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How to contribute to the relief effort for the Philippines

The United Methodist Committee on Relief is mobilized in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, one of the biggest storms ever recorded. Be part of the relief effort.Please share this in your services tomorrow.

Support UMCOR’s relief and recovery work in the Philippines by contributing toInternational Disaster Response, Advance #982450.


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Disaster Relief
Gary and Sallie Uhl describe their decision to try to stay in their flooded home following Hurricane Katrina and their eventual escape from the Lakeview neighborhood in New Orleans. They are members of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in New Orleans. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Riding to safety on a prayer

When it became necessary to leave their New Orleans home following Katrina, a United Methodist couple found a way out by driving their van down railroad tracks to Baton Rouge.
Church History
“A boy at Gulfside Waveland, Miss.” is the original description of this undated photo taken at Gulfside Assembly in Waveland, Miss. The historic African American camp, founded in 1925, was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Photo courtesy of Gulfside Assembly.

Gulfside Assembly 20 years after Katrina

Gulfside Assembly was wiped out by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but the spirit of this special place can still be felt today.
Human Sexuality
The Rev. Joelle Henneman. Photo courtesy of the author.

Church can be sanctuary for trans lives

Transgender people are being legislated out of public life in the U.S., while United Methodist churches are opening their doors wider than ever.

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