Article October 3, 2005 Issue

AN AMAZINGLY GENEROUS PEOPLE

By Marilyn Jones

"An amazingly generous people." That's how a European friend of mine described Americans when we watched relief efforts on TV after a devastating flood in the Midwest. People had come from all over the country to help—either in person or by sending money and goods to people who were complete strangers in need.

The last few weeks have once again shown the depth of love and generosity not only in the American people, but in people throughout the world, as offers of aid continue to pour into the Gulf Coast region of the United States from individuals, relief agencies, and foreign governments in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. And so often, the question on everyone's mind has been: How can I help?

Christian Scientists have joined in the surge of helping. First and perhaps most powerfully, through dedicated, consistent prayer for everyone—including their fellow church members—feeling members displaced or suffering the loss of homes, jobs, and damage to their cities. Some local branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, throughout the South have collected funds to give aid, some joining in community interfaith efforts, while many individual Christian Scientists throughout the country have offered homes, jobs, even income, to those in need. The Mother Church (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts) has initiated a relief fund, the "Hurricane Katrina Fund," and donations have begun coming in. The monies gathered from this fund will be dispersed for humanitarian and spiritual purposes, which will provide assistance to a wide scope of people in need.

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