First Presbyterian Church — Columbus, Indiana

In the summer of 2021, we heard that thousands of Afghan families were going to be living temporarily at Camp Atterbury, an Indiana National Guard facility just a few miles from our church. We had all been watching the news reports from Afghanistan with concern, but we never imagined that distant news would become local news. Eventually, about 7,200 Afghans were relocated to Camp Atterbury, and an interfaith effort ramped up to collect items...