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This fall, our Annual Conference’s Mission Barn made a plea for Cleaning Buckets.  Multiple natural disasters, across our nation and world have significantly impacted the supply of buckets.  The Mission Barn is currently collecting this important and tangible expression of God’s love.

In response to this need, the Erie-Meadville District is sponsoring a friendly cleaning bucket competition among the District Churches.  Congregations are being challenged to purchase the components and assemble buckets for shipment to the Mission Barn.  The Contest will end Easter Sunday March 31, 2024.  Participating Congregations are asked to record the number of buckets they assemble and provide a digital picture of their collection as part of a District Conference Celebration in April.

The Mission Barn is a ministry of the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. It is located in the City of New Castle.  Part of the work of the facility involves the facility’s role as part of the UMCOR relief supply network. Volunteers collect and verify UMCOR hygiene and cleaning kits coming from area churches and other organizations. The Mission Barn stores and ships kits to disaster areas at UMCOR’s request.   For complete Cleaning Bucket Recipe follow the link:  UMCOR Cleaning Kit - Global Ministries (umcmission.org)