Tornado recovery continues |
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Five districts request work teams, donations
Winter is coming, and the Rev. Stephen Burkhart is feeling desperate. Seven months after Greene County's Horse Creek and Camp Creek were mutilated by tornadoes, homes still lie in disrepair and the dwindling number of work teams can't keep up with the work load.
He wonders why there are fewer United Methodists among the people who still come to help. "Sadly, there are weeks that pass where the only Cross and Flame I see is the one on my work van." Photo above: An April 8 tornado destroys a home in Pulaski, Va. First Pulaski UMC and other Wytheville District churches lead an effort to rebuild. Read the story ...
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Conference Roundup |
Swansons are swell hosts;
progress in South Sudan;
Change for Children winners
Bishop James Swanson and Holston Conference are hosts of the Council of Bishops this week as they meet in Lake Junaluska, N.C. Delphine Swanson is organizing activities for the bishops' spouses. Here's what's happening in Western North Carolina as well as with our servants in South Sudan.
Photo: Bishops' spouses take an excursion to Cherokee, N.C. |
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Letter of gratitude and hope
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Denominational giving rises
Moses Kumar, general secretary of the General Council on Finance and Administration, sends a letter to all United Methodists:
"Through the power of the United Methodist connection, and as harsh as the reports are about the recession and unemployment, giving to the general church apportioned funds through September 2011 is up 1.1 percent, or over $770,000." Photo: Moses Kumar
Read the letter (scroll down the page) ...
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