.
Week of Compassion is celebrating 65 years of ministry at the 2009 General Assembly in Indianapolis! The first official collection taken under the name Week of Compassion was February 20-27, 1944, with funds benefiting the Wartime Service Fund. In the intervening years, WoC has sent disaster and development aid to thousands upon thousands around the world, around the year.
"Development is promoting durable institutions of civil society that empower communities to ultimately become self-reliant and free from dependence on external aid." -Church World Service

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Week of Compassion is the relief and development fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. We seek to equip and empower disciples to alleviate the suffering of others through disaster response, humanitarian aid, and the promotion of mission opportunities.

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