Emergency Preparedness Kits
A month ago when we fielded questions about the prophetic word, a few
of you asked, “What are we to do with this word?” and others asked,
“How do I talk to not-yet Christians about this word?”
Last Sunday, after morning worship, some of us gathered together to
talk about what we could do to be physically prepared for an
earthquake. Out of that meeting came a document that you can find at
this link:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dc3c3pp8_24hb5mvm64
What we would particularly like to note from the list is the bottom
half of the document. In the bottom half, you’ll see sections titled
“Evac. Backpack – To Give Away” and “Emergency Kit (Home)”. As you’ll
infer, the evacuation backpacks are intended for us to distribute out
to our oikoses (our friends, our co-workers, our neighbors, our
family, etc.) while the home emergency kits, because they’re more
extensive and costly, are intended for us to keep in our homes. It is
our hope that the evacuation backpacks would provide a great
opportunity to get to know the people in your oikoses more and show
genuine care and concern for them. You can talk about it in the
context of the prophetic word or just earthquake preparedness. I’d
encourage us to pray, asking the Lord to be the one to guide our words
as we talk to our oikoses.
In the near future, we hope that as a church, we could assemble both
the evacuation backpacks and home emergency kits. The items listed as
“optional” on the list will not be included.
The home emergency kits will roughly cost $80 while the evacuation
backpacks will roughly cost $41. If the evacuation backpacks are
bought for oikos people, the church will subsidize half of the cost of
the evacuation backpacks, making them roughly $20 each.
If you’re interested in purchasing them or have any questions, talk to
Alinna or me or email either of us.
