Eastern Washington Wildfires
By the Rev. Stanley J. Norman
"This is a very active and fluid situation," fire spokesman Chuck Turey said. Mr. Turey is a master of...
Okanogan County: Fencing in the Rebuild!
By Rosalee Mohney | Photos by Andy O’Donnell
When we think of the devastation from the historic Okanogan County fires of recent years, it is...
Planning for Early Response Team Deployment to Texas
By Jim Truitt | Photos by Wikipedia, et. al.
In the last few weeks, two of the largest natural disasters in American history have occurred....
Relief for those fleeing Washington fires
By Linda Bloom | Aug. 26, 2015 | NEW YORK (UMNS)
Last summer, a wildfire scorched the back of Pateros Community United Methodist Church in Washington State and...
Additional UMVIM Teams Needed for Galena, AK
Our ongoing efforts, through the United Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) program, to respond to the 2013 floods in Galena, Alaska are close to completion...
What are cooperative, caring ways we can reach out to neighbors during a disaster?
By Wendy Riddle | Photos by Dave Riddle
On Saturday, January 20, 2018, over 50 people from 15 congregations and 5 different denominations gathered at...
UMVIM team going to Texas!
By Cheryl Regan | Photos by Jim Truitt
Cheryl Reagan will be leading a UMVIM team to Texas. Reagan is inviting members from throughout the...
Hurricane Harvey: What Can You Do?
By Jim Truitt | Photos courtesy of the NOAA/NASA GOES Project, et. al.
Everyone can help.
In the world of disaster response, we say there are...
Okanogan Rebuild help needed, ERTs needed in Texas
Help needed for Okanogan Rebuild: Up From the Ashes
By Ronda Cordill
Each day as we watch the news, we see pictures of all of the...
How can our local church help survivors of natural disasters?
By Jesse N. Love with Rosalee Mohney and Jim Truitt
Tacoma, Wash. - On a snowy Sunday morning, Mason United Methodist Church in Tacoma opened...
