In the early days of Katrina recovery, Rayne Memorial United Methodist became a hub for housing and deploying volunteer teams that came to muck and gut the houses around New Orleans.
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devasted the U.S. Gulf Coast, a team from UM News returns to some of the hard-hit areas to talk with church members who recall the devastation and the power of the United Methodist connection.
The Arkansas and Oklahoma conferences are planning advertising and social media campaigns this fall to follow up on The United Methodist Church’s new vision statement.
A special series of the Louisiana NOW podcast shares first‑hand stories of resilience, hard choices and pastoring from church leaders, volunteers and neighbors who rebuilt together twenty years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
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Commentaries
Honoring our differences while celebrating unity
Love more, fear less, in cross-cultural ministry
Church can be sanctuary for trans lives
Silence is complicity: Responding to racist mascots
Troubled times call for revival of personalism
Trust clause stands as connectional cornerstone
United Methodist pastor: I believe Jesus weeps with us
Affirmation at last: Remembering the Rev. Dr. Rick Huskey