Ministries

The goal of the Disaster Response Team (DRT) is to have a functional network of volunteers for response to disasters and service projects, building on the strengths of the United Methodist connection.  

The Eastbrook Mission Barn seeks to serve the Westen PA conference of The United Methodist Church by:
1) serving as a depot for UMCOR relief supplies (receiving, verifying, storing ans shipping);
2) offering UMVIM Modular Ramps to regional residents and churches, and providing training for youth and adults in constructing modular ramps;
3) working with the Disaster Response Committee of the WPA Annual Conference Board of Global Ministries to provide storage and a base of operations during disaster response; and
4) providing material storage for local ministries supported by Eastbrook United Methodist Church.

Volunteers in Mission are people with a passion for mission who answer a call to give their gifts and skills where needed, without charge - locally, nationally, and internationally, as individual volunteers and with teams. 

This is a partnership between Bishop Eben Nhiwatiwa of the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area (ZEA) and Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton of Western PA, where a covenant was signed Friday June 11^th 2010 at the Western PA Annual Conference. This agreement is known as the “Chabadza” Covenant, Chabadza as a Shona word that describes a community spirit of helping someone you know who is already at work.