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Main Date: Saturday, September 1st
8:00am - 11:00am 'ReadyChurch' Track - Featuring Pastor Bill Goodrich & Rick Mohler
Ready Church -- Understanding and Building your "CHURCH EMERGENCY TEAM" (CET)
What will be covered in the morning session on Saturday September 1st 2012
CET Functions - Overview
The CET prepares to respond to spiritual, emotional, mental and physical emergencies. Its first responsibility is the safety and preparedness of the church it serves, and then the support of the local ReadyChurches and ReadyCitySM.
The CET is trained to:
• Handle the safety and security needs of the church
• Create a Ministry Continuity/Emergency Operations Plan for the church
• Assess church capacities and capability to serve the community in crisis
• Set up and run an emergency operations center in the church when needed
• Set and manage emergency response procedures
• Manage God-glorifying communication with the public during a crisis or disaster
• Connect members and others in crisis to the services of the church or other Christian organizations in the area
• Help members get personally prepared spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically
• Show people where to volunteer to serve in emergencies and get trained
• Train Christians to effectively pray, care and share their faith with the 90% of people in crisis who ask: Where is God in this?
• The CET mobilizes trained, certified and recognized volunteers capable of helping the community and responders in a crisis and disaster.
ReadyChurch CET’s play a unique role in crisis and disaster response by providing:
Nehemiah 4:13 – “So I put people behind the lowest places along the wall – the open places –
and I put families together with their swords, spears, and bows.”
11:30am Lunch
12:45pm Afternoon Session:
3:59pm Activities Concluded
(Booths all day)
Cost: ReadyChurch Track FREE per church team
Participation in the Ready City Exercise is FREE.
Optional Pre-Conference Training: Friday, August 31st
ReadyChristian Training (FREE)
Ready Christian Training
What will be covered in the pre-conference workshop on Friday August 31st 2012
8:00am to 10:30 (Lunch Break on your own) 1:30pm to 4:00pm
1: Understanding Biblical Readiness
2: Building a Personal Preparedness and Response Network
3: Engaging in Together We Will Stand and Emergency Pray-Care-Share Activities
4: Making a Kit and Making a Plan
5: Being Informed and Creating a Growth Plan
6: Responding as a ReadyChristian
7: Practicing How to Respond
8: Engaging in Further, Ongoing Training
Booths - all day
Music groups start around 4-6pm until Midwest Gospel Quartet Conference and New artist show case
Optional Church Ceremonies: Sunday, Sept 2nd
We encourage individual Indianapolis churches to honor their first-responders, and their volunteer-responders who have labored so faithfully this past year regarding emergencies and disaster-relief, such as in Joplin & Henryville.
Special Notes:
Prayer Room
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