Greetings to our wonderful district pastors in the name of Christ, adn blessings as the Lord helps us in recovering from Hurricane Rita. I wanted you to be aware of some response efforts and developments presently taking place in our region.
1. Our Conference has hired two marvelous people, Rev. Joe and Katie Beran, who will serve as on-site coordinators and resource persons for all incoming teams. If you need work teams in your area, please call them, 225-3135 or 225-3136. Also, if you have work teams coming to your church or area, please keep them in the loop so they can keep accurate records of the big response picture!
2. We have also established a "Call Center" operating from the Methodist Center in Houston. The number if 1-877-774-2700. Volunteers are presently being recruited and trained, and the Call Center is open from 8:30 - 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday.
3. FUMC, Vidor is functioning as somethings of a distribution center. Thanks to the good folks of First Baptist, Vidor, we have access to a large warehouse and are already taking advantage of that. Presently, we have on hand a good supply of water, diapers, baby food, flood buckets, health kits, bedding pakcs, and school kits. Also, we have 4 generators that we will LOAN to anyone with the need. Any day now, we will receive 24,000 mops and brooms to give away to the folks of Southeast Texas. If you want to reserve some for whoever, please call me ASAP.
4. If there are items you need no mentions in the above list, call me. We will see about acquiring them. If you have items you wish to share with others across our district, we want to hear from you. The more we network together, the better!
5. Thanks to Joe Beran, we have an offer to buy top-quality, $30-per-gallon paint for $2 per gallon. Most of this paint is latex, and the colors will be ordinary, nothing fancy. We can purchase up to 6,000 gallons. Let us know if you're interested and can put forth some money toward the purchase.
6. Transportation for Katrina & Rita Evacuees to anywhere in the U.S.
The State of Texas is providing one-way AIRLINE, BUS or TRAIN TICKETS for Katrina or Rita evacuees whoo need transportation. These tickets are good for anywhere in the continental 48 states. To find out more, call (713) 845-3711.
Clay (409)769-2878 or 291-0027
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