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Flood Relief Update!
As our congregation explores ways to actively support the flood recovery effort in our area this summer,
another opportunity available is working to renovate homes damaged by last summer’s flood. We are
hoping to organize work crews to respond to the needs in the area of Indian Creek Nature Center in SE Cedar
Rapids. This seems to be an area not included in large group efforts, but one in which 27 homes were flooded
and still remain empty and in need of renovation.
The work in this area is being coordinated through the United Methodist Church UMCOR Long-Term Recovery Center in cooperation with Keith Pitts, associate pastor of the Valley View Baptist Church on Mount Vernon Road. They are usually working on one house at a time and following it through the many steps from removing damaged materials through the finishing process. Thus, their need for volunteers (with certain skills) depends on the portion of the process currently underway.
Several of our congregation members have expressed a strong interest in committing to this project - perhaps once weekly, perhaps more, perhaps less. Won’t you consider joining us to create a work team from our congregation?
Men, women, and teens 14 or older are encouraged to become involved. Please indicate your interest in learning more about this work team and also indicate the skills that you would bring to the experience; we will gladly contact you to discuss the many ways we can respond to this great need from right here at home. Possible skills needed include:
To ask for further information or indicate your interest in becoming involved, please contact Karen and Mike Stewart at 319.482.3621.
Construction News!
Work on church renovation is beginning again, which will require patience and some accommodations.
Beginning soon, the east driveway off Third Avenue will be barricaded on Mondays through Fridays so large
trucks can bring in equipment to build the new elevator tower. Anyone using the parking lot on weekdays will
need to use the Fourth Avenue exit as an entrance as well. The barricades will be removed for weekends.
Beginning April 6, the upper and lower hallways between the church and education building will be closed, also for the construction and installment of the elevator. This situation may last for at least three months. The closing of the hallways also means there will be no access to the hallway restrooms. For persons worshipping or meeting in the church, the only available restrooms will be in Fellowship Hall. Persons going from the church to the education building and vice versa will need to use the west sidewalk.
The Building Committee regrets these inconveniences and urges everyone to focus on our dream coming true: convenient and safe access to all floors of the church!
For more than 150 years, the Mount Vernon United Methodist Church has provided spiritual guidance, opportunities for worship, Christian education and fellowship for the citizens of the community and Cornell students.
Its historic beauty has served as a blessed site for weddings, funerals, and baptisms, as well as worship and many community events. Its concern for mission and social justice has reached persons throughout the world, offers many opportunities for members to live their faith through serving others.
We hope you will find the information you need about our church by clicking on one of the buttons to the left, or by calling our church office.
Welcome from the "People of the Warm Heart"!
Please Join Us.... Sunday Worship Service Summer Worship Schedule starts May 24, 2009 Worship and Praise Service 8:30am No Sunday School during summer Fellowship Time 9:30 am Traditional Worship Service 10:00am Child Care is provided
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