Pastor Greg Laurie to deliver faith-filled inspirational message at 'Hope for Lahaina' event

Nearly 9 months aft nan devastating wildfire successful Maui, nan organization is still struggling and suffering from nan after-effects of nan destructive blaze.

Pastor Greg Laurie, laminitis of Harvest Christian Fellowship successful California and Hawaii, wants to thief supply for nan needs of those struggling connected nan island, some successful nan beingness and belief sense. 

Laurie, on pinch erstwhile "American Idol" contestant Danny Gokey and believe leader Leeland, are hosting an outreach arena called "Hope for Lahaina" connected Sunday, April 28. They're aiming to preach a Gospel connection to nan group of Maui and beryllium a root of encouragement and uplift for nan group who are trying to regain a consciousness of normalcy aft losing everything. 

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Speaking to Fox News Digital this week, Laurie said location remains a "lingering sadness" complete nan island, agelong aft nan clouds of fume and ashes faded. 

"The reality is settling in," he said. "Sadly, immoderate person near nan land altogether." 

Rebuilding successful Lahaina "has been slow," Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship told Fox News Digital.  (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

While nan arena is called "Hope for Lahaina," Laurie said "hope" is an acronym that stands for "Holding On pinch Patient Expectation." 

"The Bible tells america that dream tin usability for illustration an anchor successful a person’s life," he said. 

In Lahaina, this is playing retired successful rather a literal sense, said Laurie. A "massive anchor" now stands wherever nan Pioneer Inn, a historical inn that was nan oldest continuously operating hotel successful Hawaii, erstwhile stood.  

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"The anchor survived that horrific fire, arsenic did nan famed Banyan tree," said Laurie. "That character was primitively planted successful 1873 to people nan 50th day of nan first ngo by missionaries to nan island." 

The Banyan character and anchor, said Laurie, "symbolize what we are doing." 

Pastor Greg Laurie, center, will beryllium sharing a connection from John's gospel astir Lazarus connected Sunday's "Hope for Lahaina" event. He will beryllium joined by Leeland Mooring, astatine left, and Danny Gokey of "American Idol" fame. (Harvest Maui)

"Hope successful God anchors america successful tumultuous times, and God tin bring ‘beauty retired of ashes’ and we tin unrecorded and turn again," he said.

That hope, said Laurie, "is recovered successful a narration pinch God through Jesus Christ." 

"Hope successful God anchors america successful tumultuous times."

Harvest, which has a location successful Lahaina, has "been capable to measurement successful nan spread and bring some applicable thief and dream to nan group of this island," he said.

Thanks to donations from crossed nan country, Havest Maui has provided food, clothing, schoolhouse supplies, lodging and much to group who survived nan fires.

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"We besides had mental health specialists connected nan land speaking, arsenic good arsenic astatine events for families — from inspirational movie nights to outreaches to thousands of kids," Laurie told Fox News Digital. 

He continued, "We’ve assisted section area schools by building impermanent classrooms for their children and person continued to support Maui’s first responders, who are besides victims of nan fires." 

Pastor Laurie, seen present successful a July 2023 picture, seeks to animate nan group of Maui pinch nan connection of nan Gospel and nan truth that Jesus has nan powerfulness to alteration lives, moreover if things look hopeless.  (Pastor Greg Laurie/Harvest Ministries)

The aftereffects of nan occurrence are peculiarly difficult for children, he said, who are now bussed 90 minutes to and from schoolhouse each time aft their original schools were destroyed. 

"Rebuilding present has been slow," said Laurie. 

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Aside from beingness assistance, Laurie has besides worked to meet people's belief needs. 

"Our play believe services and Bible teachings are nan bosom of each we opportunity and do," he said. "We’ve had Harvest Maui pastors trained successful biblical trauma counseling to support those successful nan organization who request assistance." 

"Harvest Maui is present for nan agelong haul."

"Harvest Maui is present for nan agelong haul," said Laurie, noting that his religion will soon beryllium moving to a much imperishable installation to accommodate its increasing congregation. 

"I cannot stress capable really important belief thief is to people, particularly astatine a clip for illustration this," he said. 

"Jesus is still successful nan life-changing business today," said Pastor Laurie. (Pastor Greg Laurie/Harvest Ministries)

The business successful Lahaina, he said, is not dissimilar nan communicative of Lazarus successful John's Gospel. 

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Following Lazarus' death, things "looked for illustration nan bleakest of circumstances," said Laurie. 

"Jesus came and changed everything," raising Lazarus from nan dead. 

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And "Jesus," he said, "is still successful nan life-changing business today." 

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