[UPDATE: December 10, 2023 at 9:25 AM]
Dear Brentwood Baptist Campuses,
When disasters hit close to home there is something unique that rises up in us, not to mention when those disasters are close to the holidays. Yesterday as tornados rolled through our local communities, people stayed alert to all the things happening and reached out to neighbors and friends to check on them. Today we are in the process of hearing some those experiences and needs.
This is what we ask everyone to do first……Pray for your those impacted in our local communities and be the neighbor that we are all called to be. See if there are ways to wrap around and care for those impacted close to you. Sometimes a call and check-in means more than anything else.
What is happening through Crisis Response and how you can participate? As always, we wait to hear from Tennessee Baptist Disaster Response to know how to best step into the gaps they are seeing and hearing. In cases like this, you may have personal connections. We may be hearing of items like “broken trees” or know of people who lost times because their homes were destroyed. We are trying to determine now how to work best with our partners such as CarePortal and others to help in these types of situations.
Please remember that you can encourage people to…..
- Give to our Tennessee Storm Relief Fund and those funds are used to help with needs such as this.
- Reach out to our Disaster Relief Team to learn how to respond when physical needs are made known.
- Reach out to learn more about CarePortal and helping people in other ways
As we continue to learn about opportunities to support during this time, we will be sharing those opportunities with you.
Many Blessings
Vicki Howell