Foothills United Methodist Church

3301 Green Valley Road, Rescue, CA 95672    (530) 677-4910 or (916) 933-6682

Web site: http://www.foothillsumc.net      E-mail: fumcresc@sbcglobal.net

 

SERVING THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA


Relief supplies.
Thank for very much to all who contributed and participated in our collection
of supplies to aid in the care of displaced persons, and in trips to the Gulf coast.
A team of volunteers has trucked them to the UMCOR distribution center
in Baldwin, Louisiana, leaving after worship on Sept. 18, 2005.
In a follow-up trip in March 2006, several volunteers spent a week helping in
the construction of homes.

Other relief efforts are continuing:

  1. Cash donation . Probably the most effective way to help those displaced by Hurricane Katrina is to send a cash donation for the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), designated Advance #982523-Katrina, to your local church or to the California-Nevada Conference Center, P.O. Box 980250 West Sacramento, CA 95798. Direct donations can be made, and more information acquired, by going to UMCOR’s web site: www.umcor.org., or the conference web site: www.cnumc.org.
  2. Personal assistance . Our conference Volunteers in Mission office is organizing Early Response Teams. Contact them at  UMVIM, P.O. Box 980250 West Sacramento, CA 95798, 916-374-1582,  umvim@calnevumc.org. Also, the American Red Cross is conducting a 9 hour training each day in Sacramento, and has need for trained aides to go immediately to their shelters throughout the southeast. Contact them at 916-368-3131, www.sacramento-redcross.org.
  3. Sponsor a family. Many families need places to live and jobs to work as their neighborhoods are reclaimed and houses rebuilt. This church is considering sponsoring a family or two for several months. To assist in this effort please contact coordinator Emily Harris, 916-941-0481, harrisnet@sbcglobal.net.
  4. Pray for those so adversely affected by the hurricane, for all those rallying to provide help, and for their daily experience of God’s unfailing love.

Thank you very much for your generous outreach,
Pastor Dave Bunje, davebunje@sbcglobal.net