July 2023 – Foursquare Disaster Relief Training – Tualatin, Oregon
Date: July 14-15, 2023
Location:
Bridgeport Church
18080 SW Lower Boones Ferry Rd. Tualatin, Or 97224
Disaster Relief Training
Jay and Patty Donnelly Chaplains and FDR Leaders teach this in-person Disaster Relief Training. The goal is to equip leaders to respond and make a difference in disasters and crises. The Disaster Relief Training is a 16-hour course. The training is vital for anyone interested in assisting in a local, regional, or large-scale disaster, including serving with FEMA, State, County, and local disaster response teams. Training is mandatory for anyone wanting to help with Foursquare Disaster Relief teams at any level.
You will be instructed on how to continue CISM, FEMA and other specialized disaster relief training. FDR Disaster Relief Training will provide a Certificate of completion for the 16 hours of FDR training. To be certified as an FDR responder, students must complete an online form after Class verifying pastoral endorsement, a background check on file with their church, and an agreement with the standards in the Foursquare Child + Youth Protection Manual. This training and certification only apply to deployment through Foursquare Disaster Relief. We encourage each church to develop a local team and network with local First Responders so they can be available to work with their community emergency services when disaster strikes.
This Disaster Relief Training is broken up into two consecutive days.
Cost: Free!
Please sign up no later than Tuesday, June 28.
Schedule
Friday, July 14
8:00 a.m. Student check-in
8:30 a.m. Class Begins
12-1 p.m. Lunch Break
12-5 p.m. End Class – Day 1
Saturday, July 15
8:00 a.m. Class Begins
12-1 p.m. Lunch Break
12-5 p.m. Class Ends
We hope you will join us!
Questions?
Call or e-mail Rick Schermerhorn
503.805.3635
rscherm7@gmail.com
FDR Disaster Relief Training – Genoa, IL
Date: July 28 -29th, 2023
Location: Cross Wind Community Foursquare
Cross Wind Community Church
13100 Cherry Road
Genoa, IL 60135
Disaster Relief Training
Jay and Patty Donnelly Chaplains and FDR Leaders teach this in-person Disaster Relief Training. The goal is to equip leaders to respond and make a difference in disasters and crises. The Disaster Relief Training is a 16-hour course. The training is vital for anyone interested in assisting in a local, regional, or large-scale disaster, including serving with FEMA, State, County, and local disaster response teams. Training is mandatory for anyone wanting to help with Foursquare Disaster Relief teams at any level.
You will be instructed how to continue CISM, FEMA and other specialized disaster relief training. FDR Disaster Relief Training will provide a Certificate of completion for the 16 hours of FDR training. To be certified as an FDR responder, students must complete an online form after Class verifying pastoral endorsement, a background check on file with their church, and an agreement with the standards in the Foursquare Child + Youth Protection Manual. This training and certification only apply to deployment through Foursquare Disaster Relief. We encourage each church to develop a local team and network with local First Responders so they can be available to work with their community emergency services when disaster strikes.
Optional: Love offering during class
Please sign up by Tuesday, July 19, 2023.
Schedule
Friday
8:00 a.m. Student check-in
8:30 a.m. Class Begins
12-1 p.m. Lunch Break
12-5 p.m. End Class – Day 1
Saturday
8:00 a.m. Class Begins
12-1 p.m. Lunch Break
12-5 p.m. Class Ends
We hope you will join us!
We hope you will join us!
Questions Call: Pastor Gary Roca, 702-278-4022
FDR Medical Outreach: Burundi
FDR Medical is excited to partner with the Foursquare Church and National Leader Bishop Serges, in Burundi Africa for a medical outreach on September 4-15, 2023. Burundi has become the poorest nation in the world: Poorest Countries in the World 2022 | Global Finance Magazine (gfmag.com).
With poverty comes worsening morbidity and mortality rates. FDR Medical will be serving Burundi in the Ngozi, Masanganzira area at the Hope Clinic and out to more rural villages that do not have access to any medical care.
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About: FDR Medical is our dedicated medical response team. This team comprises doctors, dentists, nurses and other medical professionals who use their knowledge and expertise to bring healing to communities worldwide.
Mission: FDR Medical is unique in its ability to deploy when disaster strikes. Foursquare has thousands of churches in more than 150 nations around the world. We link with these churches and minister to the affected community by providing medical and spiritual care.
Location: Burundi, Africa
Dates in Country: September 4-15, 2023
Estimated Cost: $1,200.00 to $1,500 + Flights
Get Involved: Click the Join Us link below and fill out a quick interest form, and an FDR Medical Team leader will get back to you within 48 hours.
Foursquare Disaster Relief Training – Ranson, WV
Date: September 22-23, 2023
Location: The Bridge Community Church, 114 S Fairfax Blvd., Ranson, WV 25438
Disaster Relief Training
Jay and Patty Donnelly Chaplains and FDR Leaders teach this in-person Disaster Relief Training. The goal is to equip leaders to respond and make a difference in disasters and crises. The Disaster Relief Training is a 16-hour course. The training is vital for anyone interested in assisting in a local, regional, or large-scale disaster, including serving with FEMA, State, County, and local disaster response teams. Training is mandatory for anyone wanting to help with Foursquare Disaster Relief teams at any level.
You will be instructed how to continue CISM, FEMA and other specialized disaster relief training. FDR Disaster Relief Training will provide a Certificate of completion for the 16 hours of FDR training. To be certified as an FDR responder, students must complete an online form after Class verifying pastoral endorsement, a background check on file with their church, and an agreement with the standards in the Foursquare Child + Youth Protection Manual. This training and certification only apply to deployment through Foursquare Disaster Relief. We encourage each church to develop a local team and network with local First Responders so they can be available to work with their community emergency services when disaster strikes.
This Disaster Relief Training is broken up into three consecutive days.
Cost per student: $20.00
Please sign up by Tuesday, September 12, 2023.
Schedule
Friday, September 22, 2023
8:00 a.m. Student check-in
8:30 a.m. Class Begins
12-1 p.m. Lunch Break
12-5 p.m. End Class – Day 1
Saturday, September 23, 2023
8:00 a.m. Class Begins
12-1 p.m. Lunch Break
12-5 p.m. Class Ends
We hope you will join us!
Questions Call: Jennifer Satterlee, Jennifer@thebridgewv.church, 703-839-5764
October 2023 – Foursquare Disaster Relief Training, Florence, MT
Date: October 27-28, 2023
Location: Dayspring Foursquare Church
185 Westgate Way
Florence, MT 59833
Disaster Relief Training
Jay and Patty Donnelly Chaplains and FDR Leaders teach this in-person Disaster Relief Training. The goal is to equip leaders to respond and make a difference in disasters and crises. The Disaster Relief Training is a 16-hour course. The training is vital for anyone interested in assisting in a local, regional, or large-scale disaster, including serving with FEMA, State, County, and local disaster response teams. Training is mandatory for anyone wanting to help with Foursquare Disaster Relief teams at any level.
You will be instructed how to continue CISM, FEMA and other specialized disaster relief training. FDR Disaster Relief Training will provide a Certificate of completion for the 16 hours of FDR training. To be certified as an FDR responder, students must complete an online form after Class verifying pastoral endorsement, a background check on file with their church, and an agreement with the standards in the Foursquare Child + Youth Protection Manual. This training and certification only apply to deployment through Foursquare Disaster Relief. We encourage each church to develop a local team and network with local First Responders so they can be available to work with their community emergency services when disaster strikes.
Cost: $65 per student
Please sign up by Tuesday, October 17, 2023.
Schedule
Friday
8:00 a.m. Student check-in
8:30 a.m. Class Begins
12-1 p.m. Lunch Break
12-5 p.m. End Class – Day 1
Saturday
8:00 a.m. Class Begins
12-1 p.m. Lunch Break
12-5 p.m. Class Ends
We hope you will join us!
Questions: Fran Graham, 406. 369. 4994, fgraham@foursquare.org
Ongoing – Disaster Relief Training Church Host
Do you want to equip your church leaders with Disaster Relief Training? To be a Foursquare church ready to respond when a disaster hits your community? Our team is currently scheduling ongoing DRT training events for this year.
Date: Ongoing, 16-hour course taught on two consecutive days.
Cost: $1000 to bring our trainers to your site. Some churches are ok to cover the expense. Some charge per student and others fundraise. We hope to see each church embrace the opportunity as part of equipping the saints for the work of the ministry.
Requirements:
- Identify a point person from your church who will work with the FDR Team with logistics and administration.
- Students need to be 18 years of age. As young as 16 years old if accompanied by a parent.
Interested? Contact: Fdrtraining@foursquare.org
Ongoing – CISM Assisting Individuals in Crisis Training Church Host
Is your church interested in hosting a CISM course to equip your church leaders better to respond to a crisis? Church Host requirements:
Contact: Fdrtraining@foursquare.org
Critical Incident Stress Management Course: Assisting Individuals in Crisis
Course Description: Crisis Intervention is NOT psychotherapy; instead, it is a specialized acute emergency mental health intervention that requires specialized training. As physical first aid is to surgery, crisis intervention is to psychotherapy. Thus, crisis intervention is sometimes called “emotional first aid.” The course is designed to teach the fundamentals of protocol for individual crisis intervention and to increase the knowledge of one-on-one crisis intervention in the fields of Business + Industry, Crisis Intervention, Disaster Response, Education, Emergency Services, Employee Assistance, Healthcare, Homeland Security, Mental Health, Military, Spiritual Care, and Traumatic Stress.
Program Highlights:
- Psychological crisis and psychological crisis intervention
- Resistance, resiliency, recovery continuum
- Critical incident stress management
- Evidence-based practice
- Basic crisis communication techniques
- Common psychological and behavioral crisis reactions
- Putative and empirically-derived mechanisms
- SAFER-Revised model
- Suicide intervention
- Risks of iatrogenic “harm”
Continuing Education Information:
Two-Day Course/13 Contact Hours: 1.3 General CEUs from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Dept. of Emergency Health Services Professional and Continuing Education (PACE)
*Based on a formula of 1 Continuing Education Unit for every ten contact/classroom hours.
*PLEASE NOTE: These hours only apply to courses offered at Live Training, Regional Trainings, Online Courses, and the World Congress.
Approved Instructor Courses: It is up to the Approved Instructors or sponsoring agency to apply for profession-specific Continuing Education units if they choose. Learn more on our CEU Information page at https://icisf.org/sections/education-training/ceu-information/
*Please check with your state licensing board before registration to see if they will accept the certificate of completion as a means for continuing education.
Certificate of Specialized Training Program: This course is a part of the Core Curriculum for the Certificate of Specialized Training Program.
Interested? Contact: Fdrtraining@foursquare.org