Safety Officer Training in the PNW Conference, Missionary Visits from Mongolia; Volunteers Needed to Cuba & Midwest; Sager Brown Volunteers Touch Live

Photo: Two Volunteers at Sager Brown Depot in Baldwin, LA, help replace a homeowner's door, courtesy UMCOR

* DESIGNATED SAFETY OFFICER TRAINING

If you, or someone in your church needs to get certified as a DSO or have their certification updated we have a number of training opportunities coming up. May 24 - during Convo, lunch-time. $10 if not registered for ConvoMay 31 - Sand Point Community UMC, Seattle, 1pm, cost $10June 18 - Annual Conference at UPS, 10am, cost $10 If you would like to attend one of these events please send an email to: camping@pnwumc.org or call 1-800-755-7710 x 305

* INTERESTED IN SERVING IN CUBA?

Rev. Nick Elliott, former Executive Director of UMVIM, SEJ, will be leading a 12 member construction team to Havana, Cuba. Team will assemble in Miami on November 30 and fly to Havana on December 1-10. We will be working on the Methodist Seminary in old Havana, worshipping in different churches, and learning about the Cuban culture.

Please email NickElliott@onlymyemail.com for an application. Special consideration will be given to persons who have never been to Cuba. Anticipated cost is $2250 from Miami.

* NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS

Recent flooding and windstorms in the midwest have resulted in a great need for volunteers.
For more information about this need, view the attached document, or visit www.umvim.org/midwestflooding.pdf.

* GLOBAL MINISTRIES MISSIONARY TO MONGOLIA VISITS CHURCHES IN CA

Helen M. Sheperd, a General Board of Global Ministries' missionary serving in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is available for Covenant Relationship support in the California-Nevada Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church.

She currently is making appointments to visit churches in California.

Read about Helen Sheperd's work in her May 2009 newsletter - and read her biographical information on the GBGM website.

Another GBGM missionary, Debbie Umipig-Julian, writes from Yokohama, Japan, "The worldwide economic status is influencing every fiber of our lives this season - definitely not good news, but let us not get tired of loving others, and making a difference wherever we are for God's glory and honor."

Umipig-Julian's third term in mission is nearing an end. Read her spring 2009 newsletter to learn more.

* UMCOR VOLUNTEERS AT SAGER BROWN DEPOT

Volunteers working at UMCOR’s Sager Brown campus in Baldwin, La., do more than prepare emergency relief kits, they help their community with home repairs.
Sager Brown volunteers helped Bobbie, a Louisiana resident who after colon cancer surgery had to use a walker. Bobbie’s doorway was too narrow to accommodate her walker, so the volunteers brought tools and materials and widened her doorway. The volunteers also replaced her front door.

Barbara Snell, who directs of outreach ministries at UMCOR Sager Brown says there are approximately 80 applications from people in the community who are requesting home repairs—demonstrating a strong need in the Sager Brown community in addition to kit ministry that reaches around the world.
Support UMCOR Sager Brown Depot by giving to Material Resources, UMCOR Advance #901440