Coordinators:
EDUCATE THE
CONGREGATION

1. Teach people to evacuate – why, as Christians, they need to do this

   • Taxing the resources of the Fire Dept., Police etc.

   • Safety of their families

   • Being in need vs. being a help
      

2. BUT – for people who are able-bodied and can stay…

   • Encourage people to stay and volunteer in shelters, prepare for immediate response

   • Encourage people to prepare for a hurricane for themselves and for their neighbors (food and water for their neighbors who didn’t prepare…) They are either in a place where they need to be helped or they are prepared to help others
      

3. Prepare people to minister Jesus

   • Teach people to talk about Jesus, offer to pray, etc. (not either end – not hard sell evangelism, but not ignoring the words and spiritual help)
      

4. This is not a “the church is taking care of it” project – this is an “all hands on deck” project. You won’t have too many volunteers!
    

5. Encourage them to have their unchurched friends take part
    

6. What individuals and small businesses can do (“What I Learned From Four Hurricanes”)
    

7. What would God have them do (creativity – treats and special things were truly special)?
    

8. Prepare the Church to be a “shelter” for those in need (not literally a hurricane shelter,
   but a place to go sit, have a meal, get some help, talk to someone, pray with someone, get information,…)
    

9. Church members can collect all year, for donation: 2nd level items like radios, camping stoves, tarps, lanterns etc. as well as 1st level items like food staples, baby goods etc.
    

10. They can find out about their neighbors – the elderly and the “special needs”
     

11. They can hand out hurricane preparation lists to their neighbors