Dear Participant, Thank you for your interest in the Austin Disaster Relief Network. ADRN is excited to invite you and your family to our 1st Annual, Citywide Disaster Relief Training Conference on Friday, June 11th & Saturday, June 12th. The event will be held at Bannockburn Baptist Church (7200 Brodie Lane, Austin, 78745) and begins at 9AM on Friday. Participants must register in advance for the conference at www.adrntx.org. General and break-out sessions are FREE and costs will vary with *Certified Training Sessions. Please review this packet in its entirety. Included, you will find an ADRN brochure, a conference schedule, a conference information leaflet and we recommend that you watch two short videos about ADRN on our homepage. The purpose of this conference is to train, equip and certify the Body of Christ of Greater Austin to enable them to help those in need, prior to a disaster (Luke 10:25-37). At the conference, ADRN will offer 6 specific areas for participants to be trained (not including some of our break-out sessions):

1. *EVACUEE CARE/Primary Disaster Response Course – ADRN highly recommends this training for participants who are called to help people in times of crisis and/or called to the mission field. This training will equip participants to deal with the mental, emotional and spiritual issues most people encounter in times of disaster, including trauma, learning debriefing techniques and much more. The training will be presented by Melissa Slagle, a consultant and International Trainer, a Certified Traumatic-Stress Specialist (CTS), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), and a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT). All participants will receive an internationally recognized certificate of completion in Disaster Psychological 1st Aid and CISM/CISD (Critical Incident Stress Management/Critical Incident Stress Debriefing). This training is also recommended for teens 16 years of age and above and for the elderly. $70

2. DISASTER SHELTER Preparation – The City of Austin, Office of Homeland

Security and Emergency Management Department, Surrounding Counties and the American Red Cross have asked ADRN to help them staff and manage disaster relief shelters in greater Austin. ADRN will prepare participants to take the next steps in becoming shelter staff and managers. Free

3. FAMILY PREPAREDNESS Training – ADRN’s goal is to ensure that Christians

are not only trained and equipped to help others in times of disaster but prepared personally and for their families. Dr. Paul Williams, author of “When All Plans Fail” will offer two different levels of family preparedness training. Free

4. BIBLICAL READINESS Training – ADRN believes the body of Christ as a whole, needs additional spiritual equipping and training to better prepare us to help those affected by disaster. This session will focus on ways to pray, care and share with those affected by disaster. Free

5. BUSINESS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP – ADRN is

offering a business preparedness class to prepare and empower local businesses for potential emergencies, both natural and man-made, through education, resource management solutions, and aligning with local emergency management authorities. Free

6. IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER IN TIMES OF DISASTER – Prayer invites God

to intervene supernaturally in our lives. In times of crisis, people become keenly aware of their own limitations and their need for divine aid, but they may need help or encouragement to pray. This class will offer practical instruction in listening for direction from God, responding to people with sensitivity, and keeping one’s own heart strong in times of crisis. Learn how to pray in faith with those in need and minister/comfort to those questioning God’s goodness in the midst of disaster. This training will be presented by Thomas and Amy Cogdell and Matt LaCour. Free

7. *1st RESPONDER Training – ADRN highly recommends and offers CERT

training, which educates participants about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills. These include Fire Safety, Disaster Preparedness, Disaster Medical Operations, Light Search & Rescue, Disaster Psychology, Terrorism and a Disaster Simulation. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. This training is nationally recognized and supported by FEMA and the Office of Emergency Management/Department of Homeland Security (CERT – Community Emergency Response Team). $40

*Note: CERT training will only be provided outside of the Disaster Relief Training Conference due to the course time requirement of 20 hrs. The training will be held at the Promiseland Church, Raymond Light Bldg (1504 E. 51st Street, Austin, TX 78723) on June 7th-10th from 6PM-10PM and June 13th from 2PM-6PM. The training is $40 per person. To register, please visit www.adrntx.org

For more information on the conference, email training@adrntx.org. We look forward to seeing you there. God bless! Sincerely, Daniel Geraci Executive Director

  

Conference Schedule  FRIDAY, June 11th  9:00‐9:50 am    Registration 10:00‐10:15 am   Intro/Welcome 10:15‐12:00 pm   Biblical Readiness Training, ADRN 12:00‐1:15 pm   Lunch  1:15‐3:15 pm   Family Preparedness Training ‐ 

Level I: Paul R. Williams, M.D., author of “When All Plans Fail” 3:15‐3:30 pm   Break 3:30‐5:15 pm   Break‐out Sessions (Choose from a variety of training sessions) 

a. Family Preparedness ‐ Level 2, Paul R. Williams M.D. b. Business Emergency Preparedness Workshop, Maureen Wilson c. Skunks and Porcupines: Melissa Slagle          “How to Help Children Experiencing Trauma” d. Importance of Prayer in Times of Disaster 

5:15‐5:30 pm   Importance of Evacuee Care/CISM Training, Melissa Slagle 5:30‐7:00 pm   Dinner 7:00‐8:00 pm   *Austin Disaster Relief Network & Shelter Preparation, Daniel Geraci 8:00‐9:30 pm   Disaster Preparedness and the What Ifs, Fulton Sheen   SATURDAY, June 12th  8:00‐8:30 am    Registration 8:45‐9:00 am   Intro/Welcome 9:00‐10:00 am   *Austin Disaster Relief Network & Shelter Preparation, Daniel Geraci 10:00­7:30 pm  Evacuee Care/Primary Disaster Response Course (one day intensive 

training), Melissa Slagle ($70 per person, certificate course) 10:00‐12:00 pm   Family Preparedness Training –  

Level I: Paul R. Williams, M.D., author of “When All Plans Fail” 12:00‐1:15 pm   Lunch  1:15‐2:45 pm   Disaster Preparedness and the What Ifs, Fulton Sheen 2:45‐3:00 pm   Break 3:00‐4:45 pm   Break‐out Sessions (choose from a variety of training sessions) 

a. Family Preparedness ‐ Level 2, Paul R. Williams M.D. b. Business Emergency Preparedness Workshop, Maureen Wilson c. Importance of Prayer in Times of Disaster, ADRN d. Safety & Preparedness Training (from CERT Course), ADRN 

4:45‐6:30 pm   Biblical Readiness Training, ADRN  *Certificates will be given at the end of completing the CERT or Primary Disaster Response Course.  But to receive an official ADRN badge, conference participants must attend one ADRN & Shelter Preparation session.  **To give participants an opportunity to take desired training, some of Fridays courses are duplicated on Saturday.    

  

  

Additional Training Dates:  1st Responder/CERT Training (Community Emergency Response Team): Monday, June 7th – Thursday, June 10th from 6PM‐10PM and Sunday, June 13th from 2PM‐6PM at the Promiseland Church, Raymond Light Center Bldg. 1504 E. 51st Street, Austin, Texas 78723.  Participants must attend all 5 classes in order to receive a nationally recognized certificate (recognized by FEMA and Homeland Security).  Presented by Fulton Sheen.  $40.00 per participant.  Required to register online prior to the event or email daniel@adrntx.org.  CERT Train the Trainer Course: Monday, June 14th – Tuesday, June 15th from 9AM‐5PM at the Promiseland Church, Raymond Light Center Bldg. 1504 E. 51st Street, Austin, Texas 78723.  Participants must attend both classes in order to receive a nationally recognized Train the Trainer certificate (recognized by FEMA and Homeland Security).  Presented by Fulton Sheen.  $40.00 per participant.  Required to register online prior to the event or email daniel@adrntx.org.  *Evacuee Care/Primary Disaster Response Course:  Monday, June 14th – Wednesday, June 16th from 6PM‐10PM at the Austin Baptist Association, 3811 Harmon Avenue, Austin, Texas 78752.  Participants must attend all three classes in order to receive an internationally recognized certificate.  Presented by Melissa Slagle.  $70.00 per participant.  Required to register online prior to the event or email daniel@adrntx.org.  *This class is the same course given on Saturday, June 12th at the ADRN Conference.  If a participant wants to become a Trainer for this course, all trainers must take the course two times and attend a special Train the Trainer course Melissa Slagle will be teaching in the coming months.          

Training Conference – Guest Speaker Bio’s   

  Fulton Sheen   Fulton is FEMA certified to teach the CERT Certification course any where in the United States.  Fulton  trains  others  to  work  with  first  responders  in  search  &  rescue,  minor triage, building assessment and other disaster relief efforts.  

o Allegan Country Treasurer: 1997‐2003.  o MI State Representative: Served 2003‐2008 when he was termed limited out.  o Sheen Financial: est. business in 1989 with his wife Cheryl.  o Director  Merging  Streams  Commonwealth:  facilitates  market  place  ministry 

projects by bringing industrial facilities to Native American Reservations.  o Issachar LLC & Management Group: brings new ideas and ventures to the market 

place.  o Michigan  National  Federation  of  Independent  Business  Leadership  Council 

(NFIB)  o Michigan Department of Energy Corporate Board  o Michigan Oak Initiative State Coordinating Council  o Transformation Michigan Board  o Director Isaiah 58:12  

 (A Faith­Based Disaster Relief Group)  Isaiah 58:12 is a non‐profit 501(c)(3) organization, created to facilitate and administer disaster  relief. They have brought provisions,  rebuilt homes and built homes  from the ground  up  in  Mississippi  for  the  victims  of  Hurricane  Katrina  &  Hurricane  Ike  in Galveston TX.  Isaiah 58:12 ministers  to  the physical,  spiritual,  and emotional needs of disaster victims    

   

  Melissa Slagle LCSW, MSW, LMFT, CTS  

o Received her Masters of Science  in Social Work  from the University of Texas at Arlington and her Bachelors from Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

o Has a private practice at LIVING SOLUTIONS Christian Counseling, Inc. o Owner  of  Living  Solutions  Crisis Management  Training &  Consultants  in  Tulsa, 

Oklahoma  o Founder of the International Chaplain Academy.  o Founding member and on the board of Called to Crisis Intl.,  o Served on the board of several disaster related organizations.  o Has extensive experience in disaster response (weather related, man made work 

place and school violence); traumatic stress; critical incident stress debriefing and intervention, and working with war veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).  

 

Paul R. Williams, MD 

o Received  his  M.D.  from  Washington  University  School  of  Medicine,  St.  Louis, Missouri.  

o Internship  and  pediatric  residency  at  William  Beaumont  Hospital,  Royal  Oak, Michigan. 

o Fellowship  in  Neonatal‐Perinatal  Medicine  at  Harbor  General  Hospital,  UCLA, Torrance, California.  

o Board certified in pediatrics and neonatology.  o Became  Director  of  the  Neonatal  Intensive  Care  Unit  and  Director  of  Neonatal 

Research.  o Was on the faculty of the University of South Florida as an Associate Professor of 

Pediatrics for 15 years.  o Published many scientific articles during his academic career. o Involved in full‐time medical missions since 1984.  o Founding  Director  of  HealthCare  Ministries  of  the  Assemblies  of  God  World 

Missions from 1984 to 1994. 

 

 

o The first Medical Director of Operation Blessing in Virginia Beach, Virginia from 1994 to 1997.  

o In  1997,  founded  Yeshua  Medical  Ministries,  now  named  International HealthCare  Network,  which  facilitates  and  networks  organizations  in humanitarian outreaches and ministry.  

o Since  2005,  he  has  been  a  visiting  faculty  member  of  In  His  Image  Family Medicine Residency in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 

o On the board and/or is a consultant to numerous international mission agencies.  o Has been in over 105 nations and has been involved with more than 200 medical 

mission outreaches which have  included relief efforts  in Bangladesh,  Indonesia, the continent of Africa, Central America and other nations.  

o Hundreds of thousands have been touched by the love of Jesus Christ throughout the course of his medical mission career.  

o Author of “When All Plans Fail” o He and his wife, Sofia, live in North Carolina and have four grown children, three 

sons and a daughter.    

  Maureen Wilson  

o Employed by Sonitrol of Nevada, an international network of security provider’s, since 2002  

o In spring of 2009, developed the Prepared: Business Emergency Management Program.  

o Sonitrol held the first annual seminar in fall of 2009.  Ms. Wilson oversees the program, working closely with local Emergency Management Personnel to help educate the local business community. 

o Previously worked in the both the security and travel fields, and served 10 years of military reserve service in both the U.S. Naval Reserves and the U.S. Air National Guard. She currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

  AHOP Team (Thomas & Amy Cogdell, Matt LaCour)  

o Thomas & Amy Cogdell are the founders and leaders of Austin House of Prayer (www.austinhouseofprayer.com).  They attend Hope Chapel in central Austin, and Amy also attends Cristo Rey, a Spanish‐speaking Catholic church close to their home in East Austin.  Thomas works as an oil & gas software consultant at Athens Group, and serves AHOP as the visionary and executive director.  Amy  

  

spends much of her time caring for a household of five children and her mother, and also heads up pastoral care, staff development, and retreats for AHOP, as well as serving as Chairperson of the Board.  Matt LaCour is an accomplished jazz musician who teaches at St. Stephen’s High School.  He and his wife Moriah are both on staff at AHOP, focused on developing a dynamic prayer movement among high‐school students in Austin. 

  o  Austin House of Prayer (www.austinhouseofprayer.com) is building united 24/7 

prayer in Austin.  AHOP staff and community members, who are drawn from local churches all over Austin, currently fill 60 hours every week in a prayer room in East Austin.  Prayer sessions range from 30 minutes to two hours, and are in many different styles – the one consistent requirement is praying the Biblical prayers.  AHOP staff spend half of their time enjoying God in the prayer room, and the other half giving themselves to serve local churches by helping their members grow to enjoy prayer more and more.   

  

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FOR MORE INFO, PLEASE CONTACT:Daniel Geraci | Executive Director512.825.8211 phone | 512.249.9414 faxemail daniel@adrntx.orgwebsite www.adrntx.org

ADRN BOARD Mike Macari ChairDaniel Geraci President / Executive DirectorIvie Rich Vice PresidentCraig Foster Treasurer

ADvISORy BOARDDan Davis Founder of Pastors in CovenantDavid Smith Exec. Director of Missions for Austin Baptist Assoc.Barbara Bucklin Exec. Director for Luke 4:18 MinistriesBob Sleet Alliance Director for Austin Bridge Builders Alliance (ABBA)Anibal Ramirez Vice President of ALMA, Iglesia Cristiano Verbo, PastorDoug James Team Lead Pastor, Hill Country Bible Church NWBenjamin Anyacho Exec. Director for Apostolic Bridge Builders

IMMEDIATE NEEDS

Join our network toDay!If you are a Church, Ministry or Business, visit our website at www.adrntx.org and fill out the online registration form.

Disaster relief resourcesADRN is looking for business and ministry partners to join the network to provide vital resources in times of disaster such as food, clothing, shelter, warehouse space, furniture, transportation and/or financial support.

Disaster relief coorDinatorWe are looking for Disaster Relief Coordinators (DRC’s) to represent their church in times of disaster.

aDrn Volunteer opportunitiesADRN is looking for volunteers in the areas of website development, PR, technical writing, e-newsletters, fundraising, prayer team and call teams.

financial partnerADRN is a 501c3, non-profit organization that is looking for Financial Partners who can give on a one time or monthly basis.

for DonationsMAIL ADRN, P.O. Box 3817, Cedar Park, TX 78630ONLINE Go to www.adrntx.org and click on the “donation” button

For more information on Immediate Needs, email admin@ adrntx.org.

In Luke 10:25-37, the Good Samaritan story, Jesus tells us who our neighbor is and to “Go and do likewise” to those in desperate need.

ADRN’s goal is to adopt every family affected by disaster and provide them with the resources they need to rebuild their lives.

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...IN TIMES OF DISASTER

JUNE 2010

PARTNER WITH ADRN

THE PLANADRN has divided the Greater Austin area into 12 sectors, mobilizing and preparing churches within each sector to respond quickly in times of disaster. Each sector has at least one Regional Coordinator who works closely with the community of churches, ministries, businesses and their resources within the sector.

Each Church, Ministry or Business in the network is asked to recruit a Disaster Relief Coordinator (DRC) to act as a liaison between their organization, volunteers and ADRN.

ADRN’s Regional Coordinator will directly work with every Disaster Relief Coordinator in their sector to collect data, help them initiate volunteer drives, organize vital resources within their organization, potentially provide additional shelter space and facilitate training to equip, prepare and credential their volunteers.

GOALS• Build a network among local Churches, Ministries, and

Businesses that will empower them to sponsor and provide for the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of families affected by disaster.

• Provide Disaster Training to equip, credential and prepare the Body of Christ in the Greater Austin area before the next disaster strikes.

• Organize vital resources in times of disaster.

• Collaborate with the Local Government, Red Cross, FEMA and other Disaster Relief Organizations.

NETWORK BENEFITS• Participation in ADRN Events, www.adrntx.org• ADRN Badge and Credentials• Specialty Training • Disaster Preparedness Conference• ADRN Emergency Broadcast System:

A method of communication to warn and activate ADRN volunteers in times of emergency through text, voicemail and email

• ADRN Call Center in times of Disaster• Monthly E-Newsletter• Future Login to ADRN Volunteer Website• Participation in ADRN Disaster Drills • Connection to the Body of Christ in the Greater Austin area

THE ORGANIzATIONThe Austin Disaster Relief Network (ADRN) is a non-profit Christian Organization comprised of Church, Ministry, Business Leaders and Volunteers.

THE vISIONOur vision is to serve Christ by establishing a church network in the Greater Austin area that will meet the emotional, physical and spiritual needs of those affected by disaster. (Luke 10:25-37).

THE MISSIONOur mission is to build a communication infrastructure that will enable and empower the body of Christ to organize, mobilize, connect, prepare and respond quickly in the event of a disaster, great or small.

ADRN “EqUIPPING THE CHURCH TO SERvE OUR COMMUNITy IN TIMES OF DISASTER”

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