HOPEWELL, Va. — A church in Hopewell is among those working to help people in North Carolina impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Helene and one of its congregants is using his social media following to help spread the word.
Senior Pastor Michael Moore of Beacon Hill Church , which CBS 6 has featured for its work feeding the homeless in Hopewell , said members of the church were actually on a mission in Jacksonville, FL. handing out food when the hurricane struck.
“It was starting to get windy. The winds were going up to 60 miles an hour, and we sent the busses ahead so they wouldn’t topple over. And some of us stayed behind and worked through it,” said Moore. “We ended up being able to feed an entire evacuation shelter and giving them needs with what we brought here.”
Moore said the day after they got back a church member asked if they would be going back down to help out.
“I said, ‘Well, let me think about, let me have a day.’ And then Oliver Anthony called me on Tuesday and just really passionate about helping out down there.”