Media Release | Billy Graham Rapid Response Team
From personal tragedies like disease, death, and financial difficulties to catastrophes on a massive scale, such as shootings, fires, and floods, many Christians may feel unprepared to offer comfort and hope to those grieving and in despair.
On Sept. 27, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (BG-RRT) — a nationwide network of crisis-trained chaplains ready to deploy whenever disaster strikes — will hold an instructional session at First Church of the Nazarene.
The training, entitled “Sharing Hope in Crisis,” will equip Christians to minister to those suffering.
“When tragedy strikes, whether it’s your family, your friends, or your neighbors, we want people to be ready — to be able to share the compassion and love of Jesus Christ,” said Josh Holland, international director of the BG-RRT. “It’s our goal to come alongside people, to train and equip them to know how to respond and share God’s hope and comfort with those who are hurting.”
The training will take place 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, at First Church of the Nazarene, 3700 E. Sierra Madre Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107.
Seminar topics include:
• A Biblical view of suffering
• Effects of trauma
• Places of grief
• Listening skills
• A ministry of hope
• What to say and what not to say
The event is free.
For more information and to register online, please visit: rrt.billygraham.org/training-opportunities.
