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Click here April 2002 Tornado in Maryland.
September 28, 2001:
Love in the Midst of Tragedy: Counselors are providing informal counseling services and assisting the Community Relations program coordinated by FEMA. Pastoral debriefings are being held in parts of the Virginia and Baltimore-Washington conferences and the New York City area.
$20,000 has been released to ecumenical partners to assist in communication and the establishment of the interfaith committee for this disaster.
A nationwide program to address the needs of children and youth following trauma is taking shape. Workshops are available to any church in the denomination. For more information, please contact the UMCOR office at 800-554-8583.
UMCOR and other units of the General Board of Global Ministries have met with the General Board of Church and Society and the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns to discuss ways to facilitate open dialogue and increased understanding between people of all faiths.
For fear of a military attack from the west, UNHCR estimates that an additional 1 to 1.5 million new refugees will attempt to cross into Pakistan and those who cannot will become internally displaced. Thousands are reportedly crossing the border; accurate and reliable figures have been difficult to obtain. UMCOR is assisting its ecumenical partners in providing over 8,000 family shelter kits to new arrivals in Pakistani border cities. Additional plans include providing primary shelter to approximately 50,000 persons. Gifts may be made to UMCOR Advance #901125-3 "Love in the Midst of Tragedy."
A tornado struck College Park, Maryland on Monday. UMCOR sent an assessment team to the Baltimore/Washington Conference. The disaster response continues in Florida following tropical storm Gabriella early this month. UMCOR has provided disaster relief supplies to assist in the clean up. You may assist in Florida or Maryland with gifts to the Domestic Disaster Response Advance #901670.
Typhoon #16 which began its onslaught of Taiwan on September 16 has caused loss of life and economical, educational, cultural and industrial damage. The subway system has been filled with debris from the storm and is currently unusable. The typhoon hit after a campaign to raise money for the September 11 attack on New York and Washington had been launched. This is only the most recent in a a series of serious natural disasters which have hit Taiwan in the recent past. Your gifts are urgently needed for the International Disaster Response Advance #982450.
Gifts may be made through local United Methodist churches, or by calling 1-800-554-8583. Credit card donations are accepted. (Read more about how you can help UMCOR's emergency responses.)
UMCOR is providing emergency relief in many areas of the world. To find out more about current UMCOR ministries, please visit the website: http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/
Please pray for those who have suffered from these tragic events, and for all who suffer from hunger, poverty, war, and natural disasters.
Drawing: copyright © 2001 Noel Sikes. All rights reserved. See larger version and reproduction information for this art.
