Monday, June 16, 2014
Beautiful Savior Arlington hosted LERT Training
On May 3rd Beautiful Savior in Arlington Texas Host Level 1 & 2 Lutheran Early Response Training (LERT). 20 LCMS members from 6 churches attended the training. Among those presenting at the event Were Rev. Matt Canion who is working with the recovery after the west explosion, David Ricks from the Disaster Care Ministry at Beautiful Savior and Phoebe, the LCC K-9 Comfort Dog from St. Paul Lutheran in Fort Worth and the Summit Lutheran in Aledo.
LERT Training at Lamb of God - Flower Mound
30 LCMS members attended an LCMS Disaster Response training workshop led by Pastor Meyer was held on May 10 at Lamb of God Lutheran Church in Flowermound. The Training focused on post-disaster field work training to include debris
clean-up, muck-out and tarp & patch.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Monday, November 5, 2012
Taking Disaster Supplies to Brooklyn
On Thursday November Second we began the process of transporting
disaster buckets to St Peter's Lutheran in Brooklyn New York. We rounded
up the bibles we had. Some were being marked some were stored in another
area. We determined we were about 90 Bibles short of having one bible
for every bucket, so we went and purchased 2 more cases of bibles. We
were short quite an few mops and brooms, so we went to the two nearby
Dollar tree around and bought out there brooms and mops. We Rented a
U-Haul truck and brought it to the church and Began to load it. Our
Quilters decided they wanted to send their quilts with us. They bagged
up 100 quilts and they were loaded into the truck. We Took 356 Buckets
with a devotional inside., 362 Bibles, and 100 quilts.
Friday Morning we set out on our 1600 mile drive at 6:00 A.M. Central time. We drove through North East Texas Arkansas and Tennessee, before stopping at 11:20 Eastern Time. We got up Saturday Morning at and were on the road again by 6:15, and Drove to as far as Bethlehem, PA before hitting our first problem. We exited the highway to get gas only to find a very long gas line. We decided to drive a little farther of the highway to see if we could find a shorter line. The road curved around and went back to Allentown were we found a shorter line. We got in line, and thirty minutes later were back on the road. We found a Wendy's, grabbed a quick lunch (It was already 3:00) and got back on the road an hour and a half and 8 miles back from were we exited.We cruised in to Brooklyn with the only other problem being New York Knicks Basketball traffic. We were met by Jose Pineda and a group of eager youth who helped us unload. We unloaded the truck, then I lead the group in a short devotion and prayer, then we returned the truck to U_hauls after hours drop off and walked back to the St Peter's,stopping to pick up what I was told is the best pizza in Brooklyn.
We slept at the church. We were fed Bagels, hot tea and coffee before being taken to the airport. Our flight was delayed, but we arrived at Charlotte, NC just in time to board the flight to Dallas. We were in the airport less than 10 minutes. We arrived in Dallas and had our luggage by 5:00.
We enjoyed talking with the youth at St Peter's about their experiences with the storm and about Brooklyn in general. They helped us take are personnel belongings inside. When I pulled my cowboy boots out of the truck one of the boys exclaimed," hey, this guy really is from Texas!"Many of them had to hold the boots, some had never seen cowboy boots up close before.
Friday Morning we set out on our 1600 mile drive at 6:00 A.M. Central time. We drove through North East Texas Arkansas and Tennessee, before stopping at 11:20 Eastern Time. We got up Saturday Morning at and were on the road again by 6:15, and Drove to as far as Bethlehem, PA before hitting our first problem. We exited the highway to get gas only to find a very long gas line. We decided to drive a little farther of the highway to see if we could find a shorter line. The road curved around and went back to Allentown were we found a shorter line. We got in line, and thirty minutes later were back on the road. We found a Wendy's, grabbed a quick lunch (It was already 3:00) and got back on the road an hour and a half and 8 miles back from were we exited.We cruised in to Brooklyn with the only other problem being New York Knicks Basketball traffic. We were met by Jose Pineda and a group of eager youth who helped us unload. We unloaded the truck, then I lead the group in a short devotion and prayer, then we returned the truck to U_hauls after hours drop off and walked back to the St Peter's,stopping to pick up what I was told is the best pizza in Brooklyn.
We slept at the church. We were fed Bagels, hot tea and coffee before being taken to the airport. Our flight was delayed, but we arrived at Charlotte, NC just in time to board the flight to Dallas. We were in the airport less than 10 minutes. We arrived in Dallas and had our luggage by 5:00.
We enjoyed talking with the youth at St Peter's about their experiences with the storm and about Brooklyn in general. They helped us take are personnel belongings inside. When I pulled my cowboy boots out of the truck one of the boys exclaimed," hey, this guy really is from Texas!"Many of them had to hold the boots, some had never seen cowboy boots up close before.
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| Loading the Truck |
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| Driving to Brooklyn |
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| Unloading at St Peter's Lutheran |
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| The Unloading Crew |
Thursday, November 1, 2012
After Superstorm Sandy
Tomorrow, I will be heading to Brooklyn to deliver Disaster Buckets to St Peter's Lutheran Church. I am still looking for someone to ride along with me, so if you are interested, let me know. I will post some pictures and information when we return.
The Lutheran Church is on the groung in New York and New Jersey finding out what needs are and how they can help. We will continue to collect disaster buckets and plan to make a second trip in a week or so.
Below is a post to a video from LCMS President Rev Harrison on our response to this disaster
http://video.lcms.org/archives/1483
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Response to Sandy
In the last 24 hr Hurricane Sandy has
pounded the East Coast. It is estimated that the storm will
negatively impact one in every four Americans before it leaves the
country
As you may know, Beautiful Savior's's Lutheran Church
Disaster Care Ministry assembles disaster buckets to provide to
families that are impacted by disaster. I have been in touch with
Rev Glen Merrit, who coordinates disaster response for the Lutheran
Church Missouri Synod. Pastor Merritt and I believe there will be a
real need for disaster buckets to be delivered as soon as it is safe
to go into the devastated areas. We are working with Synod to
coordinate delivery of as many buckets as possible.
If you are willing to
assist us in this effort you can assemble buckets using the information below, and
delivering them to Beautiful Savior by Monday November 5. The address is 5851 New York Avenue, Arlington TX 75052.
Each Bucket is a five gallon bucket
with lid and contains the following Items:
- Roll
of Paper towels
- Disposable
rags
- Glass
cleaner
- Cleansing
powder
- Liquid
cleaner
- Bleach
- Scrub
brush
- 2
pair of Rubber gloves
- Sponge(s)
- Mop
or Broom
All
items except the mop or broom should be placed in the bucket and the
lid placed on top (so they can be stacked). Mops and brooms should be
brought separately.
If you would like to help but can not
bring buckets you can donate to the effort by donating to the General
Hurricane fund set up by the Texas District. To donate online go to
http://www.txdistlcms.org/emergency-donations.html
Thanks,
David Ricks
Disaster Care Ministry
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church
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