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	Surviving the Tsunami: One Woman’s Story Lenni survived the tsunami partly because she was lucky and partly because she is a woman of great courage who knew she needed to survive for the sake of her children. Source: UMCOR More about: UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Jun 07, 2006
	A Year Later, Tsunami Relief Efforts are Just Beginning It began with an undersea earthquake near the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. As news began filtering out Dec. 26, 2004, of the impossibly huge wave that swept shore after shore in that section of the ocean, as video pictures emerged and surviving residents and tourists shakily told their stories, as international news crews rushed to document incredible scenes of devastation, many hearts were touched. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Donations \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Dec 19, 2005
	UMCOR Continues Tsunami Work in Sri Lanka, Other Nations Although security concerns have increased since the November presidential election in Sri Lanka, the United Methodist Committee on Relief is continuing its tsunami work there. The agency also has addressed tsunami-related needs in India, Thailand and Somalia. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Dec 19, 2005
	Indonesia's Tsunami Recovery Comes with Complications A year after the tsunami wiped out whole parts of the Aceh Province of Indonesia, the United Methodist Committee on Relief is helping people rebuild their homes, their communities and their livelihoods. But the relief and recovery work has been complicated, according to the Rev. Paul Dirdak, UMCOR's chief executive. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Dec 19, 2005
	Day After Day, Methodist Pastor Assists Fellow Sri Lankans A year ago, the Rev. Anil Silva of the Methodist Church in Matara in the south of Sri Lanka could not have imagined what lay ahead for him and his congregation. Nearly a year after the tsunami hit his country, he has been faced with long queues of people outside the church. And still people line up. Every day. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Dec 19, 2005
	Tsunami-battered Aceh Province Searches for Security, Hope It is difficult for an outsider visiting Banda Aceh not to be drawn to the ocean. Not to swim. Nor to fish. But merely to look and marvel at the ocean's destructive power. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Dec 19, 2005
	The UMCOR Hotline, October 18, 2005 In Today's Hotline: Pakistan: Shelter for the Homeless US: Cruise Ship Casework Worldwide: International Disaster Response Indonesia: New Report to Donors Source: UMCOR More about: Communities \| Emergencies \| International affairs \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Indonesia \| Pakistan \| United States \| Date posted: Oct 18, 2005
	UMCOR Directs Tsunami Funds to Chennai, Andaman NEW YORK, October 11, 2005—United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Directors agreed yesterday to grant $505,893 to the Methodist Church of India in Chennai and Andaman Island to assist them in their community-wide tsunami recovery efforts. They are among the hardest-hit areas in India. Source: UMCOR More about: Communities \| Donations \| Emergencies \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Date posted: Oct 12, 2005
	UMCOR Supports Tsunami’s “Hidden” Emergencies Fishing gear in Somalia, home repairs in India, and school buildings in Thailand are three examples of aid United Methodists are providing in tsunami-damaged areas—but often unnoticed by international media. This work is being done by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) in collaboration with ecumenical partners that are able to deliver long-term relief and rehabilitation services. Source: UMCOR Press Releases More about: Advocacy \| Children \| Christian love \| Communities \| Donations \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Tsunami \| Africa \| India \| Indonesia \| Somalia \| Sri Lanka \| Thailand \| Date posted: Jun 30, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, May 31, 2005 Providing employment for the area's fisher folk who lost their livelihoods in the tsunami was just one of the many reasons UMCOR started the beach clearing project in Sri Lanka. UMCOR is helping to contain the Marburg virus with a grant to train 40 women and men on prevention in their communities. UMCOR is also helping The United Methodist Church in the Cameroon respond to the cholera pandemic there. Food shortages from both the lack of rain and breakdown of civil infrastructures are causing famines in southern and eastern African nations. Source: UMCOR More about: Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| Angola \| Cameroon \| Eritrea \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: May 31, 2005
	Tsunami Recovery in Indonesia Reveals Resilient Human Spirit The ornate handle shaped like an elephant's trunk stood out among the debris scattered around Banda Aceh. It looked like it broke off of a pottery vase or pitcher. In comparison to the other items in the rubble, a visitor could tell that this once belonged to something special. The handle caught the eye of an UMCOR official visiting Indonesia in April. She reflected how this piece of pottery echoes what the tsunami did in many areas: it took something beautiful and cherished, and left brokenness. Source: UMCOR Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Donations \| Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Tsunami \| Indonesia \| Date posted: May 11, 2005
	UMCOR Explores New Options for Tsunami Relief in India Methodist Churches in southeast India and Andaman Island are paving the way for long-term recovery in their regions following the Dec. 26, 2004 tsunami. Source: UMCOR Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Tsunami \| India \| Date posted: May 11, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, May 10, 2005 n the Republic of Georgia "April Showers" turned into April floods this year. UMCOR has just published new electronic bulletin insert, "Tsunami Recovery in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Somalia and Beyond". From coast-to- coast, young folk are demonstrating that humanitarian service need not be the sole province of adults. n the mountainous Paktya Province of Afghanistan, UMCOR workers recently met with Banuzai tribesmen who have returned home after years of being refugees in Pakistan. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Communities \| Natural disasters \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| Volunteers \| Tsunami \| Afghanistan \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Georgia \| Indonesia \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: May 10, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, May 3, 2005 Last summer three hurricanes ripped through the United States leaving a swath of destruction in Florida, Alabama, North Carolina and as far north as western Pennsylvania. Twenty-five volunteers from Grace United Methodist Church in Fergus Falls, MN, packed school and health kits at UMCOR Sager Brown this spring. In the aftermath of the tsunami, UMCOR has opened recovery centers in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Talks are in progress for support of additional rehabilitation in India. UMCOR sent emergency aid to Somalia and Thailand as well. Source: UMCOR More about: Education \| Emergencies \| Health \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| Africa \| Armenia \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Azerbaijan \| Georgia \| Indonesia \| Sri Lanka \| United States \| Date posted: May 03, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, April 19, 2005 UMCOR is putting out an emergency call for health kits! UMCOR field offices have requested nearly 193,000 health kits for distribution in 2005 - more than UMCOR has ever shipped before. Water levels along the Delaware River were the highest in decades as recent floods displaced more than 7,000 people. UMCOR's executive for US disaster response, Tom Hazelwood, will visit affected areas this week. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Education \| Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| Africa \| Armenia \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Azerbaijan \| Georgia \| Indonesia \| North Eastern U.S. \| Sri Lanka \| United States \| Zimbabwe \| Date posted: Apr 19, 2005
	Three months later, those affected by tsunami still remember Three months have passed since Bishop Joel Martinez made an emergency pastoral visit to Indonesia, but he has not forgotten the faces of the children in the camps for those left homeless by the Dec. 26 tsunami. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Children \| Christian love \| Donations \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Indonesia \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Apr 15, 2005
	United Methodist Tsunami Response Exceeds $32 Million: Long-term Aid Slated for Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Somalia United Methodists contributed $32.4 million to their Church's emergency fund that is providing relief and rehabilitation in the wake of devastating South Asia tsunamis late last year. UMCOR detailed a $19.2 million long-term development package for Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Projects are also underway in India and Somalia. Source: UMCOR Press Releases More about: Communities \| Ecumenical \| Emergencies \| GBGM news \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Women \| Partners/partnerships \| Tsunami \| Africa \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Indonesia \| Somalia \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Apr 13, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, April 12, 2005 In New Jersey, volunteers are cleaning up with 400 UMCOR flood buckets sent from Mission Central in Pennsylvania. UMCOR is part of an ecumenical coalition that rushed emergency aid to the island of Nias in the Indian Ocean. UMCOR is putting out an urgent call for health kits. UMCOR is at work in Haiti, where nearly 30,000 have remained homeless since Hurricane Jeanne's thrashing, and Grenada, where Hurricane Ivan's winds destroyed 90 percent of buildings and virtually all its agriculture. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Education \| Emergencies \| Health \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| Armenia \| Azerbaijan \| Georgia \| Grenada \| Haiti \| Indonesia \| North Eastern U.S. \| Sri Lanka \| United States \| Africa \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Caribbean Islands \| Date posted: Apr 12, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, April 5, 2005 UMCOR last week joined an ecumenical coalition rushing emergency aid to the island of Nias, hard hit by a powerful earthquake. Tornadoes tore through several south Georgia towns in late March. UMCOR field offices have requested nearly 193,000 health kits for distribution in 2005 - more than UMCOR has ever shipped before. Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje teens who grew up in a divided community are enjoying drama courses, an Internet club, library, art workshops, and other activities that encourage tolerance and peace building. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Education \| Emergencies \| Health \| Natural disasters \| Peace \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Youth \| Tsunami \| Armenia \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Azerbaijan \| Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Georgia \| Indonesia \| North Eastern U.S. \| South Eastern U.S. \| Sri Lanka \| United States \| Date posted: Apr 05, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, March 29, 2005 UMCOR has sent aid to assist survivors of the 8.7 magnitude earthquake that razed much of Nias Island yesterday. If you're planning a mission trip this spring or summer, consider helping to speed roof replacement all over Florida and other regions devastated by last year's multiple hurricanes. Afghanistan's harshest winter in 15 years has turned into its worst spring. Medical technicians and doctors from a Mercy Ships hospital ship have assisted with diagnoses and treatment at Ganta United Methodist Hospital in recent weeks. Source: UMCOR More about: Emergencies \| Health \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| Afghanistan \| Africa \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Indonesia \| Liberia \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Date posted: Mar 29, 2005
	New earthquake off Indonesia prolongs need for assistance The effects of the March 28 earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra will increase the need for assistance in the tsunami-ravaged region. United Methodists already had been working with Methodist church partners in the Aceh Province of northern Sumatra, the area hardest hit by the Dec.26 earthquake and tsunami. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Donations \| Emergencies \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Mar 29, 2005
	India's 'untouchable' women help in tsunami relief effort When Ekasi Siromani heard stories of the tsunami's terrible destruction in coastal areas near her south India village, she "felt deeply moved" to do something. This mother of three children-- herself one of India's "untouchables" - spent four days packing up rice, dhal (lentil-based food staple), oil and clothing provided by the British Methodist Relief and Development Fund. The fund is the British Methodist Church's equivalent to the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Emergencies \| Health \| International affairs \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Date posted: Mar 24, 2005
	Methodists to Assist Fishing Societies in Sri Lanka Methodists are working with fishing societies in Sri Lanka to help those whose livelihoods were destroyed by the Dec. 26 tsunami. The collaborative effort, funded at $100,000, is between the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka and the United Methodist Committee on Relief, according to the Rev. Kristin Sachen, UMCOR's head of disaster response. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Emergencies \| Rural \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Mar 23, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, March 15, 2005 Young United Methodists from coast-to-coast have shown that humanitarian service need not be the sole province of adults. Thousands of volunteers are needed to do help rebuild homes in the Southeast. UMCOR's field office in Kosovo will host a workshop on the problem of human trafficking in the Balkans. UMCOR's Sudan field team will make its headquarters in Al Daein, about 100 miles from South Darfur's regional capital of Nyala. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Emergencies \| Health \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Youth \| Tsunami \| Afghanistan \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Georgia \| Indonesia \| Serbia \| South Eastern U.S. \| Sri Lanka \| United States \| Date posted: Mar 15, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, March 8, 2005 UMCOR officials are determining response in regions of the California where mudslides have devastated several communities. Thousands of volunteers are needed to do help rebuild homes in the Southeast. UMCOR has sent additional aid for social centers in Iran to assist young children with overcoming their terrifying memories of the Bam earthquake. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| One Great Hour of Sharing \| Special Sundays \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Iran \| South Eastern U.S. \| Sri Lanka \| United States \| Western U.S. \| Date posted: Mar 08, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, March 1, 2005 Donations of $15 million will give UMCOR's long- term tsunami recovery work in South Asia a significant boost. Areas of California burned in 2004 by wildfires are, in 2005, most vulnerable to mudslides. If you're planning a mission trip, consider joining the "blue tarp gang." Source: UMCOR More about: Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| One Great Hour of Sharing \| Special Sundays \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| South Eastern U.S. \| United States \| Western U.S. \| Date posted: Mar 01, 2005
	Gifts to United Methodist Agency for Tsunami Relief Reach $15 Million A total of $15 million has been contributed to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) for tsunami relief and rehabilitation in the Indian Ocean region. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Donations \| Emergencies \| Finance \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Feb 24, 2005
	Tsunami Perspective from Southern India Where is God when the plates of the earth shift mightily sending the waters of the sea to destroy mounds of property and belongings, sweeping thousands of bodies away? Who can speak meaningfully of God in the face of unsurpassed natural disaster? We have struggled with this. It is a mystery. Source: Mission Personnel More about: Christian love \| Missionaries \| Natural disasters \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Tsunami \| India \| Date posted: Feb 22, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, February 22, 2005 A powerful earthquake razed villages in Iran overnight. UMCOR is responding. From coast to coast in the United States, young United Methodists have shown that humanitarian service need not be the sole province of adults. Several hundred Baghdad children have some new tools to manage their often bewildering and sometimes frightening world. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Emergencies \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| One Great Hour of Sharing \| Special Sundays \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Indonesia \| Iran \| Middle East \| South Eastern U.S. \| Sri Lanka \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 22, 2005
	Tsunami victims pull together to rebuild, church executive says When Shanta Premawardhana visited Sri Lanka on behalf of the U.S. National Council of Churches, he was amazed by the resilience of its people. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Feb 17, 2005
	"Be There": South Asia Emergency: UMCOR Online Poster This poster, which promotes UMCOR's Asian tsunami emergency response uses the One Great Hour of Sharing 2005 theme "Be There." When the PDF format version is printed, it fits nicely on an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper. This poster is also available in JPG format for print and for the web. Source: UMCOR More about: Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| India \| Indonesia \| Somalia \| Sri Lanka \| Thailand \| Date posted: Feb 15, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, February 15, 2005 The heaviest rains in a century have flooded broad sections of coastal Guyana and displaced nearly half the population of 750,000. Thousands of volunteers are needed to help rebuild roofs, walls, and interiors following 2004 hurricane season in which four storms swept over the southeast. An UMCOR worker has begun laying the groundwork for UMCOR operations in Sri Lanka. Source: UMCOR More about: Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| Special Sundays \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Guyana \| Indonesia \| South Eastern U.S. \| Sri Lanka \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 15, 2005
	Talking Points on Tsunami & United Methodist Women Information regarding United Methodist Women's connections and presence to areas affected by the tsunami with remarks from president Kyung Za Yim who visited disaster sites. Source: Women's Division More about: Advocacy \| Environment \| Women \| Youth \| Tsunami \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 10, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, February 8, 2005 UMCOR needs volunteers to help Florida and Alabama rebuild from the devastation caused by multiple hurricanes last year. UMCOR has dispatched two disaster workers to Utah to assist with flood relief. Some 1,500 families in Somalia and 20 Burmese migrant communities in Thailand will receive UMCOR aid. In Sri Lanka, top priority of UMCOR's long-term recovery efforts will be the reclamation of livelihoods. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Communities \| Emergencies \| Health \| Natural disasters \| One Great Hour of Sharing \| Special Sundays \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Tsunami \| Africa \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Myanmar-Burma \| Somalia \| South Eastern U.S. \| Sri Lanka \| Thailand \| United States \| Date posted: Feb 08, 2005
	UMCOR Readies Start-up Operations in Sri Lanka, Indonesia Guy Hovey was in Sarajevo, Bosnia, during the siege of that city, and he witnessed in Northern Iraq how Saddam Hussein's efforts at ethnic cleansing wiped away entire villages. But Hovey - who directs operations for Europe and Asia for the United Methodist Committee on Relief - was unprepared for the magnitude of the devastation he found in Sri Lanka after the Dec. 26 tsunami. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Methodism \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Bosnia-Herzegovina \| Europe \| India \| Indonesia \| Iraq \| Middle East \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Feb 03, 2005
	Church offers opportunities to help children affected by tsunami Countless thousands of children were left homeless, orphaned or traumatized after the Dec. 26 tsunami slammed into 12 countries around the Indian Ocean. As the children struggle to survive, they become even more vulnerable. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Children \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Feb 01, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, February 1, 2005 The United Methodist Committee on Relief will assist with rehabilitation of rural schools near Basrah, Iraq. Another 4,500 UMCOR school kits are on their way to Grenadan children. An UMCOR staff member leaves this week to provide short-term logistics aid to the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka, and soon another UMCOR aid worker will go to Indonesia on a similar assignment. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Emergencies \| Health \| Mission opportunities \| Natural disasters \| One Great Hour of Sharing \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Caribbean Islands \| Grenada \| India \| Indonesia \| Iraq \| Middle East \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Feb 01, 2005
	New hymns respond to need for healing in wake of tsunami In the aftermath of the world's deadliest natural disaster, complexities abound. How will we help care for the injured and orphaned? Assist in burying the dead? Bring food and healing and hope to survivors in the 12 countries touching the Indian Ocean, where nearly 300,000 people have died and millions have lost so much? Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Emergencies \| International affairs \| Music \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| World \| Date posted: Jan 27, 2005
	UMCOR Receives $6 million for Tsunami Relief, but Need Continues As Indonesian officials once again increased the estimated death toll from the Dec. 26 tsunami, United Methodists continued their efforts to assist the survivors. By Jan. 25, the denomination had raised $6 million for relief work. The United Methodist Committee on Relief is encouraging church members to continue making cash donations and collecting health and school kits and medicine boxes for shipment to South Asia. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Children \| Education \| Emergencies \| Health \| Mission opportunities \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Youth \| Partners/partnerships \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Indonesia \| North Central U.S. \| South Eastern U.S. \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 27, 2005
	Souper Bowl will raise tsunami aid, help local hunger ministries Young people across the United States will continue a 12-year tradition of supporting local hunger ministries on Super Bowl Sunday by collecting $1 donations in large soup pots. This year, many youth groups participating in the Souper Bowl of Caring on Feb. 6 plan to help victims of the South Asia tsunami as well. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Donations \| Ecumenical \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Youth \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| United States \| Date posted: Jan 26, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, January 25, 2005 UMCOR's Sudan team has secured its Office of Foreign Assets Control license. UMCOR's preliminary program design for Sri Lanka emphasizes activity leading to replacement of lost income. Indonesia's Methodist Church will partner with UMCOR in the Banda Aceh and Meuleboh regions. By the end of January, some 50,000 families in India will have received emergency food and supplies. Source: UMCOR More about: Communities \| Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Tsunami \| Africa \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Indonesia \| Sri Lanka \| Sudan \| Date posted: Jan 25, 2005
	Annual conferences, local church respond to needs in Indonesia United Methodists in Indiana and Missouri will be raising money to reconstruct churches, community centers and clinics in Indonesia following the Dec. 26 tsunami. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Communities \| Donations \| Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| United Methodist Church \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Jan 24, 2005
	United Methodist Giving to Tsunami Relief Exceeds Four Million Dollars on January 19 Contributions to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) for Asian tsunami relief passed the $4 million mark during the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Donations \| Emergencies \| GBGM news \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Jan 19, 2005
	Stories: Church and Community Groups Support UMCOR's Tsunami Response Local church and community groups, large and small, young and old, are supporting the United Methodist Committee on Relief's response to the Asian tsunami catastrophe. Stories about their work have appeared in local newspapers and in United Methodist publications. A selection of these stories are included here. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Christian love \| Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Youth \| Tsunami \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Indonesia \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 19, 2005
	Tsunami hits home for Iowa church leader from Sri Lanka The passage of each day leaves the Rev. Wesley S.K. Daniel more concerned about missing family members in Sri Lanka, where the Dec. 26 tsunami killed thousands of people and wiped out churches that Daniel's father had started. "As the days keep going by, we are getting less hopeful that we will hear from our missing family members," said Daniel, Des Moines (Iowa) District superintendent for The United Methodist Church. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| International affairs \| Missionaries \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 18, 2005
	United Methodists forge ties with Indonesian church for recovery work A United Methodist team’s visit to the island of Sumatra following the Dec. 26 tsunami has laid the foundation for a future partnership with the Gereja Methodist Indonesia (Methodist Church of Indonesia). Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Emergencies \| GBGM news \| Health \| Hunger \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Indonesia \| Sri Lanka \| Thailand \| Date posted: Jan 16, 2005
	Staying the Course in "Mega-Disaster" Rehabilitation How well do relief operations follow through with rehabilitation after "mega-disasters" such as the earthquake and tsunamis that swept the Indian Ocean on December 26? "In big, complex recoveries from mega-disasters, UMCOR plans to be in place for a long time-- for years," said the Rev. Kristin Sachen of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Source: UMCOR More about: Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Africa \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Caribbean Islands \| Central America \| Cuba \| Honduras \| India \| Indonesia \| Iran \| Middle East \| Mozambique \| Date posted: Jan 14, 2005
	Returning to Banda Aceh, pastor sees ‘unbelievable’ destruction BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (UMNS) – As you drive along Tenku Umar, the road to Loknga Beach, the piles of debris grow bigger and higher. Uprooted palm trees and planks of wood, ripped from houses, are everywhere. Mattresses, tangled metal, plastic bottles, woven baskets, pieces of clothing and an odd assortment of household items are mired in water and mud. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Natural disasters \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Jan 14, 2005
	United Methodist delegation comforts Indonesian church, bishop says MEDAN, Indonesia (UMNS) – The tsunami disaster in Indonesia has allowed United Methodists to reconnect with their Methodist counterparts here. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Natural disasters \| Tsunami \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Jan 14, 2005
	Indonesian city of Medan provides aid for injured, homeless MEDAN, Indonesia (UMNS) – On the streets of Medan – where motorcycles, trucks, mini-buses and pedi-cabs sluggishly push past a landscape of small shops and meandering people – the effect of the Dec. 26 tsunami that devastated the Aceh Province to the north is not immediately apparent. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Natural disasters \| Tsunami \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Jan 14, 2005
	Methodists provide aid in hard-hit Indonesian province BIREUEN, Indonesia (UMNS) – When U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell visited Banda Aceh to survey tsunami damage there, the world’s attention followed. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Natural disasters \| Tsunami \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Jan 14, 2005
	Poverty drove up tsunami fatalities, delegation member says Before the earthquake and tsunami, a wave of poverty had already swept through Indonesia and other Asian as well as African countries, setting them up for the devastating number of deaths, said a top United Methodist executive traveling in Indonesia. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Environment \| Natural disasters \| Tsunami \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Jan 14, 2005
	African United Methodists pray, raise funds for tsunami victims United Methodists in Africa are raising money and praying for their brothers and sisters in South Asia, who have suffered most of the deaths and destruction from the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean. The Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami also struck the northeast coast of Africa. According to reports, one person was killed in Seychelles, one in Kenya and 13 in Tanzania. Somalia, the hardest-hit country in Africa, lost nearly 300 lives. In a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean, about 150,000 people are believed dead and many are still missing. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Donations \| Emergencies \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| Africa \| Date posted: Jan 13, 2005
	Methodists across Europe respond to tsunami Horrified by what they saw and heard of the destruction wrought by deadly tsunamis in South Asia, Methodists across Europe have lined up to help in whatever way they can. A congregation in the north of England is filling and shipping plastic crates called "aquaboxes" that contain water purification and filter equipment. An elderly Irish Methodist couple donated their government winter fuel subsidy to those they believe have more need of the money. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Global connections \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Europe \| Date posted: Jan 12, 2005
	Be Careful in Online Giving to Tsunami Relief The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) thanks the many donors to the Indian Ocean tsunami relief fund and hopes the generosity will continue. Source: GBGM Administration More about: Donations \| World \| Date posted: Jan 12, 2005
	Sri Lanka's tsunami victims return to what's left of home Mary Sriyoyogaveni isn't ready to go home yet. Sheltered in the Holy Trinity Methodist Church in Kaddaively, she is still healing from the lacerations she suffered when the Dec. 26 tsunami ripped through the coastal fishing villages in this part of northern Sri Lanka, on the Bay of Bengal. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Ecumenical \| Emergencies \| International affairs \| Missionaries \| Natural disasters \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 12, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, January 11, 2005 In Sri Lanka this week UMCOR international disaster response staff are to look at ways to plug gaps in longer-term recovery plans even as the acute phase of the response is only weeks old. Across Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and parts of West Virginia, floodwaters threaten along with ice storms. UMCOR urges local church youth to participate in the Souper Bowl of Caring. Source: UMCOR More about: Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Youth \| Partners/partnerships \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Indonesia \| Singapore \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 11, 2005
	UMCOR Sets Stage for Long-term Tsunami Recovery In Sri Lanka this week UMCOR international disaster response staff are to look at ways to plug gaps in longer-term recovery plans even as the acute phase of the response to the Asian tsunami disaster is only weeks old. The Sri Lanka conference is the third in a series of face-to- face meetings that will provide the grist for UMCOR's mid- and long-term plans as staff members design future aspects of the church's response after survivors' immediate emergency needs are met. Source: UMCOR More about: Ecumenical \| Emergencies \| Health \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Partners/partnerships \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 11, 2005
	United Methodists' contributions reach $2 million United Methodist contributions to tsunami relief in the Indian Ocean region reached $2 million yesterday (January 10). Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Donations \| Emergencies \| GBGM news \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Methodism \| World \| Date posted: Jan 11, 2005
	Sri Lankans work across religious lines to help with recovery Abdul Mahid stands looking at what is left of his house. Unlike his neighbors, he is not searching through the rubble - all that remains of his home. "More than 50 of my neighbors died," he says. He is still dazed at having escaped the force of the waves with his life. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Ecumenical \| Emergencies \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 10, 2005
	UMCOR Depot Serves as Hub for Aid to Tsunami-stricken Areas Thousands of health kits with soap, bandages and other essentials are headed to Asia from the United Methodist Committee on Relief. The kits were assembled by volunteers from around the United States working at UMCOR's Sager Brown Depot in south Louisiana. The depot is a hub for the flow of relief supplies from UMCOR to points around the globe. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Children \| Emergencies \| Health \| Mission opportunities \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Volunteers \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Jan 09, 2005
	UMCOR Provides $750,000 in Relief to Tsunami Stricken Region United Methodist Committee on Relief has provided about $750,000 in relief to the tsunami stricken Indian Ocean region. Other aid is in the pipeline, said the Rev. Paul Dirdak, UMCOR's chief executive. Source: UMCOR More about: Christian love \| Donations \| Emergencies \| Health \| Newsletters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Indonesia \| Singapore \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 08, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, January 7, 2005 The United Methodist Committee on Relief has provided about $750,000 in relief to the tsunami stricken Indian Ocean region. On December 26, a powerful earthquake triggered tidal waves that swept away the lives of at least 150,000 people and the homes and livelihoods of millions more. Source: UMCOR More about: Donations \| Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| One Great Hour of Sharing \| Special Sundays \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Afghanistan \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Bosnia-Herzegovina \| India \| Singapore \| Sri Lanka \| Turkey \| Date posted: Jan 07, 2005
	United Methodist Delegation to Take Concern and Medicine to Tsunami Ravaged Area of Indonesia Top mission and communications leaders of The United Methodist Church leave on January 10 to convey Christian love and medicine to people near the center of the earthquake that triggered devastating tidal waves (tsunamis) December 26 in the Indian Ocean area. “We are going primarily to Sumatra, a part of Indonesia, which is the largest Muslim country on earth, but where Methodists also died,” said the Rev. R. Randy Day, chief executive of the General Board of Global Ministries, an international agency that includes the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Emergencies \| GBGM news \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Partners/partnerships \| Indonesia \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Jan 07, 2005
	Letter from the Church in Sri Lanka Thank you for your letter expressing concern for our people affected by the tsunami tidal waves on 26 Dec. We are all right here but the destruction to life and property these tidal waves have caused is unimaginable. Source: GBGM Administration More about: Christian love \| Ecumenical \| Emergencies \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| Partners/partnerships \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 06, 2005
	Asian Tsunamis: Three UMCOR Church Bulletin Inserts Three bulletin inserts. One from UMCOR: After Walls of Water, Hope in Half a Dozen Countries from UMCOR. Two from United Methodist Communications: Hands Already at Work and Be the Answer to Somebody's Prayer. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Christian love \| Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| One Great Hour of Sharing \| Prayers \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Bangladesh \| India \| Indonesia \| Maldives \| Somalia \| Sri Lanka \| Thailand \| Date posted: Jan 06, 2005
	UMCOR to Consider Additional Services in Tsunami Disaster "The Asian tsunami is a mega-emergency, and recovery will take several years," the Rev. Kristin L. Sachen, head of disaster response for the United Methodist Committee on Relief, said Wednesday. UMCOR is carefully assessing how it will proceed in the future after the immediate emergency needs are met. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Christian love \| Emergencies \| Health \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Afghanistan \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Bosnia-Herzegovina \| India \| Indonesia \| Sri Lanka \| Turkey \| Date posted: Jan 06, 2005
	Faith coalition helps Sri Lankans in struggle to recovery Homeless and hungry, survivors of the tsunami that struck Sri Lanka on Dec. 26 are struggling to carry on with life in almost a thousand temporary shelters around the island nation, accompanied by faith communities providing food, clothing, shelter and other support. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Children \| Communities \| Ecumenical \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| Health \| International affairs \| Missionaries \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Land mines \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 06, 2005
	United Methodist chaplain serves in mission of mercy In a sea of despair, Navy Chaplain Lt. Gregory J. McCrimmon sees himself as a lifeline representing God's love. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Natural disasters \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Jan 06, 2005
	Tsunami: Deep Calls To Deep Romans 8:18-26, John 21: 1-14 When nature has spent out its fury, are there words good enough? Is there a Word from the Lord? Yes, indeed, there is. The Word of God is good enough to goad us into missional action. What then is mission in the face of terror which is apocalyptic in proportion? It is to stand up in solidarity and take our missional stance as Children of God. Source: Women's Division More about: Bible \| Children \| Jesus Christ \| Natural disasters \| Women \| Youth \| Africa \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Indonesia \| Date posted: Jan 05, 2005
	Sri Lanka Churches Worried about Looting in Tsunami-hit Areas The National Christian Council of Sri Lanka on Tuesday decried looting in areas devastated by the tsunami that have led to the death of some 150,000 people in the Indian Ocean rim, a toll still climbing. Source: Ecumenical News International More about: Children \| Ecumenical \| Emergencies \| Health \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Violence \| Women \| Partners/partnerships \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 05, 2005
	Asian-American United Methodists call for action on tsunami relief The caucus representing Asian-American United Methodists is asking church members everywhere "to pray and act" in response to the tsunami that struck countries along the rim of the Indian Ocean. "My wish is that all Asian-American United Methodists would respond to the disaster and give generously," said Inday Day, executive director of the National Federation of Asian American United Methodists. The Rev. Mark Nakagawa is the organization's chairperson. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Donations \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Jan 05, 2005
	United Methodists Tap Ingenuity, Compassion to Raise Tsunami Relief Funds He wasn't sure it would work, but the Rev. Dann Houghton was willing to give it a try. As pastor of two small churches in Oregon, Houghton decided to hold a "Tsunami Sing" before the Jan. 2 Sunday service to raise funds for UMCOR's response. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Mission opportunities \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| India \| Indonesia \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 04, 2005
	UMCOR Hotline, January 4, 2005 United Methodists have pulled out the stops with overwhelmingly generous donations to UMCOR's urgent appeal to assist tens of thousands of earthquake and tsunami survivors in South and Southeast Asia. The Souper Bowl of Caring, a youth-led international event that happens the first weekend in February. Twenty families in Santa Fe, a small fishing town at the west edge of Havana, Cuba, have new housing and another 100 received upgraded water service as an UMCOR project concluded in early December 2004. Source: UMCOR More about: Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| Poverty \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Youth \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Caribbean Islands \| Cuba \| India \| Indonesia \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 04, 2005
	Standing in the Rubble of Sri Lanka: Reflections of a United Methodist Missionary Shortly after getting off the plane in Sri Lanka, I walked through the rubble left behind by the tsunami in Moratuwa, a town along the coast south of the capital city of Colombo. Amidst the smell of death and the architecture of rubble, I found two photographs, faded and waterlogged, in old frames, the glass moldy but unbroken, propped against a dense wad of rubble. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Emergencies \| Missionaries \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 04, 2005
	Online Giving to UMCOR Boosts Aid for Asian Tsunami Relief As the need for help increases following the tragedy in South Asia and Africa, United Methodist officials say that online giving is providing a new way of responding quickly. By Dec. 31, online donations through MethodistRelief.org were $445,000. But that figure is dwarfed by the tremendous need. Sachen noted that one agency in India alone is requesting $13 million in aid. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Donations \| Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Natural disasters \| Poverty \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Bangladesh \| India \| Indonesia \| Maldives \| Somalia \| Sri Lanka \| Date posted: Jan 02, 2005
	UMCOR Assists Medical Relief in Remote Regions of India An UMCOR grant will assist doctors from \| the Christian Medical Association of India provide medical relief in \| areas where the government has not been able to reach. CMAI is the \| medical branch of the National Council of Churches of India. Source: UMCOR Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Ecumenical \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| Health \| International affairs \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| India \| Date posted: Dec 31, 2004
	O God, that Great Tsunami: A Hymn Free one-time permission is given to congregations that are using the hymn "O God, that Great Tsunami" to support ecumenical relief efforts in response to the earthquake and tsunami of December 2004 in Asia. Source: UMCOR More about: Children \| Emergencies \| Health \| Hunger \| Music \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Bangladesh \| India \| Indonesia \| Malaysia \| Maldives \| Sri Lanka \| Thailand \| Date posted: Dec 31, 2004
	UMCOR Calls Cash Donations Most Effective Compassion in Wake of Disaster Should you listen to that strong impulse to send canned food, clothing, and other material goods to South Asia? UMCOR agrees with other humanitarian agencies that cash donations are the best way to show compassion in the wake of an international tragedy. Although many people share the impulse to give "things," giving money is often the most efficient and expedient means to help. Source: UMCOR More about: Donations \| Emergencies \| Mission opportunities \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Bangladesh \| India \| Indonesia \| Maldives \| Sri Lanka \| Thailand \| Date posted: Dec 31, 2004
	WCC praises churches' response to tsunami, urges united action World Council of Churches leaders issued a pastoral letter Friday noting they were aware of the "dire need of immediate humanitarian aid as well as psychological and spiritual accompaniment" to more than five million people left homeless by an earthquake-triggered tsunami on 26 December that wreaked havoc across continents. Source: Ecumenical News International More about: Christian love \| Ecumenical \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Dec 31, 2004
	Words of Grief and Prayers from Bishop Martinez, President of GBGM, About the Tsunami Disaster Bishop Martinez expresses his concern for the victims of the Earthquake and Tidal Wave in South East Asia. Source: GBGM Administration More about: Christian love \| Emergencies \| Natural disasters \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Dec 30, 2004
	UM Relief Agency Issues Emergency Appeal in Wake of Earthquake/Tidal Waves in Southeast Asia - Update 12/30/04 Relief efforts intensify as the death toll from tidal waves in the Indian Ocean region continue to rise. As of December 30, the number of dead in 11 nations was placed at 120,000, making the December 26 tragedy one of the worst natural disasters in human history. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Donations \| Ecumenical \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Dec 30, 2004
	New Year’s Message 2005: A Prayer from a Heart in Pain Inspired by the Psalms, the General Secretary reflects on the new year of 2005 in the light of current events Source: GBGM Administration More about: Children \| Christian love \| Communities \| Conflict \| Emergencies \| Family \| Global connections \| International affairs \| Justice \| Natural disasters \| Peace \| Poverty \| Prayers \| Africa \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Indonesia \| Kenya \| Malaysia \| Maldives \| Myanmar-Burma \| Somalia \| Sri Lanka \| Tanzania \| Thailand \| Bangladesh \| India \| Date posted: Dec 29, 2004
	UMCOR plays pivotal role in tsunami relief effort Watching images from the catastrophe in Asia and Africa might compel some people to travel to the devastated areas and help out with the recovery. However, the primary need is for financial support, the United Methodist Committee on Relief says. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Communities \| Donations \| Ecumenical \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| International affairs \| Mission opportunities \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Dec 29, 2004
	UMCOR issues appeal for support in response to earthquake The United Methodist Church is appealing for support - and offering an online site for donations - in response to the earthquake- related catastrophe that has struck parts of Asia and Africa. Source: United Methodist News Service More about: Christian love \| Donations \| Emergencies \| GBGM programs \| Health \| International affairs \| Mission opportunities \| Natural disasters \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Advance \| Partners/partnerships \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Dec 28, 2004
	United Methodist Relief Agency Issues Emergency Appeal In Wake of Earthquake and Tidal Waves in Southeast Asia The relief agency of The United Methodist Church today issued an urgent appeal for donations to assist thousands of Southeast and Southern Asians survivors of one of the most devastating earthquakes and series of tidal waves in recorded history. Source: GBGM Press Releases More about: Christian love \| Christmas \| Communities \| Donations \| Emergencies \| GBGM news \| GBGM programs \| Global connections \| Health \| Human rights \| International affairs \| Prayers \| Refugees \| UMCOR \| United Methodist Church \| Water \| Partners/partnerships \| Methodism \| Asia and the Pacific Islands \| Date posted: Dec 27, 2004