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Disaster Relief
Donations for Disaster Relief
If you would like to make a donation to Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief ministry, make checks payable to Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC), write Disaster Relief in the memo line, and mail to:
Missouri Baptist Convention
400 East High Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
We want to update you on mud out work that is being done and share this news clip.
The Clay Platte unit is working at Big Lake, the Henrietta unit is at Hannibal, and the St. Louis unit is responding locally.
So Far, the response is being handled within the units.
July 23, 2010
There are a few things we need to communicate to you as the fall training schedule is set to begin. The next training will be on August 27-28 at First Baptist Church, 212 South High Street, Jackson.
The North American Mission Board has put in to place a new requirement that all volunteers undergo a background check every three years. We will begin this at the Jackson training event. All volunteers will be asked to sign an authorization form at the time of registration. The check will include National Criminal Database Search, Social Security Number Verification, and National Sex Offender Registry. The ID badge will be mailed to volunteers from our office after the background check has come back clear. (NAMB also requires that volunteers be retrained every three years even though they have been active in disaster response.)
In order to help cover the additional cost for this, the registration fees will be raised beginning with the Jackson training.
Registration fee for volunteers trained for the first time will be $40.
For those previously trained and who do not need the clothing items, the charge is $20.
The charge for any additional training events attended after the initial background check and before time for the next check would be $15.
As a reminder, those training as chaplains for the first time will have the additional cost of the chaplain specific clothing items and those training for blue hat will have the additional cost of the hat.
A sticker will be provided for the back of the ID badge showing the date a new background check is required. We are also using stickers to show when a volunteer is due to be retrained.
We are excited to announce that we will begin offering Communication Secondary Operator Training at this training. No license is required for this level of training. This is scheduled for 8-10:30 a.m. on Saturday and to continue at 1 p.m. It should finish by 3 p.m.
If you know of volunteers who are not receiving our communications or of those who might be interested in this type of training, please communicate this information to them.
Thank you for your involvement and commitment to Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief. You are a great group to work with and you are each appreciated very much.
June 28, 2010
For a second year, we are working with Baptist Global Response to collect "In-Home Care Kits" for AIDS victims in Africa. Click here for a letter from Rick Seaton.
For a second year, we are working with Baptist Global Response to collect "In-Home Care Kits" for AIDS victims in Africa. 