February 2023 – Foursquare Disaster Relief Training – Adelanto, CA
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.
Date: February 24-25, 2023
Location: Adelanto Foursquare:
10931 Lawson Ave., Adelanto, CA 92301
Fee: $40
*Lunch: No conveniently located restaurants are near the church for the lunch breaks. The church will provide coffee, water and morning/afternoon break refreshments. *Optional: $20 additional fees to be paid at the church on the training day for two lunches provided on Friday and Saturday. Vegetarian options will be available. Refrigeration will also be available for those who want to bring their lunch.
Lodging Options: (Within a 15-20 minute drive from the church)
Comfort Suites in Victorville https://www.choicehotels.com/california/victorville/comfort-suites-hotels/ca727
Hilton Garden Inn in Victorville https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/vcvgigi-hilton-garden-inn-victorville/
Home2Suites in Victorville https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/vcvhtht-home2-suites-victorville/
IHG and Marriott properties in Victorville and Hesperia are also within a 20-25 minute drive.
Basic Schedule
Friday
8:00 a.m. Student check-in
8:30 a.m. Class Begins
12-1 p.m. Lunch Break
(If you bring your lunch, refrigeration is available, or purchase the day of $10 lunch, vegetarian option available)
12-5 p.m. End Class – Day 1
Saturday
8:00 a.m. Class Begins
12-1 p.m. Lunch Break
(If you bring a lunch, refrigeration is available, or purchase the day of a $10 lunch, a vegetarian option is available)
12-5 p.m. Class Ends
We hope you will join us!
Questions
Pastor Kristi Montes: Email: acts1422@gmail.com; Phone: 626-488-3490
March 2023 – FDR Medical Mission Trip – Jamaica
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: Jamaica
Date: March 5-19th, 2023 (10 to 12 days in-country).
Cost: $1200-1500 for field expenses plus the cost of airfare.
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.
March 2023 – Foursquare Disaster Relief Training, Quincy, IL
Date: March 24-26, 2023
Location: Grandview Foursquare: 1019 Cedar St Quincy, IL 62301
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 three consecutive days.
There is no cost to attend this event. The Church is covering the costs for its attendees. Thank you for your partnership!
Please sign up by Tuesday, March 14, 2023.
Schedule
Friday, March 24, 2023
4:30 p.m. Registration Opens
5:00 p.m. Class Begins
9:00 p.m. End Class – Day 1
Saturday, March 25, 2023
8:00 a.m. Class Begins
12-1 p.m. 1 hour for lunch + two 15-minute breaks
12-5 p.m. Class Ends – Day 2
Sunday, March 26, 2023
Noon Class Begins
5:00 p.m. Class Ends – Day 3
We hope you will join us!
Questions Call: Pastor Dennis Thomas – Church Office 217-223-2504
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