When a tornado struck Albertville on April 24, many people responded quickly, including those involved with Marshall County Christian Services’ (MCCS) Christian Women’s Job Corps (CWJC) and Christian Men’s Job Corps (CMJC).
“We were immediately called out to help displaced families,” said Linda Henry, executive director of MCCS and CWJC/CMJC consultant for Alabama Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU). “We were asked to set up a help center for the victims.”
So one of the CWJC sites, Cahill Baptist Chapel, Albertville, became a food and clothing center.
The first week following the tornado, CWJC and CMJC canceled classes and focused on meeting needs. Some CWJC and CMJC participants also volunteered at Cowboy Church of Marshall County, Albertville, serving meals to victims.
“I am in awe at the things that have been happening in Albertville in the last few weeks,” Henry said. “I am so proud of my CWJC/CMJC participants, both current and past, (who) have joined in to help with the recovery efforts here.”
The men and women have worked early and late hours sorting and sizing clothing donations, setting up and tearing down tables, unloading donations, cleaning up debris left by the tornado and working at the help center, she said.
“All of them will tell you that they feel blessed,” Henry said. “A big part of CWJC/CMJC is being able to give back, and these men and women have been such a blessing to me by doing just that.”
CWJC and CMJC are ministries of national WMU, and their purpose is to “provide a Christian context in which men and women in need are equipped for life and employment and a missions context in which women help women and men help men.” (TAB)
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