United Methodists offer relief after Helene

United Methodists across the southeastern U.S. are doing their best to raise morale and get organized after many communities have been devastated by flooding from Hurricane Helene.

Flip Butler, a member of Boone United Methodist Church in Boone, North Carolina, is spending his time cutting wood, passing out candy and just trying to do anything he can think of to help.

“My gift is the gift of gab,” he said. “I make people laugh in the worst situations sometimes, and that’s what I’ve been doing all day (on Oct. 1), going around … and just sitting down and talking.” Read more here