May
1st, 2007
Baptist
Blitz Build
What a privilege it was to have been a part
of 600 volunteers that participated in the
Baptist Blitz Build 2007 in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. Baptists from all over the U.S.
and Canada partnered together with Habitat
for Humanity to build twelve homes in two
weeks for Hurricane Katrina victims, most
of which evacuated from New Orleans with
no home to go back to.
click
here for more information
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February
17th, 2007
Building
Houses, Building Hope
In cooperation with Habitat for Humanity
of Greater Baton Rouge and Cooperative Baptist
Fellowship be a part of building 12 houses
in 2 weeks for 12 hurricane affected families.
Contact Tommy
Deal who is putting together a team
from CBF of Florida
click
here for more information
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February
17th, 2007
CBFF
ALERT 8--- 2-13-07
Now known as the “Groundhog Day Tornadoes,”
the deadly storms of February 2nd changed
lives forever. Since last Tuesday, volunteers
from at least eleven CBF churches and a
couple Presbyterian churches across the
state helped in Lake Mack, Bott’s
Landing and Deland, Florida. Some 90 volunteers
put in almost 140 volunteer days for which
I am thankful.
click
here
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February
11th, 2007
CBFF
ALERT 7--- 2-10-07 for Sunday announcements
Over one hundred CBF volunteers have come
to assist thus far in this little community
outside of Deland, Florida. These volunteers
have come from at least ten of our churches.
We have promised financial contributions
to at least four partner groups in this
recovery effort.
click
here
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February
5th, 2007
VOLUNTEERS
ARE NEEDED
IN LAKE MACK, FLORIDA
We have determined that this little community
outside of Deland, Florida where several
families lost homes and family members are
in need of volunteers who can help organize
receipt of donations and distribution of
the same.
click
here
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02.02.2007
CBFF to respond to Central Florida tornado
damage
To all DART Volunteers:
We all awoke this morning to the devastating
news of damaging, killer tornados in Lake
and Volusia Counties. As of now, 14 deaths
have been reported in Lake County and massive
destruction of homes and businesses. Our
compassion adrenaline motivates us to help;
our calling as Christ’s presence demands
that we “do” something.
First, a stiff reminder to us all: CBF
and CBF of FLORIDA are NOT FIRST RESPONDERS.
We are committed to make available to local
churches and CBF’ers resources of
items and people as they assess their needs
and what they will be doing to assist.
I have been in contact with Johnny Long,
Minister of Education at FBC of Deland.
They are assessing needs and what they will
attempt to do. Once the needs are determined,
we will begin to see what, if anything,
we as fellow CBF’ers can do. If requested,
we may send available persons to assist
them with a variety of needs. We will communicate
more as we learn of them.
The southern part of The Villages in Lake
County and the City of Lady Lake was hit
hard as well. We have a small group attempting
to start a church. Phone service appears
to be down and I have not been able to make
contact with Tom and Mary Lois Sanders.
I do know that they live on the northern
most part of The Villages and hopefully
are okay. Others connected to Fellowship
Baptist Church of The Villages I am not
sure where they live.
I, like you, will NOT “self dispatch.”
Besides that it is not welcomed by local
authorities, it is not safe nor usually
effective. If, however, there is a need
to go to begin to assess needs and how CBF
can respond, I will immediately begin to
implement that. That will be under the invitation
of local contacts.
Thank you for being concerned, available,
and ready. If you are willing to be “ON
STAND-BY” as either an Assessment
Team, or Worker with a Variety of Skills,
PLEASE WRITE AN E-MAIL TO: tdeal@floridacbf.org.
Thank you.
Because of HIM!
Tommy Deal
Associate Coordinator
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Florida
P.O. Box 2556
Lakeland, Florida 33806
863-682-6802 -office
407-694-2119 - cell |
December
12th, 2006
LONG TERM RECOVERY CONTINUES ALONG
GULF COAST
Although blessed by no devastating
storms this past year, there are many
along the Gulf Coast who have not
recovered from Katrina of 2005.
read
all |
November
21st , 2005
Opportunities in the aftermath of Hurricane
Wilma
Hello Friends!!
I'm finally able to get back online
and email. My computer crashed right
before Wilma's lovely visit...then I
was without power for a week (TML was
without power for two weeks).
read all |
October
29th , 2005
Hurricane Wilma Response
David Harding and I have just returned
from an assessment trip to South Florida.
What we have found is that beyond “minor
inconveniences” Miami and Homestead
areas are doing okay.
Read here |
October
21st , 2005
Preparing for Wilma
-e-mail
sent to all those interested in helping
with CBFFL's response after Hurricane
Wilma-
Read here |
October
15th , 2005
HURRICANE KATRINA
Florida church draws on experience to
assist with Katrina response
Click here |
October
8th, 2006
Volunteers needed to continue
Hurricane Katrina restoration efforts
ATLANTA – More than a year after
Hurricane Katrina, Cooperative Baptist
Fellowship volunteers are still needed
in recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast.
read all |
October
8th, 2006
Fellowship to build three Baton Rouge
homes with Habitat, Baptist Builders
ATLANTA – More than a year after
Hurricane Katrina, Cooperative Baptist
Fellowship volunteers are still needed
in recovery efforts along the Gulf Coast.
read all |
September
22nd, 2005
HURRICANE KATRINA RESPONSE
by Tommy Deal
The response from churches and individuals
who wish to impact our nation during
this difficult time is astonishing.
Thousands of lives have been uprooted,
torn apart and forever changed. The
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is not
a disaster response agency, but, in
this time of national disaster, the
Fellowship is attempting to give guidance,
leadership and resources.
read
all |
September
7th, 2005
HURRICANE KATRINA -
HOW TO RESPOND
by Tommy Deal, Associate Coordinator,
CBF Florida
Thank you for your patience and
understanding as we have been hampered
in getting to you the information
you have needed to help lead your
congregation to respond to the devastation
our nation has just experienced with
Hurricane Katrina....
read
all
September
7th, 2005
Sharing the News
Dear Friends,
Waiting is hard to do. But that is what
we have had to do in recent days as
we prepare to respond to help those
who have been affected by Hurricane
Katrina along the Gulf coast. David
Harding, the Disaster Coordinator with
national CBF, reminded us, "We
are not a search and rescue operation,
so we will wait for the all-clear from
local authorities to enter impacted
communities." read
all |
August
30th, 2005
HURRICANE KATRINA
As of Tuesday evening, we are still
waiting to hear from State CBF Coordinators
after they have checked on churches
in their states as to how we can be
of assistance. Obviously over the next
few days, many opportunities will be
made known for volunteers and supplies.
We will wait to hear how we, CBF FL
DART can help... read
all |
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September, 17th,
2005
Thanks to Partners,
we are making a difference
First Baptist Church of Pensacola,
Fla., sent a group of volunteers to
help with the distribution sites in
Alabama. Together with Creel, they traveled
to Pass Road Baptist Church where they
joined the church's pastor, Keith Thrash,
in setting up a relief site for one
of the poorest and hardest hit areas
of the city.
click
here |
September, 12th,
2005
CBF
News Release
Hattiesburg
church reaches out to fellow hurricane
survivors
By Sue H. Poss, CBF Communications
click
here |
September, 7th,
2005
Helping after disaster
photos - Hattiesburg
click
here |
August, 15th,
2005
One Year Later
Hello All, One year has come and gone
and we are still looking ahead... read
all |
Sunday, July
17th, 2005
Thanks to Al LaRoe, Assoc. Pastor of
Bluewater BC, Niceville and his two
teenage children, Albert and Leslie
and Barry Hudspeth... read
all |
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