United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)

Please welcome the first class of Shiloh’s
newly formed Early Response Team:

Jim Wilkes-Null

Rev. Beverly Wilkes-Null   

         Mike Spaulding

         Gina Spaulding

          Eileen Rensing

              Denise Augustine

           Kim Haverkamp

These individuals completed a training course provided by the Illinois Great Rivers Conference (IGRC) and United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) on July 9, 2011 and hold a volunteer badge.

 The mission of an Early Response Team (ERT) is to provide a caring Christian presence in the aftermath of a disaster.  The mission is not the task; the mission is the people. We have had many opportunities to serve in our immediate area during the last few months involving the flood and tornado disasters.  We certainly hope we do not have as many in the future; however if there is a need the Shiloh UMC Early Response Team will be ready to serve.

 “Through volunteers in mission, every person in the church has the opportunity to serve and to live their lives more faithfully.  And when we reach out and use what God has given us in the service of others, we have life-transforming experiences” (from ERT Training Manual).

For more information, please contact Kim Haverkamp at

fruitful@shiloh-umc.org or 618-632-6913 (Shiloh
United Methodist Church).