Program Description:
The CTC Disaster Response Ministry supports the efforts of our congregations to prepare for and respond to disasters near and far. We work in the areas of Disaster Preparedness, Early Response, and Spiritual Care, and partner with UMCOR and UMVIM to support long-term disaster recovery and international relief efforts. For more detailed information about the various ways that you or your church may serve in a time of disaster, please click here to download a brochure
Highlighted Ministries:
PAKISTAN: FLOOD-AFFECTED AREAS STILL GROWING
Flood-affected areas of Pakistan are equal to the “entire size of England, Bangladesh, or Cuba” and continue to grow, according to the United Nations. Some 17.2 million people are “significantly affected,” 1.2 million homes are destroyed, and 800,000 people are completely cut off by floodwaters. At the end of last week, more than a million people were evacuated from threatened towns in Sindh province, said news reports. A total of six million people have been displaced since the flooding began more than a month ago. UMCOR is working with partners Church World Service, Muslim Aid, and GlobalMedic in Pakistan, and last week supplied a new grant to GlobalMedic to bring medical aid, via an inflatable field hospital, and clean water to Punjab province. Your help is urgently needed. Please give to International Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #982450, and earmark your check for Pakistan Emergency.
UMCOR Birthing Kits: Click here to learn about the newest UMCOR Emergency Birthing Kit to be shipped worldwide from Sager Brown and other UMCOR related depots. Click here for a church bulletin insert.
Resources:
Church leaders! Do you need resources to help your congregation(s) prepare for and respond to disasters? Click here to get resources from the Central Texas Conference's new Toolkit for Disaster Preparedness and Response
For the latest news on disasters in the weekly UMCOR hotline click here
Training Opportunities:
Conference leaders in disaster response are available to train your congregation in two important areas:
Contacts:
Central Texas Conference Coordinator: Laraine Waughtal, 254/595-1503; revlaraine@yahoo.com
District Coordinators:
Brownwood:
Mid-Cities: Ed Balsly, 817/428-2775, 992-1889; piloted22@sbcglobal.net
Fort Worth: Page Hines, 817/335-6080 ext. 101; phines@firststreetmission.org
Mary Nell Partin, 817/232-0390; marynell@saginawumc.org
Temple: Warren Gossett; 512/577-3767; Warren_gossett@yahoo.com
JD Wynne, john@wynnes.us
Waco: Dawn Gilliland,254/751-0411; gilliland007@hotmail.com
Chuck Freeto
Waxahachie:
Weatherford: Rex Layfield, 817/688-7002; layfiewr@aol.com
Glenn Jones, 817/599-4231, 972/935-6312; glenn@fumcweatherford.org
At-Large: David McCurdy, 817/488-9324, 683-4137; dmcCurdy8600@yahoo.com
Rita Hotz, 254/368-7327; bubblydiv@aol.com