We are Serving Bloomsburg Flood Survivors Saturday October 29

Posted on 01. Oct, 2011 by pking in News

The recent flood in Bloomsburg, PA wreaked havoc on the community and surrounding areas when the Susquehanna River overflowed its banks. The American Red Cross is now reporting that the flood destroyed more than 1,000 homes and did damage to another 2,300 in Columbia County alone.

Residents are still cleaning up the devastation…and they need your help in October.

Group Ministries, whose Workcamps we have gone to for years, is targeting Bloomsburg with The Big Day of Serving which will help with projects like picking up debris, tearing out drywall, and cleaning walls to help residents get their homes prepared for repairs, if they are determined habitable.

Our church is organizing for Saturday, October 29^th. We will need to be in Bloomsburg at 7:30 am. The cost is $29/ person to cover materials as well as lunch and dinner. Please bring bottled water. Registration for the 29^th is through the church office (524-4419 or info@first-presby.org).

The Big Day of Serving is typically a youth targeted event, but we need the entire church and others you know to partner with us for one Saturday in October. If you are unable to join us on October 29^th, work will happen every Saturday in October. Please invite everyone you know to come with you….

Youth Groups, Women’s Groups, Men’s Groups, Life groups, etc

People you know from a neighboring community or church

Your family, friends, and neighbors

Choose from a flood relief event any Saturday in October:

October 8 ** October 15 ** October 22 ** October 29

Your service will not only make a physical impact on Bloomsburg, but you will offer these residents hope as you serve them.

If you have any questions or wish to register for dates other than the 29th, please call Jake Rasmussen at 866-974-6759.