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Catoctin Church of Christ Presents Graceham Moravian Church Travels

Check to Help with Recent to Pennsylvania for Annual Youth

Flooding in Texas Mission Trip

Glenn Murray, an elder Courtesy Photo Courtesy Photo
for the Catoctin Church of
Christ in Thurmont, presented
Dwayne Casteel, representing
the Churches of Christ
Disaster Relief Effort based in
Nashville, Tennessee, a check
for $7,700 to help with the
recent flooding in Texas. Since
January of this year through
July, the Churches of Christ
Disaster Relief has sent 137
shipments to 13 states. To Glenn Murray, elder for Catoctin Church of Christ, presents
date, to give relief to Harvey Dwayne Casteel, representing Churches of Christ Disaster Relief
Effort, with a check to help with recent flooding in Texas.
victims, the Church of Christ
has sent 19 tractor trailer loads of supplies to Texas and Louisiana, at a cost of
$95,000 per load, and while this is just a drop in the bucket of what is needed,
each drop helps. As the flooding stops and things begin to return to normal,
the situation will be evaluated and additional money will be sent.
Pictured are: (front row) Joanne Fuss, Michelle Harbaugh, Ethan Fuss, Aidan Moser; (second row)
While the Catoctin Church of Christ is able to contribute money to Olivia Green, Emma Ford, Nadine Kuster, Brad Richards; (back row) Bernie Ricketts, Cieara Schultz,
Disaster Relief, it goes farther than the actual dollar amount. Because of the Kelcie Robertson, and Josh Bentz.
buying power of the larger organization, each dollar contributed equals over
three dollars in purchases. All organizations have overhead, and sometimes A Mission Team of seven teenagers and five adults from Graceham
very little of what is contributed gets to those in need. In the case of the Moravian Church recently joined with four hundred thirty other teens and
Churches of Christ Disaster Relief, 86 cents of every dollar goes to those in adults from nine different states for a week of service in Erie, Pennsylvania.
need. All this happens because volunteers do all the packing of boxes and All of the participants were housed at North East High School during the
filling the tractor trailers; even the drivers are volunteers. week of June 25-July 1, 2017, participating in one of the many Home Repair
Although each Church of Christ is independent of all other churches of Workcamps throughout the country, sponsored by Group Mission Trips,
Christ and there in no national organization, it is times like these when disaster based out of Loveland, Colorado.
strikes that the Lord’s church comes together to help. Continue to pray for the This was Graceham Moravian Church’s eighteenth Youth Mission Trip,
ongoing efforts to help put the lives of those affected back to normal. with the first trip taking place the summer of 2000. The Mission Team has
traveled to Canada, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Garrett County
in Maryland.
Community coordinators in Erie, Pennsylvania, provided building
materials for the job sites, while the volunteers provided tools, painting
supplies, and ladders. During the week, a total of seventy-three crews worked
on sixty-one homes in Erie and the surrounding areas. Local residents’ homes
received fresh coats of paint, new porches, wheelchair ramps, and roofs
during the week, with volunteers logging in an amazing 11,907 man-hours.
In addition to the work, time was set aside for morning and evening
worship, as well as work crew and youth group devotions each day. This is a
life-changing experience, impacting the lives of the residents who are served
and the teens and adults who participate.
The Graceham Moravian Mission Team is currently beginning the
planning stages for their summer of 2018 trip to Virginia. They will be
sponsoring a fundraising yard sale at Graceham Moravian Church on
October 12-14, 2017, from 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. (rain or shine). Many items
will be available for purchase, including the popular “$5 Fill a Bag with
Clothes” special. All proceeds from
the yard sale will benefit the 2018
Mission Trip.
Coffee, cold drinks, baked
goods, and chicken salad and ham
sandwiches will be available on
Friday. A full menu, including
Graceham Moravian Church’s
delicious fried oyster sandwiches,
and a variety of other soup and
sandwiches, will be available at 9:00
a.m. on Saturday.
For more information, please
contact the church office at 301-
271-2379.

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