Dear Tucker First UMC Family,
As many of you probably heard, tornadoes ripped through several states spanning hundreds of miles on Saturday night, leaving a long trail of destruction, including hundreds of fatalities.
The Buildings and Grounds Manager for the First Baptist Church of Tucker, Darren Fletcher, is from Mayfield, KY. Mayfield is one of the towns that was hit the hardest. He still has a lot of family and friends there. Thankfully, his entire family is safe and ok, but their town is totally destroyed. Darren will be leading a relief effort in the next few weeks as he heads home to care and provide for family and friends.
Darren will be driving up to Kentucky with a loaded trailer filled with items needed by the storm victims. He will be going this Friday (December 17) and again in another week or two. The items he is collecting include:
- Flashlights
- Headlamps
- Batteries
- Can openers
- Work/Utility gloves
- First-aid supplies
- Unwrapped toys for children
- Nonperishable, prepackaged food items
- Water – The people in Kentucky are reporting that there is no power/water currently and are uncertain how long they will be without power and water.
- Blankets
- Coats/gloves/scarves/hats/hand warmers
- Shoes
- Toiletry items
- Baby formula and food, diapers, and all sizes of clothing for children
Please bring any of these items to the First Baptist Church office this week. The office is open from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm, closed on Friday.
If you cannot donate items but would still like to help, you can donate money to support all the relief causes. You can write a check to First Baptist Church of Tucker, designate it for Missions, and earmark it for Kentucky Disaster Relief.
Also, if you have an enclosed trailer, you would be willing to let Darren use, please let the Baptist Church know.
Please be praying for everyone in the communities affected.
Tucker First Baptist is located at 5073 LaVista Road, Tucker, GA
