Barrels of Love

“Barrels of Love” Loading Help Needed

Asbury Communications AIM (Asbury in Missions), Barrels of Love, Missions, United Methodist Church (UMC) June 2, 2025

Your help is needed to assist with the shipment of much-needed supplies for Liberia! Help to load a truck with already-packed barrels and medical supplies!

SATURDAY, JUNE 28

STARTING AT THROUGH THESE HANDS 10:00 AM (if you’d like to carpool, meet in the lower parking lot (outside of Asbury’s first floor) at 9:30 am)

Medical supplies will be loaded on a truck at Through These Hands (454 Chestnut Street, Slatington) before returning to Asbury to load barrels and other supplies.

PLEASE NOTE: This event consists of loading already-packed barrels and medical supplies onto a truck, not packing barrels. If you would like to help with a packing event, please watch for future opportunities to be announced.

PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Funds are needed to help with shipping. The cost of a barrel with shipping is $200. Are you able to sponsor one or more barrels? Please make checks payable to Asbury UMC with “Barrels of Love” on the memo line.

Thank you for your ongoing support of Dr. Chris Hena and other mission partners in Liberia.

If you can help – or if you have any questions – please use the form below to contact coordinator Dick McCreight.

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ABOUT BARRELS OF LOVE

Barrels of Love has been providing support for those in need in Liberia through shipments of clothing, medical supplies, and more. Visit asburylv.org/BarrelsOfLove to learn more.

“Barrels of Love” Packing and Loading Help Needed

Asbury Communications AIM (Asbury in Missions), Barrels of Love, Missions, United Methodist Church (UMC) October 14, 2024

Your help is needed to assist with the shipment of much-needed supplies for Liberia!

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16 AT ASBURY 9:00 AM

Used clothing from the UWIF Bazaar will be packed into barrels for shipment to Liberia.

Estimated time commitment: 1½ hours.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23AT THROUGH THESE HANDS 10:00 AM (if you’d like to carpool, meet in lower Asbury lot at 9:30 am)

Medical supplies will be loaded on a truck at Through These Hands (454 Chestnut Street, Slatington) before returning to Asbury to load barrels and school curriculum.

Estimated time commitment: 2 hours.

PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Funds are needed to help with shipping. The cost of a barrel with shipping is $200. Are you able to sponsor one or more barrels? Make your contribution via PushPay, Asbury’s online portal, now (choose “Barrels of Love” under the “Fund” drop-down).

If you can assist on either date, please

click here to contact Dick McCreight.

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ABOUT BARRELS OF LOVE

Barrels of Love has been providing support for those in need in Liberia through shipments of clothing, medical supplies, and more. Visit asburylv.org/BarrelsOfLove to learn more.

Asbury Communications AIM (Asbury in Missions), Barrels of Love July 8, 2024

The “Barrels of Love” ministry was founded in 2001, a time when the end of the civil war in Liberia was in sight and Dr. Chris Hena (who was stationed in Kazakhstan at that time) requested children’s books to replace those destroyed during the war. Several thousand books were collected in that first Barrels of Love shipment.

Today, “Barrels of Love” sends shipments of clothing, medical supplies, books, and more to our friends in rural Liberia.

Volunteers packing and loading barrels to be shipped

Our friends in Liberia rejoicing upon receiving a shipment

Through Barrels of Love, Asbury connects with Through These Hands, a non-profit organization that acquires and distributes medical/nonmedical supplies developing countries, and Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia, an organization working to develop improved healthcare in Liberia for women without access to adequate healthcare facilities. Together, medical supplies, clothing, books, and more are delivered to help care for our friends in Liberia.

Learn more about the story of Barrels of Love from Asbury member Connie Miller

Flip Flop Collection for Liberia (Barrels of Love)

Asbury Communications AIM (Asbury in Missions), Barrels of Love, Collections, Missions, United Methodist Church (UMC) June 26, 2023

“How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O noble daughter!”
Song of Solomon 7:1

Soil-transmitted helminth infection (parasitic worms) thrive in the warmer climates of the earth. Unfortunately, these are the areas of most of the world’s poverty. This poverty is accentuated by the presence of worms that cause the depletion of already scarce nutrients in the body. Worms enter the body in various ways. Hookworm larvae (immature worms) mature into a form that can penetrate the skin of humans. Hookworm infection is transmitted primarily by walking barefoot on contaminated soil. Flip-flops are a simple and effective means of combating the transmission of hookworm.

On July 15, Asbury in Mission will be making their next Barrels of Love shipment to Liberia. Your donation of flip-flops (all sizes) will help prevent parasitic infections in the villages served by Healthy Women, Healthy Liberia. Look for barrels to collect flip-flops in the Mission Donations Area across from the office. We will be accepting donations until July 13.

Questions? Please click below to

contact Dick McCreight.

“Barrels of Love” – The Story

Asbury Communications AIM (Asbury in Missions), Barrels of Love March 7, 2021

As previewed in worship this morning, here’s a video interview with Connie Miller, who shares the full story of Asbury’s Barrels of Love ministry with Liberia, on it’s 20th anniversary. Praise God for this wonderful ministry; and pray for our friends in Liberia. Learn about the March book drive at asburylv.org/bookdrive.