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As Waters Recede, Kentucky Baptists Prepare to Serve
05/19/2011
SMITHLAND –Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief is coordinating its first group of volunteers to serve in Western Kentucky as floodwaters finally recede.
The Kentucky Baptist Convention and Ohio River Baptist Association are organizing teams to help residents in Smithland, Ledbetter and elsewhere in Livingston County remove mud and debris and then pressure wash their houses.
Potter’s House Baptist Worship Center in Smithland will host the teams and provide headquarters for the effort.
Cindy Henderson, a KBC ministry assistant and disaster relief coordinator, said an initial group of about 10 volunteers is being organized and that additional workers will be called upon to respond to residents’ needs.
Henderson also said that more teams may be requested to serve in Paducah but damage assessment is just getting underway there.
Trained Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers may be needed in the Western Kentucky area for some time, so Henderson said she is encouraging teams to stay informed through the Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief and Kentucky Baptist Convention Facebook pages, and the KBC website, www.kybaptist.org/dr.
Recently, Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief teams have helped residents in West Point clean up after flooding, and served in Henagar, Ala., following an outbreak of tornadoes.
Kentucky Baptists are part of a larger network of Southern Baptist volunteers that comprise the third largest relief organization in the United States.
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
