佛罗里达州米尔顿第一长老教会成飓风Isaias救灾枢纽：自家屋顶受损仍扩建食物库，长老会救灾援助拨款到位
美国佛罗里达州圣罗萨县米尔顿市的第一长老教会在飓风Isaias过后成为当地救灾枢纽：教会一边接待外来志愿者住宿、供餐与清理倒树，一边把自家食物库扩容为杂货发放点；美国长老教会（PCUSA）10月23日的报道说，其救灾机构已向佛罗里达长老会拨出首笔援助款，支持这家教会的社区服务。
Isaias于10月9日以二级飓风强度在Destin附近登陆，风速达每小时105英里，吹倒树木、掀损屋顶并造成大面积停电。米尔顿第一长老教会约一年前转型为以服务边缘群体为使命的教会，对象包括移民与无家可归者；风暴过后，各方援助主动找上门。来自田纳西州诺克斯维尔的餐馆经营者Yassin Terou经市政厅转介，开车南下为灾民每天烹制数百份餐食；佛罗里达长老会救灾网络又把该教会与非营利救灾组织Faith Responders对接，为清理倒树的志愿者提供驻地。
随着救灾进入新阶段，教会把供餐转为扩建食物库、发放杂货。牧师Deborah Potter在超市采购时接到使命伙伴来电，对方运来五托盘食物与物资并代为付款。她说，其他长老教会也不断来电询问汇款渠道与物资需求。长老会救灾援助（PDA）国家救灾响应副主任Kathy Lee-Cornell表示，这笔拨款意在帮助教会服务包括移民与无家可归者在内的社区，这些人可能没有保险或其他援助渠道。
报道说，Isaias在佛罗里达与阿拉巴马两州造成至少8人死亡。米尔顿第一长老教会自身屋顶也在风暴中受损，自付额达数千美元；Potter表示教会一边寻求补足自付额的支持，一边继续服务社区。
Florida Church in Milton Becomes Hurricane Isaias Relief Hub: Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Grant Supports Food Ministry
MILTON, Florida: First Presbyterian Church of Milton, in Santa Rosa County, Florida, has become a relief hub after Hurricane Isaias, hosting volunteer responders, serving food and expanding its food pantry into a grocery distribution point, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) reported on October 23. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has provided an initial assistance grant to the Presbytery of Florida to support the church's efforts.
Isaias made landfall near Destin on October 9 as a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds, downing trees, blowing off shingles and disrupting power. About a year before the storm, First Presbyterian Church had decided to become a missional church serving marginalized people, such as immigrants and unsheltered individuals, and offers of help began rolling in after landfall. Yassin Terou, a Knoxville restaurant operator referred by City Hall, came down from Tennessee to feed a couple of hundred people a day, and the Florida Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Network connected the church with Faith Responders, a nonprofit disaster recovery group whose volunteers stayed at the church while clearing downed trees.
As the recovery evolved, the church switched from serving meals to expanding its food pantry to provide groceries. Pastor Deborah Potter said mission partners arrived at the store where she was shopping and loaded up five pallets of food and supplies and paid the bill, while other Presbyterian churches kept calling to ask how to send money and what was needed. The Rev. Kathy Lee-Cornell, PDA's associate for national disaster response, said the grant is designed to help the church serve the community, including immigrants and unhoused people who may not have access to insurance or other forms of assistance.
At least eight people were killed across Florida and Alabama, according to news reports cited by the church. First Presbyterian Church's own roof was damaged in the storm, with a deductible in the thousands of dollars, and Potter said the church is seeking support for the deductible while continuing to serve its neighbors.
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