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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN MORGAN COUNTY The June 7-8 floods impacted
over 2700 households in Morgan County. As of October 17, canvassing indicates
that over 330 families are still in need of assistance to get back in to their
homes, and new cases are coming in daily! Cold weather will be quickly upon us
and these families need your help as soon as possible. We are in desperate need of Volunteers to help these families! While there is still some debris removal to be done, most homes need skilled or semi-skilled help. If you, or someone you know, is skilled or has home repair skills in electrical, plumbing, HVAC, insulation, carpentry, drywall hanging, drywall finishing or painting, you can help. Since we have a very limited construction staff, we do request that each group have at least 1 skilled or semi-skilled person for every 3 or 4 unskilled members of the work group.
AREA DISASTER RESPONDERS TO OFFER SEMINAR FOR CRISIS CAREGIVERS AT COLUMBUS
ASBURY
While the
energies of many United Methodists in Indiana are focusing on cleaning up
water-soaked homes, others recognize that recovery from the devastating
flooding in summer 2008 will mean more than mucking out and rebuilding.
Survivors of disasters also will face unique emotional and spiritual
challenges that unfold in the months of the recovery. The United Methodist
Committee on Relief and the Indiana Area Disaster Response Coordinators are
helping clergy and lay leadership begin to address the spiritual and
emotional needs of their communities with a basic training, “Calming After
the Storm.” This seminar is scheduled to be held Friday,
Dec. 5 at Asbury UMC, 1751 27th Street in Columbus, Ind. from 10
a.m. through mid-afternoon, including lunch. Registration begins at 9:30
a.m. Planners suggest a $10 donation to cover lunch and snack costs. For
reservations to the “Calming After the Storm” seminar in Columbus, contact Jenni
Walker, South Indiana Resource Administrator at 812-893-1760
or by e-mail at jenniwalker@mac.com
You are invited to participate in this exciting Christmas mission-giving opportunity. Pat Croley, a South Indiana Conference individual volunteer in mission, and her team will be collecting gift-filled shoeboxes for the people of the Crow Creek Reservation in Fort Thompson, South Dakota. The attached flyer provides full details. Please share this information with your church. We hope your church can participate in this wonderful project! For more information about Pat’s work please visit www.sicumc.org/Advocacy, then click on “Native American”
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