THREE RIVERS DISTRICT
Homes to be considered for our 2016 project. Project 3:12 is 3 Rivers Volunteers for 1 day coming 2gether doing outreach and ministry.
We will focus on the 3R's (Reach out in love, Rebuild homes and lives, Restore hope through relationship) stemming from the message found in 1 Thessalonians 3:12 "And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all people."
The work team will do minor repair projects for homeowners who reside in the Three Rivers District who could not otherwise afford them.Homeowners Applications are available. If you know someone in your community that would benefit from this act of love and service, please share the information with them.
Cost for volunteers is $15/person to cover required liability insurance.
The Three Rivers District Volunteers in Mission (VIM) organizes two mission trips per year. Read about the volunteer experience in the Gateway District of the North Carolina Conference.
By Rev. Dairel Kaiser
The thirteenth work mission trip of the Three Rivers District VIM Team of the East Ohio Conference ventured to the Gateway District of the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church with fifteen volunteers representing six congregations. Volunteers arrange their own travel to North Carolina and paid $150.00 participation fee for housing and meals.
The team worked on a house with ceiling damage in the majority of the home due in part to a leaky roof for over twenty years. The entire roof needed replaced as did include the front porch. Structurally the bathroom needed a complete overhaul down to the floor joists. There was much drywall needed throughout the house followed by painting. Almost all the electrical switches and some light fixtures needed repaired. Team members averaged just under 10 work hours per day (in addition to the 40 minute commute) for a total of 726 actual volunteer hours.
Robeson County, the county of our work site, is the poorest in the country. Sixty-eight percent of the county is populated by the Lumbee Tribe of Native Americans, African Americans, and Hispanics. Partnering with the Laurinburg, NC mission, Partners-In-Ministry, whom provided $8,000.00 in materials for structural and safety repairs. The Three Rivers Team stretched this budget and also contributed to a few other repairs in the home. The TR VIM team lovingly provided some personal touches with funds donated by local Three River church families.
The home-owners greeted the team each day with a Christian hug and kiss. These relationships will last a long time.
* Rev. Dairel Kaiser (Keene UMC)
Three Rivers Chair Mission & Ministry Strategy Team
Three Rivers District
Rev. Edward Fashbaugh, II
District Superintendent
Joy Snyder
Administrative Assistant
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