Hinesville

October 14 2016

Georgia Baptist disaster relief feeding units scale back, chainsaw crews being readied

Joe Westbury Georgia Brunswick, Disaster Relief, evacuees, Hinesville, Hurricane Matthew, Savannah

BRUNSWICK — Georgia Baptist disaster relief units are scaling back on their mass feeding ministry following the landfall of Hurricane Matthew and are moving toward feeding volunteers serving in the area. State Missionary Stuart Lang, who coordinates the ministry for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, said the restoration of power in the affected coastal counties […]

October 10 2016

Calvary Temple spared serious damage; Dudley Baptist assembling food packages along I-16 Corridor; feeding units on site in coastal Georgia

Joe Westbury News Brunswick, Buddy Wasson, Calvary Baptist Temple, Hinesville, Kenny Grant, Richmond Hill, Savannah

SAVANNAH — Calvary Baptist Temple, host of next month’s 195th annual session of the Georgia Baptist Convention, sustained no structural damage during Hurricane Matthew’s landfall on Friday morning. Pastor Kenny Grant reports that the church did encounter new leaks in the sanctuary and enhanced damage to the steeple which occurred in a previous storm, but […]

September 9 2016

On September 11, ‘We were in a new era’

Scott Barkley National chaplain, Hinesville, military, Pentagon, September 11

“There was turmoil across the country because people didn’t know the extent of the attacks.”