Disaster Relief

Annual Conferences

Kim and Donna Hines of Rockport, Texas, who lost their home in Hurricane Harvey, accept a quilt from Zelina Alvarado, a case management worker from the Rio Texas Conference. The conference was able to find financing and volunteer labor that helped the couple make a new home from their garage and a second structure on their property. Photo courtesy of the Rio Texas Conference.

Rio Texas offers hurricane recovery tour

United Methodist conference notes progress made, but need for volunteers continues nine months after Harvey.

Mission

The United Methodist Church’s Njagboima secondary school in Bo, Sierra Leone, sits empty after it was heavily damaged by severe storms. Educators and church officials are trying to come up with a plan to allow affected students to finish out the school year while repairs are underway. Photo by Phileas Jusu, UMNS.

Storm shuts down United Methodist schools in Sierra Leone

Njagboima primary and secondary schools suspend classes, exams after powerful storm rips off roofs, floods classrooms.

Local Church

United Methodist Insurance, a part of the General Council on Finance and Administration, has put together a free, downloadable booklet on how churches can prepare for natural disasters and extreme weather. Artwork courtesy of GCFA.

Help for churches in preparing for disaster

United Methodist Insurance has produced a free e-booklet to help churches prepare for whatever emergencies the weather brings.

Disaster Relief

The Rev. Jose Nieves (standing, foreground) meets at Boggy Creek Elementary with families who were displaced from Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria and have relocated to Kissimmee, Fla. Photo by Linda Logston.

Florida United Methodists help Puerto Rican refugees

United Methodists in Kissimmee, Florida, have helped more than 600 Puerto Rican families who arrived in the Orlando area after hurricanes Irma and Maria.

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