It’s been over 3 years since Hurricanes Katrina & Rita–the work and need for help goes on… Presbytery’s Disaster Assistance Team (MUP-DAT) is planning another mission trip to New Orleans, Jan 25-31, 2009. An organizational meeting will be held on Jan 5, 2009 at 6:45 PM at First Presbyterian, 16 Hitt Street, Columbia, 65201. The [...]

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Title: MUP Disaster Assistance Mission Team
Location: Old Auxvasse-Nine Mile PC in Williamsburg
Description: 10:00 a.m. Contact Kathy Montgomery 573/639-0378 or Jim Cruickshank 573/220-6696 for information/question
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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Update from Silex (Wed, Oct 15)   “Thank you so much for your concern, help, and continued prayers for the town of Silex and the Silex Presbyterian Church. It really helps knowing that so many other churches are remembering us in their prayers. We have started to make some progress.

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Church World Service has shipped almost all their supply of “Gift of the Heart” kits on hand in their warehouses in response to recent hurricanes.  This is an urgent appeal for the kits to help families affected by the storms. Recent shipments of kits are listed below: 

3,266 clean-up buckets to Louisiana and Texas
11,420 hygiene kits to Louisiana and Texas
5,000 [...]

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The MUP Disaster Assistance Mission Team needs the following new or “gently used” tools for their ongoing work or long-term recovery. Volunteers will be working to assist families and communities in demolition and re-construction following flooding. Please consider supporting this vital work by donating one or more of the following. Questions - please call Wayne [...]

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Disaster Assistance Mission Team to host Volunteer Mission Work Week in Northeast Missouri The Presbytery Disaster Assistance Mission Team is facilitating a mission work trip to flood-affected areas of the Presbytery on Sept 21-26, 2008. This is your opportunity to participate in life-changing ministry to others–either by your own labor or in support of the team with [...]

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Rev. Murray Phillips, Pastor at Whiteside and Auburn Presbyterian churches, has been called up with the Iowa National Guard to assist with recovery in the Gulf Coast area affected by Hurricane Gustav.  Please keep Murray, others serving in recovery, and especially the families and individuals, who live in this region, in your prayers.  We are thankful [...]

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The Pike County Long Term Recovery Committee has designated Saturday, August 16, 2008, as a RECOVERY WORK DAY in Annada, MO.  The entire town was flooded out and with very little money available, the residents need help with clean-up.  We will muck out homes, rake, clean and seed the park, and provide emotional and spiritual [...]

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More than 300 fires are burning in California.  The fires began on June 20, and at the peak there were 1,783 fires burning statewide.  A total of 520,000 acres have burned so far throughout California and that 67 structures have been destroyed.  Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has been in contact with presbyteries in the Sierra [...]

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(Presbyterian Disaster Assistance) PDA is sending volunteer work teams from across the U.S. to help in Iowa. Iowa volunteer opportunities are available by contacting the following site coordinators:

Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area - Richard Tiegs–Volunteer Coordinator contact at Presbytery of East Iowa. Call 800-957-4389. Churches accepting overnight work teams are Westminster Presbyterian in Cedar Rapids, Christ Church in Cedar Rapids.
Christian Ed. [...]

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