Please join us for the Lutheran Early Response Team Basic volunteer training program. This is a simple program designed to help you serve as a trained Christian volunteer when a disaster strikes and to help your family, congregation, and community and to help you 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. It is expected that you are a member of a congregation of the LCMS in order to participate after the training.
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. After a brief introduction regarding the goals and theological rationale of LCMS 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, staying safe on the worksite, and necessary paperwork
Cost for the day is $35, which includes a light breakfast, lunch, book/materials, t-shirt, and credential card. NOTE: If you are repeating the session this is free to you, but if you need a new book and/or t-shirt we ask that you contribute a donation of $15 to help defray the costs.
