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First Presbyterian Church
215 FM 517 East
P.O. Box 1643,
Dickinson, TX 77639-9998
281-534-3585 Church
Cell 832-795-7746
ksebring2dpc@gmail.com

www.1stPresbyterianDickinsonTX.org

Harvey survivors: ‘The building is not the church. We are.’

For years, when Rev. Kathy Sebring stood at the lectern, preparing to give her Sunday morning sermon, she’d face rows and rows of pews. Some would be empty.
The pews are gone. So are the floors they were bolted down. And the walls? They’re still just studs, as the church awaits FEMA funding to replace the drywall.

A year ago this weekend, Sebring had to call off Sunday morning service for the first time in her memory, texting parishioners, telling them to stay home and stay safe, as Hurricane Harvey’s wild and muddy waters rolled through the small town of Dickinson, inching up the exterior walls at the First Presbyterian Church of Dickinson, before flooding the church’s interior. Read more

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