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A ready hope : effective disaster ministry for congregations / Kathryn M. Haueisen and Carol Flores.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Herndon, VA : Alban Institute, 2009Description: xxvii, 248 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781566993869
  • 1566993865
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.34/575 22
LOC classification:
  • HV554.4 .H38 2009
Contents:
Foreword / Kathleen Smith -- Acronyms for common disaster response terms -- Introduction: Get trained, get ready, get going -- The calm before the storm: before disaster strikes -- Hunker down or get out of town: when disaster is imminent -- D-day and taking stock: communications in chaotic conditions -- Calm down! Emotional responses in a disaster -- A completely different world: congregational roles in early relief efforts -- People, people everywhere: national response organizations -- Bring in the volunteers: government and nongovernmental agency roles in disaster -- The community that weeps together: long-term recovery from a disaster -- Suffer the little children: how trauma affects the youngest and the oldest -- No going back: resiliency and disaster recovery -- A future with hope: congregational life after a disaster -- Justice, kindness, and walking humbly: why engage in disaster response? -- Appendix A. Red Cross sheltering -- Appendix B. Emergency kits -- Appendix C. Suggestions on offering spiritual first aid -- Appendix D. The role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a disaster -- Appendix E. National nonprofit disaster response organizations -- Appendix F. What to know before you volunteer -- Appendix G. Disaster-focused time and talent survey -- Appendix H. Sample congregational plan -- Appendix I. A place for all sizes.
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Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection HV554.4 .H38 2009 Available 31794003151173
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection HV554.4 .H38 2009 Available Temporarily Shelved at PHILA General Collection 35898001565726
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection HV554.4 .H38 2009 1 Available Temporarily Shelved at PHILA General Collection 31826003182996

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Kathleen Smith -- Acronyms for common disaster response terms -- Introduction: Get trained, get ready, get going -- The calm before the storm: before disaster strikes -- Hunker down or get out of town: when disaster is imminent -- D-day and taking stock: communications in chaotic conditions -- Calm down! Emotional responses in a disaster -- A completely different world: congregational roles in early relief efforts -- People, people everywhere: national response organizations -- Bring in the volunteers: government and nongovernmental agency roles in disaster -- The community that weeps together: long-term recovery from a disaster -- Suffer the little children: how trauma affects the youngest and the oldest -- No going back: resiliency and disaster recovery -- A future with hope: congregational life after a disaster -- Justice, kindness, and walking humbly: why engage in disaster response? -- Appendix A. Red Cross sheltering -- Appendix B. Emergency kits -- Appendix C. Suggestions on offering spiritual first aid -- Appendix D. The role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a disaster -- Appendix E. National nonprofit disaster response organizations -- Appendix F. What to know before you volunteer -- Appendix G. Disaster-focused time and talent survey -- Appendix H. Sample congregational plan -- Appendix I. A place for all sizes.

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