Message from Bishop Hope Morgan Ward

by United Methodist News Service September 2, 2005

THE UNITED METHODIST PEOPLE OF MISSISSIPPI - thank each of you for your thoughts and prayers as we face the disastrous effects of Hurricane Katrina and seek to be a comforting and healing presence to our neighbors.

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Church Leadership

Love more, fear less, in cross-cultural ministry

A recently retired pastor writes that when she has chosen love over fear in her career, transformation has resulted.

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.

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