Praying for NKY

08/23/2022

08/04/2022

The NKBA is currently accepting donations of gift cards to Lowe's, Tractor Supply, Walmart, and generic Visa/Master cards. These are the ones our leaders on the ground say are needed.

Please collect these on Aug 7-14, then get them to the NKBA office on the 15th by noon). We will have them delivered to our teams on the ground in Eastern KY to distribute that week.

As you entertain questions about needs and how to give or go, please refer people to the KBC website which has the answers to each of these questions - www.kybaptist.org/flood.

Let’s gather lots of gift cards for our brothers and sisters in Eastern KY!

07/31/2022

UPDATE from Ron Crow to all Kentucky Baptists….here are ways YOU can help!

Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief is deploying additional teams to Eastern Kentucky in response to the historical flooding.

Please keep in mind:

You do not have to be trained in flood recovery, feeding, or shower/laundry in order to deploy
You do have to be KYDR Chaplaincy trained to serve as a Chaplain
You do have to be KYDR Assessment trained to serve as an Assessor
Showers and laundry (limited) will be provided
Check with your blue hat for any carpooling arrangements
We are building the following teams:
8/1-8/7: Carolyn Gray - Blue Hat - Shower/Laundry NEW
8/1-8/7: Glenn McNeely - Blue Hat - Laundry NEW
8/7-8/14: Carolyn Gray - Blue Hat - Shower/Laundry NEW
8/7-8/14: Glenn McNeely - Blue Hat - Laundry NEW
8/2-8/12: Tom Witthuhn - Blue Hat - Flood Recovery 10 volunteers needed
8/6-8/14: Karen Smith - Blue Hat - Feeding 5 volunteers needed
8/2-8/7: Glenn Hickey - Blue Hat - Chaplains 10 chaplains needed
8/8-8/14: Allen Howard - Blue Hat - Chaplains 10 chaplains needed
Your blue hat will be in touch by Sunday 6pm.

If you can serve on one of these teams, please use this link: https://forms.gle/559EvrMFYV2cns2r5

Ron Crow
Disaster Relief Director
Kentucky Baptist Convention
(502)489-3401

07/30/2022

Here is a report on Eastern KY from the KBC:

Here are some things we know as of right now:
Gov. Andy Beshear says at least 15 people have died in Kentucky – and he expects that number to rise
The governor has declared a statewide emergency.
Kentucky’s congressional delegation has asked Pres. Biden to issue a presidential disaster declaration
Seven counties have been hardest hit: Perry, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Letcher, Owsley, and Pike
Emergency crews made close to 50 air rescues and hundreds of water rescues on Thursday, and more people still needed help on Friday
The governor says more than 200 people have sought shelter.
More than 30 thousand are reported to be without power
The National Guard has deployed to the hardest-hit areas.
Three state parks have set up shelters

The situation is continuing to develop but we know that this is historic flooding, and the response and rebuilding will also be historic. I have been in touch with Jamie Reynolds and several of our Eastern KY Pastors and they are saying to the man that this is the worst flooding they have ever seen in East KY.

Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief is currently organizing and preparing to receive teams from others states that will make their way to Kentucky. Their work is a testimony of our cooperative work together. We will also be providing direct help to churches and pastors through the Kentucky Cares fund.

People are asking how they can give to help. Feel free to direct people to https://www.kybaptist.org/flood/ to help with the Disaster Relief response.

We have NOT set anything else up to this point. We are reaching out to individuals to see what would be most beneficial outside Disaster Relief Teams, which are already been called to action. Be ready for more information to come!



Your Lead Follower,
Jim Woolums

07/28/2022

05/25/2022

Pray for this community, another community who has been deeply impacted by senseless violence. Pray that love overcomes hate and that lives will be changed.

05/24/2022

Pray for S*x Abuse survivors and the SBC

The abuse investigation has uncovered more evil than even I imagined.

05/24/2022

https://www.al.com/news/2022/05/southern-baptist-convention-abuse-report-read-288-page-document.html?outputType=amp

The seven-month investigation was handled by Guidepost Solutions on the request of the Southern Baptist Convention.