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Kentucky Baptists Help Mass. Rebound
06/07/2011
LOUISVILLE–Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are in Springfield, Mass., helping residents there recover from a tornado June 1.
Three chaplains are providing counseling and spiritual support to people affected by the storm that killed four people. Thirteen other volunteers are helping residents by removing trees and other debris.
Chainsaw disaster relief units from Little River Baptist Association and First Baptist Church of Richmond joined the state team led by “blue hat” supervisors Harold Smith of Shepherdsville and Jerry Cable of Campton.
The chaplaincy team from Lincoln County Baptist Association is led by Dwayne and Cherie Martin and includes Director of Missions Gary King.
The Kentucky Baptist volunteers are headquartered at Friendship Baptist Church in Brimfield, Mass.
It has been a busy spring for Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief. In March teams responded to flooding in Ohio. In April, volunteers served in West Point, a community in Hardin County located on Ohio River, which also was affected by foods.
Following deadly tornadoes in Alabama, 110 Kentucky Baptists served in Henagar and Higdon, Ala., removing debris and providing hot showers, laundry facilities and chaplaincy services.
“Mud-out” teams removed debris and cleaned flooded homes in Livingston and McCracken counties May 23-June 5. A chainsaw unit also worked in Trigg County during that time.
For up-to-date information on Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief deployments, training opportunities and other news, visit www.kybaptist.org/dr or become a fan of “Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief” on Facebook.
For additional information contact the Baptist Men on Mission Department by e-mail at baptistmen@kybaptist.org or by phone at (502) 489-3527 or (866) 489-3527 (toll-free in Kentucky).
Contributions to the disaster relief ministry should be sent to the Kentucky Baptist Convention with “disaster relief” in the memo line of the check. The address is Kentucky Baptist Convention, PO Box 43433, Louisville, KY 40223-4160.
The Kentucky Baptist Convention is a cooperative missions and ministry organization made up of nearly 2.400 autonomous Baptist churches in Kentucky. A variety of state and worldwide ministries are coordinated through its administrative offices in Louisville, including: missions work, disaster relief, ministry training and support, church development, evangelism and more. For more, find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
by Dannah Prather, KBC Communications
