Training in disaster relief and deepening our commitment to serving others in need.
The island of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands is in need of volunteers to perform repairs to more than 500 houses damaged by Super typhoon YUTU in October 2018. The need is so great that FEMA will fund transportation and housing for qualified volunteers.
Join the Desert Southwest Conference Early Response Team (ERT). Find out where the next ERT training classes will be held.
Seven pastors, a seminary student and a certified lay minister from the Desert Southwest Conference have been preparing to serve on a Disaster Relief Early Response Team (ERT), in cooperation with UMCOR efforts. This ‘Pastor Team’ is set to travel on a red-eye...
Help is needed. The United Methodist Church has a tradition of helping those in need from the beginning of its existence to the current day. Read more to see the needs.
Additional training opportunities are available in California. Find registration information and more at www.calpacumc.org/disasterresponse/. After completing the California training, please contact Lori Davalos at ldavalos@dscumc.org and complete the registration,...
In the midst of tragedy, where is God present? Watch this video and hear from an ERT volunteer in Louisiana. How is God calling you to to be a courageous Church? If you want to schedule a training or find out more about giving and deployment opportunities visit...
This is a call for sawyers to go to the Victoria, Texas area to clean up hurricane-damaged trees. The initial departure is scheduled for October 18. PLEASE RSVP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Texas requires us to report trip details, including a rough estimate of the number of sawyers going.
The scenes and stories from southeast Texas and Louisiana during the past week have been staggering, and communities of faith throughout the country began responding within hours to the devastation experienced by the communities and their residents from Hurricane...
