|
GULF
COAST WORK PROJECT UPDATE However, the highlight for me personally (and I imagine for many others on this team) was not the celebrations at Bethany but the work we did in the 7th ward. Through the Uptown Storm Recovery Center we were paired with Verna Mae and her family. Verna Mae is a great-grandmother and has lived in New Orleans her entire life. The small duplex on Pauger Street has been her home for many, many years. Her parents and grandparents used to live within a stone’s throw of this site. We spent five days putting up drywall in Verna Mae’s eighty year old home. We also listened to the stories of that 7th Ward community. Verna Mae had a story for almost every building and lot within sight – she truly is an example of the living history of that neighborhood. The destruction wrought by Katrina and the floods is losing the fight against the determination and resilience of the people of New Orleans. As we measured, cut, and hung drywall (and often measured and cut again) we helped draft another chapter in the story of restoration that is being written and told in New Orleans. This story is not yet over. In 2008 we plan to return to New Orleans. We are planning to assist both Bethany UMC and Rayne Memorial with their medical outreaches to the people of the Gulf Coast. We plan to send teams of both youth and adults to do more work and be further woven into the story of restoration. We plan to continue to be the hope to the people of the Gulf Coast. If you would like to be part of an upcoming work team or support this effort in other ways, please contact Paul Deveaux.Read letters from Rev. Edwards. GCWT I Photos Youth GCWT (team II) Photos GCWT III Photos Click here to view photos of the damage to Bethany UMC after Hurricane Katrina. Support Our Gulf Coast Partnership
How You Can Support Our Gulf Coast Partnership You may contribute at church on Sunday mornings, by stopping at the church office anytime or by mailing your gift. If writing a check, be sure to write "Gulf Coast Teams" on the memo line. To contribute by credit card, click on Support Our Gulf Coast Partnership. To learn about our programs of getting support through emails, click on Instructions for Sending Appeals for Support. For more information about Bethany UMC and the efforts along the Gulf Coast, visit these links and stay tuned for further updates about our teams on this page. Friends of Bethany UMC Website The Louisiana Storm Recovery Website Santa
Monica Daily Press article May 13, 2006 Coastal
ministries need support through appeal, bishop says The Katrina Church Recovery Appeal GULF
COAST PARTNERSHIP REPORT Support Our Gulf Coast Partnership
|
