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DEFINITION:
Small teams which will assess property damage and general needs, who
can assess any immediate medical needs, who can give
information on where people can find help (agencies, FEMA
etc.), and who can pray and comfort. These small teams
basically represent and can be made up of people from the Work
Teams, Advocacy Ministry, Medical Ministry, and
Prayer/Counseling Ministry. Also needed are administrative
people who can create and administrate a data base system for
the families in your geographical area and for you church
family.
VOLUNTEER NEEDS:
People who are outgoing, personable, and love to meet and talk to
people they don’t know; people who exude warmth, kindness, and
caring; people who have knowledge of the appropriate areas
(property needs, advocacy, medical care, prayer)
PRE-HURRICANE:
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Prepare a survey
and database of the vulnerable people in your geographical
area (elderly, single moms, disabled etc.). This personal
contact will set up relationship for post-hurricane
ministry.
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Prepare a survey
and database of your church family.
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Educate and
encourage the special needs population to register with the
county
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Use the church
“Voluntary Registration Form” for the vulnerable population
in your church and in your geographical area.
POST-HURRICANE:
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Immediately go
through your area assessing needs and ministering to people.
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Be prepared to help
people with information about available resources
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Be available to
help people determine an appropriate course of action
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Turn the
information over to the appropriate Ministry Teams.
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Check back with
people to see how things are going (this can even mean
personal or phone contact a month, several months, and a
year later…).
NOTES:
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This takes some
real administrative work behind the scenes to keep track of
the database, who has been visited etc.
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This is the
Ministry Team that will see to it that the elderly and the
disabled are cared for. You will know where they live, what
their situation is, and if they know where they are going in
the event of a hurricane. You can see to it that people are
immediately visited and cared for after the hurricane.
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