February, 2009, in the midst of Australia’s worst ever bushfire disaster, Jan Graham asked the question: “What can I do to help?” She had no idea that this question would lead her and her husband, John, into three years of intense relief work, helping survivors of the Black Saturday Fires.
This is not another bushfire story, though that is the setting. This is a story about how a local church and community responded in the face of crisis, and it asks the question, are there still fires burning today? What trauma and pain in our society is right on our doorstep, and can the church and community still respond, as it did back in 2009?
“Hell on the Doorstep provides a poignant challenge … that all of us be moved to practical and loving action; that all of us respond with a ‘yes’ to the mess.” Pastor Jon Cathie
“This story of collective support from the community in times of adversity will remind readers that: alone we can do so little, but together, we can do so much.” Pastor Zoran Paunovich
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Table of Contents:
Map of the Fire Ground
Foreword – Meredith Resce
Introduction – John Graham, Jan Graham
Chapter One – The Fury is Unleashed
Chapter Two – The Shock Sinks In
Chapter Three – Emerging from the Chaos
Chapter Four – The Food and Clothing Bank
Chapter Five – Gone from the Nightly News
Chapter Six – I Never saw this Coming
Chapter Seven – Rising From the Ashes
Chapter Eight – The Local Community Rises to the Challenge
Chapter Nine – Who is my Neighbour?
Chapter Ten – How to Become Part of the Support Network – A Resource Appendix
Chapter Eleven – A Final Word
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Meredith Resce has been writing fiction for 20 years, with 18 published titles. In 2018, Meredith put her hand to working on a couple of non-fiction titles. Meredith has worked in Christian ministry with her husband, Nick, for 35 years. She now resides in her home state of South Australia, following a number of years in Victoria.
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