Coalition of Conference Disaster Response Teams Help Derecho Cleanup in Iowa
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/118654413_3209439769103155_3129364849094875758_o.jpg” alt=”downed tree iowa” title_text=”118654413_3209439769103155_3129364849094875758_o” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_team_member name=”By Shelley Lee” position=”VIM, Disaster Response” _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”][/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.8″ _module_preset=”default”] Iowa. The name evokes images of pig farms, Hawkeye football, a magical baseball diamond in a cornfield and, believe it or not, […]
EF3 Tornado Hits Jonesboro, Local Churches Spring Into Action
Recovery efforts now underway amid COVID-19 pandemic
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.1″][et_pb_image src=”https://arumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/91700505_534299230812329_8859044409405079552_o.jpg” align=”center” admin_label=”Image” _builder_version=”4.4.1″ width=”70%” module_alignment=”center” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”1500ms” animation_delay=”250ms” animation_speed_curve_last_edited=”off|desktop”][/et_pb_image][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=”4.4.1″] A bronze statue still stands despite the destruction surrounding it at the Mall at Turtle Creek Mall in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The tornado, rated an EF3 by the National Weather Service, carved a path of destruction through the city […]
ARUMC, UMCOR Announce 2020 Disaster Response Academy
contributed by Janice Mann, Disaster Response Coordinator Arkansas Conference/UMCOR Disaster Response AcademyThis conference-wide mega training event is for anyone wanting to help build capacity for Arkansas United Methodists’ response to disaster events. The academy focuses on being prepared to help because disasters don’t schedule appointments. Attendees will spend 12 p.m. Wednesday through 12 p.m. Saturday […]
Volunteers in Mission & Disaster Response
February Update
Volunteers in Mission Arkansas Volunteers in Mission (VIM) and Disaster Response (DR) will host VIM and DR Coordinators from the South Central Jurisdiction for their Spring meeting. Coordinators will be introduced to the newly approved official VIM Work Site, ECHO Village in Eureka Springs. While in Arkansas the coordinators will worship together, will meet together […]
After The Storm
United Methodists work together to offer aid in hurricane relief efforts
In the weeks leading up to Hurricane Florence’s arrival on the Carolina coast, residents had been warned that this was not going to be an ordinary storm for the East Coast. Although the Category 5 hurricane – with wind speeds of 157 mph or higher – was reduced down to a Category 1 hurricane – […]