by RJ Jun | Nov 29, 2022 | Disaster, Disaster Response, Missional Engagement
VAUMC ERT to Florida ERT (Early Response Team) is a group of certified volunteers deployed to areas hit by disasters to help clean up the house so homeowners can start the recovery journey. The rebuilding phase starts after ERT members finish cleaning up. Usually, the...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 15, 2022 | Missional Engagement, Serving Blog
By Bill Pike , Trinity UMC, Richmond On the morning of Friday, November 11, I suspect some of the bucket brigade who showed up at the Virginia Conference office to move and load flood buckets are a bit stiff, maybe achy in the arms and shoulders, and moving a little...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 10, 2022 | Missional Engagement, News, Serving Blog, Virginia News
Bucket brigades formed in large and small congregations to create cleaning kits needed for disaster relief November 10, 2022 GLEN ALLEN, VA – The Rev. Bob Pihlcrantz, the disaster coordinator for the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church (VAUMC),...
by Brenda Capen | Nov 10, 2022 | Missional Engagement, News, Serving Blog, Virginia News
Bucket brigades formed in large and small congregations to create cleaning kits needed for disaster relief November 10, 2022 GLEN ALLEN, VA – The Rev. Bob Pihlcrantz, the disaster coordinator for the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church (VAUMC),...
by RJ Jun | Oct 25, 2022 | 2022 Cleaning, Missional Engagement, News
A couple of weeks ago, the Rev. Dr. Steven Summers, Assistant to the Bishop and Director of Connectional Ministries, challenged the Connectional Ministries staff to join the 2022 Special Cleaning Kit Collection. At first, we thought, ‘what can a group of 20-30 people...
by RJ Jun | Oct 13, 2022 | Missional Engagement, News, Serving Blog
From left to right – Jim Andrews, Rev. Barbara Miner, Rev. Tom Berlin, Rev. Dr. Jim Driscroll (Military Chaplaincy DMin Director), Rev. Dr. Peter Moon, Rev. Dr. David McAllister-Willson (President of Wesley Theological Seminary), Rev. Seungsoo ‘RJ’...
