{"id":33394,"date":"2022-09-10T20:47:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T01:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/7-essential-ways-to-prepare-for-a-crisis\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T20:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T01:47:10","slug":"7-essential-ways-to-prepare-for-a-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/7-essential-ways-to-prepare-for-a-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Essential Ways to Prepare for a Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

September is National Preparedness Month\u2014the perfect time to check your safety protocols to make sure you\u2019re ready to respond to a natural disaster.<\/p>\n

Take a moment to consider what you would do if a tornado struck your building, right in the middle of a service. What about a flood? Or a fire? We\u2019ve consulted with our vast network of strategic resources to help you create a plan.<\/p>\n

Houses of worship are considered safe places for all who gather there. By taking these steps, you can make sure that\u2019s always the case, no matter what happens.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how you can prepare:<\/p>\n

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  1. Identify a safe area in which people can gather during severe weather\u2014and a procedure to get there.<\/li>\n
  2. Outline and clearly post primary and secondary evacuation routes.<\/li>\n
  3. Create an emergency supply kit should people become trapped in your facility.<\/li>\n
  4. Establish communications protocol so people can communicate outside your facility. And remember, you may be in a situation where power has failed.<\/li>\n
  5. Assign someone the responsibility of shutting off utilities during a disaster, and make sure they know where and how to do so.<\/li>\n
  6. Keep your insurance and other vital documents in a safe, easy-to-locate area.<\/li>\n
  7. Make sure fire extinguishers and first-aid kits are serviced, stocked and easy to find.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Prepare your congregation for the unthinkable. Click here for more tips, tools and resources that can help you carry on in nearly any situation.<\/p>\n

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    September is National Preparedness Month\u2014the perfect time to check your safety protocols to make sure you\u2019re ready to respond to a natural disaster. Take a moment to consider what you would do if a tornado struck your building, right in the middle of a service. What about a flood? Or a fire? We\u2019ve consulted with … Continue reading “7 Essential Ways to Prepare for a Crisis”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}