Early Response Team Training
2012 was a really tough year across the United States. Natural disasters of all kinds caused massive damage to the infrastructure and personal property....
PNW UMVIM: Carlton Complex Fire Recovery Update
A glimpse of the damage caused by the Carlton Complex fire in Pateros, Wash.Carlton Complex Fire Recovery Update
By Jim Truitt | Photos by Jesse...
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By Wendy Riddle
UM Volunteers in Mission Team Leader/Team Member Training
October 28 (Pasco: Riverview UMC)
November 18 (Tumwater UMC)
9:00 am - 3:30 pm | $20.00
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I remember my...
When Jesus Smiles: Working Together for a Shared Purpose
The PNW Early Response Team visited Minot, N.D. responding to floods in 2011.
When Jesus Smiles:
Working Together for a Shared Purpose
By Steve Meachum
One of the...
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...
New video highlights UMCOR Sunday and the relief work of the UMC
One of six churchwide Special Sundays with offerings of The United Methodist Church, UMCOR Sunday calls United Methodists to share the goodness of life...
Volunteers needed: ERTs, UMVIM team-up for pastor’s house fire recovery
By Kathy Bryson
The Pacific Northwest UMC Early Response Team and United Methodist Volunteer in Mission (UMVIM) members are teaming up August 16-21, 2017 to...
On the ground in Texas: “The response to this disaster is huge”
Jim Truitt, UMVIM Disaster Response Coordinator for the PNW Conference, is on the ground in Texas assisting FEMA in the formation of a Long Term Recovery Taskforce for Hurricane Harvey. Working 12 hour days among thousands of people has given him an appreciation for the immensity of the response and the importance of attending to the work in front of him in a focused way.
How have ERTs fulfilled its mission of service in 2017?
By Kathy Bryson
For the PNW Early Response Team program, 2017 was a year kaf firsts. We hosted our first annual weekend “Spring Training” at...
