July 21, 2013 – July 25, 2013 Moore, Oklahoma Mission Trip

Overseen By: Elders of Melbourne Church of Christ

810 Hollywood Blvd.West Melbourne, Fl. 32904

DRT Founded

After 12 years of disaster relief experience, The Churches of Christ Disaster Response Team was founded in June, 2004 by Mark and Laura Cremeans.

HOW DRT HELPS CONGREGATIONS IN DISASTER AREAS

Trained Coordinators to help with (5) Phase Disaster Recovery – Meals, Distribution, Clean Up, Rebuilding, Counseling/Evangelism

Mobile Kitchen/purchasing, cooking and serving food to the communities

Fully Stocked Tool Trailers

Shower Trailer

Database of Volunteers, including evangelistic teams

Provides housing, meals and work for volunteers.

Helps to purchase building material for those without/under insured.

Supply Trailer

ONE OF THE DRT TOOL TRAILERS

MOBILE KITCHEN

• Can serve 3,000 – 4,000 meals per day.

THE DRT SHOWER TRAILER

SHOWER TRAILER

SUPPLY TRAILER

Some of the locations

Has Helped in the Past

Greensburg, Kansas Tornado - May 4, 2007

• DRT worked with the Mullinville Church of Christ following the tornado

95% of Greensburg was destroyed

Finley, Ohio Flood - August, 2007

• DRT worked with the Bright Road Church of Christ

Hundreds of homes suffered flood damage

San Diego County, California Wildfires November, 2007

• DRT worked with several congregations from the area; mainly: Canyon View Church of Christ and L Street Church of Christ

DRT setup it’s own Tent City and support units 30 miles from the nearest city

Bridge City, TXHurricane Ike – September 13, 2008

• DRT helped the following congregations following the Hurricane Ike disaster.– Bridge City Church of Christ, Bridge City, TX– 9th & Elm Church of Christ, Orange, TX– Anahuac Church of Christ, Anahuac, TX– Broadway Church of Christ, Galveston, TX– Ridgewood Church of Christ, Beaumont, TX

At Bridge City, TX Church of Christ volunteers help assist residents with disaster assistance applications and clothing needs. Matthew 25:36 “I needed clothes and you clothed me”

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tornado – April 27,2011

• DRT worked with the University, Central & Northport Churches of Christ

The Central Church of Christ’s building was completely destroyed

Joplin, Missouri Tornado – May 22, 2011

• DRT worked with the Mt. Hope and 26th & Connecticut Churches of Christ

An EF5 Tornado, a mile wide and 7 miles long

Live Oak, Florida Flood and Sinkholes, June 26, 2012• DRT worked with the Live Oak Church of Christ

New Jersey Shore Hurricane Sandy October 29, 2012

• DRT worked with the Monmouth and Gateway Churches of Christ

Moore, Oklahoma Tornado, May 20, 2013

• DRT is working with the Alameda Church of Christ in Norman, OK

Thousands of Homes and 2 schools were leveled by an EF5 Tornado

Colossians 3:1-4 ESV1 If then you have been raises with Christ seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on the earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears then you also will appear with him in glory.

Colossians 3:12-17 ESV12 Put on then, as God’s chosen one’s, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other, as the Lord has forgiven you, so you must also forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.