Category: Disaster Response

228. MissionCast – Athletes for Tornado Survivors – Sunrise United Methodist Church

MissionCast – Athletes for Tornado Survivors – Sunrise United Methodist Church
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Athletes

You may have missed a chance of a lifetime if you were not there at Sunrise United Methodist Church.  Indeed there were people standing, sitting and lying down in line as early as 5am for the church doors to open at 10am.  About 30 athletes from the metropolitan area drove to Sunrise United Methodist Church to give autographs in exchange for donations for our United Methodist Disaster Response ministry in Joplin and all across Missouri.  The main organizer of the event was associate pastor, Troy Merseal.

Admission was $20 for adults and $10 for youth and children.  For the admission fee you could get over 25 autographs of area athletes.  There was an extra ten dollar charge for certain celebrity autographs like those of the Cardinal’s Matt Holiday, Adam Wainwright and Skip Shumaker.  At one point the autographs for these athletes went up to $50 a piece.  People brought in pictures, baseball cards, helmets, bats, gloves, shirts, mascots and even little models of the players themselves.  Rev Jim Blue estimated that 90% of those making donations for disaster response were people from the community who were not attending Sunrise United Methodist Church.  Or might we hopefully say not attending as yet.

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222. MissionCast – Joplin Disaster Response Update

MissionCast – Joplin Disaster Response Update

Jeff and Jamie

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Meet the persons who are putting together our Missouri Conference United Methodist disaster response organization in Joplin.  We are currently ready to start receiving Volunteers in Mission teams, though the City of Joplin will not be issuing building permits for 90 days.  Still there is much work to be done with debris removal and warehouse organization.

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220. Bishop Visits Joplin – Total Destruction for miles

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Joplin

Bishop Schnase met with pastors in Joplin on Thursday.  He visited St. Paul’s United Methodist Church that lost its worship center, St. James United Methodist Church that was totally destroyed and the District Office that is beyond repair.  It is staggering to see miles of total destruction.  Information about how to respond and offer help to survivors and congregations go to http://umocm.com.  You may also call the office at 573-474-7155.

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206. MissionCast – Jim Gulley Returns to Haiti – A UMTV Video

jim gulleyRev. Jim Gulley, General Board of Global Ministries staff member, was trapped for days in the collapsed Montana Hotel in Haiti.  He recently returned to Haiti and shared some of his feelings and experience.  He urges us to continue to support the Haitians with our prayers, gifts and service.

You may contribute to the continuing Haiti relief efforts of UMCOR by designating your gifts for General Advance Special #418325.  To organize or join a VIM (Volunteers in Mission) team going to serve in Haiti call Audrey Phelps, at the Office of Creative Ministries.  573-474-7155 or phelps@umocm.com

There is a great need for pure water in Haiti.  You may send your gifts for purchasing Hydraid Pure Water Filters for Haiti to the Office of Creative Ministries.  (3009 David Drive, Columbia, MO  65202)  Your gift of $35 will provide a family with pure water for ten years.  Click here to view our MissionCast where Office of Creative Ministries, staff member, Jeff Baker tells about the Hydraid Water Filtering System.

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197. MissionCast – The Gift of Pure Water – Fairview UMC

Free ClinicJeff and Laura Baker were a part of a recent VIM team to Haiti.  Jeff Baker preached in his home church, Fairview UMC and urged them to help give families pure water.  The congregation responded with a spontaneous offering of over $4,000.  Each Hydraid water filter costs $34 with matching funds from Rotary International making each gift a two for one proposition.  You can give the gift of pure water by sending $34 to the Office of Creative Ministries, 3009 David Drive, Columbia, MO  656202.

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