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Mission warms hearts, homes
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UP ON THE ROOF — Wightman members Rodney Epting and Eddie Sloop repair the roof of a house during this weekend’s Project W.A.R.M. — Staff photo by Cindy Pitts
Wightman United Methodist Church began its Weatherization And Repair Ministry (W.A.R.M.) last year. Newly-appointed pastor Michael Turner quickly discovered while getting to know the church congregation that many had interests in doing missions, along with carpentry skills.
Last year, Turner encouraged his congregation to match the money they spent on Christmas presents with a gift to Project W.A.R.M.
By Christmas Eve 2007, more than $38,000 in donations were given. The money allowed church members to repair 16 homes last Christmas, with some left to do more homes this year.
This year, nearly 200 people signed up for the program, which did repairs on 22 houses in Prosperity, Chapin and Newberry. The projects will spend about $20,000 on the repairs.
Zion United Methodist Church invested $15,000 in Project W.A.R.M. as it partnered with Wightman. More than 30 Zion members also signed on to the project.
“And there will be a handful of people from various churches around who want to help,“ said Turner. “I’m actually concerned that we will have too many people to keep busy, but there’s also lots of work.“
One Sunday school class, led by Derek Underwood has been working on an elderly man’s house for several months and continued the work this weekend.
“Our W.A.R.M. ministry helps a lot of families that can not help themselves. Our house is owned by a man, who is a 90-year-old World War II vet. He is a widower and had resorted to taking ‘Marine baths,’ because he did not have an operational shower. We went in, tore his old bath out and rebuilt the floor and added a new shower, handicap toilet and sink. The real reason is to show God’s love through action.“
“There’s an elderly woman on Counts Sausage Road whose primary caretaker was a son who had a stroke and is now in a home in another part of the state. She’s a sweet, sweet woman,“ said Turner as he describes some of the recipients. “We have a couple of cancer victim/survivors.“
After working on the houses Friday and Saturday, the group had a celebration dinner last night.
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