Disaster Relief
MERCI - www.merciumc.org
United Methodist Committee On Relief - www.umcor.org
UMCOR Hotline Updates
| Hurricane Irene Relief Efforts |
HELP/HELPERS: Those who need help with storm clean up and those who can help with storm clean up are asked to give their name to the church office (910.326.4833) or to Adele (910.478.9727). Marcie Briley (910.326.5379) will take names for over night work teams to Pamlico Co. (Oriental). Teams will be going Wed-Fri 9/14-16, Thurs. 9/15. More info to follow. Many local families have already been helped with yard clean up and small carpentry projects. There is still some need for chain saw work. |
Pamlico County needs help now and into the future. The Red Cross and Salvation Army have pulled out their ERV (Emergency Response Vehicles) that had provided hot meals at the Fire Stations. Our District Superintendent has requested that our UM churches collect items (from a list) to be taken up by work teams. You can help by praying for them, joining a work team, and bringing food and other items for a weekly collection. Click here for the list of items requested. |
Cleaning Bucket Kits are being collected at SUMC. Completed buckets may be placed under the table below the Missions bulletin board in the lower level entry (under the sanctuary) Buckets will be collected through September 22nd. Click here for assembly instructions. If you would prefer to contribute toward the cost of making a cleaning
bucket kit, please make your check payable to Swansboro UMC and put
"Cleaning Bucket Kit" on the memo line of your check, or on your envelope
if donating cash. The approximate cost of a completed bucket is $50 but
any donation is gratefully accepted. |
NC Conference United Methodist Church Hurricane Relief: To participate in this effort, you can donate by check payable to Swansboro UMC with Advance # S-00176 in the memo line, or by cash (put Advance # S-00176 on your envelope.) |
UMCOR Hurricane Relief: UMCOR Advance #901670, “Hurricanes 2011” helps those who are recovering from Hurricane Irene and helps prepare to meet needs that may yet arise from other 2011 storms — hurricane season officially ends November 1. Click here to give online. |
All donations may be left at the church office during normal office hours, mailed to the church (SUMC,
665 W Corbett Ave, Swansboro NC 28584) or put in a Sunday offering
plate. Please make all checks payable to Swansboro UMC with the appropriate item in the memo line of your check or on the outside of your envelope if you are donating cash. |
Our 2009 Biloxi Mission Team
Carolyn Amdahl, Carmonlene Anderson, Bonnie Bihary, Ray Bihary, Marcie Briley, Peter Gante, Sharon Gante, Clyde Keagy, Shirley Lynn, John McLean, Carol McLean, and Linda Mitchell ~ shared their skills and spirits in Biloxi, Mississippi November 1-7, 2009. The Biloxi mission team worked on 2 houses.
One belonged to a single working mother of two. The team voted to have her four bedrooms carpeted, purchased a vacuum cleaner, washer and dryer. They also bought and installed towel bars, mirrors and other accessories in her two bathrooms.
The family our other team helped was a working couple with four children. They had suffered many hardships since Katrina and were literally at the bottom financially. They had to abandon their FEMA trailer because of the formaldehyde it contained. They were able to find a rental but, after almost four years of paying $1,200 a month plus the house payment on a house that no longer existed, they had to move out of the rental house by the end of November. The SUMC mission team was the first to help them. We replaced the worn-out tires on the lady's car and left the family with $1,800 in cash and gift cards as well as helping with other jobs at their house.
The money SUMC so generously donated to this mission has greatly changed the lives of these two families. Thank you for your continued support in helping many in Biloxi.
Report by Marcie Briley, Biloxi Co-Chair
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