On a limited basis, the Memphis Conference is available to receive local church volunteer groups to help in NW Tennessee and Western Kentucky. Many of the requests are to remove trees and/or branches from driveways and yards. Not everyone needs a chainsaw and only persons with experience using one should be involved in cutting. One person to cut, several to drag, push, and pull, along with others to talk and pray with residents makes for a great team. If persons on your team can help provide some of your own meals and/or help those churches hosting volunteers, that would be a valuable service. Licensed electricians may be able to help reset boxes on homes so power can be restored. These opportunities subject to various local codes.
Due to power, plumbing, and space issues in some of the churches/communities, their ability to receive volunteers on certain dates will vary. They estimate at least a couple weeks of opportunity for needing volunteers. There are immediate openings for 2-3 teams of 7-10 on Thursday and Friday working out of Goshen UMC in Murray, KY. If you feel called and able to send a group over the next several weeks, please contact the Memphis Conference Disaster Call Center at 1-866-966-7161. They will take your information and forward to those coordinating groups in the three affected Districts. They will call you back to see let you know if they can receive you. Be ready to say when you can come, how many you can bring, and what you can do. If you schedule your group, please let me know so we can keep you in prayer and perhaps connect you with individual volunteers who may not have a team of their own. Please feel free to email or call me with questions you may have.
Currently, the Kentucky Conference is only receiving specially trained UMVIM Early Response Teams. We’ll send out an update if that changes.
Grace and Peace
Rev. Jason Brock 615-329-1177
Mercy, Mission, and Justice 615-293-8594 (mobile)
Disaster Response Coordinator 615-329-0884 (fax)
TN Conference United Methodist Church JBrock@tnumc.org
304 S. Perimeter Park Dr., Suite 1
Nashville, TN 37211
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