UMCOR relief money on way to Philippines

Typhoon Haiyan (31W) over Vietnam and China on November 10,2013. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. UMCOR relief money on way to Philippines By Linda Bloom* Three...

Laity Immersion: Rebuild needs money, time, work and volunteers

Participants in the November Pacific Northwest laity immersion trip to visit Okanogan County drive through a metal scrap yard/pile to show how much damaged...

Fallen and Injured Firefighters Honored

Report by David Reinholz | Associate Conference Lay Leader (PNW) WENATCHEE, WA – On a day when cooler temperatures and light rain brought hope of an end...

Typhoon lessons learned in Philippines

Ciony Ayo-Eduarte (in yellow shirt), the director of operations in the Philippines for the United Methodist Committee on Relief, distributes emergency food supplies to...

Kathy Bryson to serve as ERT coordinator

Kathy Bryson will serve as the new coordinator for Early Response Teams. PNW Disaster Response: Kathy Bryson to serve as ERT coordinator By Jim Truitt | Photo...

Wildfire Update: Pastors provide spiritual support for evacuees, responders

"Unless you have a real reason to go into the area, please stay away. The air quality is unhealthy and there are an unusually...

Mission Agency Prepares for Long-term Integrated Response to Ebola

By Melissa Hinnen | Director of Content and Public Information | Email October 8, 2014—Since June 2014, the General Board of Global Ministries’ United Methodist Committee...

UMCOR Relief for Bahamas and U.S.

Your help is needed, today, for Hurricane Dorian relief and other disasters the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is responding to around the world.

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....

What Can I Do?

By Jim Truitt | Image by Jesse N. Love The world has suffered many natural disasters over the last two years from typhoons in the Philippines,...

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