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Message from Bishop Bill Hutchinson

by United Methodist News Service September 2, 2005

I am finding it difficult to believe my eyes and to believe my ears. What I am seeing and hearing by way of the news on the television is extremely disheartening.

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Mission and Ministry
Evacuees in Mataas Na Kahoy in the province of Batangas, Philippines, receive relief goods from the Philippines Central Conference’s Asuncion Perez Memorial Center. United Methodists are among the many people responding to the thousands displaced by the Taal volcano eruption Jan. 12 on Luzon Island. Photo courtesy of Liza A. Cortez.

United Methodists in Philippines help volcano evacuees
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Mission and Ministry
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The Rev. Beverly L. Wilkes-Null. Photo courtesy of Highland Hope United Methodist Church.

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