Are you in?
This week I met with St. Charles County Regional Emergency Management to determine the best way Harvester Christian Church can serve our neighbors in the event of a natural disaster or any widespread emergency situation. As our Natural Disaster Response Team starts to gel, the humble heart of each person is so evident. They all want to help but they want to make sure what we do is actually helpful and we don’t get in the way. Natural disasters have so many moving parts. I know we have all felt some level of feeling overwhelmed and not knowing where to even begin to help. I received very helpful information and feedback today to shape our next steps and best utilize our church family’s gifts and talents.
Are you curious about how to help our neighbors after something like a tornado or flood?
Take a few moments and click here==> to complete this brief survey to let us know how you might be able to help. It does not sign you up to serve on any team. It is simply used to determine how our church family might serve our community.
The staff also gave me a tour of Dispatch. My heart broke with how many calls they received per minute. No one was calling to say they were having the best day ever. As with everywhere else, there is a shortage of dispatchers. Even with that volume of calls, and the lack of personnel, every dispatcher was calm, cool, collected and so understanding. They quickly connected to our incredible police, firefighters, or EMTs all over St. Charles County. As I reflect on my day I think it was truly a sacred ground of people doing their very best to unleash hope in our county. It also made me think of many of you. People who love so deeply that they can diffuse difficult situations and move to action quickly and efficiently. Perhaps you or someone you know would like to learn more about Dispatch positions available with St. Charles County. You can find out more about that opportunity here==>https://www.sccmo.org/2077/Jobs
One of my greatest desires is for our city to know we are Christians by our love. I want our community to experience unprecedented hope because as a church family, we can be counted on to show up in the really really dark times to our neighbors. I pray God blesses us with the opportunity to constantly and consistently serve our neighbors so they might find and follow Jesus.
Are you in?
Ronda Grigg
I’m in…unfortunately my responses to the survey questions were less than helpful. But I am here to serve where a warm body is needed.