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WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW

JOIN US on August 22, 2010 at Pass-a-Grill Community Church, beginning at 7:00 pm as we Come to the Water to Pray”.  A suggested community worship experience sponsored by the Florida Conference of the United Church of Christ in response to the crisis of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Worship Bulletin

 

GIVE You can provide assistance for families whose livelihoods and employment have been negatively impacted by the oil spill and who may fall through the cracks of other assistance programs. Your generosity will help make it possible for these families to meet their basic needs.

PRAY Lift up prayers for the people of the gulf, for the livelihoods that will be affected and for the devastated environment.

TAKE ACTION The Senate is taking up energy reform.  In the wake of the Gulf Coast oil spill disaster, let them know it’s time to turn words into action and pass strong climate and energy legislation.  

VOLUNTEER If you or someone you know is interested in volunteering, please call the Deepwater Horizon Response Volunteer Request Line at 1-866-448-5816 or visit their Web site.

 
 
 
 

Slideshow from Justice and Witness Ministries

 

On June 7, a group of seven people representing the United Church of Christ, Mennonite Disaster Services, Lutheran Disaster Response and Church World Service had the opportunity to travel to Grand Bayou, Venice and other areas along the lower Mississippi River affected by the oil spill. UCC participants included Florence Coppola and Alan Coe of UCC Disaster Ministries and Loey Powell of Justice and Witness Ministries.

 

 
 
 

 




National Geographic Video

 

Resources for Congregations

File GMP Geoffrey Black Joins Heads of Communion in Joint Letter to Congressional Leadership
File Tips for Dealing with Emotional Health issues and the Gulf Oil Spill

Worship Resources
File  -NEW- Bulletin Insert by Mari Castellanos, Troubled Waters
File Daily Devotional: Earth to Humanity
File Additional Worship Materials
File On Sunday, August 22, Bethel United Church of Christ shared in a litany during worship in support of the people of the Gulf Coast. The litany concluded with the congregation “waving their love” to Gulf area residents.

 Health Resources
File Additional Health Concerns
File Health Hazard in Gulf Warrant Evacuations
File If It Was My Home - Visualizing the BP Oil Spill
File When Will We Ever Learn

 

 
 
Other UCC and
UCC Related Responses


File Back Bay Mission, Biloxi, MS
File Louisiana Environmental Action Network link

UCC Conferences

File Florida Conference
File Pass-A-Grill Church, Stl. Pete Beach, Fl

State specific volunteer opportunities:

File Louisiana
File Mississippi
File Florida
File Alabama
 
 
 
 
Contact

Florence A. Coppola
Executive for National Disaster Ministries
Wider Church Ministries
700 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio  44115
Phone: 216-736-3211
coppolaf@ucc.org

Loey Powell
Executive for Administration & Women's Justice
Justice And Witness Ministries
700 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio  44115
Phone: 216-736-3715
powelll@ucc.org