You are invited to participate in Love for Liberia – Change the World Day!

The Love for Liberia focus for January – June 2011 is the Ganta United Methodist Mission Hospital/community health ministry and the mission station schools.  You are invited to participate in supporting these critical ministries through the collection of critical items needed by Ganta medical providers and patients, and school teachers and students.

Please see the Quarterly Focus for Love for Liberia.  This page will provide a full list of ministry opportunities – hands and hearts, collection, mission trip opportunity, and prayer requests.

We are collecting:

• Collect School Kits for Students- Click here for items and instructions (Collection to be carried to MERCI Center on May 14 – Volunteers needed at MERCI.)
• Collect a health kit for patients served by Ganta Hospital and the Community Health Ministry(Collection to be carried to MERCI Center on May 14 – Volunteers needed at MERCI.)
• Collect a birthing kit for mothers being served by Ganta Hospital and the Community Health Ministry (Collection to be carried to MERCI Center on May 14 – Volunteers needed at MERCI.)
• Medical Supply Kits (Collection to be carried to MERCI Center on May 14 – Volunteers needed at MERCI.)
• Collect Story Books for Children and Age-Appropriate Bibles (Collection to be carried to MERCI Center on May 14 – Volunteers needed at MERCI.)
• Teacher resources and Equipping Classrooms (Collection to be carried to MERCI Center on May 14 – Volunteers needed at MERCI.)
• Donate High School Physics, Chemistry, Zoology books and dictionaries for library. (Collection to be carried to MERCI Center on May 14 – Volunteers needed at MERCI.)

There is also an upcoming opportunity for joining a medical and educational mission team to Liberia.

• Join a teaching/medical mission Team

You are also invited to participate at MERCI on May 14 for the shipment day.
Your District Mission Secretary will soon have more information to your regarding collection points and volunteer opportunities. Stay-tuned to the Love for Liberia First Quarter Page for more information!

Disaster can happen at any moment - get trained as an early responder!

ERT Training is an integral part of MERCI’s commitment to disaster readiness in the NC Conference.  MERCI Center is sponsoring an ERT (Early Response Training) session on Saturday, January 29 at the United Methodist Building located at 700 Waterfield Ridge Place Garner, NC 27529.

Training begins at 8:00AM in the Sam Dixon Chapel and will end at 5:00PM. The training will be limited to the first twenty five ( 25 ) folks to register.  Cost is $30.00 which includes all training materials, badge and tee shirt. Please contact MERCI Center Volunteer Coordinator: Bob Pavone at 1-888-440-9167 or by e-mail at bpavone@nccumc.org for further details and to register.

Children in Africa, especially the children living in rural areas, desperately need access to the basic commodities for health.

MERCI Center needs volunteers this Monday 12/6/10 and Tuesday 12/7/10 to prepare Health Kits for shipment on Wednesday to Africa. We have 6,000 health kits that are complete with the exception of toothpaste. We need volunteers to open each health kit, insert a tube of toothpaste and reclose the zip lock bag and we are done. Challenge here is that we have 6,000 to reload. Those who can, please come on Monday or Tuesday between 9:00AM and 4:30PM. We are also in need of 6oz tubes of toothpaste if you are able to bring some but that is not required – WE NEED HANDS !!!!!!  Our address is 676 Community Drive in Goldsboro NC 27530  1-888-440-9167.

Here is the latest MERCI Center newsletter.  There are many new and vibrant ministries happening!  Come and join us and together we will journey with Jesus!

MERCI Center recently enhanced its ability to respond to natural disasters as well as to address the needs of our other ministries through the purchase of a commercial box truck.   This vehicle has a 20 foot enclosed bed and is equipped with a power lift tailgate. The vehicle will facilitate the transport of cleaning buckets and other relief supplies as well as provide a valuable transportation tool for our other ministries.  We want to say thanks to all the generous folks who worked hard to make this addition to our fleet a reality.  Read more at MERCI ME Nov 2010