UPDATES AND NEWS ON COLORADO FLOODING RESPONSE; VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, TRAININGS AND OTHER VOLUNTEER NEWS

UPDATE AND NEWS ON COLORADO FLOODING RESPONSE

 

 

Currently, the Rocky Mountain Annual Conference where Colorado is located, has not yet officially requested or invited ERT (Early Response) teams or UMVIM volunteer teams yet to come in to the conference to respond to the flooding.  Right now, agencies in Colorado have started the debris/muckout and cleanup efforts in some areas but mostly assessment the damage and needs is still ongoing.  ERT teams in Colorado are beginning to organize so that when the invite comes they can be ready to respond.

 

Below is news from the COVOAD (Colorado Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster):

 

 

Thanks to all of the agencies that are ready to start the debris/muckout

and cleanup efforts.  If you have registered with Crisis Cleanup you

should be able to start canvasing and signing up clients.  Before going

into the disaster affected neighborhoods you need to check in with the ICP

or the EOC.  We are trying to reach out to the EOC's with a list of valid

debris agencies to ensure your entry.  Boulder County is NOT ready to

receive clean up help.  When the county is ready they will send a request to the state.  That request will come to COVOAD and at that time we can let you know that it is time to start working Boulder County.   All of the groups that will be going into the affected areas including American Red Cross and The Salvation Army should also register with CrisisCleanup. This will allow you to do client intake for cleanup while in the field.  211 operators will be available for crisis cleanup client intake so if you have no way to get the information entered you can tell the client to call 211.  

 

We will be present in all of the disaster assistance centers to do

intake as well.  Thank you for your cooperation in this massive cleanup

effort!

 

- Colorado Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (COVOAD)

Phone: 202-656-8623 (20C-OLO-VOAD)

Email: coloradovoad@gmail.com

Web: coloradovoad.org

Twitter: @covoad

Photo courtesy www.nydailynews.com

 

 

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, TEAM LEADER TRAINING EVENTS AND OTHER VOLUNTEER NEWS

 

Team Leader Training: Aldersgate UMC in Tustin, CA on September 21, 2013.  Contact Jennifer Demaree at thedemarees@gmail.com for more information.

 

 

Team to Haiti:  November 5-13, 2013.  The team is seeking three additional team members to serve in putting a roof on a church. Cost is $1500 per person. For more information, please email Craig Parker at wmscraig@aol.com.

 

 

Sandy Relief in Greater New Jersey Conference: They need volunteers for the last two weeks in October to serve with recovery efforts.  For more information, please see their website at http://afuturewithhope.org/ or email Lisa Park at lisapark@futurewithhope.org.

 

 

Chile Gathering: September 2014 at Mt. Hermon Christian Conference Center near Santa Cruz, CA.  Learn, fellowship, and celebrate mission service in Chile from former missionaries to Chile, Beryl and Stan Moore and others.  For more information and registration please email Beryl and Stan Moore at berylstan@aol.com

 

Elk Grove UMC Volunteers in Crisfield, Maryland

From Cal-Nevada Conference

 

 

 

In the picture, shown left to right: Kathy La Point-Collup, Steve Collup, Giles; Mary Popish, Bruce and  Bonnie McKinnie, Jean and Lyn Hawkins and Patsy Hopkins.

 

An Elk Grove United Methodist Church Volunteers in Mission (VIM) Team just returned from Crisfield, Maryland as Disaster Response Team Volunteers.

 

Crisfield, a small fishing community (population 2,700) on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, suffered a huge tidal surge when Hurricane Sandy hit shore last October and until recently, was largely overlooked. Through the Peninsula-Delaware Annual Conference Disaster Response Ministry, a center has been set up in Crisfield to help the residents with local recovery efforts.

 

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) has helped with funding and consulting. Volunteer housing has been set up in two local United Methodist Churches (bunk beds, showers, kitchen, etc.) to make it easy for teams to find housing. Materials and tools are provided for the volunteer teams--financial donations, of course, are always welcome. A Construction Supervisor is on hand to assist and oversee volunteer teams.

 

The Elk Grove team was involved with re-roofing, dry walling, taping and mudding at one home while most members of the family were living elsewhere until the home was safe and secure again. They also finished up minor projects in two others homes where families had recently moved back in. "It was a wonderful time sharing the love of God through the physical work of re-building a home," noted the Rev. Kathy La Point-Collup, pastor of Elk Grove UMC.

 

However, there are 300 homes that still need assistance. Volunteer teams are needed for demolition, framing, flooring, roofing, dry walling, mudding, painting and much more.

 

To learn more about volunteering in Crisfield, please contact Anika Jackson, volunteer coordinator at umcorteamcrisfield@comcast.net and indicate your interest in volunteering.

 

 

 

    

 

 

 



COLORADO FLOODS - UMVIM UPDATE

COLORADO FLOODS

How You Can Help

As most of you know there is major flooding in Colorado. Some news reports have called it a "1,000 year flood".  It is still too soon to know what kind of support will be needed.

Recently, the website http://www.helpcoloradonow.org/ has been activated and is being published as a place for the public to get information as a way to volunteer.  In addition, the website, http://www.crisiscleanup.org will be used as the tool to arrange teams to assist homeowners with cleanup and debris needs.  Please be patient as we need to wait until the various emergency management organizations have completed their work in assessments before the crisiscleanup.org site is operational.

In addition, there are now 919 flood kits at the UMCOR Depot in Salt Lake City which can be sent out.  There are also about 35,000 kits available at Sager Brown.  It has been reported that there are already 14 pallets of flood buckets available in Colorado Springs which can alleviate immediate needs.

This website will be updated as more news is received so that you might know how best to respond and help.  In addition, please check out the UMCOR (United Methodist Committee On Relief) at www.umcor.org for further information.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND OTHER MISSION NEWS

MEDICAL MISSION VOLUNTEERS

 



The Knock is a newsletter for those interested in serving on medical mission teams.  Please click on this link to view The Knock, Summer 2013.  http://umvim.org/send-a-team/medical/

 

 

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNTIES, EVENTS & UPDATES

Interested in serving in Haiti?  There will be an upcoming mission team to Guedon, Haiti to build a church there November 5-13, 2013.  The cost is $1500 and includes, air and ground transportation, housing and insurance.  If you are interested in joining this team please contact Craig Parker at wmscraig@aol.com.


WESTERN JURISDICTION DISASTER ACADEMY will be held in Washington March 14-17, 2014. Mark your calendars. More information on registration will coming soon....


CHILE GATHERING  will be held in Santa Cruz, CA at the Mt. Hermon Christian Conference Center September 5-7, 2014, http:/mounthermon.org.  For more information please contact Stan and Beryl Moore at berylstan@aol.com. 


INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEER TRAINING JULY 2014, mark your calendars for this event which will be held in Pacific Palisades, CA.  If you are interested in serving as a long term volunteer (2 months to 2 years) then you might called to serve as an Individual Volunteer.  For more information please contact Malcolm Frazier for an application at mfrazier@umcmission.org.  More details about the trainings to come...


VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO SERVE IN GALENA, ALASKA as a result of the Yukon flooding.  For more information please contact Jim Truitt at jftruitt@comcast.net.


JOB OPENING AT BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES in New York - Executive Secretary of Missionary Selection & Accompaniment is a full-time position and currently open for all those that might be interested.  For more information please visit www.umcmission.org.



HURRICANE SANDY RECOVERY teams still wanted and needed in Crisfield, Maryland.  You can connect with the new coordinator Anika Jackson at umcorteamcrisfield@comcast.net or at 443-859-4447.


FUTURE TEAMS FROM CAL-NEVADA - PLEASE LIFT THEM UP IN PRAYER AS THEY GO TO SERVE...


San Jose – Wesley UMC Team to Navuniyaro, Fiji  – July 25 – August 5 Jackie Kawashima of San Jose – Wesley UMC leads and serves with Don Kawashima, David Brown of San Jose - Wesley UMC  Virisila Batiratu of Sacramento - Centennial UMC  Gary Lee and Janet Lee of San Jose - Westminster Presbyterian, David Orland of Foothill UMC, Mona Otomori, Alena Vunakece, Amy Morimoto, Susan Turner, James Higuchi, Jean Plummer and Ernie Murata

Korean UMC of Santa Clara Team to Camalu, Mexico  – July 17 – August 3
Pyong Cho of Korean UMC of Santa Clara leads his church’s team of volunteers.

Berkeley - Epworth UMC Team to Nueva Guinea, Nicaragua  – August 1 - 16
Lloyd Elliott leads and serves with Annette Cayot of Berkeley – Epworth UMC.

Elk Grove UMC Team to Crisfield, Maryland (Sandy Recovery)  – August 27 – September 4
Kathy LaPoint-Collup leads and serves with Bonnie McKinnie, Bruce McKinnie, Lyn Hawkins, Jean Hawkins, Giles Popish,
Patsy Hopkins, Mary Popish and Steve Collup of Elk Grove - Elk Grove UMC.

Susanville UMC Team to Salt Lake City, Utah (UMCOR DEPOT) – August 29 – September 1
Jeannie Long leads and serves with Heather Blevins, John Blevins, Chet Long, Angela Tinsley, Ed Hafner, Judie Lindeman, Jacqueline Meadows, Matthew Long and Damion Long of Susanville UMC.

FUTURE TEAMS; VIDEO FROM CRISFIELD, MARYLAND - HURRICANE SANDY RECOVERY

FUTURE TEAMS OPEN TO VOLUNTEERS

The Cal-Nevada Conference has several future teams available for you to join. Please find them below.  In addition, they will be listed on this website's "Future Teams" page.  For more information about how to join the team and/or find out more information about their mission service, please connect with UMVIM Conference Coordinator for Cal-Nevada, Phil Bandy at philb@calnevumc.org.

STRUMICA, MACEDONIA - (June 20 - July 2, 2013) - San Jose - St. Paul’s UMC

OCEAN, NEW JERSEY / Sandy Recovery - (June 23-28, 2013) - Sacramento - FUMC

TONGA & FIJI / International Connectional- (July 1-12, 2013) - Palo Alto UMC

KENYA / Youth & International Connectional (July 7-29, 2013) - Eureka - FUMC

CAMBODIA / Youth & Vacational Bible School - (July 17 - 30, 2013) - Escolan UMC

NAVUNIYARO, FIJI / Construction - (July 25 - August 5, 2013) - San Jose - Wesley UMC

NEUVA GUINEA, NICARAGUA - (August 1 - 16, 2013) - Berkeley - Epworth UMC

CRISFIELD, MARYLAND / Sandy Recovery - (August 27 - Sept. 6, 2013) - Elk Grove UMC

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH / Kit & Relationship Building - (Sept. 2 - 6, 2013) - Los Gatos UMC

SHASTA, CALIFORNIA / Shasta Camp - (September 8 -20, 2013) - CARE-A-VANers

WILSEYVILLE, CALIFORNIA / Camp Lodestar - (Sept. 16 - 20, 2013) - Livermore - Asbury UMC

OCEAN GROVE, NEW JERSEY / Sandy Recovery - (October 5 - 19, 2013) - Santa Rosa - FUMC

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH / Kit & Relationship Building - (October 14 - 18, 2013) - Galt UMC

ISTAMBUL, TURKEY / Educational - (October 14 - 24, 2013) - Davis UMC

THOMAS, HAITI / Educational & Construction - (Oct. 22 - 31, 2013) - Livermore - Asbury UMC

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA / Katrina Recovery - (Nov. 1 - 9,2013) - Retired Clergy Association

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH / Kit & Relationship Building - (Nov. 18 - 22, 2013) - Elk Grove UMC

KUMI, UGANDA  / Construction & Connectional - (Feb. 9 - 23, 2014) - Oakland - Chinese CUMC

CAMBODIA  / Opthomology - (February, 2014) - Sponsoring Church & Team Leader to be named

VIDEO FROM CRISFIELD, MD - HURRICANE SANDY RECOVERY

I am sending this to all who have inquired about coming to Crisfield, those who have already served here, and those who are on the calendar and are still anticipating the trip.

This is a video I created and we just showed it publicly for the first time at our Pen-Del Annual Conference last week.   It is heartfelt to me and has been so to others also, so I thought I would share it with you as well.  The link is below.  

 For those who have already been here, this will be a reflection of the work you have done and a reminder of the impact you have already made on lives here in this little community.

For those who are yet to come,  you can see that there is still a great need here.  We are committed to at least 2 years but will not leave until the last family is back in a safe home.

For those planning trips, this may help to motivate people to want to be part of this wonderful outreach of Christian presence.

For those who cannot come, you might use it as a means of inspiring a campaign to help with funding this immense project.

I trust that however you use the film, the result will be to God's glory, as it is Him we are representing in this mission field.

Blessings to all of you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbuQ_5TpnL4&feature=youtu.be

Blessings and Shalom!
Shirley Secrest

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace” (Numbers 6:24–26).

umcorteamcrisfield@comcast.net
Peninsula-Delaware Conference
Disaster Response Team  

443 859-4447

ERT NEWS FROM OKLAHOMA; TEAMS NEEDED IN URUGUAY; PASSING OF MADAME DEPESTRE; FLOODS AND FIRES IN CO, TX, & MEXICO; RECOVERY TRAINING; UMCOR JOB OPENING

ERT TEAM FROM CAL PAC TO OKLAHOMA 

An Early Response Team (ERT) from Southern California left a week ago to go and serve in Oklahoma and surrounding areas until June 28th.  In addition to their team they also had a trailor of tools and other items that will aid in their service! The team is led by Doug and Judy Lewis of Ontario First UMC in Ontario, CA.  To hear about their experience serving as ERT short-term volunteers please email them at dfjklewis@aol.com.  Or call them at 909-621-9076. If you are interested in serving in Oklahoma please contact Doug and Judy Lewis for contact information and details. 

Volunteers Needed for Team to Uruguay

September 28-October 6. The team will be focusing on the Friendship House and Church in Montevideo. This is a special needs school for teens and older adults. They will be painting, installing tile on the floors and ceiling and other work around the school and church. If you would like more information, please contact Rev. Dara Austin atfaithworks2035@whiteschapelumc.com. 

STRONG MISSIONS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER TEAMS

Strong Missions, an Advance with the UMC and listed on the UMVIM project listing, still has plenty of room for individuals and teams this year-especially in the fall and early winter months, as well into next year. We really need help to complete the project list for this year. We're working in two churches building space to feed and educate children. Also, for those with a green thumb, you'll have the opportunity to dig your hands into some of the most fertile soil in the world. We need help preparing the new garden that will directly provide food for the children's feeding programs, and you'll also be able to visit such programs during your trip with us. There are also some home improvement jobs to get to if we have enough teams sign up. We need you! We hope to see you, and serve at your side.  For more information please contact Rebecca Rusnack at freiburgerose@hotmail.com.

UMCOR RESPONDS TO FLOODS AND FIRES IN COLORADO, TEXAS, AND MEXICO

UMCOR is providing the Rocky Mountain Annual Conference with emergency assistance to respond to the Black Forest Fire which charred hundreds of homes and acreage. Rocky Mountain will use funding to work with families affected by the fires near Colorado Springs. 

The Black Forest Fire, just recently contained, blazed through 16,000 acres, destroyed nearly 500 homes and claimed two lives, according to news reports. UMCOR’s US Disaster Response Executive, Gregg Forrester is in communication with Gary Haddock, disaster relief coordinator for the Rocky Mountain Conference, to assess future needs and support. 

UMCOR is also responding to recent flooding in Texas with two emergency grants to the Southwest Texas Annual Conference. The grants will aid affected communities in the San Antonio area and residents affected by flooding in Eagle Pass.

In San Antonio, floodwaters deluged numerous roads, killed two women, and forced more than 235 rescues by emergency workers. Nearly 10 inches of rainfall was reported in a matter of hours by the city airport.

Piedras Negras, Mexico, a border town located three hours west of San Antonio, also was affected by flooding. UMCOR is in talks with Bishop Raul García, Eastern Conference of the Methodist Church of Mexico, to secure assistance there.

Your gifts to US Disaster Response, Advance #901670 can aid fire and flood survivors in their recovery, and help UMCOR to respond to needs as they occur. 

Photo: Cleaning buckets, by Mike Dubose of UMNS.

PASSING OF MADAME DEPESTRE

UMCOR extends its deepest condolences to families and loved ones of Madame Anne Ruth Depestre, who passed away on Friday, June 21. Madame Depestre was the manager of the Methodist Guesthouse in Petionville, Haiti, and wife of Rev. Marco Depestre of the Methodist Church in Haiti (Eglise Méthodiste d'Haïti). The Rev. Jim Gulley, UMCOR consultant, is attending Madame Depestre’s memorial service in Haiti this week on behalf of UMCOR and Global Ministries. 

As manager of the Methodist guesthouse, Madame Depestre was central in facilitating arriving volunteer groups or visiting staff who were coordinating or implementing recovery efforts in Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake. You are welcome to sign the United Methodist Volunteers in Mission online guest book to share your condolences. 

Photo: Madame Depestre from website www.umvimhaiti.org.

LONG TERM RECOVERY BASICS TRAINING 

On July 9-10, at 2 p.m. EST, the Emergency Response Specialists of Church World Service will present Long Term Recovery Basics. This series will cover a wide range of topics designed to help you and your community rebuild and recover after a disaster. This presentation is in response to requests from those who have been affected by recent summer storms.

Each webinar session will be approximately 75 minutes long, with a 15-minute break between sessions. 

Register for the series by clicking here:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/744781514

The sessions are:

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

2:00-3:45 pm Part 1

4:00-5:30 pm Part 2

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

2:00-3:45 pm Part 3

4:00-5:30 pm Part 4

Among those who will find this series of interest are:

- Clergy and lay leaders from houses of worship in disaster affected communities.

- Persons serving on local Long Term Recovery Groups.

- Disaster Case Managers and the staff of organizations who may provide disaster case management.

- Local, state, and federal Voluntary Agency Liaisons.

- Emergency Managers.

- Anyone concerned for those affected by recent disasters.

- Anyone planning to mitigate the hazards in their community before a disaster strikes.

Best, 

Kuulei

Ku'ulei Funn 

Emergency Response Specialist 

Church World Service 

808-226-6432 

Honolulu, Hawai'i

kfunn@churchworldservice.org

visit www.churchworldservice.org

JOB OPENING WITH UMCOR NEW YORK OFFICE

UMCOR is seeking a program manager to be based in its New York City headquarters. This professional would guide and oversee UMCOR field offices in their program development, monitoring and reporting of activities, strategic development, and exit/transition planning. 

Please visit UMCOR’s Careers page on our website for more details.

UMVIM WJ SAYS WELCOME AND FAREWELL TO UMVIM WJ CONFERENCE COORDINATORS

 

 

HELLO AND FAREWELL TO UMVIM WJ CONFERENCE COORDINATORS

 

 

 

Our UMVIM WJ Conference Coordinators help to make UMVIM here in the Western Jurisdiction possible.  They are a key part and sometimes the only part of the infrastructure that allows churches and individuals the tools to serve as short-term volunteers through the UMC.  This connection extends around the country and the world at hundreds of service opportunties.

 

 

Bev and Scott Pressman have been the UMVIM Conference Coordinators for Oregon-Idaho Conference and done an amazing job.  Likewise, Kent Heltne was Co-Coordinator for the Desert Southwest Conference and was instrumental in helping lead and support many UMVIM teams to and from the Desert Southwest Conference.  Sandra Pahlke in the Alaska UMC Conference was also a strong support on behalf of UMVIM WJ during her short time serving as the Conference Coordinator for Alaska. All four of these individuals will be leaving their posts as UMVIM Conference Coordinators as they move on to other areas where God has called them.

 

 

As such, I wanted to extend my great apprecation to Scott, Bev, Kent, and Sandra.  We will miss you but know that your service is not ending but only changing.  May God continue to use each of you in mighty ways.

 

 

At the same time, we want to welcome Bill Sanford.  He will be the new UMVIM Conference Co-Coordinator and will be working with Chris Spencer on behalf of Desert Southwest Conference.  Actually, we are welcoming him back as he served as UMVIM Conference Coordinator for Desert Southwest for a number of years before.  It is good to have him return to add his wealth of experience and skills to UMVIM WJ.  We also welcome Jennifer Gutierrez as the UMVIM Conference Coordinator for Cal-Pac Conference!!

NEW MISSION MINISTRY IN OREGON-IDAHO CONFERENCE & FUTURE TEAMS; MISSION GUATAMALA ACCEPTING TEAMS FOR 2014; PRAYERS FOR UPCOMING TEAMS FROM CAL-NEVADA

NEW MISSION MINISTRY IN OREGON-IDAHO CONFERENCE

An exciting new ministry and mission in the Portland area needs help from individuals and church mission teams to help them open their doors this summer. Soon to merge with Tigard UMC, Metzger UMC will become the site of Bethlehem House of Bread. The program will house a food pantry, community garden, community meals, classes…..and much much more in the near future. Give your helping hand in His name! Please contact the new director, Linda Dove at ldove@gmail.com

FUTURE TEAMS SEEKING MEMBERS

Upcoming Mission Teams Seeking Members for 2014!

Manaus, Brazil - Spring 2014 Medical Mission Team
A conference-wide medical mission team is being planned to the Amazon River in the spring of 2014. Team leader, Elaine Jones, RN, will hold an informational meeting at Portland First on May 21, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. (1838 SW Jefferson St., Portland, 97201). The team will work for one week on the Methodist mission boat at Manaus, Brazil. The group of 10-12 volunteers needs at least one physician, one dentist, one dental assistant as well as nurses and non-medical personnel. For Team Leader contact information, please email UMVIM.ColumbiaDistrict@comcast.net

Phnom Penh, Cambodia - February 2014
Dee Poujade from Portland First will lead a team to work at the Street Children Ministry with Clara Biswas, GBGM missionary. More trip details will be available June, 2013. For Team Leader contact information, please email UMVIM.ColumbiaDistrict@comcast.net

Please pray for these future teams and their team leaders:

 
5/13/2013:    UMCOR West - from Coburg UMC -   Gary Powell
6/13:             Brazil - from St. Paul's UMC   - Linda Moore
6/21/2013:    Chugiak, Alaska - from Boise FUMC -  Ric Shewell
7/13:             Kenya   - from Bend UMC -   Thom Larson


Remember to check out the Oregon-Idaho UMVIM Website at:  
www.umoi.org/Mission/UMVIM

MISSION GUATAMALA ACCEPTING TEAMS FOR 2014

If you are interested in serving in Guatamala please contact Tom Heaton at tom@missionguatamala.com.  Please also check out their website at www.missionguatamala.com.

PRAYERS FOR UPCOMING TEAMS FROM CAL-NEVADA

Clovis - Memorial UMC Team to Thomas, Haiti (Thomas Food Project) – March 24 – April 2Sara Glazebrook of Clovis – Memorial UMC leads and serves with Warren McGuffin of Alamo – San Ramon Valley UMC, Corinne Williams, Laura Williams, Darren Williams, Andy Hansen-Smith, Emma Hansen-Smith, Tessa Hansen-Smith, Janette Saavedra, Joel Saavedra, Diane Zastovnik, Jim Scott and Teresa Scott of Clovis - Memorial UMC, Stephen Whalte and Robin Isakson of Fresno - Grace UMC. host team = James Lazarre (local team leader) serves with Jeanette, Stiven, Gabriel and others of the Methodist Church, Thomas, Haiti.

Winnemucca Team to San Francisco, California – April 3 - 7Mary Agnes - Boni of Winnemucca UMC leads and serves with Gayle Basten, Kelly Simms, Taylor Billows, Makenna Mavity, Chaslynn McAllister, Mary Ann Miller, Kailynn Yetter, Abbie Thacker, Sasha Arellano, Bridgette Gilboy and Ethan Andrews.

Livermore – Asbury UMC team to LaPlace, Louisiana – April 6 - 16Roger Everett of Livermore – Asbury UMC leads and serves with Greg Davis, Bob Hoffman, Cole Johnson, Art Molvik and Larry Suter of Livermore – Asbury UMC , Jim Loomis and Linda Loomis of Pleasanton - Lynnewood UMC.

Los Altos UMC Team to San Carlos, Arizona – April 6 - 13Leslie Carmichael leads and serves with Allie Crum, Bob Lee, JoAnn Fishpaw, Amy Gaffney, Annie Gaffney, John Gaffney, Patrick Gaffney, Douglas Roberts, Steve Tani, Patricia Tani, Hal Taylor and Bob Winter of Los Altos UMC .

Los Gatos UMC Team to Colonet, Mexico – April 6 - 12Pete Taylor leads and serves with Marna Taylor, Laurence Loper, Cindy Loper, Jesse Salem, Patricia Salem, John Lynch, Charles Noe and Doug McNeil also of Los Gatos UMC, Kelly Dougherty, Daniel Singleton and Jerrie McSorley of Los Gatos UMC .

Greenley – FUMC (Colorado) Team to Sacramento, California (North Sacramento UMC) – April 7 - 13Debbie Hull leads and serves with Donna Hettinger, Heather Hettinger, Kevin Hilmes and Kim Himes of Greenley FUMC. Host Team = Ron West, Joanne West, Dan Shaffer and Debbie Shaffer from North Sacramento UMC.

Reno FUMC Team to Montague, California (Montague UMC) – April 7 - 13Patty Bengston leads and serves with Nancy Wong, Joseph Stuart, Marilyn Hewitt, Becky Earl, Jay Earl, Kathleen Salo, Jeff Spalin, David Roundtree, Julee Olander, Robert Olmstead and Carol Olmstead of Reno - FUMC. Host Team = Joe Morgan from Montague UMC.

Los Altos Team to North San Juan, California (North San Juan UMC) – April 20 - 22Leslie Carmichael leads and serves with Hal Taylor of Los Altos UMC. Host Team = Susan Kopp and Roberta Foster from North San Juan UMC.

CARE-A-VANers Team to North San Juan, California (North San Juan UMC) – Week of April 21^st Rod Castor leads and serves with Gloria Castor of Sunnyvale – Trinity UMC and additional CARE-VAN-ers. Host Team = Susan Kopp and Roberta Foster from North San Juan UMC.