Dawson's Response to Tornado Emergency - HOW YOU CAN HELP TODAY! NEED IS URGENT AND IMMEDIATE -

Gang -

Dawson Memorial Baptist Church has MANY, MANY, MANY opportunities for you to serve and assist in the tornado disaster relief efforts. Email Ben Hale ben.hale@dawsonchurch.org for more information.




Disaster Relief—How to Help

Dawson’s response to tornado emergency

Dawson Disaster Relief

Service Opportunities

1. DONATE NEEDED ITEMS -
Beginning today (May1) and going through this Wednesday evening you can donate items (during office hours) to meet the needs of tornado victims. Bring the items to the collection table under the crosswalk to the North Building. Please bring “only” these items.
• Hygiene kits: place these items in gallon zip lock bags; soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant, bath cloth
• Trash bags - (Large, heavy duty)
• Bottled Water - Individuals & gallon jugs
• Sports Drinks
• Coolers - (Ice chest)
• Blankets
• Power Bars & Pre-Packaged snack items
• Work Gloves

2. SIGN UP TO SERVE - You can sign up to serve in the foyer for these opportunities or you can sign up by e-mailing Ben Hale at ben.hale@dawsonchurch.org.

• Volunteers are needed to staff our collection table beginning Monday (May 2) through Wednesday evening.

• Volunteers are needed to deliver donated items to collection centers each day.

• Volunteers are needed to help organize meals for 150 people over a several day period. Volunteers will organize help prepare/organize the meals and deliver them to the disaster relief staging area.

• Volunteers are needed to host a team from Samaritan’s Purse that may be located and temporarily live at Dawson’s church campus. Details are not confirmed at this point.

• We need volunteers that can use chain saws and clean up yards in Cahaba Heights. We need crew chiefs, chain saw operators, and general helpers to drag bush to the street.

3. GENERAL VOLUNTEERS -
If you would like to work this week (Monday-Saturday) as a general volunteer you can go to Central Park Baptist Church’s main sanctuary at 9:00 am each morning this week and they will assign you an area of service. The church address is 1900 43rd Street Ensley, Birmingham, AL 35208.

4. RECEPTIONIST - Birmingham Baptist Association needs a few volunteers to answer a phone at their office to write down needs as people call in. Contact John Hayes at 205-616-3482.


5. YOU CAN GIVE FINANCIALLY - You can contribute to the disaster relief effort by giving to Dawson. Indicate the purpose of your gifts, “Disaster Relief”, on your check. All gifts will be distributed to the Alabama Baptist State Convention’s Disaster Relief Fund.

Samaritan's Purse Response to Offer to Help - PROCESS IS BELOW WITH SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS - NEED IS URGENT

NOTE: YOU STILL NEED TO REGISTER THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE AND THEN CALL THE NUMBER BELOW AND AND LET THEM KNOW COMING AND THEN JUST SHOW UP - NO NEED TO WAIT.

FROM:

Kerry L. Dodson - Volunteer Manager - Samaritan's Purse


We are blessed to know you want to serve your neighbors in need. We have two base camps set up in your area:

Birmingham
Garywood Assembly of God
2730 Allison Bonnett Memorial Drive
Hueytown, Alabama
205-441-2164

Tuscaloosa
First Baptist Church Tuscaloosa
721 Greensboro Avenue
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
205-345-7554

Please arrive ready for work by either 7:00 AM or 1:00 PM daily. (Sunday hours vary. This Sunday we are working beginning at 1:00 PM.) Please wear sturdy work boots, work clothes, and a hat. And, bring basic equipment including work gloves, eye protection, and sunblock. If you are bringing your own chainsaw, please provide your own Personal Protective Equipment (i.e. chaps, hard hat, etc.)

Please call the numbers listed above in advance to let the site know you are coming so they can prepare for lunch. If you are not able to contact the site ahead of time, please plan to pack your own lunch/snack for the day.

Thank you for choosing to serve with Samaritan's Purse and for being the hands and feet of Jesus Christ.

Kerry

Kerry L. Dodson
Volunteer Manager
Samaritan's Purse
P.O. Box 3000
Boone, NC 28607
828-262-1980 ext. 1229
kdodson@samaritan.org
www.samaritanspurse.org

Samaritan's Purse is on the Ground in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa - WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO HELP - http://spvolunteernetwork.org/getting-started.aspx

Gang -

Samaritan's Purse is on the ground today in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa and will need volunteers for weeks and months to come - great organization and great leader in Franklin Graham who visited Tuscaloosa today - Click HERE for a video about Pleasant Grove where more than 50% of the 2600 homes there were completely destroyed.

Click HERE to sign up and volunteer - I suggest either signing up and driving there - if you want to volunteer, or just go to one of the 2 main Samaritan's Purse locations -

BIRMINGHAM/BESSEMER
Garywood Assembly of God
2730 Allison Bonnett Memorial
Bessemer, AL 35023-1843
(205) 744-4366

TUSCALOOSA
First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa
721 Greensboro Avenue
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401-1881
(205) 366-4406


Another great thing about this group is they have lots of experience with these missions AND they adhere to both a Statement of Faith and a Statement of Practice -

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Statement of Faith

Samaritan’s Purse bases its ministry on the following:

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. II Timothy 3:15-17.

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19; Ephesians 4:4-6.

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. John 1:1-4; Matthew 1:23; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 & 4:15; Acts 1:11 & 2:22-24; I Corinthians 15:3-4.

We believe that, for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit and that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation. Titus 3:4-7; Luke 24:46-47; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 14:6; Acts 4:12.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. Galatians 5:16-18; Romans 8:9. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. Revelation 20:11-15; I Corinthians 15:51-57.

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Statement of Practice

The commitment of Samaritan’s Purse is “to serve and not be served.” Serving on the field means your agreement to the following:

I am willing to set aside personal preferences, habits, and schedule in the interest of others to fulfill the ministry of the project to which I am assigned and to seek to win people of faith in Jesus Christ.

I understand there are variations in practice and understanding of Scripture in some areas of doctrine, Christian living, and witness. In serving Samaritan’s Purse, I will abide by the standards of the projects to which I am assigned in all areas, including dress, alcohol, drug, and tobacco and to be sensitive to cultural, regional, and church expectations and standards.

In cooperation with the project setting, I seek to provide excellence in service and to present Jesus Christ as Lord.

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Individual Volunteer & Team Registration

Volunteers should be prepared for manual labor to include home repair, construction and/or clean up. Volunteers must be 14 years or older. For volunteers who are 14 & 15 they must serve alongside their parent or legal guardian. For volunteers 16 & 17, they may serve with an adult chaperone, however they must bring the volunteer waiver signed by their parent/legal guardian and notarized.

What do they need help with? Click HERE to sign up.

Debris Clean-Up & Mudouts; Placing Tarps on Roofs; Chainsaw Work; Cooking; Job Layout & Planning; Carpentry - Rough; Carpentry - Finish; Plumbing - Copper & Plastic; Water Well Installation & Repair; Water Pump Installation & Repair; Septic System Installation; Electrical - Rough; Electrical - Finish; HVAC Installation & Repair; Drywall - Hang; Drywall - Finish; Concrete - Flatwork & Foundation; Concrete Block Laying; Roofing - Shingle & Metal; Landscaping; Welding - Gas & Stick; Machine Operation - Bobcat, Backhoe, etc.; Arborist; General Mechanical Work; Flooring / Carpet Installation; CDL Driving if you have a license

NOTE: Any information in this post from Samaritan's Purse is for informational purposes only for disaster relief and is not for any gain and all credit for their work whether in print or on their website is given to the same.