Leaving Texas: Lessons learned and the work ahead
Editor’s Note: Jim Truitt was invited by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist in the formation of a Long Term Recovery Taskforce for...
What Can I Do?
By Jim Truitt | Image by Jesse N. Love
The world has suffered many natural disasters over the last two years from typhoons in the Philippines,...
Here’s how Conconully UMC raised $4000 for Rebuild Up from the Ashes
By Marilyn Church | Images courtesy of Jesse N. Love, Wikipedia*
"In 2015, Conconully was evacuated for a week; the fires never came into the town...
Using Animation to Battle Ebola
Nashville-based United Methodist Communications collaborated with Chocolate Moose Media and iHeed to create an animated video for use in West Africa that helps dispel...
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...
ERT: Whidbey Island home needs volunteers for salvage
Photo courtesy of the Washington Department of Natural Resources. For more info, click here.
ERT: Whidbey Island home needs volunteers for salvage
By Jim Truitt
Whidbey Island...
United Methodists ready to assist after mudslide
The March 22 landslide near Oso in Washington State left at least 14 dead and more than 170 missing. Photo by Washington State Patrol
By...
Tornado Response
Since yesterday we have been watching the devastating images of destruction in Moore, Oklahoma. In the last two days, dozens of tornadoes tore through five...
Chaplain speaks on experience at Oso Mudslide
Capt. Justin Townley shares from his experience of seeing Christ in the ongoing recovery efforts at the 530 mudslide in Oso, Washington. Townley currently...
VIDEO: PNW Laity, Okanogan County Immersion
On July 8-9, 2016 laity from The Pacific Northwest Conference participated in a special immersion trip to the Okanogan area in Central Washington.
Rosalee Mohney,...
