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RUSKIN — Kenlyn South and members of her family are surrounded by just one load of toys for the visually impaired children she helps throughout the year. Photo courtesy of Kenlyn South, Photo #05-292, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0420. | |
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PORT ORANGE — A volunteer at First United Methodist Church helps entertain the younger children attending the church's third annual Parents Night Out event while the older kids watch a movie. Photo by Samantha Noonan, Photo #05-291, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0419. | |
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ORMOND BEACH — First United Methodist Church is transformed into the wardrobe of C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Members of the church built at wardrobe that was attached to the entrance of the sanctuary. The lampost featured in the story can be seen through the wardrobe doors. Photo by the Rev. Jay Therell, Photo #05-290, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0418.
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TAMPA — A family together, but divided. Joseph and Murlende Jerome (back left, center) are caring for their niece Sophonie, 6, (bottom right) and nephew Kinsley, 4, (bottom center) after the children's parents were deported to Haiti. Also pictured are the Jerome's children, Angelo, 11, (back right) and Cindy, 10, (bottom left). The family attended the recent round table on immigration. Photo by Janice Buchholz, Photo #05-289, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0415. | |
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MERRITT ISLAND — A strong man tests his strength at a block party held for neighbors at Grace United Methodist Church here. Photo by the Rev. Bob Pearcy, Photo #05-288, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0413.
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GEORGETOWN — Georgetown United Methodist Church recently had to start a second service because its average worship attendance of 110 exceeds seating capacity. Shirley Drake Jordan says members "support and are enthusiastic about our Angels on Assignment outreach." Photo courtesy of Shirley Jordan, Photo #05-287, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0410.
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WELAKA — Shirley Drake Jordan and her husband, Joe, retired to Florida, but immediately put themselves to work starting Angels on Assignment at their church, Georgetown United Methodist Church. The ministry works to meet the needs of people facing a variety of hardships. Photo courtesy of Shirley Jordan, Photo #05-286, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0410. | |
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MARATHON — Marathon Community United Methodist Church in the lower Keys was one of about 100 Florida United Methodist churches damaged during Hurricane Wilma. Water from Florida Bay washed through the sanctary, flowed to the center line of US1 and then flooded back through the sanctuary. Photo by the Rev. Deborah McLeod, Photo #05-285, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0408. | |
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MARATHON — Debris piles, like this one in Marathon, lined most of the roads in the lower Keys. Nearly 60 percent of cars were flooded. Photo by the Rev. Deborah McLeod, Photo #05-284, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0408.
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BRADENTON — Bishop José Quipungo (second from right, middle) of the East Angola Conference and Francisco Cautama (left, back) and Alcides Martins (second from left, middle), the two students from Angola who are studying at Florida Southern College as part of the partnership between the Florida and East Angola conferences, visit with the Revs. Steve (back, right) and Catherine Price (middle, left) at their home during Quipungo's trip to Florida. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Steve Price. Photo #05-283, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0406. | |
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The East Belfast Mission operates a number of community service programs, including this jobs center in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland has high levels of teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse and chronic unemployment. A UMNS photo by Kathleen LaCamera. Photo #05-282, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0405.
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LAKELAND — (Left to right) East Belfast Mission staff members Peter Quigley, Linda Armitage, Susan Bennett and the Rev. Dr. Gary Mason share a moment with Florida Conference staff member the Rev. Dr. Larry Rankin (second from right) while visiting the Florida Conference Center in October. They were here to spread the word about Skainos, a project to build an urban village on a two-acre tract of land in a district of Belfast. Photo by J.A. Buchholz, Photo #05-281, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0405.
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ORLANDO — Lynette Fields, executive director of Servant Ministry at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Orlando, leads a training on early response after a disaster. Photo by Christy Smith, Photo #05-280, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0403. | |
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CLEWISTON — A sign at First United Methodist Church of Clewiston was no match for the strength of Hurricane Wilma's winds. Photo by the Rev. David Berkey, Photo #05-279, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0402. | |
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ISRAEL — U.S. religious leaders participating in an interfaith trip to the Middle East to learn about the peace process in Israel and the Palestinian territories visited the Western Wall (Temple Mount), also known as The Wailing Wall. Photo by the Rev. David McEntire, Photo #05-278, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0399.
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ISRAEL — The Rev. David McEntire (center), pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches, and other religious leaders from the United States talk with Khalil Shikaki (left), a Palestinian researcher and statistician, during an interfaith trip to the Middle East to learn about the peace process in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Photo courtesy of the Rev. David McEntire, Photo #05-277, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0399. Web photo only. | |
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FLORIDA CITY — A group of girls participating in afternoon activities offered by the Branches ministry after Hurricane Wilma learns about nail care. Photo by Tita Parham, Photo #05-276, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0398.
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FLORIDA CITY — Volunteer Stacey Morales tells the story of the Good Samaritan and challenges kids participating in afternoon activities at the Branches outreach ministry to do something good for someone else. Branches offered the kids a place to go and a hot meal for a week after Hurricane Wilma while school was closed. Photo by Tita Parham, Photo #05-275, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0398. | |
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PEMBROKE PINES — A team from Epworth United Methodist Church puts a tarp on the roof of church member Patty Hill's house. The church gave tarps to members and neighbors around the church to help them secure their homes after Hurricane Wilma. Photo by Tita Parham, Photo #05-273, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0396. | |
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PEMBROKE PINES — The Rev. Adam Zele (right) asks Tristan James how things are going after Hurricane Wilma. James received a tarp for his roof, which was damaged during the storm, from Epworth United Methodist Church, where Zele serves as pastor. James' house is about a block from the church. Photo by Tita Parham, Photo #05-272, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0396. | |
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PEMBROKE PINES — Pew cushions lie on the tops of the pews at Epworth United Methodist Church. Members put them there so they could finish drying after being soaked from water leaking through the roof during Hurricane Wilma. Photo by Tita Parham, Photo #05-271, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0396.
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CLEWISTON — South West District disaster coordinators Jim Luther (left) and Bill Barnes stand under the roots of a tree in Clewiston that was blown over during Hurricane Wilma. Photo courtesy of Bill Barnes, Photo #05-270, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0395. | |
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WEST PALM BEACH — Volunteers unload 150 flood buckets from Peachtree City United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Ga. The Georgia church also delivered buckets to Broward County to be shared with United Methodist churches in Canal Point, Pahokee and Belle Glade. Photo courtesy of United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches, Photo #05-269, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0394.
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WEST PALM BEACH — The Rev. David McEntire puts up a sign just a few hours after Hurricane Wilma cleared the area, letting residents know the church is open to help. Photo courtesy of United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches, Photo #05-268, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0394. | |
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CLEWISTON — Rev. Douglas Pareti (left) brings a load of diapers and supplies from Memorial United Methodist Church in Lake Placid. Photo by the Rev. John Hicks, Photo #05-267, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0392. Web photo only.
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CLEWISTON — Faced with the aftermath of recovery from Hurricane Wilma and the cancellation of door-to-door trick-or-treating due to debris along the roads, First United Methodist Church of Clewiston held a "Truth and Treat" party coordinated by the youth. More 75 children and parents joined in the evening of fellowship, games, room-to-room trick-or-treating and story time. Photo by the Rev. John Hicks, Photo #05-266, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0392. Web photo only. | |
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CLEWISTON — All that's left of this Clewiston home after Hurricane Wilma is a pile of rubble, with barely enough room on which to paint the demolition symbol. Photo by Gricel Hernandez, Photo #05-265, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0392.
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NAPLES — Neighborhood children help clean up the outreach ministry Grace Place after Hurricane Wilma. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Campbell, Photo #05-264, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0391. Web photo only. | |
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CLEWISTON — The youth at First United Methodist Church here offer free pumpkins to the community, which was hard hit by Hurricane Wilma. Photo by John Hicks, Photo #05-263, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0390.
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MIAMI — Miami Lakes United Methodist Church lost its steeple during Hurricane Wilma. Photo courtesy of Miami Lakes United Methodist Church, Photo #05-262, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0389. Web photo only. | |
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NAPLES — Despite damage to its roof, Cornerstone United Methodist Church will serve as a distribution center for other areas of the South West District that were harder hit. Photo by the Rev. David Harris, Photo #05-261, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0388. | |
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CAPE CORAL — Copper sheeting from the roof of Grace United Methodist Church here was blown off during Hurricane Wilma and landed in the retention pond behind the church. Photo by the Rev. Jorge Acevedo, Photo #05-260, accompanies e-Review Florida UMNS #0388. | |
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