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President Bush helps build Habitat house
President George W. Bush and Johana Rodriguez working on her Habitat for Humanity house   President George W. Bush helped fellow United Methodists construct a Habitat for Humanity house June 5 for a Tampa area family.
    Bush spent about an hour helping a team of mostly United Methodist pastors from the Tampa District raise a wall in the house, which will be home to a single mother, her two children, two siblings and her mother.
    The house is sponsored by the Florida Conference's Tampa District, which is raising the $45,000 needed for materials and supplies, according to the Rev. David Brazelton, former superintendent of the Tampa District.   Full Story

Conference responds to fire and rain
More than 345,500 acres in Florida have been charred by 3,274 wildfires as of June 4, according to the Florida Division of Forestry. On June 12, the remnants of Tropical Storm Allison dropped as much as a foot of rain on parts of north Florida, causing flooding in Pensacola, Tallahassee and along the Gulf Coast.
Churches in the Tallahassee, Gainesville and Leesburg districts are responding directly to these disasters with support from the Florida Conference Disaster Response ministry. Full Story

Church follows Jesus' example, washes feet of poor
Church follows Jesus; example washes feet of poor

Thirty-three volunteers from First United Methodist Church in Miami washed the feet of 111 homeless men and women April 21. They also distributed socks and shoes, while podiatry students from Miami's Barry University provided free foot care.
The foot washing is a biannual event for the church, which is involved in a number of ministries to the poor and homeless in Miami. Full Story

Small church helps fight big fire
Branford UMC provided relief to firefighters during Mallory Swamp fire

    As many as 20 members of Branford United Methodist Church in Branford provided relief to more than 450 firefighters who came from around the country to fight Florida's largest wildfire this year.
    The Mallory Swamp fire, which was sparked on Mother's Day and burned for more than two weeks, charred more than 61,000 acres of swampland northwest of Gainesville, according to Jim Lee, a member of the Branford church.
    During those two weeks, the Branford church
led an ecumenical effort to provide firefighters with food, paper towels, candy, water, sports drinks, aspirin and other supplies. Full Story

Leaders focus on Hispanic youth
    Twenty-five youth ministers and pastors from Hispanic and Brazilian congregations in Miami, Tampa and Orlando met at First United Methodist Church, Kissimmee, for a day-long training event for leaders of Hispanic youth ministries.
    Yohanka Cabezas, a member of Good Shepherd United Methodist Church in West Palm Beach and director of the conference's Hispanic Youth Ministry Team, said this event was the first step in organizing the various Hispanic youth ministries throughout the conference.
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