{"id":5744,"date":"2013-11-19T10:22:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T18:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=5744"},"modified":"2013-11-19T10:22:04","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T18:22:04","slug":"umns-illinois-indiana-united-methodists-assess-damages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/umns-illinois-indiana-united-methodists-assess-damages\/","title":{"rendered":"UMNS: Illinois, Indiana United Methodists assess damages"},"content":{"rendered":"<style><!--\np.padding {padding-left:.5cm;}\n--><\/style>\n<p><center><em>Crossroads United Methodist Church in Washington, Ill., makes supplies available to those hit by the tornado. <br \/>Photo courtesy of Crossroads United Methodist Church.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Illinois, Indiana United Methodists assess damages<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>By United Methodist News Service<\/em>\t<\/p>\n<p>United Methodists are working throughout Illinois and Indiana to determine the extent of damage from the multiple tornadoes that swept through the two states Nov. 17. While there were reports of damage in other states, the storm\u2019s path took its greatest toll in Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Black, communications director of the Illinois Great Rivers Annual (regional) Conference is posting updates on the conference\u2019s Facebook page and a special page on its website \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igrc.org\/blogs\/author\/40\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois Tornadoes 2013<\/a>. The Conference has confirmed extensive damage in Washington and damages to home in neighboring towns. Six casualties are confirmed, but search and rescue was ongoing at publication time.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Learn how you can help support US Disaster Response (more)--><br \/>\nThe Northern Illinois Annual (regional) Conference also is using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/48755882664\/10151695979947665\/?notif_t=group_comment\" target=\"_blank\">its Facebook page<\/a> and its website to provide information. Anne Marie Gerhardt, the conference communications director, still is gathering information.<\/p>\n<p>The Rev. Dan Gangler, communications director for the Indiana Annual (regional) Conference, emailed that it appears Indiana was spared the damage that Illinois sustained.<\/p>\n<p>He said that 164 structures \u2014 both houses and other buildings \u2014 were destroyed in Indiana at 17 different locations. Kokomo was hardest hit. The Rev. Jim Byerly, the Indiana Conference Disaster Response Coordinator, said ERTs from Vincennes, Ind., may be called to begin relief work in Washington, Ind.<\/p>\n<p>FEMA has told Indiana it will not be receiving federal funds for recovery efforts, Gangler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning, the Indiana Conference Disaster Response Team approved up to $5,000 for tornado relief,\u201d Gangler wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Relief efforts in the communities affected by the Nov. 17, 2013 tornadoes will be funded from the United Methodist Committee on Relief\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/secure3.convio.net\/gbgm\/site\/SPageNavigator\/umcor_donate.html?type=1002&#038;project=901670\" target=\"_blank\">US Disaster Response advance (#901670)<\/a>.  One hundred percent of gifts designated for USDR Tornadoes 2013 will support the response in Illinois and other areas where the tornadoes hit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/breaking\/chi-illinois-tornadoes-20131119,0,3693175.story\">Chicago Tribune: &#8220;Weather service: At least 14 tornadoes hit Illinois, NW Indiana&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rqmweb.com\/results.asp?q=pnwumc&#038;resID=2603&#038;detail=Y\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"God, why?\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/RESOURCE_GodWhy.jpg?w=696\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"padding\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rqmweb.com\/results.asp?q=pnwumc&#038;resID=2603&#038;detail=Y\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>God, why? Teachings from the Tsunamis<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nFeelings of grief and a loss are common when natural disasters strike.  We ask hard questions:  Why would God allow this suffering?  Where is God?  This resource helps people cope with the myriad of emotions that surface when a disaster happens.  Influential Christian leaders provide practical &#8211; yet spiritual &#8211; answers to address confusion and other feelings brought on by tragedies.  The DVD provides music and short video stories filled with hope.  The CD provides a study guide and video presentation of images from the south Asian tsunami. Worship resources such as liturgies and services may be used or modified to deal with other natural disasters.  Produced by United Methodist Communications.  To reserve this video now, e-mail <a href=\"mailto:ejohanson@pnwumc.org?Subject=Re: God, why? Teachings from the Tsunamis\">The Regional Media Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crossroads United Methodist Church in Washington, Ill., makes supplies available to those hit by the tornado. Photo courtesy of Crossroads United Methodist Church. Illinois, Indiana United Methodists assess damages By United Methodist News Service United Methodists are working throughout Illinois and Indiana to determine the extent of damage from the multiple tornadoes that swept through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":5745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[125,3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5744","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-emergency-response","8":"category-umns"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/NEWS_Tornado.jpg?fit=700%2C357&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2l75j-1uE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5744"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5757,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5744\/revisions\/5757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}