• The Disaster Relief Benefit Concert & Cajun Cookout, held July 7 at the Alpha Ranch in Ashville, raised funds for M.U.D. Ministries disaster relief efforts.
The proceeds were donated to uninsured and underinsured families whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged by the April 27 tornadoes.
The event was hosted by M.U.D. Ministries (Making U Disciples), a ministry of Evangelist Eric Hixon, in partnership with Katrina Victims Give Back, a ministry of First Baptist Church, Grand Isle, La.
Those in attendance enjoyed listening to country Christian artist Hunter Erwin as well as eating a jambalaya dinner.
The group from Grand Isle had a desire to give back to volunteers from Alabama who helped Louisiana in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Group members completed disaster relief cleanup projects, children’s ministry events and food distribution in northern Alabama July 5–11.
M.U.D. Ministries has been hosting missions teams from across the country for evangelism and disaster relief work. For more information, call 256-431-4429 or visit www.mudministries.com.
• Concord Highland Baptist Church, Hueytown, in Bessemer Baptist Association received the latest of the mobile chapels being distributed by Alabama Baptist disaster relief following damage done by the April 27 tornadoes. The mobile unit for Concord Highland Baptist was installed July 14.
Other mobile chapels have been placed at the following:
– Boone’s Chapel Baptist Church, Prattville, Autauga Baptist Association (following an April 15 tornado)
– Mount Hebron East Baptist Church, Eclectic, Elmore Baptist Association
– Mountain View Baptist Church, Phil Campbell, Franklin Baptist Association
– Emmanuel Baptist Church, Hackleburg, Marion Baptist Association
– Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Spring Garden, Cherokee Baptist Association
• Disaster relief volunteers are still needed in Tuscaloosa following the April 27 tornadoes, specifically at the Forest Lake Baptist Church Disaster Relief Center, church officials reported.
The center is organized by Forest Lake Baptist members and other volunteer teams and is set to be open for more than two years.
“Our operations continue to change as the dynamics of this disaster unfold,” said Terri Hibbard, relief center director.
The center deals with various tasks “through a work order system that coordinates volunteers with the needs,” she said.
“Our outside relief activities now include a growing list of missions group trips, some scheduled for on-site housing at Forest Lake Baptist Church, to perform various skilled work for disaster victims,” Hibbard noted. “We also provide lists of various Tuscaloosa-approved agencies and contractors as general information to get power back on and rebuild in the recovery zone.”
The center operates 10 a.m.–6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m.–2 p.m. on Saturday.
Volunteers help stock and organize clothing, household items and cleaning supplies. They also may assist those coming to pick up items and pray with them as needed.
“We greatly appreciate the love, support and prayers provided by everyone and the volunteers working in our centers,” Hibbard said. “God continues to prove His overwhelming resource of supplies, labor and miracles. The relief center mission continues to bring others to Christ.”
For more information, contact Hibbard at THmiracle@msn.com or 205-759-1569.
• Tuscaloosa Baptist Association held a special event — Restoring Our City, Restoring Our Hope — June 28 to honor the Baptist churches of Tuscaloosa affected by the April 27 tornado. It may be that they were destroyed or damaged, but it also might be that they are providing facilities for volunteers and organizations to work out of.
The event was held at Circlewood Baptist Church and featured Alabama-native Ted Traylor, pastor of Olive Baptist Church, Pensacola, Fla.
Worship was led by Leo Day, minister of music at Olive Baptist, and a prayer time was led by Roger Henderson, missions and mobilization pastor of Warren Baptist Church, Augusta, Ga.
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