Cedar Mill Bible Church - Disaster Relief Volunteer Opportunities

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Vernonia, OR Disaster Relief

April 20, 2008
"We wish to thank all of the Cedar Mill Bible Church volunteers who stepped forward to help with the Vernonia flood recovery. We are so proud of all of you! Over the past 12 weeks, more than 140 of you have traveled to Vernonia to help. You have gutted eight houses, repaired the Vernonia Christian Church building so they could hold services, helped with their worship services, worked at the Vernonia Cares Food Bank and distribution center, helped many others in the neighborhood when you saw the need, and rebuilt two houses. Everyone at the Vernonia Christian Church expressed their gratitude for our help. Rob, manager of the Vernonia Volunteer Workers Center, mentioned that FEMA is paying the City of Vernonia for the volunteer hours worked and that CMBC alone has added over $8,000 to the city's coffers.

Similar to the Hurricane Katrina recovery work, the rebuilding effort is just the by-product of what really happens when we step forward to serve the Lord and to share His love with others. We have been blessed by working alongside people of all ages, some we have never met even though we attend the same church. The fondest memories we have are the new friends we have made through this adventure. Every Saturday evening after we returned home we laughed at how God once again provided the exact number of people with the exact talents needed to do the jobs we had planned for that day. Again, thanks to all of you!" -CMBC members

Faith Bible Church, Slidell, LA Disaster Relief

Future Efforts:
Another team is scheduled to go to Slidell June 14-21, 2008. A completed application and $100 deposit are due by April 28.

Please contact Lori at the church office with any questions.

Vision: To assist other agencies and churches in providing immediate relief; then assist a local church over the coming year to get back on its feet so that it can continue long-term ministry to its community.

Efforts to Date:
October 2005—sent $30,000 to World Relief to help with initial relief efforts.
November 2005—sent 500 personal hygiene kits to Baton Rouge for Streams of Life.
December 2005—sent 1000 cleaning kits for home owners to Baton Rouge.
December 2005—sent 16 people to Pascagoula to help rebuild homes.
January 2006—identified Faith Bible Church (FBC) in Slidell, LA as a church to assist.
June 2006—helped to replace the pastor’s library at FBC.
October 27-29, 2006—hosted a women’s retreat. Click here to read comments from the retreat.
March 2006 to November 2007—sent over 11 teams of people to help rebuild homes with FBC.

Funds collected to date for the work: Over $100,000.

Participants: Over 100 people who helped package and deliver supplies and over 50 people who have gone on trips to the disaster areas.

FINANCIAL PARTNERSHIP
Partner with us in this relief effort by donating financially. Donations can be sent to the Cedar Mill Bible Church office at 14273 NW Science Park Drive, Portland, OR 97229. Checks should be made out to Cedar Mill Bible Church with “Disaster Relief” in the memo line. All funds go directly to relief efforts in the southern United States.