http://www.txcumc.org/news_top.aspnothing provideden-usTue, 9 Feb 2010 13:00:00 ESTTue, 9 Feb 2010 13:00:00 ESThttp://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1472http://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1472Cokesbury United Methodist Church, in partnership with Christian Alliance and UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) will be sending medical resources to the earthquake victims of Haiti. During 2009, the congregation of Cokesbury funded and built a mobile medical unit that will be dispatched to Port au Prince, Haiti, in February 2010. What started as an empty, metal shipping container is now a bright, clean, temperature controlled, traveling health clinic, complete with medical and dentTue, 9 Feb 2010 10:48:00 ESThttp://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1471http://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1471See MorePhotos of the Church (Latest update:Reports say Russell Memorial fire was ruled as arson last night. Two more non-UMC churches burned this morning. Reward for arsonist up to$25,000) By Jill Krone, TAC Communications Only days after fire destroyed their historical sanctuary, Russell Memorial United Methodist Church members move forward with their mission and ministry. During worship service on Sunday morning, the church offered prayers and began the healing process as over 300 persoTue, 9 Feb 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1470http://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1470 UMCOR: COMING IN MARCH - ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING When a massive earthquake leveled the capital city of Port-au-Prince in Haiti and decimated outlying areas last month, UMCOR was there to bring comfort to survivors and set a direction for long-term recovery efforts. UMCOR used 100 percent of your donation to respond to the tragedy, just as it did after a series of typhoons struck the Philippines last fall and when a tsunami devastated Indonesia in 2004. When you give to One Great Hour ofMon, 8 Feb 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1469http://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1469courtesy photo by Kenneth Dean, Tyler Morning Telegraph By KENNETH DEAN, Staff Writer, Tyler Morning Telegraph (Reprinted with Permission ndash; See Original Story) WILLS POINT ndash; Members of the Russell Memorial United Methodist Church continue to march forward in their faith despite a fire that destroyed their sanctuary early this morning. As members of the church gather in the 12,000-square-foot Deen Building across the street, their message is clear: The building may be burned, bThu, 4 Feb 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1468http://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1468All team members interested in volunteering in Haiti in the next year must register on-line at www.umrespond.org/Haiti.You will not be considered as a team member unless you register on this site.Once your name is registered, I will receive your information and be in contact with you. Medical volunteers must also sign up on this same website.Medical specialists are being deployed now and working with groups already set up in Haiti. All recovery team members must be Early Response and TeaWed, 3 Feb 2010 18:13:00 ESThttp://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1467http://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1467Here is the latest news from the Methodist Church in Haiti.Please let your churches know that UMCOR is at work in Haiti but much has to be done before teams can begin to go in. The Texas Annual Conference probably will not have teams going in early because one of the criteria for a team member is that they have experience in Haiti.Since many churches along the East Coast have been extremely active in Haiti over the past years with multiple teams going in through UMVIM, we in the South CentraTue, 2 Feb 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1465http://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1465File Photo By Mike Dubose, UMNS By Elliott Wright, GBGM A Texas mission leader with extensive experience in disaster relief will serve as liaison between United Methodist operations in Haiti following the January 12 earthquake and the enormous response of annual conferences and congregations in the United States. The Rev. Cynthia Fierro Harvey of Houston is taking a leave of absence from her current ministerial appointment to assist UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, in a time Tue, 2 Feb 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1466http://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1466By Eleanor L. Colvin, Communications Director It is simple math: Five days plus 50 surgeries equals a forever changed man. United Methodist surgeon Dr. Michael Kent recently returned from an ldquo;adventure of a lifetime,rdquo; providing emergency medical relief to the people of Haiti, following the countryrsquo;s catastrophic 7.0 earthquake on January 12. ldquo;I got a phone call last Thursday [January 14], from a friend who is an orthopedic surgeon. He asked me to go on an adventureTue, 2 Feb 2010 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1464http://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1464By Kathy Gilbert, UMNS Food. Potable water. Shelter. Those are the top needs a group of 29 church and community leaders told three executives from the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Asked which is the most important, the group said all three. The Jan. 12 earthquake left Mellier, about 80 kilometers from Port-au-Prince, without safe houses, churches, schools, businesses and basic needs. Because most of the attention of the humanitarian aid has focused on the capital city, not muchThu, 28 Jan 2010 10:40:00 ESThttp://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1463http://www.txcumc.org/news_detail.asp?PKValue=1463 HAITI: EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY Haiti Assessment Begins UMCOR executives Melissa Crutchfield and Sharad Aggarwal crossed the border from Dominican Republic into Haiti late last week to begin an official assessment of damages in Port-au-Prince, including unreached and underserved communities in outlying areas. UMCOR is working with the Methodist Church in Haiti to provide immediate relief and conduct ongoing relief and recovery operations that include food distribution, access to clean drinkinWed, 27 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST