Two state-wide Disaster Relief Trainings are scheduled for this year. April 1, 2023 – Northwood Baptist Church, North Charleston. Register by March 22 – click HERE for more details. October 14, 2023 – Catawba Baptist Church, Rock Hill Additionally, the following specialized trainings will be held: Chaplain training – May 19-20, 2023. Because of the
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For Steven Faucette, ministry happens in unplanned encounters. In November of 2022, the Kershaw Association Disaster Relief Unit deployed to Arcadia, Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. At first, the teams thought they would be involved in tree cutting, however, when they arrived, they discovered that they would be involved in tarping roofs and
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Within days of our last SC DR units leaving Florida as the Hurricane Ian response winds down, here we are watching Tropical Storm Nicole. Thankfully it will not come near the strength and intensity of Ian. However, because Ian left Florida with saturated ground, eroded beaches, and rivers still at- or just below- flood stage,
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South Carolina Disaster Relief is in our third week of serving in the wake of Hurricane Ian. We are partnering with Alabama DR at the site they are running in Arcadia, Florida. We also sent teams to the Tennessee-run site in Wauchula, Florida, and to the Missouri-run site in Venice, FL. The SC volunteers have
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Units are now deploying or scheduled to deploy to Florida for the Disaster Relief (DR) response to Hurricane Ian. Some South Carolina units will serve in Arcadia, FL at a response site managed by Alabama DR. Other units will be assigned in other places, yet to be determined. The first ministry needed after a hurricane
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We are pleased to report that no in-state response to Hurricane Ian is needed. We can all say a prayer of thanks that South Carolina homeowners were spared from significant damage! Now our attention will turn to assisting with the response in Florida, so all units remain on ALERT. The initial focus by Florida DR
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If you have been thinking about serving the Lord through Disaster Relief, now is the time to get involved! This year’s fall Disaster Relief (DR) training will be held October 15, and there is still time to register. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief is known for being a volunteer force that knows how to help people
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Ministry continues in McDowell, Kentucky where South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief is running a site for flood recovery. After four weeks of operations, our mud-out units and chaplains have completed 39 mud-out jobs and led nine people to salvation! Chaplains and Mud-out volunteers are not the only ones who serve – their work is made
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The work of South Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief in McDowell, Kentucky in the first week-and-a-half resulted in 17 completed mud-out jobs, dozens of ministry contacts, and two salvation decisions! The ministry continues as we have a change-over in personnel each weekend and fresh mud-out teams begin work every Monday until the end of the month.
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With tears of compassion in their eyes, South Carolina Disaster Relief (SCDR) volunteers told of their visit to a home in eastern Kentucky. The elderly man living there had been walking on soaking wet carpet and sleeping on a wet mattress because of the recent flood. Mr. M had nowhere else to live and no
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