Disaster Relief for Haiti
United
Methodist Communications continues to
provide news coverage of the situation in Haiti, including how
the church is responding, at
www.umc.org/haiti. We also want you to know of other
resources available for those who want to help.
Volunteers
and Health Kits
According to UMCOR
(United
Methodist Committee on Relief), there will
be a great need for volunteers to help rebuild once the initial
crisis is past, but it is not safe or possible for volunteers to
go to Haiti at the present. However, UMCOR’s two relief supply
warehouses are asking
United
Methodists to provide health kits that will
be sent to
Haiti.
Instructions for assembling and shipping health kits are
available
here.
Donations
Donations may be made
online. Donors may also contribute by
placing a check in the offering plate at
church
or by mailing it to UMCOR, P.O. Box 9068, New York, NY 10087.
Checks should indicate “Advance #418325” in the memo line.
During this
time of pain and suffering,
let us take comfort in the promise of Psalm 46:1, NSRV: “God is
our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
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