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Items That Are Needed!
The Joplin community has immediate need for the following items. You can drop these items off at Pleasant Hill First Baptist Church - 125 N. Armstrong – Pleasant Hill, MO during the hours of 8a – 5p (Monday through Friday). We will make sure those items are taken to Joplin at least on a weekly basis.
Current Needs: Water (by the case), cleaning supplies; food; juices; jelly; peanut butter; snack cakes; chips; instant oatmeal; personal care items (soap, shampoo, lotion, tooth paste, tooth brushes); hair dryers; shave cream; razors; women’s personal hygiene items; baby needs (formula, diapers, ointment, body wash); all sizes of underwear; sun block; insect repellant; flash lights and batteries; rakes; tote bags; containers for clean up; work gloves; manual can openers; pots and pans; styrofoam containers with lids (used to take meals out into the community)… please, no clothing at this time. (updated 05/29/2011 – 2:25p)
People from our Church in Joplin
* Brenda Brown – just returned
* Jeff & Tammy Stith with Big Creek BBQ and other KC BBQ folks
* Thomas Mullins with the Missouri Militia
* Greg Hudson – search and rescue/recovery
http://www.weekofcompassion.org/
Assemblies of God Disaster Relief
Catholic Charities of Kansas City
Convoy of Hope (K-Love)
Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC)
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Salvation Army
The Lutheran Church (Missouri Syndod)
United Methodist Committee on Relief
www.convoyofhope.com
www.churchworldservice.org
The Pleasant Hill Health and Rehab Center is taking items for the people in Joplin: Water, Clothing, Diapers, Underwear for all, Blankets, Socks, Shoes, etc…. items can be delivered to the First Baptist Church
www.weekofcompassion.org
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| Damage in the sanctuary of South Joplin Christian Church |
Reaching Out to “Each as Any Had Need”: Deadly Twisters Devastate Joplin Disciples
The numbers coming out of Joplin, MO, are overwhelming.
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| Tyler Whipkey, Student Pastor, and Jill Michel, Pastor – South Joplin Christian Church |
According to news reports as of this morning, 123 people were killed by the tornado that ripped through Southwest Missouri this past Sunday, making it one of the deadliest tornados in the state’s history. Property damage is estimated in the millions, and the loss of life and livelihood will inevitably have a catastrophic impact on this close-knit community. We have been in touch with South Joplin Christian Church and Joplin’s First Christian Church. Many, many families from those congregations have lost their homes. Others have sustained extensive damage. Each and every member has a neighbor or friend or relative who is suffering unbelievable loss. The situation can only be described as devastating–with so many of our own Disciples families gravely affected.
With the needs mounting, we need your help and hope.
Already this year, close to 500 people have been killed by tornados–far higher than the average. Communities have been affected in Mississippi, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio, Texas and Oklahoma. Every time we reach out on behalf of those suffering in the wake of unbelievable damage, you have responded out of generosity, solidarity, and compassion.
Amidst all of this seemingly unending destruction, we invite your continued support. At this stage, the immediate needs of our church members are the most critical for us to meet, and there will be much more for us to support in the recovery process: local long-term recovery committees; interfaith and ecumenical responses; Church World Service, as they respond to spring storms across the Midwest and South; and collaboration with Disciples Volunteering to discern how to best provide Disciples congregations with opportunities to serve in tornado-ravaged communities.
Your generosity is the beating heart of Week of Compassion’s response. We are incredibly grateful for the sustained impact your Courageous Compassion provides. Thank you for all that you have contributed and provided to communities you may have never even visited. Week of Compassion is what it is because of you. We respond immediately and effectively because YOU respond.
We have no idea what this disaster-filled spring will continue to bring. Contributions to the Compassion Response Fund will enable us to prepare for the worst, so we can continue to reach out to “each as any had need” (Acts 4:35).
We thank God for each of you, and we pray for all those individuals, families, congregations, and communities struck by tornados and severe weather this spring.
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Operation BBQ Relief in Joplin
Update on feeding folks in Joplin – We have four or five large capacity smokers. Should be enough. Can use some FEs to hold food once done. Again, we will be in the mall parking lot at 7th and Rangeline with the Farmers Insurance command center. You can MapQuest the location of the intersection. I plan to be in Joplin by noon on Tuesday. Stan is already in the area. If you are stopped by National Guard, let them know you are with the KCBS/Kookers Kare people working with Farmers Insurance to cook BBQ for displaced families and rescue workers. Looks like we have both pork and chicken donated and probably buns, water and single serving chips. Will verify that in the morning. Kookers Kare will be helping with other items. Have plenty of hickory donated per Tim Gray. May need charcoal. Pork may arrive sometime Tuesday. Chicken (50,000 pounds from OK Foods) arrives on Wednesday. Will feed any displaced families and rescue workers who come to our location. We will also obtain the locations/addresses of all temporary shelters set up in area churches, schools, etc. and deliver meals to those locations each day at lunch and dinner. Plan is to have 5 to 10 people there each day, Tuesday through Monday of next week. We can rotate out in shifts depending on when you can be there. Please post on the BBQ Relief page I will create here on Facebook and invite you to join when you can be there. I will be able to check as we will have WiFi through the Farmers Insurance satellite. My cell is (816) 590-5057 but I may or may not be able to take calls depending on what we’re doing or if we even will have good cell coverage as towers are down.
PLEASE – we can use as many ServSafe Certified people as possible to avoid problems with the health department!!! If you are not certified through ServSafe, go to www.ServSafe.com and purchase the online class. Mine for Missouri was only $15 and I completed the course, took the test and printed my certificate in less than 90 minutes! I think all of us arriving on Tuesday have done this. If you are coming later, there should be plenty of time! Don’t forget to print your certificate after you take the test and bring a couple of copies with you just in case.
What should you bring? Some suggestions:
* ServSafe Certificate (couple of copies)
* Snacks and drinks for yourself
* Coolers
* Cambro / Carlisle
* Thermapen
* Single use gloves (preferably nitrile)
* Any rubs and/or sauces you wish to donate!!!
* Pillow / blanket / chair (some sleeping in their car – limited space for RVs)
* Rain gear (it’s supposed to rain from time to time)
* If you have them and wish to contribute, full size aluminum pans and foil/lids
* Change of clothes or two and comfortable shoes
* Bus tubs
*Full size sheet pans
* Coleman Hot water heaters
* water storage containers (FILLED AT HOME!!! There is a boil order in Joplin!)
* Generators (bring plenty of gasoline)
* Camera (I plan to take some photos – I fully expect seeing things that will remain with me the rest of my life)
Safe travels to you all and thank you for your support of the citizens of Joplin.
First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
519 Cedar St.
Pleasant Hill, MO 64080
[There is a link in the resources section to Map quest with directions to the Church]
8:00am Worship
8:30am Breakfast
9:30am Sunday School for all ages
10:30am Traditional Worship
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