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Urgent: Volunteer Staff Needed!
There is an urgent, immediate need for a volunteer Worksite Assignment Manager at our Texas City PDA Village. Read about the work of village managers and apply NOW! Applicant flow is very important in maintaining our long-term presence in Ike recovery efforts.
Click here for more information and to apply.
Bring YOUR Mission Team to TEXAS!
Reserve your Mission Team’s Space: call 1- 866-732-6121 or register online.
Texas Presbyterian Volunteer Villages are open for Youth and Adult Mission Teams!
Along the Texas coastline there still remains a great need for your Mission Team to come and help
rebuild the lives, homes, and property damaged by Hurricane Ike.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has established Presbyterian Volunteer Villages
along the Texas Coast in Texas City and Port Neches. Our Presbyterian Volunteer Villages (at First Presbyterian in Texas City and Trinity Presbyterian in Port Neches) can each house approximately 80 volunteers.
For $20 a day per person you receive housing, food, tools, worship, free time, and the whole
reason you come, service. We have separate lodging for women and for men. Our Worksite
Manager will coordinate your projects to ensure a great learning experience and safe worksite.
- September 2009 – May 2010: Adult Mission Teams - ages 16 and up
- June and July 2010 - Sr. High Mission Teams
- December 27 – 31, 2009 - Family Camp - ages 14 and up
- March 14 – 20, 2009 - Spring Sr. High Youth Camp
Volunteer Villages reserved for Sr. High Youth!
With a new agreement, for the Texas Villages only, the Volunteer Villages in both Texas City and Port Neches will be reserved exclusively for senior high youth mission teams and their sponsors during June and July 2010!
All work assigned to the Village volunteers for this timeframe will be youth appropriate. Special staff, programs, activities, and times of worship will be designed for the youth groups.
If interested, register Sr. High Youth Mission Teams by calling the PDA Call Center at 866-732-6121. Be sure to specify the Texas Villages.
Learn more about our presbytery's 2 Villages that are housing volunteers from around the country when they come to help in the long-term recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast.
For more information, please contact
Kendall Boyd, Volunteer Coordinator at
kboyd@pbyofnewcovenant.org.
Urgent Needs:
• PRAYER: for God’s Kingdom to be expanded through expressions of Christian
love while rebuilding homes for families with little or no insurance
• YOU: Presbyterian Volunteer Villages in Texas City and Port Neches are ready
for you! 733,000 families need help - 1,100 homes are approved and ready to
be rebuilt
• FUNDS: Millions of dollars are needed - Every dollar counts! Contribute to:
Presbytery of New Covenant
Ike Recovery Fund
1110 Lovett Blvd., Houston, TX 77006
The Forgotten Storm
• Largest tracked storm to enter the
Gulf of Mexico
• Third most damaging hurricane to make
U.S. landfall - $32 Billion
• 195 people killed and 34 still
missing
• Millions of families impacted - 17% live still
in poverty
• 50 Texas Counties - Federal
Disaster Area
• Dollars donated for Ike relief are less
than 1% of Katrina/Rita
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