November 6, 2025<\/p>\n
Hurricane Melissa Update: Skilled Workers Needed<\/strong><\/p>\n Greetings CSC Family!<\/p>\n The NAD is partnering with the Inter\u2011American Division of the Seventh\u2011day Adventist Church to assist in\u00a0repairing homes in Jamaica following the impact of Hurricane Melissa.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n At this time, we are seeking to identify skilled individuals from Central States who would be interested in leading or supporting a group from our territory in this rebuilding effort.<\/p>\n If you have experience in roofing, carpentry, general building repair, or similar trades and are open to serving, please let us know your interest.<\/strong><\/p>\n NOTE<\/strong>: A valid passport will be required for travel.<\/p>\n Your response will help determine how best to mobilize a team to serve our brothers and sisters in Jamaica.<\/p>\n To express interest or ask questions, please contact Pastor Brian Irby<\/p>\n Also, I just want to remind us that ADRA is still accepting donations for Hurricane Melissa Relief. Please see their urgent request for financial help attached.<\/p>\n In His Service,<\/p>\n Pastor Brian Irby<\/p>\n Director, CSC Adventist Community Services \/ Disaster Response<\/p>\n irby.b@central-states.org | 217-725-2760<\/p>\n \u201cWhen God\u2019s people are in need, be ready to help them.\u201d \u2014 Romans 12:13 (NLT)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" November 6, 2025 Hurricane Melissa Update: Skilled Workers Needed Greetings CSC Family! The NAD is partnering with the Inter\u2011American Division of the Seventh\u2011day Adventist Church to assist in\u00a0repairing homes in Jamaica following the impact of Hurricane Melissa. At this time, we are seeking to identify skilled individuals from Central States who would be interested in leading or supporting a group… Continue Reading Hurricane Melissa Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[],"mec_speaker":[],"class_list":["post-12657","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/12657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12657"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmec_category&post=12657"},{"taxonomy":"mec_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central-states.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmec_speaker&post=12657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}