Disciples Volunteering: Disaster Response is sending a Mission Team to Alaska at the end of the week. We will be posting updates to this blog as often as possible, so check back frequently to see how God is moving as we partner in mission with neighbors in need. Following is an excerpt, lightly edited, from an article by James Patterson describing this venture that will include 19 volunteers from 8 regions of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ):
The Yukon River Flood Mission Project in Alaska is being put together by Disciples Volunteering of Disciples Home Missions and will take place Aug. 21 – Sept. 14. Northeast Alaska was hit with heavy flooding this past spring, an area where many Native American communities are located.
Participants will pay their own travel costs to and from Anchorage, Alaska, where they will initially gather. A $12,000 Week of Compassion grant will be used to help defray costs of travel, food and other expenses once the volunteers reach Alaska. They will address flooding that has occurred along the Yukon River…
The work trip is being sponsored by Disciples Volunteering, First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Anchorage, Alaska, the Northwest Region of the Christian Church, North Alaska Disaster Response, and Week of Compassion…
“I believe that this is a fantastic opportunity for us to truly live out and celebrate our call to be engaged in mission ‘from our doorsteps to the ends of the earth,’ “ said Carl E. Zerweck, III, Director of Disciples Volunteering. To donate to the project or get more information, contact Zerweck at 317-289-5061 or visit www.discipleshomemission.org
