There is an URGENT need for Health Kits, Flood Kits, bottled water and blankets. Follow the instructions below to assemble a kit or provide specific items needed.
Contact the church office for delivery information and send directly to the UMCOR Sager Brown Depot (address information below on the right sidebar).
UMCOR. Multiplying Hope.
Flood Kits These supplies enable people to begin the overwhelming job of cleaning up after a flood or hurricane. For flood buckets only, if the requested sized item is not available, go down to the next available size. If nothing is available in the requested or smaller size, put masking tape on the outside of the bucket saying, "This bucket contains no__________."
5- gallon bucket with resealable lid
Bleach (two 1-quart or one 82 oz. bottle. Do not include bleach if you are shipping the bucket through the US Postal Service, UPS or FedEx)
5 scouring pads
7 Sponges
1 scrub brush
18 cleaning towels (reusable wipes)
Liquid laundry detergent (two 25oz. or one 50 oz. bottle)
1 household cleaner, 12-16 oz. bottle
Disinfectant dish soap, 16-28 oz. bottle
50 clothes pins
Clothes line (two 50ft. or one 100 ft.)
5 dust masks
2 pair latex gloves
1 pair work gloves
24 - bag roll of heavy - duty trash bags, 33 - 45 gallon (remove roll from box before placing in bucket)
1 Insect repellant spray, 6 -14 oz. can (if aerosol, cans must have protective caps. See special requirements below.*)
1 Air freshener, 8 or 9 oz. can (if aerosol, cans must have protective caps. See special requirements below.*)
*Special requirements: Put all items in the plastic bucket and seal lid. Please ensure that all cleansing agents are liquids (not powder) and in plastic bottles.
All aerosols or flammables: If aerosols are included, do not send the bucket by US mail or DHL/Airbourne freight. Ship by UPS ground, FedEx ground, or truck. Pack inside the bucket or strong outer boxes. Put the ORM - D mark on the outside of any buckets or boxes containing these items. Get it at http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/print/kits/orm-d.cfm. Copy and tape on each bucket or box. Boxes cannot exceed 66lbs. each.
Value: $45 per bucket
In a seperate envelope, please send a check written to UMCOR Sager Brown for at least $1.50 for each flood bucket to help with the costs of processing and shipping>
Health kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster. Health kits are also used as learning tools in personal hygiene, literacy, nutrition and cooking classes. When people gain the knowledge and materials to maintain personal hygiene, their overall health improves.
1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27", No kitchen towels)
1 washcloth
1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
1 bath - size bar of soap (3oz. and up)
1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, No child-size brushes)
1 large tube of toothpaste (expiration date must be 6 months or longer in advance of the date of shipment to UMCOR Sager Brown)
6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
Please these items inside a sealed one-gallon plastic bag.
Value: $12 per kit.
In a seperate envelope, please send a check written to UMCOR Sager Brown for at least $1.00 for each kit to help with the costs of processing and shipping kits around the world.
Rev. Marilyn Beecher, Church and Community Worker, East Central District, Florida Conference
The Rev. Marilyn Beecher, a United Methodist missionary serving as a Church and Community Worker, will be the guest preacher on Sunday, August 22.She will preachat both the 9:30 and 11 a.m. services. Her sermon topic is Words and Deeds, based on Matthew 21:28-32.
Ms. Beecher’s responsibilities as a Church and Community Worker involve helping congregations inEast Central Florida develop new outreach ministries, with special emphasis on work with children and youth, disaster response, immigrants, and hunger programs.
She says about her work: “If churches are to live up to the call of the Gospel, then they cannot just care for their own members, but they must be engaged with the people around them and be beacons of hope for the community.”
Prior to her current assignment, Ms. Beecher was a Church and Community Worker in Miami, working with three Haitian congregations to develop new outreach and evangelism ministries. She also served as a United Methodist missionary in Bulgaria from 1993 to 1997.
WEEKLY WORSHIP SERVICES
SUNDAY @ 9:30 AM Traditional Blended Style of Worship
SUNDAY @ 11 AM A More Informal and Flexible Style of Worship Children who attend this service are invited to leave at the Offering to attend Children's Church
SUNDAY @ 5:00 PM Special Worship for Special People
for the Mentally Challenged, their families, and friends
followed by a light supper and time of fellowship
