LERT (Lutheran Early Response Team) Training Event, for new or renewing/reviewing volunteer certification. Enables volunteers to be received at disaster clean up sites. Prepares groups to be on a local team that stands prepared to respond when disasters happen and where victims of storm damage are in need of assistance. This event serves to fill a gap of needed LERT team(s), specifically in the southeast area of the Missouri District.
A registration fee of $25 per person will pay for training materials, certification documentation, onsite LERT volunteer T-shirt (the normal $35 fee has been offset by a generous grant Thrivent Action Grant).
Please send registration fees to "Good Shepherd Lutheran Chapel", 1904 W. Cape Rock Dr., Cape Girardeau, MO 63701.
Please note "LERT Training Feb. 24, 2022" on your check. Questions? Please contact Rev. Marty Hasz, marty.hasz@mo.lcms.org.
How long will training last?
5:30 - 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 24, 2022. Please arrive as close to 5 pm as possible for registration & pizza.
Pre-course reading will be required. Contact Rev. Hasz to receive preparation materials at 573-979-2791.
What will we study?
There are three main sections:
1) An introduction to the LCMS Disaster Response program
2) Congregation preparedness
3) Lutheran Early Response Teams
Who can be trained?
Anyone who is interested in Disaster Response is welcome to attend this LERT training session. However, only LCMS members who are 14 years or older will receive certification as LCMS LERT volunteers. You will receive your certificate of participation, volunteer ID card, and T-shirt from the LCMS Disaster Response Office after the training is complete. Your LERT trainer will distribute all the LERT materials during and after the class.
