Connecting Neighbors – Neighbors helping Neighbors when Disasters Strike
By Kathy Bryson
Too often we only think about disasters when they strike. The Pacific Northwest is not immune to floods, fires. earthquakes or tornados....
Pastor Earl Lane Welcomes American Red Cross to Pateros Community Church
Pastor Earl Lane talks with Red Cross disaster worker Lloyd Ziel in his office at the Pateros Community Church. Photo by Robert W....
Shower trailers will help VIM teams in the Greater Northwest
By Jim Truitt | Photos by members of PNW UMVIM, Early Response Teams, et. al.
Finding lodging for Early Response Teams (ERT) and Volunteers in...
Hurricane Sandy: United Methodists Care and Respond
By Catherine G. Earl, MSW, US Disaster Response | United Methodist Committee on Relief
Watch the video!
See the results!
Over 23,000 clean-up buckets distributed
Over 65,000 hours of volunteer...
Volunteers needed: ERTs, UMVIM team-up for pastor’s house fire recovery
By Kathy Bryson
The Pacific Northwest UMC Early Response Team and United Methodist Volunteer in Mission (UMVIM) members are teaming up August 16-21, 2017 to...
UMVIM: Seeking Help with Historic Okanogan UMC
(Left) Okanogan United Methodist Church (photo courtesy of Joe Mabel/Wikimedia Commons) and (Right) an example of tuckpointing (photo by David Hawgood, Wikimedia Commons).
PNW Volunteers...
Volunteer teams needed for Carlton Complex rebuild
Kevin Froese, on deck at left, of Mennonite Disaster Service, speaks during the Aug. 23 dedication of the first of 11 houses to be...
A United Methodist Response to the National Climate Assessment
Creation Care Connector, Cindy Haverkamp, reflects on ways for United Methodists to respond to last Friday's National Climate Assessment.
PNW Early Response Team’s chainsaw unit clears burnt trees for homes, creates safety zone
(Left to right) Larry Johnson, Steve Meacham, Woody Russell, and Dana Bryson stand above Lake Chelan on a steep hillside clearing for a home...
What are cooperative, caring ways we can reach out to neighbors during a disaster?
By Wendy Riddle | Photos by Dave Riddle
On Saturday, January 20, 2018, over 50 people from 15 congregations and 5 different denominations gathered at...
