Detroit Flood Relief
Help Needed for Flood Clean-up
From June 25-27, the state of Michigan, and specifically Wayne County, was deluged with rain and flooding. It is estimated that 1,000 to 3,000 homes were affected by flooding and will require some form of remediation. Our neighbors need our help!
In his message to Michigan UMC churches yesterday, Bishop David Bard wrote “In his letter to the Corinthian Jesus community, Paul writes about our interconnectedness in Jesus Christ that when one part of a body suffers, all suffer with it (I Corinthians 12:26). There is a truth there about our shared humanity. When there is suffering, we are invited to feel it, know it and respond to it in the name and spirit of Jesus.”
Here is how you can help:
BOOTS ON THE GROUND
The United Way Daily Volunteer Response is also looking for volunteers to work on various flood relief projects. Sign up HERE.
DONATE TO THE MICHIGAN CONFERENCE DISASTER RESPONSE FUND
Checks can be made out to FUMC and brought to worship on Sunday or mailed to the church office. Please put “#4407 Michigan Area Disaster Response” in the memo line. Online donations to “Detroit Flood Relief” can be made HERE.
PRAY
Please pray for those whose lives have been affected by the flooding.
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can,
In all the ways you can, in all the places you can,
At all the times you can, to all the people you can,
As long as ever you can.