Help for Puerto Rico
Clergy of the two Philadelphia Area conferences, Eastern Pennsylvania and Peninsula-Delaware, brought many of their donations to their joint Lenten Day Apart event, held March 4 at Aldersgate UMC in Wilmington. (Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Photo).
The Eastern PA Conference is living up to its 2018 campaign commitment to “Help Puerto Rico Rise Again!” Our third Volunteers in Mission (VIM) team heads there June 15 to donate collected hurricane recovery funds and skilled labor. Both are greatly needed and appreciated by the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico (MCPR).
Churches of the Eastern PA and Peninsula-Delaware conferences raised over $22,000 together so far this year, and the Mid-Atlantic UM Foundation added a $10,000 challenge grant, for a total of $32,030. The third Eastern PA Conference VIM team, led by the Rev. Nicolas Camacho, will deliver the funds to the MCPR when it arrives in Puerto Rico June 15. The donation will help restore a badly damaged home.
A second Eastern PA Conference VIM team, also composed of clergy and laity from various churches, traveled there to work from March 30 to April 6. Learn more…