Please join us for the Lutheran Early Response Team volunteer training program. Together we will walk through a simple training program designed to help you serve as a trained Christian volunteer when a disaster strikes and to help your family and congregation to be prepared for disasters. This training is part of a Synod-wide disaster response program, facilitated by a network of District Disaster Response Coordinators and Teams, under the direction of LCMS Disaster Response. After the program, you will receive a completion card credential and a T-shirt. It is expected that you are a member of a congregation of the LCMS in order to participate after training.
PLEASE NOTE: Registrations must be received by two weeks prior to the training day to ensure a shirt at the time of the class photo. Registrations received after that date will have shirts sent with the credential card.
In the chaos of disaster, it's important to stay focused on the task at hand. This training will help you focus on the most important thing to remember as you prepare for or to respond to a disaster in your community or beyond. At the center of our LERT Volunteer training is one thing: MERCY! Christ's mercy is the basis for everything we say and do. This 6-hour training event will equip you to be an effective volunteer should a disaster strike your community. After a brief introduction regarding the goals and theological rationale of LCM Disaster Response, the LERT volunteer training will address the following:
- Christian care in times of disaster
- A Ministry of presence
- The LERT Program and how it works with other responders
- Introduction to Disaster Response
- At the work site: Debris clean up, tarp and patch, flood and mud clean up, chainsaw safety, and necessary paperwork.
Cost for the day is $35, which includes light breakfast, lunch, book/materials, t-shirt, and credential card. If you are repeating the session we ask that you contribute $15 if you need a new book and t-shirt to help defray the costs.
