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Seashore District Volunteer Center VIM project -- Completed
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May/June 2006 |
Bishop Coyner to dedicate center May 15
Seashore District Volunteer Center completed
As air conditioners began to whirl and shower filled with steamy water, the final 30 volunteers in mission celebrated the birth of the Seashore District Volunteer Center at D'Iberville, Miss., a joint project of the North Indiana and South Indiana United Methodist conferences.
Time of delivery was Thursday, April 27, 4 p.m.
"Praise God!" wrote the Rev. Greig Crowder, pastor of the Royal Center UMC in Kokomo District and the last of eight reporters who almost daily updated the progress of the center build on the Indiana Area Web site.
"We turned on the water and air conditioning this afternoon (April 27). The water heaters were turning out hot water within an hour and the ice maker produced its first ice in about 30 minutes," wrote Crowder. "We began moving mattresses out of the church building this evening, and even some of our volunteers spent the evening in the volunteer center building last night."
Crowder continued, "To those 255 volunteers in mission who gave their time and talent to the project, thank you so much. To those who gave of their resources to make the dream a reality, thank you as well. And to those who will use the Seashore District Volunteer Center while working on the homes of people in the community, Heritage United Methodist Church is looking forward to your arrival."
Dedication May 15
Bishop Mike Coyner will join Heritage UMC Pastor David Cumbest and other church leaders in the Mississippi Conference to dedicate the new Seashore District Volunteer Center in D'Iberville, on Monday, May 15 at 3 p.m.
"To those 255 volunteers in mission who gave their time and talent to the project, thank you so much." - Greig Crowder |
Before the project was completed, the North Indiana Conference formulated plans to take a volunteer in mission team composed of pastors and pastors' spouses to use the new Seashore Center in April 2007 to assist hurricane recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast region.
Pictures and journals of the project are available online at www.inareaumc.org. Click on Seashore District Volunteer Center VIM project.
The center is open and taking reservations, if your congregation is planning a mission trip to D'Iberville and want to use the Volunteer Center, please contact the Rev. David Cumbest, pastor of Heritage UMC, by e-mail at biscuitman@bellsouth.net. He will complete the necessary arrangements with congregations by e-mail.
Partnered with Seashore District
Hoosier United Methodists partnered with the United Methodist Seashore District of the Mississippi Area and Heritage UMC to build the facility on the property of Heritage. It houses 40 volunteers and includes six bunk rooms, rest rooms with showers, a kitchen, manager's quarters and a gathering room.
The 50-by-75 foot steel structure matches Heritage's current building. The Indiana Area agreed to raise $200,000 needed for the project. By building the facility with volunteer labor, according to organizers 50 percent of the cost of having a facility like this built was saved.
Organizers plan that after five years of use as a volunteer center, the building will become part of Heritage UMC.
Now completed, the Seashore District Volunteer Center will cut considerably the cost of VIM teams' room and board and end the disruption of church programs that are now adjusted due to volunteers living weeklong at Heritage UMC.
Coordinating this building project were volunteers Al Dalton, Ken Hollis and John Street, contractors and members of Saint Luke's United Methodist Church in Indianapolis. The project began on schedule the week of March 6 and continued on or ahead of schedule for eight weeks through April 28. More than 30 volunteers per week construct the volunteer center. Each volunteer workweek began Sunday evening with orientation and worship, and ended on Friday afternoon.
The response was so great and volunteers so dedicated, that some teams spent time working on damaged homes in the area when the volunteers worked ahead of schedule.
Project organizers estimate that the facility will be used to capacity during the next five years as the Biloxi area recovers from the devastating affects of the 2005 hurricanes.
For more information or reservations, contact Heritage UMC by e-mail at biscuitman@bellsouth.net or call the church office at 228-392-4288.
Last updated on 25 Apr 2008