Disaster and Disability (Click to see)-- Resources to use as a guide for developing a church disaster plan for persons with disabilities.
Resources to Create Sept. 11 Liturgies (Click to see)
Resources to Create Spiritual Care Liturgies (Click to see)
Assisting Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
- Guidelines on Evacuee Sponsorship
File: Example - SponsorshipGuideKatrina9-9-05.pdf
Avian Flu Preparedness & Response
- Congregational Checklist
File: faithbasedCommunityChecklist.pdf
Building & Property Losses: Mitigation & Recovery
- Emergency Planning Guide
Considerations in planning to reduce vulnerability of your building & property to disasters
File: Congregational Emergency Planning.doc
- Emergency & Recovery Plan for the Religious Community
A model plan for preparing to respond to building and property losses caused by disasters.
File: emergencyrecoveryplan.pdf
- Case History: Georgia Church Rebuilds Dream
How a rural Georgia congregation rebuilt its church after it was destroyed by arsonists.
File: gachurchrebuild.doc
- New Jersey Congregation Rebuilds After Fire
A blow by blow account of a congregation's rebuilding program in the aftermath of a devastating fire.
File: rebuildingNJchurch.doc
Gulf Coast Repair & Rebuilding Grants Program
- Program Description & Grant Application Forms
Click link below to download.
File: Round 4 RFP.doc
Information and Resources
- Report Form for CWS ERP Seed Grant Recipients
Reporting form for partner organization which have received Church World Service Emergency Response Program seed grants for disaster recovery work.
Spiritual Care
- CWS Standard of Care and Protocols
File: SpiritualCare.pdf
- Spiritual & Emotional Care for Clergy: Overview & Resources
File: BSage - Spiritual and Emotional Care Resource.doc


