Part of the Disaster Care Ministry at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church is our Bucket Brigade. This year alone, we have already distributed over 1000 Disaster Buckets and we have another 200 ready for delivery. I often get ask what a Disaster or Flood Bucket is and how our program works.
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| Flood Bucket with its contents |
A Disaster/ Flood Bucket is a 5-gallon bucket containing cleaning supplies. Each bucket contains a roll of paper towels, a rag or cloth, a bottle of glass cleaner, a bottle of liquid cleaner (like Spic & Span), a powder cleaner (like Comet), a gallon of bleach, a scrub brush, two pairs of rubber gloves, 2 sponges and devotional material. We also send a Bible with each Bucket.
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| Picking up empty buckets at our local Home Depot |
Although we purchase most of our bucket supplies, some items are donated.Our funds for purchasing supplies come from our fund-raisers, donations from individuals and churches, and grants like the one we currently have from the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
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| Assembling Flood Buckets |
We order most of our supplies on-line from Dollar Tree. They are delivered to the local store where we pick them up. We try to get our buckets donated, but when we have to buy them, Home Depot gives us a good discount. After we have picked p our supplies we schedule a work day to assemble the buckets. We store the buckets in the same room we assemble them in.
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| Loading the Trailer |
The Buckets are stored until they are needed. When we get a request, we load the buckets into our trailer.
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| Unloading Buckets at Bethel Lutheran in Bryan, TX. |
Working through the local Lutheran Church, we deliver the buckets to the area affected by the disaster. When possible we help deliver the buckets to the victims.
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| Delivering buckets to McAllen Texas to be sent to Southern Mexico. |
We always try to work through the local church or other Lutheran organization.Our ministry is based on a ministry of presence so it is important that we make that personal contact, listen to the victims and ask to share a prayer with them.
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| Annual fund-raising dinner. |
Those who deliver the buckets are always ready to share the hope they have in Christ Jesus. Without that, we are just another social ministry.
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| Passing out buckets at the Arlington Tornado recovery Center |
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| The LCC Comfort Dogs Helping us deliver buckets |
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