Disaster Preparedness Seminar
Set For Spring Hill Pres., Mobile

Church leaders will have the opportunity to learn how to deal with a variety of devastating disasters at a Disaster Preparedness and Response Seminar and Workshop held at Spring Hill Presbyterian Church in Mobile, Alabama, May 16.

The seminar, offered by Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA), is an ecumenical curriculum designed to help church leaders respond to hurricanes, fires, floods and other disasters in their community with compassion and generosity. It will offer such practical advice as how congregations can form partnerships with other churches to serve as shelters for displaced residents in the wake of disasters. Seminar participants will also learn how to provide spiritual care to victims, meet the needs of children and the elderly and manage donations and volunteers.

Church leaders will be given the opportunity to design a disaster response plan tailored to their individual church and community. Participants will each receive a five-chapter notebook for planning practical disaster responses.

The seminar/workshop is open all churches that wish to participate. A registration fee of $5.00 to cover the expense of light refreshments must be received by PDA by May 2. Churches are encouraged to send a team of representatives.

The seminar portion of the program will be held from 2-6 pm. An optional extended planning workshop will be conducted from 7-9 pm.

For more information contact Stan Hankins, of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, at 1-888-728-7228 or shankins@ctr.pcusa.org.