St. John United Church of Christ responds to call for disaster relief supplies

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St. John United Church of Christ in Lincoln has joined with the other United Church of Christ (UCC) churches in Illinois in a response to the numerous and varied disasters within our country already this year with others, no doubt to follow.

The Church World Service (CWS) tries to have recovery supplies available at all times to be able to respond in an emergency with a disaster strikes. UCC Churches this year were asked to pledge a number of “Buckets,” each full of supplies with a value totaling $78. St. John UCC, Lincoln, has pledged 15 buckets which has already been surpassed.

Each bucket contains essential home recovery supplies that are needed after any disaster be it tornado, flood, fire hurricane or other.

Items collected in each bucket is:

• one pump air freshener,

• five scouring pads (no soap),

• seven sponges,

• one Scrub brush,

• 18 reusable dry cleaning towels
  (no terry, microfiber or paper)

• one 32-64 oz or 2-25 oz liquid laundry detergent,

• one 16-34 oz liquid disinfectant dish soap,

• one 12-40 oz household cleaner that can be mixed with water,

• one pkg 36-50 clothespins,

• one 50-100 ft clothesline,

• five dust masks,

• two pair heavy duty dish-washing gloves

• one pair work gloves,

• 20-28 Heavy duty or contractor type 30-45 gal trash bags

• one 6-9 oz bottle non-aerosol insect repellent
  (packs of 10-20 insect repellent wipes acceptable)

Providing buckets of supplies is a way of caring when one cannot physically go to the recovery as some have done in the past.

Roger Dart has been the Disaster Response Coordinator for the Illinois Conference of the United Church of Christ for many years. When a disaster occurs he is able to with the supplies that are gathered in these buckets, on behalf of CWS and the United Church of Christ, fulfill some of the needs of disaster victims quickly.

On Sunday, May 29, 2022, Dart will attend the worship services at St. John United Church of Christ where the membership and friends will present him with the total collected for this Relief Project.

All services at St. John United Church of Christ, 204 Seventh Street in Lincoln are held at 10:00 a.m. each Sunday and are open to the public. They are also available virtually at their website: Stjohnucclincolnillinois.com or on the Facebook Page: St John UCC Lincoln.
Any questions call Laurie Hill, pastor, at the church – 217-732-6957.

[Tonita Reifsteck]