The Rio Texas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church

Rio Texas Early Response Teams, as well as ERT’s from around the country, continue to descend upon the coastal bend to clean up after the destruction of Hurricane Harvey.

While communities across the Coastal Bend assess damage and begin the long journey of recovery, Rio Texas United Methodists have been quick to respond to the need for money and volunteers.

Several churches in the Rio Texas Annual Conference are just beginning to clean up and begin repairs after Hurricane Harvey tore through parts of the Coastal Bend.

So far, 15 churches in Rio Texas have reported damage related to Harvey. Some experienced minor wind or water damage while others faced damage extensive enough to keep them out of their worship space indefinitely.

Read in English

La Iglesia Metodista Unida “La Trinidad” de San Antonio ofrecerá una serie de eventos durante el Mes de la Hispanidad  empezando con el evento "Una Noche Mexicana” (17 de septiembre 5:00 PM, $8.00) una fiesta de comidas regionales y música folklórica.  Luego habrá un Congreso sobre el tema de “La Obra Hispana” y finalmente un Culto Unido.

By Laura Bray

Mangled sheet metal all over lawns. Enormous piles of cut tree trunks and limbs lined up along the roads. The growl of chainsaws and the high-pitched whine of Bobcat front-end loaders echoing through town. The two-stroke “chucka-chucka” and gas fumes from nearby generators. Mobile homes broken and laying on their sides or in ditches. Buildings missing walls or roofs—or both. My heart broke as my Early Response Team (ERT) drove into Fulton—two weeks after Hurricane Harvey.

As a child of the Gulf Coast, I understand the havoc a hurricane wreaks. As a first-time ERT responder, the sights and sounds just took my breath away.

While churches and communities begin cleaning up in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, some Rio Texas Annual Conference churches have responded in creative ways. One church has been intentional in involving children in the response.

Cimarron Praise United Methodist Church, Converse wanted to involve children in the hurricane response. Rev. Dawn Baird invited the children to participate through art. During the children's portion of worship, Baird talked about Jesus calling the disciples in the Gospel of Matthew. She then asked the children how they could provide relief to those affected by the storms.