Helpful tools for Church Denominations

With Hurricane Wilma bearing down on the Gulf of Mexico and many relief workers still entrenched in meeting immediate needs in the Southeast such as those offering supplies and sheltering evacuees from Katina and Rita, Christian Emergency Network(CEN) is providing the following helpful support for your long term denominational response.

To Denominational Leaders,

With Hurricane Wilma bearing down on the Gulf of Mexico and many relief workers still entrenched in meeting immediate needs in the Southeast such as those offering supplies and sheltering evacuees from Katina and Rita, Christian Emergency Network(CEN) is providing the following helpful support for your long term denominational response.

Whether your denomination has a defined seasoned disaster relief program, churches newly responding to these recent disasters, or churches who would like to be involved CEN is here to assist you to keep your disaster-response burning responsibly.

Church Sheltering Information:

Non-profit reimbursements for churches housing evacuees 10/05 

FEMA documentation for evacuee services 10/05 

Steps to Consider Before and During Sheltering 

Critical Needs Communication:

CEN will feature your needs (prayer, resources) for ongoing relief and recovery operations to all forms of media communication if you will provide info in short email form. Email: newsroom@cen911.com 

Church Responder Banners:

CEN will provide the first 20 churches who contact us with a "We are Here for You" banner for those providing services to the most affected areas - free of charge. The banners were provided gratis to CEN partners from Outreach Martketing Inc. Contact Us: admin@cen911.com 

Church Seeker Booklets:

CEN partner Campus Crusade for Christ has provided the booklet Higher Ground for churches ministering to the seeker needs of victims still in the Southeast as well as those scattered nationwide. more>> 

Church Field Communication Conference Calls:

CEN will sponsor monthly ongoing Question/Answer meetings with national field leaders as needed through recovery phase. Please sign up for a specific meeting notice with date and conference call in information. Email: admin@cen911.com 

November- John Berglund National Disaster Coordinator of The Salvation Army

Church Informational Advisories:

CEN provides ongoing information with prayer, care, share tips to keep your Church focused on offering long term support to the victims and to prepare themselves responsibly for any disaster. You are encouraged to post the CEN website on your own website so that up to the minute Emergency Information will be provided for your entire denomination in timely manner. To sign up for emails and to forward to your denomination, and post CEN link, click here .

Church Preparation Sermon Series:

CEN has prepared a three part four week sermon series package to walk your congregations through the basic steps of personal, church and community preparedness. All families need this support. Any church wishing to provide community support in an emergency should have simple steps in place before reaching out to their own congregants and the community at large. more>> 

Church Ongoing Inspo Package:

CEN is considering developing a courtesy Hurricane 2005 Church Inspirational package of materials such as inspirational field video, worship suggestions, Public Service Announcements for local radio stations to support local church efforts, bulletin inserts, banners, booklets, sermon series and more in generic format to allow any church to customize the material for use in keeping their congregations focused on long term and responsible response to the Hurricanes of 2005. IF your denomination/church is interested in this please indicate below:

Yes, our church is interested in the CEN package and would like notification when it becomes available. Email: click here .

Christian Emergency Network stands ready 24/7 to support you as you support your denomination in disaster readiness and response to pray, care and share the Hope of Jesus Christ, the only Hope for the Hopeless.
Yours, in Christian service,

Mary Marr

CEN Chairman and Founder