Disaster Assistance Information
This link to Mission Presbytery gives up to date information on our role in disaster work:
https://www.mission-presbytery.org/disaster-preparedness
Over the past several years, Mission Presbytery has been the target of multiple natural disasters—fires, floods, tornadoes and straight-line winds. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, thousands more damaged, and thousands of families have been affected.
If you live in our near one of the many affected areas, you may be helping with relief and recovery activities, or you may be providing emotional and spiritual support for disaster survivors. Your church may be in a position to assist with disaster recovery efforts by providing housing or other support for volunteers engaged in disaster assistance.
I particularly recommend these examples for anyone involved:
Dealing with folks whose lives have been devastated by disaster is a special challenge. Sometimes the most important thing you can do is to be a supportive listener. If you find yourself in such a situation—or even think you may—please invest just ten minutes of your time in watching “Ministry of Presence.”_ For a useful reference tool, download the companion brochure by the same name.
Providing any kind of volunteer services after a disaster is stressful in itself. If you are doing such work, please watch “Self Care for Volunteers.”
If you live in our near one of the many affected areas, you may be helping with relief and recovery activities, or you may be providing emotional and spiritual support for disaster survivors. Your church may be in a position to assist with disaster recovery efforts by providing housing or other support for volunteers engaged in disaster assistance.
I particularly recommend these examples for anyone involved:
Dealing with folks whose lives have been devastated by disaster is a special challenge. Sometimes the most important thing you can do is to be a supportive listener. If you find yourself in such a situation—or even think you may—please invest just ten minutes of your time in watching “Ministry of Presence.”_ For a useful reference tool, download the companion brochure by the same name.
Providing any kind of volunteer services after a disaster is stressful in itself. If you are doing such work, please watch “Self Care for Volunteers.”
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