It is Time to Fill the Truck! October 18, 2018 Thanks to the generosity of Sundown Express in Gates, TN, the Nashville Episcopal Area has a semi-truck that we can fill and transport the supplies where our UMCOR teams need them the most. The shipment will leave our Area at Read More »
Disaster Response and Recovery
First Load of Disaster Supplies Sent from TNUMC
Thanks to the quick response of several TNUMC volunteers, Rev. Robert Craig, our Area-wide Disaster Response Coordinator, was able to respond quickly to a special request and drive a truck full of supplies to the UMCOR warehouse in Northern Alabama this weekend. Last Thursday evening, the supplies were loaded on Read More »
Nashville Episcopal Area prepares to respond as Hurricane Florence tracks to hit east coast of U.S.
October 18 Update: It’s time to load another truck with supplies! Click for dropoff locations and dates. The shipment will leave our area on Monday, October 29. October 15 Update: First Load of Disaster Supplies Sent from TNUMC The UMCOR depot tells us that the desperate needs right now are: 20-inch Read More »
Robert Craig Now Coordinating Disaster Response Ministry
‘Disaster response’ is now a single Episcopal Area ministry for the Memphis and Tennessee Conferences, coordinated by Rev. Robert Craig By Lane Gardner Camp, Director of Communications, Memphis Conference Effective Jan. 1, the Memphis and Tennessee Conferences of the Nashville Episcopal Area have combined their disaster response ministries into a Read More »
Puerto Rico Accepting Early Response Teams | please follow protocol
UMCOR Early Response Teams will signal their availability through their conference disaster response coordinators. Teams from the Tennessee and Memphis Conferences are to contact Robert Craig if they wish to deploy to Puerto Rico. UMCOR Shares Process for Volunteering for Puerto Rico Thank you for your interest in volunteering for UMCOR’s Read More »
Volunteers Needed in Florida
Florida is ready for volunteers. Trained ERTs will be placed in IRMA relief and those who are not trained will be serving with recovery for Hermine and Matthew. The link to volunteer is here: https://florida-reg.brtapp.com/hurricaneirmaregistration. For more information regarding needs in Florida, you can go their disaster response page, found here:http://www.flumc.org/disasterrecoveryministry.
How to give to UMCOR for different disasters
UMCOR Responds to Current Disasters Around the World In the wake of recent disasters in the United States and abroad, the United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) is working to fulfill unmet food, clean water, temporary shelter, hygiene supplies, and non-food item needs. For details on the response in each of Read More »
Texas Hurricane Recovery
With over a half a million homes flooded because of Hurricane Harvey, it’s going to take a while before things are back to normal in Southeast Texas. Five of our nine church districts were decimated, with thousands of our church members and pastors being displaced because of flooding. There are Read More »
Outstanding Response to Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma
UPDATE: Our final shipment of buckets and health kits was put on a truck headed to the UMCOR Warehouse in November. At this time, we do NOT need additional buckets or supplies. On August 28, churches were asked to make financial contributions to UMCOR for disaster response and to help “fill Read More »
Disaster Response for Southeast Storms – How You Can Help | January 2017
We ask that you be in prayer for those in the Southeast who have experienced the deadly tornadoes and severe storms that tore through parts of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas January 21-23, 2017. The Weather Channel reports that at least 20 deaths are being blamed Read More »