For nearly a week Shreveport, Louisiana residents were without power during a heatwave that caused heat index values to skyrocket to over 105 degrees Fahrenheit. As elderly residents struggled to keep cool, GracePointe Church of the Nazarene and the Pine Road Area Business Association conducted a “fan drive.”
In rural Louisiana, one church’s name perfectly embodies its congregation. Friendship Church of the Nazarene in Robeline, Louisiana, has impacted its small community in various ways.
Hurricane Ida made landfall in the United States on 29 August, causing flooding, death, and destruction from Louisiana, and later into New York and New Jersey.
A Louisiana church caught fire Saturday, 7 August 2021, just weeks before the congregation prepared to move back into its sanctuary after a year of repairs due to hurricanes Laura and Delta.
