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1 Hoosier United Methodists www.inareaumc.org together open hearts, open minds, open doors. The people of The United Methodist Church October 2006 Volume 36 Number 8 www. inareaumc.org HOOSIER UNITED METHODISTS By Daniel R. Gangler DEGONIA SPRINGS, Ind. (UMNS) – Remembering their fallen comrades who died Sept. 11 five years ago, 20 New York City firefighters joined a group of oth-er volunteers and residents in framing the new building of Bak-er Chapel United Methodist Church. The firefighters worked side by side with 30 Amish and Menno-nite volunteers, local residents, rescue personnel, and 20 disaster survivors from San Diego, Utica, Ill., and Slidell, La. The former century-old Baker Chapel build-ing in this rural area was destroyed by a Nov. 6 tornado that claimed the lives of 25 area residents. The Sept. 8-10 effort was part of an annual campaign by the New York Says Thank You Foundation, which organized in 2003 as a way to repay the kindness shown to New York in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Foundation Direc-tor Jeff Parness accompanied the firefighters, who came from Man-hattan, the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn. The weekend event kicked off with a Sept. 8 welcome breakfast at Main Street United Methodist Church in nearby Boonville, where Parness spoke to more than 400 area residents and guests. “On Sept. 12, 2001, people from all over the country poured into New York City to show their support and help where they could,” he said. “No words can adequately describe how we felt (about their response). New York-ers will never forget their gener-osity. This is just a small way we can say ‘thank you.’” The church is people At the breakfast, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels shared his expe-rience of landing near the dev-astated Baker Chapel building and comforting members and neighbors near the church Nov. 6. He reflected on the courage and determination of DeGonia Springs and the members of Baker Chapel. Daniels said he will always re-member the moment when he was expressing sorrow for the loss of the church and an elder of the New Yorkers join Hoosiers in rebuilding church church said to him with a smile: “That was a building. You are talking to the church.” “What a great expression of the faith that unites us,” Daniels said. “It’s the people that con-stitute great church-es, great communi-ties, great cities and great states.” He also reflected on his deep sense of loss viewing Ground Zero short-ly after the 9/11 tragedy in New York City as part of President Bush’s administration. While at the breakfast, Daniels talked with families of the Nov. 6 torna-do victims. Each victim was remem-bered with the ded-ication and planting of a tree in his or her name. Trees also were dedicated to each of the New York City firefight-ers remembered. ‘Not victims’ Steve Holden, head of the U.S. Emergency Chaplains Corps based in Decatur, Ill., led the ded-ication. It’s never easy to deal with disaster, he said, but we need to realize that “God’s people are ev-erywhere in the midst of the trag-edy or disaster.” After quoting from Psalm 1 – “They are like trees planted by streams of wa-ter…” – he declared, “we need planting.” Indiana Area Bishop Mike Coyner also greeted the crowd. “Today we are going to make something good out of the bad of life…,” he said. “We are not vic-tims but survivors.” Evansville United Methodist District Superintendent Glenn Howell called the weekend gath-ering the “intersection of human hurt and human hope.” Following the breakfast, volun-teers drove 10 miles east to the Baker Chapel building site in De- Gonia Springs. By day’s end on Friday, the Rev. Randy Anderson, with the Long-Term Recovery Committee of Southwest Indiana and senior pastor of Centenary United Meth-odist Church in Evansville, said he was amazed that the building’s outer walls were completely framed and sided. “We are already more than a week ahead of schedule,” he said. On Saturday, volunteers framed inside walls and began lay-ing trusses for the roof. The build-ing is scheduled to be completed next spring. Baker Chapel building com-mittee member Keith Shelton led 20 local volunteers in efforts to co-ordinate activities with the New York foundation. Other weekend activities in-cluded a community barbecue and softball game at Boonville High School between local and New York first responders. The week- Together photo To the cheers of bystanders, New York Firefighters, Amish, Mennonites, Indiana rescue workers and other volunteers raise in place the first framed wall of Baker’s Chapel United Methodist Church in place on Friday afternoon, Sept. 8. By day’s end, the entire perimeter of the building was framed. By the end of the weekend, all the building’s walls were framed. “What a great expression of the faith that unites us.” – Governor Mitch Daniels end culminated on Sunday morning with a 9/11 me-morial parade from Boon-ville to a closing worship service and ceremonies at the Baker Chapel site at-tended by more than a thousand volunteers, church members and guests. Volunteers from Saint Luke’s United Methodist Church in Indianapolis prepared meals for the more than 1,500 guests and volunteers during the weekend build. For more information about Baker Chapel, log on to www. i n a r e a u m c . o r g o r www.bakerchapel.org. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels shares his experience with Baker Chapel during a wel-come breakfast at Main Street United Methodist Church in Boonville, Ind. attend-ed by more than 400 volunteers, mem-bers and guests.
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Selected Headlines | 1 Hoosier United Methodists www.inareaumc.org together open hearts, open minds, open doors. The people of The United Methodist Church October 2006 Volume 36 Number 8 www. inareaumc.org HOOSIER UNITED METHODISTS By Daniel R. Gangler DEGONIA SPRINGS, Ind. (UMNS) – Remembering their fallen comrades who died Sept. 11 five years ago, 20 New York City firefighters joined a group of oth-er volunteers and residents in framing the new building of Bak-er Chapel United Methodist Church. The firefighters worked side by side with 30 Amish and Menno-nite volunteers, local residents, rescue personnel, and 20 disaster survivors from San Diego, Utica, Ill., and Slidell, La. The former century-old Baker Chapel build-ing in this rural area was destroyed by a Nov. 6 tornado that claimed the lives of 25 area residents. The Sept. 8-10 effort was part of an annual campaign by the New York Says Thank You Foundation, which organized in 2003 as a way to repay the kindness shown to New York in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Foundation Direc-tor Jeff Parness accompanied the firefighters, who came from Man-hattan, the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn. The weekend event kicked off with a Sept. 8 welcome breakfast at Main Street United Methodist Church in nearby Boonville, where Parness spoke to more than 400 area residents and guests. “On Sept. 12, 2001, people from all over the country poured into New York City to show their support and help where they could,” he said. “No words can adequately describe how we felt (about their response). New York-ers will never forget their gener-osity. This is just a small way we can say ‘thank you.’” The church is people At the breakfast, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels shared his expe-rience of landing near the dev-astated Baker Chapel building and comforting members and neighbors near the church Nov. 6. He reflected on the courage and determination of DeGonia Springs and the members of Baker Chapel. Daniels said he will always re-member the moment when he was expressing sorrow for the loss of the church and an elder of the New Yorkers join Hoosiers in rebuilding church church said to him with a smile: “That was a building. You are talking to the church.” “What a great expression of the faith that unites us,” Daniels said. “It’s the people that con-stitute great church-es, great communi-ties, great cities and great states.” He also reflected on his deep sense of loss viewing Ground Zero short-ly after the 9/11 tragedy in New York City as part of President Bush’s administration. While at the breakfast, Daniels talked with families of the Nov. 6 torna-do victims. Each victim was remem-bered with the ded-ication and planting of a tree in his or her name. Trees also were dedicated to each of the New York City firefight-ers remembered. ‘Not victims’ Steve Holden, head of the U.S. Emergency Chaplains Corps based in Decatur, Ill., led the ded-ication. It’s never easy to deal with disaster, he said, but we need to realize that “God’s people are ev-erywhere in the midst of the trag-edy or disaster.” After quoting from Psalm 1 – “They are like trees planted by streams of wa-ter…” – he declared, “we need planting.” Indiana Area Bishop Mike Coyner also greeted the crowd. “Today we are going to make something good out of the bad of life…,” he said. “We are not vic-tims but survivors.” Evansville United Methodist District Superintendent Glenn Howell called the weekend gath-ering the “intersection of human hurt and human hope.” Following the breakfast, volun-teers drove 10 miles east to the Baker Chapel building site in De- Gonia Springs. By day’s end on Friday, the Rev. Randy Anderson, with the Long-Term Recovery Committee of Southwest Indiana and senior pastor of Centenary United Meth-odist Church in Evansville, said he was amazed that the building’s outer walls were completely framed and sided. “We are already more than a week ahead of schedule,” he said. On Saturday, volunteers framed inside walls and began lay-ing trusses for the roof. The build-ing is scheduled to be completed next spring. Baker Chapel building com-mittee member Keith Shelton led 20 local volunteers in efforts to co-ordinate activities with the New York foundation. Other weekend activities in-cluded a community barbecue and softball game at Boonville High School between local and New York first responders. The week- Together photo To the cheers of bystanders, New York Firefighters, Amish, Mennonites, Indiana rescue workers and other volunteers raise in place the first framed wall of Baker’s Chapel United Methodist Church in place on Friday afternoon, Sept. 8. By day’s end, the entire perimeter of the building was framed. By the end of the weekend, all the building’s walls were framed. “What a great expression of the faith that unites us.” – Governor Mitch Daniels end culminated on Sunday morning with a 9/11 me-morial parade from Boon-ville to a closing worship service and ceremonies at the Baker Chapel site at-tended by more than a thousand volunteers, church members and guests. Volunteers from Saint Luke’s United Methodist Church in Indianapolis prepared meals for the more than 1,500 guests and volunteers during the weekend build. For more information about Baker Chapel, log on to www. i n a r e a u m c . o r g o r www.bakerchapel.org. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels shares his experience with Baker Chapel during a wel-come breakfast at Main Street United Methodist Church in Boonville, Ind. attend-ed by more than 400 volunteers, mem-bers and guests. |
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