God's Touch After a Tornado: A One Great Hour of Sharing from Tennessee

By Anita Kay Archer

God touches us so we may touch others. I think of persons who have touched my life, as I am sure you recall those who have touched yours: a parent, a friend, a child, a Sunday school teacher, someone who made a difference in your life.

A devastating tornado hit my hometown of Jackson, Tennessee, in January 1999. The United Methodist Committee of Relief, through the Advance for Christ and His Church, made it possible for teams to assist us immediately following the disaster. They reached out and touched our community by providing shelter, food and clean-up crews.

We experienced "so great a cloud of witnesses" sharing God's love through the Advance. Your gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing support UMCOR's domestic disaster responses.

Anita Kay Archer is a member of First United Methodist Church, Jackson, Tennessee. She is the lay leader of Memphis Conference and was a delegate to General Conference 2000. See Also: Tornadoes Tear Through Tennessee, UMNS, January 25, 1999

About the One Great Hour of Sharing and UMCOR

One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) is observed by United Methodists on the fourth Sunday in Lent but you can give all year around. The OGHS offering supports ongoing work of the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Your gifts to One Great Hour of Sharing allow UMCOR to work efficiently and effectively in disaster response, hunger and poverty ministries, and refugee ministries around the world. UMCOR does not receive support from World Service. Give generously in thanks for all that God has given you.

Choose one of the following four ways to order your free One Great Hour of Sharing resources:

1. Complete and mail the order form that was sent to pastors in September/October (Send to Customer Service Team, United Methodist Communications, P.O. Box 320, Nashville, TN 37202-9907.)
2. Fax order to 1-615-742-5499.
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