Central Texas Responds to Gustav

Central Texas Churches that Opened their Doors to Gustav Evacuees
First United Methodist Church in Belton was set up as a Red Cross shelter and housed 30 evacuees from Monday noon through Wednesday morning.  The church is part of the Bell County Emergency response system.

First United Methodist Church in Fort Worth housed 170 evacuees from Sunday through Thursday afternoon.  The conference deployed some of the conference Spiritual Care Team to assist.

Benbrook United Methodist Church housed 50 evacuees from Monday through late Thursday afternoon.  Church members assisted with rotating shifts in helping the adults and entertaining the children.  Benbrook will be open and ready for Ike, if needed.

Azle United Methodist Church housed 39 assisted living evacuees from late Monday to Thursday afternoon.  Church members and the Red Cross were available to answer any questions and address any needs.  Azle has been contacted and will be available, if needed, for Ike.

If your church also housed evacuees, please email jennifer@ctcumc.org and inform us. 

Several churches also collected materials that were requested for the Red Cross shelters in Tarrant County.

In response to the recent hurricanes, the conference will be collecting UMCOR flood buckets again this year.  If you didn’t get a chance to contribute to the flood bucket collection in August, this is your chance to get involved!  A mission team from the Central Texas Conference will be leaving for UMCOR’s Sager Brown Depot in Baldwin, LA, early on October 12.   Assembled flood buckets may be delivered to the following locations from Monday through Thursday, October 6-9:

CTC office - 464 Bailey Avenue, Fort Worth - 8:30 am to 4:30 pm 
Woodway UMC - 21000 Woodway Dr, Waco – 9:00am to 3:00pm
Central UMC, Brownwood – 1501 Second, Brownwood – 9:00am to 4:00pm

For more information about making financial contributions for flood buckets or to view the contents of a complete flood bucket, please visit http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/getconnected/supplies/flood-bucket/. 

For additional information, please contact your district Disaster Response Coordinator http://ctsite.brickriver.com/page.asp?PKValue=890

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