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More than three weeks after flooding began in Pakistan, the emergency continues to unfold, with no end in sight. While entire villages and towns remain submerged in floodwaters, the fear of starvation, illness, and disease is compounded by the continual threat of fresh rains.
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) partners in Pakistan report that thousands of people are still stranded and cut off by floodwaters. More than 1,600 have died and some 20 million have been impacted by the crisis, including, according to UNICEF, 6 million children.
Hundreds of roads and bridges have been destroyed, and the World Bank estimates that a billion dollars in crops have been lost. Damage to the country's economy and to individual livelihoods is incalculable.
UMCOR grants are providing clean drinking water, food, temporary shelter, and medical aid to tens of thousands of people affected by the crisis.
Your gift to International Disaster Response, will help UMCOR address the needs of the most vulnerable populations affected by the flooding. Make your check out to UMCOR Advance #982450, indicate "Pakistan Emergency" on the memo line of your check and place it in the offering plate when it is passed.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is the not-for-profit global humanitarian aid organization of the United Methodist Church. UMCOR is working in more than 80 countries worldwide, including the United States. Its mission, grounded in the teachings of Jesus, is to alleviate human suffering—whether caused by war, conflict or natural disaster, with open hearts and minds to all people.
UMCOR responds to natural or civil disasters that are interruptions of such magnitude that they overwhelm a community's ability to recover on its own. In partnership with local organizations, UMCOR helps survivors rebuild their livelihoods, health and homes. In times of acute crisis UMCOR mobilizes emergency supplies, fresh water, and temporary shelter to stricken areas, and then stays as long as it takes to implement long-term recovery. UMCOR Relief efforts are still underway in many parts of our world, including Haiti. You may also designate gifts to Haiti by indicating UMCOR Advance #418325 on your check.
Every dollar you give to UMCOR goes to the program you designate. UMCOR is 100% efficient.
When you give through our local church, University Circle United Methodist Church receives credit from our East Ohio
People who are ages 25-40 (ish) are planning to get together on September 18th, 4pm, at the home of Shawn and Megan Hufendick in Willoughby. Plans include a cookout/potluck, playing cornhole, roasting marshmallows and hopefully enjoying good weather outside on the deck. Directions and more details will be sent to those who respond. Please email Megan at 
Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and bring your friends! You'll picnic in the park (next to our church parking lot) while enjoying the mellow sounds of jazz music performed by talented area jazz instrumentalists led by our University Circle UMC member David Kay. Food will be provided by our UCUMC Hospitality Group. Be casual, be comfortable, and be prepared for a terrific time of picnic, music and fellowship.
The Rev. Maurice King passed away on December 20, 2009. He was born in 1935 in Mississippi, attended Rust College on a full music scholarship, obtained his seminary degree from Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta and participated in the civil rights movement while attending seminary.