In 2023, when the floods ravaged Vermont on July 10th and 11th, our church stepped up to help. UMCOR delivered a tractor trailer full of flood buckets and arranged another tractor trailer full of water, food, and other supplies to come to our building. We also became a hub for other donations of fans, dehumidifiers, tools, boots, work gloves, cleaning supplies, clothing etc, etc, from all over the state and beyond. Our church building became a warehouse and our members stepped up to help day in and day out. We became really good at the bucket brigade, both into the building and then out again as we filled up personal trucks, vans, and cars to head to neighboring towns, many of which were cut off or overlooked by work crews. We lost count of how many local families and individuals we were able to help in those busy days. It was like being on a mission trip in our own backyard and we had fun doing it! The Hedding Family is all about DOING the work of the gospel! Every week at the end of worship we say together: We don’t GO to church – We ARE the church! And we mean it!