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September 1, 2005 Hurricane Relief UpdateFor Thursday, Sept. 01, 2005 BOTH INDIANA CONFERENCES PLUGGED INTO INVOADHoosier United Methodists are working with the Indiana Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, a state government agency, coordinating relief efforts with the state. Both Indiana Conferences' Disaster Coordinators (listed below) are meeting by conference call each morning to coordinate United Methodist activities with other non-profit organizations working with the State of Indiana on Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Part of that activity includes INVOAD's connection with the United Methodist Committee on Relief. UMCOR helped the first wave of emergency volunteers who will be leaving for Mobile, Alabama the beginning of next week. These Hoosier professionals will be hosted by the Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church in Mobile from Sept. 6 through 13. Indiana volunteers, including United Methodists, will be working with hurricane survivors in the Mobile, Alabama area. HOOSIER DISASTER RELIEF FUNDThe state has established the new Hoosier Disaster Relief Fund to provide funds for Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts. If you have employers wanting to contribute to hurricane disaster relief, but who don't want to give to UMCOR or any religiously affiliated agency, encourage them to contribute to the Hoosier Disaster Relief Fund. Contributions are being accepted by Old City Bank and National City Bank or by mailing contributions to Hoosier Disaster Relief Fund, PO Box 2123, Elkhart, IN 46514 SOUTH INDIANA CONFERENCE RELIEF EFFORTSThe South Indiana Conference has designated four locations that will collect Health Kits, Flood Bucket Kits, blankets, bottled water and clothing. These items will be shipped either to UMCOR's Sager Brown Depot in Baldwin, La. or the Midwest Distribution Center in Illinois. Those locations are: Evansville Centenary UMC -- Evansville District
Hazelton UMC -- Vincennes District Community UMC -- Vincennes District Lawrence UMC -- Indianapolis East District CLOTHING ADDED TO SOUTH CONFERENCE NEEDSClothing has been added to the South Conference disaster relief needs. Please observe the following guidelines. Bring items next to new or what you would wear, practical, clean, mended and folded. Please place each item in a zip lock plastic bag with size marked, then in a plastic tote container with exterior labels indicating male or female, size, type of item, infant items, disposable diapers, receiving blankets, etc. HOSTING HURRICANE KATRINA REFUGEESThis word is from UMCOR's Tom Hazelwood. Please refer all requests to host refugees to the Red Cross as they would be the most-likely organization to organize such an effort. This would be to prevent a duplication of efforts and to allow the various relief organizations to focus on their areas of expertise. Red Cross info: http://www.redcross.org/ or 866-GET-INFO or 866-438-4636. CONFERENCE COORDINATORS OF DISASTER RESPONSE AND VIM COORDINATORSIf your church is planning a volunteer-in-mission response to assist Hurricane Katrina survivors, here is the contact information for each conference's Coordinator for Disaster Response and Volunteer-in-Mission Coordinators. Volunteers in Mission conference coordinators can provide details on creating and training a team as well as scheduling. The disaster areas are not yet ready for general volunteer workers, but teams can be organized now for deployment when the time is ready. North Indiana Conference Disaster Relief Coordinator South Indiana Conference Disaster Relief Coordinator North Indiana Conference Volunteers-in-Mission Coordinator South Indiana Conference Volunteers-in-Mission Coordinator Receive updates on Hurricane Katrina relief efforts by UMCOR at www.umcor.org. HYMNS ON THE WEBHere are hymns on The General Board of Discipleship Web site that might be used following the Hurricane Katrina disaster this past week: "In the Wake of New
Disaster" by Daniel A. Anderson "My Hope Is Built on
Nothing Less" set to the NAVY HYMN tune "Built on a Rock the
Church Doth Stand" "Two Hymns after a
Tsunami" by Andrew Pratt "O God, that Great
Tsunami: A Hymn for Relief" by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette "In Every Face We See
the Pain" by Andrew Pratt "When Innocence Is
Fractured" by Gareth Hill "The Quaking Ground,
the Moving Earth" by Andrew Pratt Compiled by # # # If you know someone who has yet to sign up for e-HUM, they simply need to send a blank e-mail from their preferred e-mail account to add@inareaumc.org. e-HUM Alert copyright 2005 by Indiana Area United Methodist Communications. |
