The hurricane season has begun. Make sure your church and community are prepared by creating a church disaster plan. Disaster Ministries offers Early Response Team (ERT) or Connecting Neighbors training courses to help you learn how to prepare and respond to disasters.
Here is an overview of what to do when a disaster strikes. View our Preparation Page for more resources.
If your church is affected
- Contact your District Superintendent
- Contact your District Disaster Response Coordinator
- Contact the Conference Disaster Response Coordinator at 888-440-9167
- Activate your church disaster plan
If your community is affected
- Contact your District Superintendent
- Contact your District Disaster Response Coordinator
- Contact the Conference Disaster Response Coordinator at 888-440-9167
- Activate your church disaster plan
- Deploy volunteers per church plan and training
If Another Community in Your District is affected
- Contact your District Disaster Response Coordinator
- Contact the Conference Disaster Response Coordinator at 888-440-9167
- Check the Conference website for instructions
- If members of your church are trained and registered volunteers with the Conference, they will receive email updates and deployment instructions. Please do not self-deploy.
Our Conference and Beyond
- Check the Conference website for updates and instructions
- If members of your church are trained and registered volunteers with the Conference, they will receive email updates and deployment instructions. Please do not self-deploy.
- Make a donation to the North Carolina Conference Disaster Fund.
If you have questions about creating a church disaster plan, contact 888-440-9167 or disaster@nccumc.org.