Fallen and Injured Firefighters Honored

Report by David Reinholz | Associate Conference Lay Leader (PNW) WENATCHEE, WA – On a day when cooler temperatures and light rain brought hope of an end...

Help Heal the World: Christmas Giving & Alternative Gifts

By Marilyn S. Reid | Photos by GBGM, et. al. The world is in need of healing. People in our own neighborhoods and community (and...

SAVE THE DATE: Disaster Response Training, September 23 and 24 in Richland

An Early Response Team heads back home while serving in Fairbanks, Alaska to fix houses affected by flooding of the Yukon River back in...

PNW UM Early Response Teams to meet in June 2013

An aerial view of the flood-stricken town of Vernonia, Oregon, Dec. 4, 2007, from an Oregon Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The...

Riverside Park, the Unfunded Disaster

PNW Disaster Response: Riverside Park, the Unfunded Disaster By The Rev. Stan Norman Earth, Wind and Fire was the title of my last posting. Let’s talk...

Disaster Response Training prepares 19 for Early Response Teams

Participants in this year's Disaster Response Training event are engaged in a team-building activity.  This event was held September 23-24, 2016 at Richland: Central...

After Sandy, Maryland Town Quietly Suffers

At least 350 homes in tiny Crisfield, Maryland, were damaged. Photo illustration by Susan Kim. By Susan Kim* Five volunteers are standing in the Asbury United Methodist...

Mission Agency Prepares for Long-term Integrated Response to Ebola

By Melissa Hinnen | Director of Content and Public Information | Email October 8, 2014—Since June 2014, the General Board of Global Ministries’ United Methodist Committee...

PNW/OR-ID Early Response Teams to support Hurricane Matthew relief

In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, floodwater from the Tar River is well overflowing its southern bank. Image courtesy of Wikipedia.  Learn more about this image, here. By...

Give Hope and Help Us Rebuild!

By Rosalee Mohney | Seattle District Co-Lay Leader As you are aware, December is a month where people respond most generously when asked to give...

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