9/2/2005
Hurrican Katrina and the Church
According to the press covering the story, the response on the part of local, state and federal governments to the havoc created by Katrina is nothing less than a national disgrace. Indeed, thousands of people, many of whom could not evacuate New Orleans have gone without the basics of water and food for five days. All they have available to them are the substances that they can loot (it’s reported that this is true of the police force in the area as well) and the few morsels dropped from military helicopters in the last day or so. One reporter from MSNBC reported that the school used as the primary area to house refugees in Biloxi, Mississippi had not seen any official for more than five days. Indeed, he reported, the only reason that any of these people have food or water is because of private charities and churches, which raises the question, “What is the role of the church in the face of such a devastating disaster?” How can we at Brush United Methodist Church help these people who are certainly those that the Gospel of Matthew refers to as the “least of these,” and for whom our help, the Gospel reports, is the same as helping Christ?
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7/28/2005
Building Usage
We are rapidly entering a post-Head Start era in our church. Head Start is still a part of the church’s ministry (we are still the grantees), but because it has moved into Thomson School, we now have a building that we need to once again fill. In this blog, we are asking you to do some dreaming. What types of ministries/programs would you like to see in our building? How can we best utilize our building to communicate the good news of God’s salvation through Christ to the community of Brush and surrounding areas?