Niger, Africa: Operation Blessing responded to the hunger needs of 3.6 million Nigerians by supplying 5,000 tons of food and constructing a food bank to ensure food security for future famines.

Since Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast in 2005, OBI has funded millions in cash grants to local organizations, provided hundreds of thousands of hot meals, opened free medical and dental clinics, and much more. With your help on Operation Blessing Sunday, we can continue ongoing recovery efforts in the U.S. and around the world.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Evangelist Billy Graham said it first in a Reader's Digest article in 1950. Eight years later, civil-rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. declared it. And today, many would still affirm the statement made by these leaders that "eleven o'clock Sunday morning is the most segregated hour in America."

But that will not to be the case for many churches on June 11. On this inaugural day, churches nationwide will be participating in Operation Blessing Sunday to help raise money for disaster relief.

"We are crossing all kinds of borders and coming together," said Dean Nowotny, church relations manager for Operation Blessing International.

Currently there are nearly 100 churches from 29 states and Canada that are participating in Operation Blessing Sunday. From the Church for Cowboys in Texas to a Finnish Pentecostal church in Canada, this multi-denominational group will take a special offering during Sunday services to help support OBI's disaster relief efforts in the U.S. and around the world.

Each year OBI will choose a different program to highlight on Operation Blessing Sunday, Nowotny said. This year's theme is "When God promises, ‘I will rescue you,' the privilege to help is sometimes ours!"

"It's our privilege to be God's ambassadors and assist people in anyway we can," Nowotny said.

For churches wishing to participate, event materials are available and include a DVD (English and Spanish), bulletin inserts and posters. To sign your church up for Operation Blessing Sunday or for more information, contact Dean Nowotny at 800-436-6348.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
You can help by making an online donation toward OBI's disaster relief efforts. With your support, we can continue to provide emergency relief and recovery. Please make an on-line donation today.

 

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