Hurricane Ivan Recovery
Written: 8/16/2004
AWF Conference Disaster Recovery Ministry
The Alabama � West Florida Conference has established the Disaster Recovery Ministry within the Mobile District Office. The Center is the central clearinghouse of information for Hurricane Ivan relief & recovery.
If you or your church want to volunteer as a work team, please contact the Disaster Recovery Ministry in the following ways:
Toll Free: 1.866.340.1956
Fax: 251.340.7363
E�mail: disaster@awfumc.org
Director of Volunteers, Ron Baughman, rbaughman@awfumc.org
The Center is open from 8:30 a.m. � 5 p.m. (M-F). Please contact the Disaster Recovery Ministry BEFORE going to an affected area so that you can be directed to the areas of greatest need and other arrangements may be secured. Thank you for your continued prayers and support during this long term recovery effort.
Small Mission Teams Needed! (06.22.05) Support from UMCOR
Thanks to your generous donations, the Alabama - West Florida Conference has received $900,000 from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to help in our recovery and rebuilding efforts from Hurricane Ivan. Thank you!
Disaster Recovery Ministry Staff
Clyde F. Pressley, Jr., Executive Director
Cell: 251-591-8508
E-mail: CPressley@awfumc.org
Colleen Harrison, Administrative Assistant
Office: 866-340-1956
disaster@awfumc.org
Ronald Baughman, Director of Volunteers
Cell: 251-591-4443
E-mail: RBaughman@awfumc.org
Sandra Kennedy-Owes, MSW, Director of Casework Services Cell: 251-591-4820
E-mail: SkOwes@awfumc.org Download your Volunteer Work Team Packet after you've coordinated with the Disaster Recovery Center. (PDF file). You can now fill out your Group Volunteer Form Online by clicking here. * You will still need to download the Volunteer Work Team Packet. Facing Ivan Recovery in the New Year UM work toward long-term hurricane recovery The Upper Room: "Finding Healing After Trauma" Cabinet Work Team Helps Hurricane Victims Church helps Gulf Coast recover from Serial Hurricanes
A Word from the Bishop (09.27.04) AWF Conference Hurricane Ivan Church Bulletin Insert
AWF United Methodists are Responding to Hurricane Ivan Victims Photos of AWF Conference (Hurricane Ivan) Hurricane Ivan Damage Map (NOAA)
Urgent Needs from the AWF Conference:
1. Money is desparately needed for the relief and recovery process. Please give generously to UMCOR Advance # 982410. This money is used for human need. To make a contribution, please drop your check into any United Methodist Church offering plate, or if using a credit card, call UMCOR toll free at 1-800-554-8583. Or mail your gift to:
AWF Conference Resource Center
Attn.: Hurricane Ivan
P.O. Drawer 700
Andalusia, AL 36420
Make hurricane recovery donations through UMCOR online!
2. Please give to the AWF Conference Advance # 0110-22A, "Local Church Disaster Relief Fund." This money is used to assist AWF Conference churches that have been damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Ivan. Please mail all donations to: AWF Conference Resource Center, Attn.: Local Church Disaster Advance, P.O. Drawer 700, Andalusia, AL 36420. A message from Bishop Larry M. Goodpaster (09.14.04) Visit the AWF Conference Disaster Relief Page
A Message from Bishop Goodpaster