MERCI Center and Banded Brothers Form a Partnership
After a great deal of prayer and collaboration the Cabinet and Executive Committees of the Council on Finance and Administration, Trustees, Conference Connectional Table, MERCI and Banded Brothers (a 501c3 non-profit organization) are pleased to announce that the MERCI Center is currently under new management.
Banded Brothers is an organization that was established out of response to hurricane Katrina and they have offered to come in and take the responsibility of managing the day to day operations of MERCI. This group of men has grown out of our own Fuquay Varina UMC. They have committed to engage United Methodist Men, United Methodist Women, United Methodist Youth and all willing people in Disaster Relief efforts and other mission needs in the world.
Under the leadership of Charlie Gray, president of Banded Brothers this group of predominantly United Methodist Men have the resources and volunteer base to assist in the reduction of overhead costs to allow the ministry and mission of MERCI to continue.
We ask for your prayers and support as this partnership between MERCI and Banded Brothers unfolds in the next few months.
Respectfully submitted,
Rev. Suzanne Cobb
MERCI Board Chair