Florida Annual Conference

Disaster Relief
Elias Torres cleans up flood damage from Hurricane Helene at Cedar Key (Fla.) United Methodist Church. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Florida churches begin Helene recovery efforts

United Methodists across the southeastern U.S. are responding in communities that were devastated by Hurricane Helene. UM News photographer Mike DuBose traveled with church leaders and relief workers in Florida this week to document as they began assessing damage and planning relief efforts.
Mission and Ministry
An abandoned church building in Ocala, Fla., is now Compassion United Methodist Church. Photo courtesy of the Florida Conference.

Hope, care and a way forward

Compassion was in short supply outside the abandoned church in Ocala, Florida. Now under the leadership of the Rev. Jill Beck, the building houses Compassion United Methodist Church — a safe haven for women battling addictions or fleeing abusive situations.
Faith Stories
Retired Bishop Timothy Whitaker, who served as resident bishop of the Florida Conference from 2001 to 2012, died March 28. Photo courtesy of the Florida Conference.

Bishop faced death — and wrote about it

Leader of The United Methodist Church’s Florida Conference from 2001 to 2012, retired Bishop Timothy W. Whitaker has died at age 75.
Local Church
Kim and Keven Woodard (second and third from right) from Temple Terrace United Methodist Church in Tampa, Florida, welcome Dima and Daria Vyshniak to America. Dima and Daria Vyshniak recently arrived in the United States, fleeing the war in their native Ukraine. Their home had been leveled by Russian missiles, but they were able to immigrate to the U.S. through a federal program called Uniting for Ukraine. Photo courtesy of the Florida Conference.

Ukrainian couple finds new church family

Dima and Daria Vyshniak recently arrived in the United States, fleeing the war in their native Ukraine. Their home had been leveled by Russian missiles, but they were able to immigrate to the U.S. through a federal program called Uniting for Ukraine. They were greeted at the airport by members of Temple Terrace United Methodist Church.

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